Can I keep using Square for payments?

Yes. Ozync checks out through your existing Square account and Square Terminal at your Square rate with nothing added. You can also use Clover, or Stripe with Tap to Pay on iPhone.

Does Ozync have a check-in kiosk?

Yes. Walk-ins check themselves in on an iPad or Android tablet, pick a stylist and service, sign a waiver if needed, and get a text when it is their turn.

Does Ozync take a cut of bookings?

No. The price is flat: free for your first 100 clients, then $15 a month billed annually or $20 month to month. No per-booking fees.

Yes. Many shops keep Square for the register and use Ozync for the kiosk, waitlist, waivers and booking.

Is there a free trial?

Better: Ozync is free for your first 100 clients, with no card required, and then $15 a month billed annually or $20 month to month.

Square Appointments Alternative for Walk-In Salons: Kiosk, Waitlist, Keep Square

Where they differ

Square's plans and features change; check squareup.com for the current numbers. Compared in October 2026. The structural differences above are what to decide on.

Feature	Ozync	Square Appointments
Built around	Walk-ins: kiosk, waitlist, TV queue, texts	Appointments on top of Square payments
Self check-in kiosk on a tablet	Included	Not listed for check-in
Walk-in queue on the waiting-room TV	Included	A waitlist feature; no TV display listed
Card processing	Your Square account and Terminal, Clover, or Stripe with Tap to Pay	Square only
Forms and waivers	Waivers linked to services, signed on the kiosk	Contracts
Website	Ten salon templates, your own domain, booking and gift cards built in	A Square booking website
AI phone receptionist	Add-on, flat $100/mo	Not listed
Pricing	Flat: free for 100 clients, then $15/mo	Free and paid plans (see squareup.com)

What Ozync does that Square Appointments doesn't

A check-in kiosk on an iPad or Android tablet, where walk-ins sign themselves in and pick a stylist.
A per-stylist waitlist on the TV, so the waiting room knows the order without asking.
A text or WhatsApp when it is their turn, so clients wait in the car.
QR code and NFC tap signs to join from a phone.
Waivers that come up only for the services that need them, signed on the kiosk.
A choice of processor. Your Square Terminal keeps working; so does Clover; so does Tap to Pay on iPhone through Stripe.

What Square does that Ozync doesn't

Square is a payments company with a full retail register, inventory, payroll and banking under one login. If you sell a lot of product or run payroll through Square, keep that. Ozync is the front desk: the line, the booking, the forms, and checkout through whichever processor you prefer. Many shops run Square for the register and Ozync for walk-ins, and the two do not fight.

Moving over

1Create your business in Ozync and add your services, staff and hours, about ten minutes. Import your client list from a CSV export.
2Put the kiosk on a tablet at the door and the TV display on the wall; walk-ins are handled from day one.
3Publish your Ozync website and point your Instagram and Google Business Profile booking link at it.
4Keep your old account live until the bookings have moved; nothing in Ozync depends on cancelling it.

A Square Appointments Alternative That Keeps Your Square