Mobile grooming software · Your Route. Your Rules.

Online booking built around your drive.

Let customers book online within your service areas and scheduling rules. Keep control of the drive, with reminders, deposits and payments together.

30 days free. No credit card required. Plans from $39/month.

My Day shows Avery and Juniper's sample Full Groom appointment, address, pet care notes, unconfirmed status and appointment actions.
A real My Day screen with sample appointments.

No credit card to start

Works in a phone or computer browser, with iPhone and Android apps

Card payments through Stripe

Every screen shown is real, from sample accounts

The three things that eat a mobile groomer’s week.

An open slot that you can’t reach.

A calendar doesn’t know about the drive. Customer booking can check your service areas and configured travel limits before it offers a time.

Texting back and forth to book.

Customers request the times you offer after giving their pet, service and address details. You choose whether each booking needs your approval.

Driving out for a no-show.

Ask for a deposit when the customer books, and send reminders they can confirm with a reply. Deposits need Stripe set up; text reminders need the customer’s consent.

How GroomCaptain runs your day.

Book what you can reach

Customers pick from times that work for your route.

Set your service areas and availability. Advanced travel limits come with Smart Route. Reschedule links, when enabled, let customers choose another available time within your rules.

Customer booking offers 9 AM, 11 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM for a sample 90-minute groom after validating a service-area address.
Actual offered times in a synthetic demo business, before submitting a booking.
See the service-area and travel controls
Smart Route settings offer service-area rules, a same-day distance limit and a maximum drive time between appointments.
Actual Smart Route controls in a synthetic demo business. These rules check bookings; they do not reorder the day.

Run the day from your phone

The next stop, the address and the notes are right there.

My Day shows the next appointment and address, with pet care notes and anything that needs attention called out. Drive and gap details appear when available.

Robin and Milo's sample My Day appointment includes the address, pet handling notes and an unconfirmed appointment warning.
A sample appointment that is still unconfirmed, and My Day makes that visible.

Get paid before and after

A deposit to hold the slot. The balance when the groom is done.

Record cash or check with no setup. Card payments need Stripe setup. Tap to Pay also needs Smart Route or Team Route and the GroomCaptain app on a supported iPhone or Android phone.

An unsaved cash-payment form shows a sample $95 balance, amount and optional note before confirmation.
Cash-payment entry on a sample appointment, before confirmation; this is not a completed charge. Card acceptance needs Stripe setup.

Grow when you’re ready

One groomer or a team of vans, on one schedule.

See appointments assigned across your groomers and incoming booking requests together. Team Route adds team availability and assignments.

Sample Schedule assignments include Taylor North Van, Casey South Van and Morgan Central Van.
Appointments across three groomers in a sample team agenda.

There is more behind this: recurring appointments, digital waivers, photo-assisted estimates and Fill This Slot. See every feature.

What users are saying

Route protection

I've wanted online booking, but I was always worried customers would book appointments all over town. Being able to control where and when people can book makes so much more sense for mobile grooming.

Ashleigh Spiner, Paws 4 Life

Time savings

The part I like most is not having to go back and forth with customers just to find an appointment that works. The scheduling rules do a lot of that work for you.

Steve Jones, The Bark Side Grooming

Ease of use

I was surprised how much I could manage from one place. Customers, pets, appointments, and my daily schedule all fit together without jumping between different tools.

Sarah Fine, Hairy Pawter's Chamber of Grooming

Pick the plan that fits the way you groom.

One groomer

Solo

$39/month

One groomer who wants customers to book, reschedule and pay without calling.

  • 1 groomer / 1 active mobile grooming unit
  • 500 SMS segments/month (about 500 short texts)
  • Online booking, self-reschedule and travel-aware scheduling
  • Two-way texting, reminders, customer and pet records
  • Deposits, card on file and standard payments
  • Digital agreements and a shareable booking page
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Teams and multiple vans

Team Route

$125/month

More than one groomer or van, with work to assign and approvals to route.

  • Everything in Smart Route
  • Up to 5 active mobile grooming units included
  • Additional active mobile grooming units: $50/month each
  • 2,000 SMS segments/month (about 2,000 short texts)
  • Team scheduling, staff permissions and reporting
Start free trial

30 days free. No credit card required. If you choose a paid plan during the trial, billing starts when the trial ends. Without a paid plan, trial access ends.

Each plan includes a monthly text-message allowance. See the full SMS allowance and limits.

Bring your business. We’ll help you get set up.

  1. Set your base and services.

    Add your location or service area, then your prices and durations.

  2. Bring your regulars.

    Use the customer and pet spreadsheet templates, preview the records, then import.

  3. Book the first groom.

    Then share your booking link whenever you’re ready for customers to self-book.

Sign up and get a free one-hour onboarding session to help you get set up.

A few practical questions.

Do customers need an app?

No. Customers can open your booking and appointment links in a browser.

Do I have to let customers book themselves?

No. You can create appointments yourself and turn on customer self-booking when you are ready.

Can I bring my existing customer and pet list?

Yes. Use the customer and pet spreadsheet templates, preview the records, and import customers before their pets. Pet rows match an existing owner by email or phone. Review the results before booking.

What happens after the 30-day trial?

Registration does not require a card. Without a paid plan, trial access ends. If you choose a paid plan during the trial, billing starts when the trial ends.

How do payments work?

Payments stay with the appointment. You can record cash or check payments with no setup, but card payments require Stripe setup, and processing fees apply- only from Stripe; we add no fees. Tap to Pay on iPhone or Android requires a supported phone, the GroomCaptain app and completed payment setup.

Does this work for a solo groomer?

Yes. Solo covers customer and pet records, online booking, reminders and appointment payments. Smart Route adds advanced service areas and travel rules for mobile work.

What changes when I have employees?

Team Route adds team availability and assignments. Access to shifts, time off and other team tools depends on your role and the features enabled for your business.

What happens without a signal?

Some previously loaded information can be available from saved data on supported app screens. This is not full offline operation: do not rely on booking, edits, messaging, payments or synchronization without a connection.

Try a better booking day.

Explore sample appointments without creating an account. These simulations never change a real schedule.

More time for the dogs. More room for your life.

30 days free. No credit card required. Plans from $39/month.

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