Mat Track vs 
Martialytics
The Martialytics alternative built for combat sports.
Martialytics is a likeable, martial-arts-first tool with fair pricing and a free student app. On price alone the two products are close; the choice is really about how much software you want: Martialytics keeps it light, Mat Track adds the retention engine, community app and directory on top.
Every figure on this page checked against Martialytics's public pricing, August 2026.
The fair version first
What Martialytics is, honestly
Martialytics deserves its reputation as the friendly option: built specifically for martial arts schools, priced simply from $69 a month for 50 students to $199 for 200 and up, every feature at every tier, unlimited locations and users, a free student app, a 30-day trial with no card, and payments at standard Stripe rates with no revenue cut. Belt and grading management is central to the product. There is a lot to like here, and schools that run it tend to say so.
The honest difference is ambition. Martialytics manages the school; Mat Track also works on the student's phone between classes: streaks to protect, badges to chase, leaderboards, challenges, a community feed, and retention alerts that watch each member against their own 60-day pattern rather than waiting for you to run a report. Below 200 contacts there is also the blunt fact of the free plan: Mat Track charges nothing where Martialytics starts at $69.
Our data
What 5,191 gym websites told us about Martialytics
Our August 2026 crawl of 5,191 martial arts gym websites found Martialytics on 0.8% of the 1,146 sites with identifiable booking software. It is a smaller operation than the market leaders and its users skew towards traditional single-art schools. Small does not mean bad; it means the comparison with Mat Track is between two specialists, which is rarer on this page than you would think.
Share of the 1,146 sites with identifiable booking software, not of all gyms. The crawler reads public website signals only, so platforms that leave no public footprint on a gym's own site are not measured.
Side by side
Mat Track vs Martialytics at a glance
| Mat Track | Martialytics | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing and plans | ||
| Entry price | Free up to 200 contacts | $69/mo (up to 50 students) |
| Price at 150 students | Free, or $99/mo Growth | $129/mo (101 to 200 tier) |
| Platform transaction fees | None; standard Stripe rates | None; standard Stripe rates |
| Locations | Multi-location on Pro | Unlimited locations, every tier |
| Trial | Free plan, no card, no time limit | 30-day trial, no card |
| Member experience | ||
| Student app | Included: streaks, badges, leaderboards, community | Free student app included |
| Reasons to open it daily | Session logging, streaks, challenges, community feed | Schedules and school updates |
| Guest passes | Members share from the app | Not advertised |
| Retention and coaching | ||
| Retention alerts | Each member vs their own 60-day pattern | Attendance tracking and reports |
| Comeback flows | Comeback challenges built in | Manual |
| Per-coach retention view | Yes | Not advertised |
| Martial arts fit | ||
| Belt and grading management | Multi-art ranks, criteria in the app | Central to the product, well built |
| Built for martial arts | Yes | Yes |
| Public gym page | Your page on an 11,000-gym directory | Not offered |
Sources: Martialytics's public pricing page and Mat Track's pricing, both checked August 2026.
The maths
The worked example: a 150-student school over a year
This is the closest matchup on price of any page in this series. At 150 students Martialytics is $129 a month, $1,548 a year; Mat Track Growth is $99, $1,188. A $360 gap will not decide anything by itself. Under 200 contacts it tilts harder, $0 against $69 or more a month, but above that the real question is what you want the extra software to do: Martialytics administers the school, Mat Track also chases the students who are drifting.
Two specialists, one deciding layer
Both products speak martial arts natively: belts, gradings, attendance, family billing. Where they diverge is what happens when a student starts fading. Martialytics gives you the attendance records to notice; Mat Track notices for you, flags the drop against that student's own pattern, and gives you comeback challenges to act with. Our retention guide explains why the timing is worth more than the price gap.
A student app with a pull, not just a schedule
Martialytics ships a free student app for schedules and updates, which is more than several bigger rivals include. Mat Track's app adds the habit loop: one-tap session logging, streaks, badges, leaderboards, challenges and community. For teenagers especially, the app that gets opened daily is the one doing retention work between classes.
Free below 200 contacts, fair above it
Martialytics prices fairly and takes no cut of your payments, and Mat Track matches both: standard Stripe or GoCardless rates, no platform fees, no setup cost. The difference is the floor. A school of 180 students pays Martialytics $129 a month and Mat Track nothing at all, with the full app and retention alerts included.
The rest of the toolkit
Also in Mat Track, so nothing is lost in the move
The front desk
- Kiosk and QR check-in. Members self-scan on the way in; the register fills itself.
- Class scheduling. Bookings, waitlists and capacity limits, synced to the member app.
- Digital waivers. Signed on a phone at the door, stored against the member, no paper.
- Guest passes. Members share a pass from the app, so trials walk in pre-registered.
The money
- Stripe and GoCardless billing. Cards and direct debits, with failed payments chased automatically.
- Family and group billing. One payer, several members, one invoice.
- Day passes and drop-ins. Paid at the door with QR entry and a waiver in the same flow.
- No platform transaction fees. You pay your processor's rate and nothing on top.
Keeping people
- Email and SMS inbox. Messages to members from the console, replies back in one place.
- Automations. Welcome sequences, missed-payment chases and comeback nudges on paid plans.
- Multi-location reporting. Every site on one screen, on Pro.
- Your page on the directory. A claimed profile on the 11,000-gym Mat Track directory, pointing searchers at your door.
Who moves
The gyms that switch from Martialytics
The school under 200 contacts
The cleanest case on this page: Martialytics starts at $69 a month, Mat Track's free plan covers the same school for nothing, app and alerts included.
The academy losing students quietly
Martialytics records the attendance; spotting the fade is still the owner's job. Schools switch for alerts that watch each student's own pattern and surface the drop early.
The growing multi-art gym
A school adding BJJ to its taekwondo programme wants per-art rank ladders and one record per student across both. That multi-art shape is where Mat Track pulls ahead of a lighter tool.
The part nobody else has
Practitioners in your area may already be on Mat Track
Mat Track is not just gym software; it is the app martial artists use to log their training, keep streaks and find somewhere to train on the 11,000-gym directory. That is a pool of active practitioners no other platform on this page can show you. Claim your gym's page and your timetable, trial offer and grading culture are in front of the people already searching your postcode.
Switching
What moving from Martialytics looks like
- Export students, gradings and payment records from Martialytics (CSV exports are built in).
- Import into Mat Track, recreate your belt curricula as rank ladders, invite students to the app.
- Run both for one billing cycle, then cancel; there is no contract to unwind.
The honest bit
When Martialytics is the better pick
Pick Martialytics if you want deliberately simple software from a martial-arts-first team, unlimited locations at every tier, and fair pricing with no revenue cut, and you do not need automated retention or a habit-building app. It is one of the most likeable products in this market and we would rather lose a school to it than to a quote-gate. Comparing the whole market rather than just us? Our best Martialytics alternatives roundup covers the field.
Frequently asked questions
Is Mat Track cheaper than Martialytics?
What do Martialytics and Mat Track have in common?
What does Martialytics have that Mat Track does not?
What does Mat Track add over Martialytics?
Can I try Mat Track while still on Martialytics?
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Try the switch without the risk
Free up to 200 contacts, no card. Import your members, run one real week, and keep Martialytics until you are sure. And practitioners already log their training on the Mat Track app; claiming your gym's page puts your timetable in front of them.