Fair question, and closer to home than most: Creative Freedom is UK-made and genuinely built for bridal hair and makeup artists. The difference is what "your business" means. Theirs is shaped around the wedding. Ours is shaped around you: the bridal work and the shoots, the events, the lessons, all the enquiries landing in your own email, and the money going straight to your bank with no cut taken.
| Creative Freedom | Booked & Busy | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | 100% bridal businesses: brides, trials, wedding mornings | A freelance artist's whole book - bridal, events, shoots, lessons |
| How work arrives | Their hosted enquiry form, shared or embedded on your site | Your existing email - enquiries forward themselves into one inbox - plus your own enquiry form and profile page |
| What clients do | Brides create a login for a client portal (WedQuarters) | One calm branded link. No login, no account, nothing to set up - accept, sign, pay, done |
| Getting paid | Card payments in the app via Stripe; their published UK example works out around 2.1% + 20p per transaction | Your bank details on every quote and invoice - clients pay you directly, no processing fee, we never touch the money |
| Wedding-morning timeline | A drag-and-drop morning scheduler with assistant columns | The same, and it works back from ready-by for you: set how long each person needs and every time recalculates so everyone finishes together |
| Price | Paid plans only; no free tier (30-day money-back guarantee instead) | 30-day free trial (no card) · Starter £15/mo or £132/yr · Pro £25/mo or £250/yr · no VAT |
Yes. Send us an export, a spreadsheet or even photos of your diary and we'll set your upcoming jobs up for you, usually within a day. It's free during your 30-day trial.
There's a 30-day free trial of everything in Pro with no card. After that Starter is £15 a month (£132 a year) and Pro is £25 a month (£250 a year). No VAT is charged. If you don't subscribe, your account is paused rather than deleted straight away.
The next 20 artists to claim a place get 3 months of Starter free. You add a card when you claim and nothing is charged during the 3 months; cancel before they end and you pay nothing. It closes on 30 November 2026, or sooner if the places go.
Try it free for 30 days, no card. We'll even import your current bookings for you, whatever system they're in.