Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points
Build rental booking for your store with rental stock availability, pricing, email notifications
| FlexCon Rental Booking, Hire | Tipo Appointment Booking | |
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Powerful scheduling app that lets you create multiple appointment types, customize your booking form
| Metric | FlexCon Rental Booking, Hire | Tipo Appointment Booking |
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| Rating | ★ 5.0 ★ | 4.9 ★ |
| Total reviews | 23 | ★ 348 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free plan available | Free plan available |
| Built for Shopify | — | ★ Yes |
| Pricing tiers | 2 tiers | ★ 3 tiers |
| Listed features | 5 | 5 |
| Featured placements | — | 1 |
| Languages | 7 supported | 1 supported |
| Listed since | Jul 2025 | Nov 2019 |
FlexCon Rental Booking, Hire and Tipo Appointment Booking are evenly matched on rating (5.0★ vs 4.9★) — the differentiator comes down to pricing fit, feature breadth, and which app's interaction pattern suits your team's workflow.
Pricing entry tiers: FlexCon Rental Booking, Hire at Free plan available, Tipo Appointment Booking at Free plan available. Check each app's tier structure for the capacity limits you actually need before deciding — the headline number is the same shape, but the gating shape per tier (seats, usage volume, integrations) varies.
Tipo Appointment Booking has the larger user base (348 reviews vs 23), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. FlexCon Rental Booking, Hire's smaller cohort can be an advantage for niche workflows where the bigger app has accumulated bloat.
Recommended evaluation path: install both apps' free tiers (where available) and run them in parallel on a small cohort for 7-14 days before committing. The data tables below show the per-feature breakdown — for most merchants the deciding factor will be a single integration or workflow detail that's hard to compare from listing pages alone.
This verdict is generated from the live marketplace data on this page — rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position all refresh from the canonical Shopify App Store listing every 24 hours. AppRanks does not accept payment to influence comparison outcomes; the methodology is documented on the About page and applies identically to every pair on the site.
Read each app's audit: FlexCon Rental Booking, Hire audit • Tipo Appointment Booking audit
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| Keyword | FlexCon Rental Booking, Hire | Tipo Appointment Booking |
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| booking | #17 | #8 |
| calendar widget | #23 | #13 |
| events | #24 | #21 |
| event | #24 | #22 |
| custom forms | #53 | #31 |
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Both FlexCon Rental Booking, Hire and Tipo Appointment Booking offer paid plans only. FlexCon Rental Booking, Hire starts at Free plan available; Tipo Appointment Booking starts at Free plan available. Compare the per-tier features in the Pricing section above before committing.
FlexCon Rental Booking, Hire (5.0★, 23 reviews) and Tipo Appointment Booking (4.9★, 348 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.
FlexCon Rental Booking, Hire holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.9★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.
Both apps are one-click installs from the Shopify App Store. Tipo Appointment Booking has the deeper published review base (348 vs 23), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.
FlexCon Rental Booking, Hire typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (23 reviews). Tipo Appointment Booking typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (348 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.
Migration support varies by app and category. FlexCon Rental Booking, Hire and Tipo Appointment Booking both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from FlexCon Rental Booking, Hire" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.
