OneBookPlus vs Timely
The all-in-one salon software alternative
Timely is popular for salon bookings, but it covers scheduling, POS and client records and stops there, billed in NZD per staff member. OneBookPlus gives salons and beauty businesses bookings, invoicing, CRM, accounting, and marketing from $0/month.
Key takeaways
5- Timely is billed in NZD and priced per bookable staff member (gettimely.com/pricing). It covers bookings, calendar, POS and client records, but no invoicing, accounting, GST/BAS, or marketing. What an Australian salon actually pays moves with the exchange rate.
- Because Timely documents no accounting module, an Australian salon running it normally pays for Xero or MYOB alongside it, and takes the exchange rate on the Timely line every month. OneBookPlus is one AUD subscription covering both jobs.
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- OneBookPlus is AUD-billed at $0/mo Free (10 invoices/mo, 250 contacts), $29/mo Starter, $49/mo Plus, or $69/mo Growth (annual billing discounted), including bookings, invoicing, CRM, accounting, and marketing.
- Timely genuinely wins on salon-specific depth and longevity, dedicated salon software since 2011 (over a decade), mature inventory and product retail features, and an established support presence in the AU/NZ beauty market.
- OneBookPlus wins on AU-first compliance (10% GST, ATO-ready BAS, Hair and Beauty Industry Award 2020 context), unified client-to-invoice-to-P&L flow, AUD billing, and a free tier Timely doesn't offer.
Retail and the chair, or the chair and the books
OneBookPlus
From $0/mo. Bookings, invoicing, CRM and accounting on one plan; AI and payroll are add-ons
- Online booking page
- Calendar & scheduling
- CRM & client management
- GST invoicing & quoting
- Email marketing & campaigns
- Accounting & P&L reports
- BAS / ATO tax summaries
- Google review requests
- Australian-built & supported
Timely
NZD-billed per staff member, booking software only
- Online bookings
- Calendar management
- Client records
- POS & payments
- GST invoicing
- CRM & marketing
- Accounting & P&L
- BAS / ATO reports
- Requires separate accounting software
OneBookPlus vs Timely: detailed comparison
See exactly what's included in each platform. OneBookPlus gives salon and beauty businesses a complete business platform, not just booking software.
| Feature | OneBookPlus | Timely |
|---|---|---|
| Online booking page | Yes | Yes |
| Calendar management | Yes | Yes |
| Client records | Yes | Yes |
| Automated reminders | Yes | Yes |
| POS & payment processing | Yes | Yes |
| GST-compliant invoicing | Yes | No |
| Quoting | Yes | No |
| CRM & contact management | Yes | No |
| Email marketing | Yes | No |
| Accounting & P&L reports | Yes | No |
| BAS / ATO tax summaries | Yes | No |
| Expense tracking | Yes | No |
| Calendar subscription link (Apple, Google, Outlook) | Yes | Yes |
| Google review requests | Yes | No |
| Job management & pipeline | Yes | No |
| Native iOS app | Yes | Yes |
| Native Android app | No | Yes |
| Free plan available | Yes | No |
| Beauty-specific consult forms & client photo history | No | Yes |
| Own in-salon card terminals (TimelyPay) | No | Yes |
| Price | From $0/mo AUD | NZD-billed, per staff member |
| All included | Booking & POS |
The 16 dimensions a salon owner checks first
Where the difference between a dedicated salon-booking and POS tool and an all-in-one, AU-tax-native business platform shows up, from chair-side card payments to the BAS you lodge each quarter. Cited against Timely’s public pages.
