Taddoovs Excel, Zettel und Instagram-DMs
Notebooks, Excel and Instagram DMs cost nothing but a lot of time and nerves. Taddoo bundles everything in one place and automates the repetitive parts.
Honest comparison, as of 2026-09-12
Most tattoo artists start with Instagram DMs for requests, a notebook or calendar for appointments and Excel for revenue. That works until volume grows: requests slip through, appointments clash, deposits go uncollected, no-shows pile up and bookkeeping becomes a weekend project. Taddoo replaces this loose collection with one connected workflow and handles the repetitive parts automatically.
Done with paper chaos and DM ping-pong.
Taddoo handles the repetitive work so you can focus on why clients come to you: the art on the skin.
Features side by side
| Feature | Taddoo | Excel, Zettel und Instagram-DMs |
|---|---|---|
| Calendar and appointment managementNotebook or phone calendar: without conflict checking. | Yes | Partial |
| Link in bio: your own page with booking, flash, availability and waitlistLinktree or similar: links yes, but no booking, flash or waitlist behind them. | Yes | Partial |
| Flash page: designs with size, price and duration, bookable directly | Yes | No |
| Request form with body part, size, reference images and preferred day | Yes | No |
| Waitlists per location and custom lists before the guest spot | Yes | No |
| Booking link: customers book themselves | Yes | No |
| Online deposits (Stripe) | Yes | No |
| Automated communication: reminders and aftercare, at Taddoo by email, with App Pro also by text | Yes | No |
| Digital consent form with QR code | Yes | No |
| Receipts and expenses via photo scan | Yes | No |
| Tap to Pay: card payments on iPhone or Android without a terminal | Yes | No |
| Built specifically for tattoo artistsGeneric tools, not tailored to tattoo. | Yes | No |
| App for iPhone, iPad, Android and Mac, works offline | Yes | Partial |
| Studio and team management: day board with stations, shared calendar, requests forwarded to the right artist, every consent form signed in the studio in one place; every artist keeps their own appA group chat and a wall calendar know no stations and no forwarding. Taddoo Studio: 30 CHF per month billed yearly, every artist keeps their app. | Yes | No |
| AI assistant: Claude and ChatGPT manage appointments, clients and link in bio (MCP) | Yes | No |
Pricing
US$14per month, billed yearly
No revenue commission, and with App Pro also 0% Taddoo fees when you take payments, Stripe only: App Pro US$25 per month billed yearly, App US$14 per month billed yearly (or US$16 monthly) with a small fee only on payments through Taddoo; first 7 days free, up to 28% cheaper when paying yearly, no marketplace fee. For studios with several artists: Taddoo Studio US$30 per month billed yearly, unlimited linked artists, each artist pays for and keeps their own app.
Free up front but expensive in time: manual back and forth on every request, no automatic deposits, no reminders, no structured client history and bookkeeping by hand.
What fits when
When Excel, Zettel und Instagram-DMs fits
Absolute beginners with very few appointments per month, for whom a system is not yet worth it.
Where Taddoo leads
Taddoo gives you a link in bio with request form, flash page and waitlist instead of DM ping-pong, collects deposits automatically, keeps client history structured, creates consent digitally, takes card payments via Tap to Pay and summarises income and expenses on its own.
On top of that, Taddoo is always artist first. The account belongs to the artist, not the studio. The artist joins a studio's Taddoo Studio account with their app, decides what the studio sees and takes clients, appointments, consent forms and numbers along when moving on. With Taddoo Studio, studios still get their own studio and team management.
Frequently asked questions
My notebook-and-Instagram system works fine. Why switch?
As long as appointments are few, it is enough. Switching pays off once you lose time on appointment ping-pong, get no-shows because no deposit was taken, or hunt for receipts at year end. Taddoo takes exactly these recurring tasks off your plate, from US$14 per month, with 7 days free to try.
Do I have to re-enter all my existing clients?
No. Taddoo can import a client list as CSV, and every request through your page, every waitlist entry and every booking creates the client automatically. You do not start from zero.
As of 2026-09-12. Details on Excel, Zettel und Instagram-DMs based on publicly available sources; pricing and features may change.
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Less admin. More tattooing.
Link in bio, booking link, deposits, digital consent and bookkeeping in one place. 7 days free, cancel anytime.