theCut: Find & Book Barbers icon

theCut

For professional barbers managing business operations and clients seeking local grooming services with mobile payment options.

1app4.7(16K)Lifestyle

Snapshot

Who is theCut?

Streamlining the barber-client relationship through a dedicated booking and mobile payment marketplace.

Target audience

Professional barbers managing business operationsClients seeking local grooming services with mobile payment options

Active nemesis

Booksy

Other rivals

Portfolio

Free 1
1
app
Lifestyle1

Last updated

theCut: Find & Book Barbers

v1.106.0

4mo ago

Intense

Publisher DNA

What defines theCut?

Publisher DNA

Primary focus

Barbershop booking and business management

Scale

indie

Target audience

Professional barbers managing business operations and clients seeking local grooming services with mobile payment options.

Intense

Portfolio momentum

Maintains an intense development pace with 12 updates released in the last 6 months for their primary title.

Last release 9d agoActive apps 1

Portfolio

What does theCut ship?

Apps

1 app analysed

Integrated Apple Pay transaction flow

  • Barbers report significant business growth and client acquisition through the platform booking tools
  • Aggressive and persistent notification patterns frustrate users who want to opt out of ratings

Single-market publisher, every app ships only to United States.

Based on 1 of 1 app with localized market data · last scanned .

Americas (1)

  • United States1 / 1

Core markets (1/1 apps)

United States

User Sentiment

How do users feel about their apps?

1

Positive apps

0

Neutral / mixed

0

Negative apps

82/100

Avg sentiment score

Rivals

Who does theCut compete with?

The rivals identified

Nemeses(1)

Booksy

known forBooksy for Customers

1 app4.9Lifestyle

Booksy dominates the appointment booking space with a massive, cross-industry network effect that theCut cannot currently match.

Contenders(2)

Block

known forSquare Go

1 app4.9Lifestyle

Integrates directly with the Square ecosystem, providing a seamless booking experience for businesses already using Square POS.

Great Clips

known forGreat Clips Online Check-in

1 app4.9Lifestyle

A direct competitor in the haircutting space that prioritizes high-volume, low-friction check-ins over traditional appointment booking.

Same space(3)

Care.com

known forCare.com Caregiver: Find Jobs

1 app4.6Lifestyle

Adjacent platform focused on high-trust, recurring service bookings, highlighting different verification and safety-first UX requirements.

PetDesk

known forPetDesk - Pet Health Reminders

1 app4.9Lifestyle

Adjacent appointment-based booking platform that demonstrates high retention through specialized, recurring health-related service management.

Thumbtack

known forThumbtack: Home Service Pros

1 app4.9Lifestyle

Adjacent service-booking platform that competes for the same 'find and book local professional' user intent.

New entrants(1)

Whop

known forWhop

1 app4.7Lifestyle

An emerging marketplace platform with high release velocity that is rapidly expanding into new service-based digital and physical niches.

Frequently asked questions

How many apps does theCut publish?
theCut has 1 app tracked by Marlvel, primarily in the Lifestyle category.
What kind of apps does theCut make?
theCut's portfolio is concentrated in Lifestyle, with an average rating of 4.7/5 across rated apps.
What is theCut's top app?
By review volume across the portfolio, theCut: Find & Book Barbers is theCut's best-known app tracked by Marlvel.
In how many countries are theCut's apps available?
Marlvel has tracked theCut's apps across 1 country.

What fed this analysis

Apps analyzed:
1
With full intel:
0
With overview:
1
Website scraped:
yes
Social presence:
yes

Disclosure: Independent intel to help mobile builders succeed.

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Marlvel.ai. “theCut intelligence.” Updated 2026-04-24. https://marlvel.ai/publishers/thecut-inc

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