| Category | Feature | OneBookPlus | Timely |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online booking | Customer-facing booking page | Yes | Yes (source: gettimely.com/features) |
| Calendar | Staff roster & appointment calendar | Yes | Yes (source: gettimely.com/features) |
| Client records | Client profiles & appointment history | Yes | Yes (source: gettimely.com/features) |
| Reminders | Automated SMS / email reminders | Yes | Yes (source: gettimely.com/features) |
| Retail / inventory | Product retail & stock tracking | Basic product line items | Dedicated stock & retail module (source: gettimely.com/features) |
| Payments | In-appointment card payments | Stripe + Stripe Tax | TimelyPay terminal (source: gettimely.com/timelypay) |
| Invoicing | GST-native tax invoices + ABN | Yes | Sales receipts; no ABN tax-invoice engine documented (source: gettimely.com/features) |
| Accounting | P&L and balance sheet | Yes | No (source: gettimely.com/features) |
| GST / BAS | BAS-ready GST report (G1, 1A, 1B) | Yes | Via Xero/MYOB only (source: gettimely.com/features) |
| Marketing | Email campaigns & winback | Yes | Reminders & some campaigns; no full CRM marketing suite (source: gettimely.com/marketing) |
| Reviews | Automated Google review requests | Yes | Not documented (source: gettimely.com/features) |
| Quotes & jobs | Quote to job to invoice pipeline | Yes | No (source: gettimely.com/features) |
| Mobile | Native mobile app | Native iOS app; web app on Android | iOS + Android (Timely app) (source: gettimely.com/features) |
| Billing currency | Billed in AUD | AUD | NZD-billed, priced per bookable staff member (source: gettimely.com/pricing) |
| Free plan | Free tier available | Free plan | No (source: gettimely.com/pricing) |
| Pricing transparency | Annual price shown inc. GST | Declared inc. GST, AUD | Per-plan NZD; verify GST treatment (source: gettimely.com/pricing) |
| Starting price (AUD, inc. GST) | From $0/mo | NZD, per staff member | |
| AUD · Inc. GST · Free tier available | Plans published in NZD and priced per bookable staff member (gettimely.com/pricing), so the AUD you pay moves with the exchange rate · booking and POS only · Xero or MYOB still needed for accounting |
Not mockups, real product screens
The booking page, and the diary behind it
Every competitor row above cites Timely's own page. Our side says the page your customers book from and the record your business runs on are the same thing, so here are both ends of it.
Open the same screens yourself
The live demo is a working OneBookPlus account with jobs, bookings, quotes and invoices already in it. Click into the screens above rather than taking the ticks on faith.
Where Timely wins
Retail stock control, done deeper than ours
Timely has built salon and beauty booking software since 2011, from its base in New Zealand, and that single-vertical focus shows. Its retail and stock-tracking module is genuinely deeper than OneBookPlus’s product line-items. If you sell a wall of professional haircare and need supplier purchase orders, par-level alerts, and per-product margin reporting, Timely was designed for exactly that. TimelyPay puts a card terminal at the chair, the SmartChat/marketing prompts are tuned to no-show-prone beauty bookings, and there’s a large established base of AU/NZ salons and bookkeepers who already know the product. If your entire workflow is book → serve → sell retail → tap-to-pay, and your accountant handles the books separately, Timely does that loop well and a switch isn’t urgent, cited on the Timely features page.
Where OneBookPlus wins
Books bundled, AUD billing, one client record
Accounting and BAS are bundled, not a separate Xero bill. Timely is a booking and POS tool. It has no double-entry ledger, P&L, or Australian BAS engine, so most salons run Timely + Xero. OneBookPlus ships full accounting, AI receipt and bill scanning, and a one-click BAS report (G1 sales, 1A GST collected, 1B GST paid) inside the same subscription. Every $35 colour service and every retail tube of toner lands in the same ledger you lodge from: no CSV export, no two-system reconciliation. Timely’s features page lists no accounting module.
AUD billing and AU compliance, not NZD with a conversion. Timely is a New Zealand product billed in NZD, so its plans float against the AUD every month, and the pricing page is structured for NZ GST. OneBookPlus bills in AUD, applies 10% Australian GST natively on tax invoices, validates ABNs, and is built around the local salon context (Hair and Beauty Industry Award 2020). No exchange-rate drift on your subscription line, no GST workaround at BAS time.
