The Timely alternative built for solo wellness therapists — one flat £10 a month.
Timely’s price rises with your bookings, and it has a habit of putting prices up. Bee-booked is £10 a month, flat, for your whole business: no commission, no per-person fees, and your £10 won’t go up as long as you are with us.
Why therapists move from Timely
The three things that come up again and again in Timely reviews.
The busier you get, the more you pay
Timely starts at £4 a week and the price adjusts with your bookings. A good month costs you more. Bee-booked is one flat £10, however busy you are.
The price keeps rising
Timely has put prices up for existing customers (2023 and 2024). Bee-booked is price-locked — your £10 never moves, even when we raise prices for new sign-ups.
No way to be found
Timely only manages the clients you already have. Bee-booked gives you a page in our wellness marketplace, so new clients can discover and book you.
Bee-booked vs Timely, side by side
Honest comparison — including what we don't do yet.
| Timely | Bee-booked | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | From £17 (£4/week), rises with your bookings | £10 flat, whole business |
| Price-lock (no future hikes) | ✗ raised prices 2023 & 2024 | ✓ your £10 won’t go up |
| Commission on bookings | 0% | 0% |
| Markup on card payments | TimelyPay 1.95% + 20p | £0 markup — pay Stripe direct (~1.5% + 20p) |
| Contract / lock-in | None | None |
| Listed in a marketplace | ✗ | ✓ |
| Online booking page & diary | ✓ | ✓ |
| Card on file, no-show & late-cancel charges | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email confirmations & reminders | ✓ | ✓ |
| Group classes & events | Limited | ✓ |
| Consultation notes | ✓ (mid tier+) | ✓ (GDPR-safe) |
| Loyalty rewards | ✓ | ✓ |
| Memberships & gift vouchers | Vouchers ✓ · memberships ✗ | Coming soon |
| Native iOS / Android app | ✓ | Coming soon |
The honest bit on fees
Because "free" and "no fees" are usually neither.
Bee-booked takes 0% commission on your bookings and adds £0 on top of payments. When a client pays, you pay Stripe's standard processing rate — about 1.5% + 20p on UK cards — directly to Stripe. We don't touch it and we don't mark it up. Timely runs its own processor (TimelyPay) at 1.95% + 20p, so on a typical UK booking you keep more with Bee-booked. And unlike commission marketplaces such as Fresha — which charge around 20% on new clients — there's no per-booking cut, ever.
Everything you get for £10 a month
One plan. No tiers to climb, no features held back.
- Your own branded booking page
- A listing in the Bee-booked marketplace
- Calendar & diary with drag-to-reschedule
- Multiple treatments per appointment
- Add-ons & duration options
- Group classes & events with capacity
- Card on file with no-show & late-cancel charges
- Branded email confirmations & reminders
- Client accounts with one-tap magic-link sign-in
- Visit-based loyalty rewards
- GDPR-safe consultation notes
- And a price that never goes up
Timely alternative — your questions
- Is Bee-booked cheaper than Timely?
- Yes. Timely starts at about £17 a month (£4 a week) and rises with your bookings. Bee-booked is one flat £10 a month for your whole business — and it's price-locked, so it won't creep up.
- Does Bee-booked charge commission?
- No — 0% on bookings, and £0 markup on payments. You pay Stripe's standard rate (~1.5% + 20p UK) directly; we take nothing on top.
- Is there a free alternative to Timely?
- "Free" tools like Fresha usually take a marketplace commission (about 20% on new clients in the UK). A flat £10 with no commission often works out cheaper — and you keep your client relationships.
- Will my price go up?
- No. Your £10 a month won’t go up as long as you are with us, thanks to our price-lock promise.
- Does Bee-booked have an app?
- It runs on any device through the web today, and native iOS & Android apps are on the way.
One flat £10 a month. It won’t go up for you as long as you are with us.
For independent holistic & wellness therapists across the UK.
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