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.

$49Mat Track starting price
$69+Martialytics' entry price per month
0%platform fees on Mat Track, ever

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. Up to 100 students there is also the price: Mat Track Starter is $49 where Martialytics charges $69 to $99.

Martialytics's homepage
Martialytics, captured August 2026

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.

0.8%of identifiable installs are Martialytics, a small but real base
5,191gym websites crawled, August 2026
1,146sites with identifiable booking software
0.8%of those run Martialytics

Side by side

Mat Track vs Martialytics at a glance

Mat Track Martialytics
Pricing and plans
Entry price$49/mo (up to 100 active members)$69/mo (up to 50 students)
Price at 150 students$99/mo Growth$129/mo (101 to 200 tier)
Platform transaction feesNone; standard Stripe ratesNone; standard Stripe rates
LocationsMulti-location on ProUnlimited locations, every tier
Trial7 days, no card30 days, no card
Member experience
Student appIncluded: streaks, badges, leaderboards, communityFree student app included
Reasons to open it dailySession logging, streaks, challenges, community feedSchedules and school updates
Guest passesMembers share from the appNot advertised
Retention and coaching
Retention alertsEach member vs their own 60-day patternAttendance tracking and reports
Comeback flowsComeback challenges built inManual
Per-coach retention viewYesNot advertised
Martial arts fit
Belt and grading managementMulti-art ranks, criteria in the appCentral to the product, well built
Built for martial artsYesYes
Public gym pageYour page on an 11,000-gym directoryNot offered
AI front desk
Marty AI Early accessDrafts replies to members' emails and texts, answers questions from your own records, and proposes Stripe refunds or cancellations. Staff approve everything.No AI features found; rule-based payment retries and reminders only

Sources: Martialytics's public pricing page and Mat Track's pricing, both checked August 2026. AI features checked on Martialytics's own site, 19 October 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 100 students it tilts harder, $49 against $69 to $99 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.

Martialytics, 150 students$1,548 / year
Mat Track Growth$1,188 / year
The real differencethe retention layer

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 member's six-week attendance pattern in Mat Track

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.

Mat Track member app home screen with activity heatmap and streak

Cheaper at the start, level at the top

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 differences are at the start and in the middle. A school of 80 students pays Martialytics $99 a month and Mat Track $49; at 180 students it is $129 against Mat Track's $99, with retention alerts included.

Mat Track's pricing: Starter $49, Growth $99, Pro $199, each with a 7-day free trial
Early access

And Marty. The AI front desk that comes with Mat Track.

Martialytics has no AI features on its site as of October 2026. Marty reads your inbox, checks Stripe and answers questions about your gym from your own records, then waits for your yes.

InboxDrafts replies to members' emails and texts from your timetable, prices and policies. You read them, then send.
BillingChecks Stripe when someone's charged twice or wants to cancel, and sets up the fix for an admin to approve.
QuestionsWho's gone quiet, how many trials joined, revenue by club. Answered from your own records, with sources.

Rolling out to a few gyms at a time. Start free, then ask for Marty inside the app.

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 Growth and Pro.
  • Multi-location reporting. Up to three sites 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 100 members

The cleanest case on this page: Martialytics is $69 to $99 a month at this size, and Mat Track's Starter is $49 with the member app 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.

The Mat Track community feed in the member app

Switching

What moving from Martialytics looks like

  1. Export students, gradings and payment records from Martialytics (CSV exports are built in).
  2. Import into Mat Track, recreate your belt curricula as rank ladders, invite students to the app.
  3. 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?

Up to 100 students, clearly: $49 against $69 to $99 a month, with Martialytics prices as of August 2026. From 101 to 200 the gap narrows, $99 Growth against $129, and Martialytics' $199 top tier matches Mat Track's Pro. Neither takes a cut of payments, so the comparison is mostly about the retention layer rather than the subscription.

Does Martialytics have an AI assistant like Marty?

As of October 2026, we found no AI features on Martialytics' website or pricing page. It offers rule-based automation instead, such as automatic retries for failed card payments, absence follow-ups and mass messaging. Marty, Mat Track's AI front desk in early access, drafts member replies, answers staff questions from the gym's records and proposes Stripe refunds or cancellations for staff to approve.

What do Martialytics and Mat Track have in common?

More than most pairs on this page: both are built specifically for martial arts, both put belts and gradings at the centre, both include a student app, both charge standard Stripe rates with no platform transaction fees, and both publish every price. The shared philosophy is why the honest comparison comes down to the retention engine.

What does Martialytics have that Mat Track does not?

Unlimited locations at every tier, where Mat Track reserves multi-location reporting for Pro, and a deliberately lighter product that some owners prefer to run. Leads and inactive students are free on every plan. If you run several small locations on a budget, its tier structure can work out well.

What does Mat Track add over Martialytics?

The layer that works between classes: retention alerts based on each student's own 60-day pattern, comeback challenges, streaks, badges, leaderboards and a community feed in the app, plus a claimable page on the 11,000-gym directory. And a lower starting price, $49 a month.

Can I try Mat Track while still on Martialytics?

Yes. Both companies make this easy: no contracts on either side, and both offer a free trial with no card, 7 days on Mat Track and 30 on Martialytics. Import a copy of your student list, run a week of check-ins, and see whether the alerts and the app earn their place. If not, Martialytics is not going anywhere.

More data-led comparisons from the same team: best muay thai gym software, best MMA gym software, best boxing gym software, Wodify vs PushPress and the retention guide behind our alerts.

Try the switch without the risk

7-day free trial, 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.

Questions about switching? WhatsApp or text us, straight to the team.