One client record from booking to invoice to review. In Timely a client is an appointment history with a payment ledger. In OneBookPlus the same contact carries booking history, every GST invoice and payment, outstanding balance, email-campaign membership, and an automated Google review request that fires after the appointment is marked complete and paid, review collection Timely does not document on its marketing features page. That unified record is what turns a one-off colour client into a rebooked, reviewed, re-marketed regular.
What a salon gains by moving off Timely
Two subscriptions become one
Timely covers bookings and POS, then you add Xero or MYOB for accounting because Timely documents no accounting module (gettimely.com/features). OneBookPlus starts free and covers bookings, invoicing, CRM, accounting, and marketing on one AUD bill, so there is one renewal to watch instead of two in two currencies.
Built-in accounting & BAS
Timely documents no accounting module (gettimely.com/features), most salon owners pay for separate software. OneBookPlus includes full accounting with P&L reports, expense tracking, GST calculation, and ATO-ready BAS summaries. No more double-entry or reconciliation between systems.
Marketing tools to grow your salon
Timely focuses on bookings, not growth. OneBookPlus includes email marketing campaigns to keep clients coming back, and Google review requests to build your online reputation. Attract new clients and retain existing ones without paying for extra marketing tools.
Built for Australian businesses
Timely is NZ-based software adapted for Australian use. OneBookPlus is purpose-built for Australian service businesses, with GST handling, ATO-compliant BAS summaries, Australian payment processing, and local support. No currency conversions or compliance workarounds.
OneBookPlus vs Timely: your questions answered
How does OneBookPlus compare to Timely for an Australian salon?
They overlap on the front desk and diverge behind it. Timely covers online bookings, calendar management, client records, automated reminders, and POS, and its retail and stock module is deeper than ours. OneBookPlus covers the same booking core, then adds GST invoicing, full accounting, P&L reports, BAS summaries, email marketing, and Google review requests, which Timely leaves to other software. So the split is: if your workflow ends at book, serve, sell retail, tap-to-pay and your accountant handles the books separately, Timely does that loop well. If you want the books in the same app as the diary, OneBookPlus is the one platform.
What do I stop paying for if I move from Timely to OneBookPlus?
Two subscriptions become one. Timely is billed in NZD per bookable staff member (gettimely.com/pricing), and because it documents no accounting module (checked gettimely.com/features), Australian salons normally run Xero or MYOB alongside it for GST and BAS. OneBookPlus bundles bookings, invoicing, CRM, accounting, and marketing into a single AUD subscription with a free tier, so the accounting bill and the currency conversion both go away. Whether that adds up to a saving depends on your staff count and which Timely plan you are on, so it is worth putting both bills side by side rather than taking a headline number from us.
Does OneBookPlus have the same booking features as Timely?
Yes. OneBookPlus includes an online booking page, calendar management, automated appointment reminders, and client records, the core scheduling features salons need. While Timely has some salon-specific features like product inventory tracking, OneBookPlus covers all the essential booking and client management needs plus invoicing, accounting, and marketing.
Can OneBookPlus handle accounting for my salon or beauty business?
Absolutely, and this is where OneBookPlus really stands out compared to Timely. OneBookPlus includes full accounting with profit and loss reports, expense tracking, GST calculation, and ATO-ready BAS summaries. Timely documents no accounting module (checked gettimely.com/features), so most salon owners pay for separate software. OneBookPlus eliminates that extra cost.
What does OneBookPlus offer that Timely doesn't?
OneBookPlus includes several features Timely lacks: GST-compliant invoicing, quoting, full CRM and contact management, email marketing campaigns, accounting with P&L reports, BAS/ATO tax summaries, expense tracking, a calendar subscription link that Apple, Google and Outlook pick up (two-way Google sync is built but not yet open to customers), Google review requests, and job management. Plus OneBookPlus has a free plan, Timely doesn't.
Does a salon get its BAS figures out of the same system?
