The App in Five Tabs
What each tab of the Perceny app is for, what the app does natively, and what it hands to the web dashboard — so you know where to look on a phone.
The app is not a shrunken version of the dashboard. It is built around the five things you actually do while standing at a chair, and everything else is one tap away in the More tab.
The five tabsCopy a link to this section
Calendar — the day, week, month and agenda views, with drag-to-move, walk-in blocks and off-hours shading. Where you book, move and check people out from.
Tickets — open tickets that are not paid yet: "Tickets you start will appear here until they are checked out." Plus New Sale for a walk-up with no appointment.
Earnings — your numbers for the period, today, yesterday and this month, with drill-downs into the tickets behind each figure.
More — the web dashboard, inside the app. Reports, clients, messaging, invoices, memberships, gift cards, payouts, disputes and every settings page live here.
Profile — you, this device and the whole page index: the account menu, notifications, business switcher, language, app version, and Perceny Academy.
On an iPhone the tab bar is drawn by iOS itself. On an iPad or Android — and on a Mac running the iPad build — the app draws its own bar, and a wide window moves it to a side rail. Same tabs either way.
What is native and what is notCopy a link to this section
Native means built in the app: the calendar, appointment detail and booking form, tickets, checkout, taking payment, refunds, receipts, collaborations, walk-ins, appointment requests, client detail, your work preferences, notifications and earnings.
Everything else opens the web dashboard inside the More tab, signed in already. You will occasionally see "Not available in the native app yet — this screen still opens in the in-app browser." That is the design, not a failure: rebuilding every settings page natively would mean two versions of every rule.
A couple of things leave the app entirely and open your device browser, on purpose — anything that is a purchase, and Perceny Academy, which is a public website.
Pick your business firstCopy a link to this section
If you work at more than one shop, the app asks: "Choose where you are working today." Every tab is scoped to that choice. The Business Switcher sits above the title on Calendar, Earnings and Profile, so switching is one tap and does not require signing out.
Signing out clears the selection deliberately — the next person to sign in on a shared device gets the picker rather than landing inside someone else's shop.
What you can see depends on your permissionsCopy a link to this section
The app applies exactly the same gates as the web page it mirrors. If earnings are not shared with you, the tab says so rather than showing zeroes: "Earnings are not shared with you — ask an owner or manager if you need access to this business's numbers." Same for checkout: "You cannot open tickets."
That is not the app being stingy. It is the same permission the dashboard checks, checked at the same strictness. See Roles and permissions explained.
The floating checkout buttonCopy a link to this section
On the Calendar and Earnings tabs there is a floating action for starting a sale or a booking without going hunting for a tab. It is the fastest path from "client is standing here" to "ticket exists".
The device menuCopy a link to this section
Shake the phone — or open Profile → Perceny Menu if the device is mounted in a stand — for shortcuts that belong to this device rather than to your business: go to the home screen, open the card reader's own settings, app settings, and the environment switch. Card reader Wi-Fi problems get solved here. See Card reader will not connect.
Version, when support asksCopy a link to this section
Profile → Version shows the app build, the over-the-air update, the API version, whether this device is a smart-reader build, and whether Tap to Pay is available on it. Screenshot that page when you report a problem; it answers the first four questions support would otherwise have to ask.