Somavue

Somavue provides booking, check-in, and payment software for massage, bodywork, and spa businesses. Online booking accounts for therapist schedules, room availability, service duration, and deposit rules. Its calendar brings together staff schedules, rooms, equipment, deposits, no-shows, and client check-in status. Front-desk staff can review intake, consent, arrival, and payment readiness before appointments. Clients can complete intake forms before arriving, or check in on an iPad with an intake, pain map, guardian consent for minors, and signature. Staff apps for iPhone and Android support day views, client lookup, walk-in bookings, payments, and session notes, with Spanish throughout. Somavue links deposits, invoices, and card payments to appointments through Stripe Connect. The plan has no subscription and charges 1.0% of payments made through Somavue; Stripe card fees are separate. Full card numbers are processed by Stripe and not stored by Somavue.

Somavue brings appointment booking, intake, check-in, and payment workflows together for massage and related businesses. Businesses should account for the 1.0% usage fee and separate Stripe card fees.

Somavue is designed for massage shops, day spas, bodywork studios, and wellness clinics. It is not aimed at hair, nail, or gym businesses.

Somavue is appointment software for massage, bodywork, spa, and wellness businesses. It is best for teams coordinating therapists, treatment rooms, intake, and payment around each visit. The trade-off is a 1.0% usage fee on client payments through Somavue, on top of separate Stripe card fees.

Overview

Somavue connects online booking, check-in, and payment workflows instead of treating the calendar as a standalone schedule. Bookings account for therapist schedules, room availability, service duration, and deposit rules; front-desk staff can then see intake and consent completion, arrival, and payment readiness before appointments.

That focus suits massage shops, day spas, bodywork studios, and wellness clinics. It is not aimed at hair, nail, or gym businesses, and it has no memberships. Practices that depend on memberships or need software for a broader salon or fitness operation should look elsewhere.

Key features

Scheduling and front-desk coordination

The calendar combines therapist schedules with rooms, equipment, deposits, no-shows, and check-in status. This gives staff one view of appointment logistics and client readiness, a practical advantage when a visit depends on both a practitioner and a treatment space. Online booking also factors in service duration and deposit rules, helping businesses apply those requirements at booking.

Intake, payments, and staff apps

Clients can fill out intake forms before arriving. An iPad self-check-in flow supports intake, a pain map, guardian consent for minors, and a signature, making it more capable than a simple arrival kiosk for shops that collect those details. Staff apps for iPhone and Android support viewing the day, client lookup, walk-in bookings, payments, and session notes; Spanish is supported throughout.

Somavue accepts online deposits and in-person card payments through Stripe, linking deposits, invoices, and card payments to appointments. Stripe processes full card numbers, which Somavue says it does not store. The privacy policy describes TLS in transit, shop-scoped access checks, passkey-based staff authentication, hashed session tokens, audit logging, database constraints, and restricted operational access. Somavue also says it does not sell or rent personal information to unrelated third parties for marketing.

For ordinary massage and bodywork shop workflows, Somavue says it is not expected to be a HIPAA covered entity. Protected health information may require additional terms or compliance arrangements, so clinics handling it should resolve those requirements before relying on the platform.

Pricing

Somavue has one Usage-based plan at no cost, with no monthly subscription. The maker says no features are held back by plan; intake forms, treatment-room scheduling, client history, and payment processing are included. There is no cheaper tier with reduced capabilities, but the pay-as-you-go model is not cost-free: Somavue bills 1.0% of what clients pay through it, and Stripe card fees are charged separately.

This structure may suit a business that wants to avoid a recurring subscription and prefers charges to follow payments through Somavue. A shop with substantial payment volume should weigh the transaction charge against subscription-priced alternatives; the percentage fee remains relevant even without a monthly bill.

Platforms

Somavue is available on Android, iOS, and the web. Its iPhone and Android staff apps cover daily staff tasks, while iPad self-check-in supports the intake and arrival workflow.

Who it's for

Choose Somavue if your massage, spa, bodywork, or wellness operation needs booking, room and therapist coordination, intake, check-in, and appointment-linked payments together. It is a weaker fit for businesses outside those categories, for membership-led practices, and for clinics that need a settled HIPAA arrangement for protected health information.

Pros and cons

• Pros: The calendar connects therapists, rooms, equipment, deposits, no-shows, and check-in status, which is useful for businesses coordinating more than appointment times.
• Pros: Intake, consent, pain maps, minor guardian consent, and signatures extend the workflow from pre-visit preparation through self-check-in.
• Pros: No monthly subscription and no plan-based feature restrictions make the pricing structure straightforward for businesses that prefer usage-based charges.
• Cons: The 1.0% fee applies to client payments through Somavue, with Stripe card fees on top, so payment volume affects the total cost.
• Cons: There are no memberships, and the product does not target hair, nail, or gym businesses.
• Cons: Practices handling protected health information may need additional terms or compliance arrangements.

Alternatives

Massage Therapy Software is a useful place to compare products in the same category.

Consider WellnessLiving if you want a free plan or trial, or prefer a listed annual price: its Starter plan is $62 a month billed annually and includes one staff member, booking, client and staff apps, and POS.

Zenamu is worth considering if a freemium option fits: Getting Started allows 30 orders per month and one teacher account, while Expert allows 500 orders per month.

Starta.one offers a free Starta Lite plan with owner-only access, unlimited bookings, a personal booking website, and SMS notifications.

Bodywork Buddy is another paid option with a 15-day free trial and a Monthly plan priced at $35 a month.

ClinicSense may suit practices that want a defined appointment cap: its Lite annual plan is $35.75 a year and covers up to 20 appointments per month, online booking, reminders, SOAP notes, and intake forms.

Corterra Book is an alternative to consider for its call and text messaging add-on, priced at $30 a month with 1,000 text segments and 200 call minutes monthly, with additional usage charged separately.

HMS Spa has a Starter plan at 1,490 TRY a month, with one location, three users, all features, and email support.

MassageOS is another paid option; its Starter plan is $24.50 a month billed annually and includes one user, 100 contacts, a mobile app, and $5 in free credits.

Verdict

Somavue is a strong fit for massage, spa, and bodywork teams that want scheduling, intake, check-in, and payments joined around appointments without a monthly subscription. Choose it for that focused workflow; look elsewhere if memberships are essential, your business is outside its target categories, or the 1.0% usage charge plus Stripe fees is less attractive than a subscription plan.