A BAS (Business Activity Statement) is the form Australian businesses lodge with the ATO to report GST collected on sales, GST paid on purchases, and the net amount owed or refunded. OneBookPlus generates BAS-ready GST figures automatically from your bookings, invoices, and expenses, so you can lodge or hand them to your accountant without separate accounting software. Timely documents no accounting or BAS reporting (checked gettimely.com/features), so salon owners using Timely typically pay for Xero or MYOB on top.
How OneBookPlus goes beyond appointment booking
Timely is excellent at what it does, online booking, calendar management, and client appointment reminders for salons and beauty businesses. But your business doesn't stop when the appointment ends. You still need to send invoices, track who owes you money, categorise expenses, manage GST, and understand whether you actually turned a profit last month. Timely doesn't cover any of that, so you end up stitching together a booking tool, an accounting app, and maybe a spreadsheet for client notes.
OneBookPlus brings booking, invoicing, client management, and real accounting into a single platform designed for Australian sole traders. Instead of your appointment living in one system and your invoice in another, every booking flows naturally into an invoice, every payment is recorded against the invoice it settles, and every client's full history, appointments, purchases, notes, lives in one CRM.
Feature deep dive
Unified client CRM: In Timely, a client is a name with appointment history. In OneBookPlus, each client profile holds their booking history, every invoice and payment, outstanding balances, communication notes, and preferences. When a regular walks in, you see their full relationship with your business at a glance, not just their last three haircuts, but whether they paid on time, what products they've purchased, and any notes you've left for yourself.
Booking-to-invoice automation: When an appointment completes, OneBookPlus can generate the invoice automatically based on the services booked, including any add-ons or retail products added during the visit. Payment links are included, and when the client pays, the invoice is settled and closed off in the ledger. No manual data entry. No copying amounts between apps. The whole chain from booking to recorded income is one unbroken flow.
Receipt and bill scanning with AI categorisation: Photograph a receipt or drop in a supplier PDF and OneBookPlus reads the supplier, date, GST and total off it. Product supplies from your wholesaler, rent, insurance and software subscriptions are suggested into the right category for you to confirm. Come BAS time, your GST figures are already done.
Who should switch
- Solo beauty professionals paying for both Timely and a separate accounting tool like Xero or Wave, you can replace both with one subscription.
- Salon owners who want real financial visibility, profit and loss, cash flow, GST obligations, not just a booking calendar.
- Service businesses that need client relationship tracking beyond appointment history, purchase patterns, balances, and communication notes in one profile.
Stay with Timely if: you run a multi-location salon with complex staff rostering, you rely on TimelyPay terminals at the chair, or you sell a wall of professional retail and need its deeper stock, purchase-order and per-product margin tooling.
Getting started
Migration takes about ten minutes. Export your client list from Timely (Clients > Export) and import the CSV into OneBookPlus. Set up your service menu with pricing and default durations. From your first booking in OneBookPlus, every appointment generates an invoice, every payment is recorded against it, and your books stay current without a second platform.
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About this comparison
How we compared OneBookPlus to Timely
Feature claims about OneBookPlus reflect what is shipping today on onebookplus.com.au. Timely pricing and feature claims were read off Timely’s public Australian product pages on . Vendor pricing changes frequently, so check the Timely website for your specific situation before making a decision.
Disclosure: OneBookPlus publishes this comparison and stands to benefit if you switch. We aim to compare like-for-like on capability and Australian tax compliance, if you spot something out of date, email hello@onebookplus.com.au and we’ll review it.
About the author
Bishal Shrestha
Founder & CEO, OneBookPlus
Bishal spent a decade running digital projects for Australian small businesses before founding OneBookPlus. He writes and maintains these pages, and publishes what OneBookPlus does not do alongside what it does.
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Every Timely price and capability claim on this page was read off Timely's own published Australian pages on the date printed above, and recorded in competitor-facts.ts with that date. Claims about OneBookPlus describe what ships today, and the page names what we do not do.
Last reviewed and updated: by Bishal Shrestha