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Best Wodify alternatives for martial arts gyms (2026)
There are two Wodifys, the one on the whiteboard and the one on the invoice. Six alternatives with vendor-verified pricing for gyms that liked the first.
The short version: there are two Wodifys. The one on the whiteboard, performance tracking, streaks, at-risk flags, rates 4.5 on Capterra and deserves its reputation. The one on the invoice publishes a single tier, $199 list per location promoted at $99, keeps belt tracking in unpriced upper tiers, adds an undisclosed onboarding fee and takes from 2.7% plus 30 cents on cards, as of August 2026. These six alternatives are for gyms that liked the first Wodify and tired of the second.
The two Wodifys, and which one gyms actually leave
Ask a coach about Wodify and you hear about the product: the whiteboard, the workout logging, the weekly streaks, the at-risk member identification that most rivals still lack. Capterra agrees, 4.5 across roughly 150 reviews, with the recurring reservation being price rather than product. Most of its martial arts base is BJJ, 32 of the 47 installs our 5,191-site crawl detected.
Ask an owner and you hear about the purchase. Essentials, the only published tier, lists at $199 a month per location, currently struck to $99 for gyms that book a demo. Progressions and Belt Tracking, the features a martial arts gym is actually there for, live in Accelerate and Ultimate, which have no public price. An onboarding fee exists but its size does not, publicly. And the processor takes from 2.7% plus 30 cents per card payment. None of this is hidden, Wodify prints its rates, which is more than some rivals manage; it simply means your real total lives on a quote, and the gyms that leave are usually the ones who wanted to read it on a page.
Mat Track, belts and retention at published prices
Ours, weigh accordingly. Mat Track answers the invoice-Wodify directly: every price public ($0 to 200 contacts, $99 Growth, $199 Pro), no platform percentage on payments on any plan, no onboarding fee, and the martial arts features Wodify quotes for, multi-art rank ladders, grading criteria in the member app, ship in every tier including free. The retention machinery matches the ambition of whiteboard-Wodify from a different angle: alerts on each member's own 60-day attendance pattern, streaks, badges and comeback challenges rather than workout scores.
Where it wins:
- Belts in the free plan against belts behind a sales call.
- Adds nothing to your card fees, where Wodify takes from 2.7% plus 30 cents per payment.
- You can work out your whole bill from the pricing page in a minute.
Where it falls short:
- No workout-performance tracking or whiteboard, if scores are your gym's culture Wodify keeps that crown.
- No per-location enterprise tooling.
The switch detail is on our Wodify switching page.
PushPress, the athletic cousin with everything published
Closest to Wodify's DNA, class-based, performance-minded, functional-fitness-raised, with the opposite pricing culture: Free at $0 with unlimited members on a 4.99% card rate, Pro at $159 and Max at $229 on 2.89%, every add-on priced, 4.7 on Capterra. Rank tracking needs Pro, and the free plan's economics flip around $7,600 a month in card volume, the maths is in our PushPress pricing breakdown.
Where it wins:
- Wodify's athletic spirit with total transparency.
- A real free tier.
- The Train programming add-on for workout culture.
Where it falls short:
- Performance depth still trails Wodify's.
- Belt and rank tracking needs the $159 Pro tier.
- Martial arts is a vertical, not the centre.
The full listicle treatment is in our PushPress alternatives guide.
Gymdesk, the simple landing
The most-installed platform in our crawl and the plainest bill in the market: $75 to $200 by member count, everything at every tier, website builder included, month to month, 4.8 on Capterra. No performance tracking, basic ranks, and the branded app costs $100 a month, but nothing requires a call.
Where it wins:
- One plain price by member count, a relief after quote-shopping.
- A website builder is included in every plan.
- Huge install base.
Where it falls short:
- No whiteboard culture at all.
- Belt and rank tracking is basic.
- The branded member app costs an extra $100 a month.
Our Gymdesk alternatives guide treats it as the subject.
Kicksite, if belts were the point
If you were eyeing Wodify's upper tiers mainly for Progressions and Belt Tracking, Kicksite does that job as its whole reason for existing: custom curricula, testing events, one-click promotions, $49 to $199 with everything included, 4.8 on Capterra. No native member app and no performance tracking; automation watches invoices rather than attendance.
Where it wins:
- The deepest belt administration in the market at a flat published price.
- A loyal base of traditional schools who vouch for it.
Where it falls short:
- Students get a website to log into, not a real app on their phone.
- Nothing for workout scoring.
- The feature set thins out once you step outside belt administration.
More in our Kicksite alternatives guide.
Zen Planner, the modular veteran
Two decades in martial arts, native belt testing, a website product, and a bill assembled from parts: $99 to $289 core by member count, app $39, website $99, Engage marketing $249, about $616 configured at 150 members. Capterra 4.3 across 270 reviews, support praised, billing friction the recurring theme. At least the modules are published, our Zen Planner pricing breakdown has the whole table.
Where it wins:
- Belt maturity plus a website from one vendor.
- Published module prices where Wodify quotes.
Where it falls short:
- The configured total of about $616 a month once the modules are added.
- The price jumps steeply each time your member count crosses a tier.
- Its own reviewers complain about billing, including being charged after cancelling.
TeamUp, the fair generalist
For gyms whose Wodify gripe was purely financial, TeamUp is the honest-billing option: usage-based pricing where only active customers count, $189 at the 101 to 200 tier, no setup fee, no contract, published plainly, 4.8 on Capterra across roughly 350 reviews, though reviewers note costs rising, one citing a 20% increase after a year. No belts, no performance tracking, and only 0.7% of crawl installs.
Where it wins:
- The fairest billing model here.
- Month to month.
- Clean scheduling.
Where it falls short:
- No belt or grading features, and no workout tracking either.
- The branded app costs an extra $99 a month.
- Barely any martial arts gyms use it, so you will struggle to find peers to ask.
Details on our TeamUp switching page.
How to choose software after Wodify
Name which Wodify you are leaving. If it is the invoice, demand the same test of every candidate that Wodify failed for you: full price computable from the vendor's own page at your member count, processing rates included, and refuse quotes that will not itemise. If it is the product, be honest that nothing here replicates the whiteboard; the question becomes whether belts, retention alerts and a member app members open daily, the mechanism is in our gym member retention guide, do more for your gym than workout scores did. Mat Track's full price list is at mattrackapp.com/gyms for the disclosed baseline.