Glofox is built around the model most boutique gyms and studios actually run: memberships, a class timetable and a branded member app. It does that well. The question this page answers is what happens when a venue outgrows that shape — usually by adding courts, pitches or a second site.
None of these is a criticism of the software. They are all the same thing: the business changed shape.
Padel or tennis courts, a five-a-side pitch, a lane, a bay, a studio you now hire out by the hour. The moment a thing has its own peak rate and its own booking window, modelling it as a recurring class starts costing your team time every week.
Two sites means one customer record across both, transferable credits, and reporting that can separate them or roll them up. Multi-branch support sits on the Custom plan and is one of the more common reasons venues talk to us.
Your own Stripe, Checkout.com or Paymob account, settling directly to you. In the Gulf this is often decisive on its own — several international platforms cannot settle locally, and Paymob can.
Memberships, class booking and a member app are table stakes on both. This sticks to the genuine divergences.
Scroll the table sideways to see both columns.
| Real Sports Bookings | Gym-first platforms (e.g. Glofox) | |
|---|---|---|
| Core model | Bookable resources and a timetable together — courts, pitches, lanes, bays, coaches, classes, equipment. | Memberships and a class timetable, with a branded member app. |
| Slot-based hire | NativePer-resource rates, buffers, minimum durations, booking windows, part-court splits. | Secondary to the timetable model. |
| Multi-sport on one calendar | YesPadel, gym floor, classes, coaching and watersports in one view. | Built for one discipline done well. |
| Payments | Your own Stripe, Checkout.com or Paymob account; settlement direct to you. | Typically through the platform's integrated payment product. |
| Member app | Branded booking page on every plan, linked from your own website; your own iOS and Android apps on Custom. | Their strengthA branded member app is central to the product. |
| Corporate & block bookings | On-account blocks, monthly invoicing, broker logins. | Handled through standard member billing. |
| Growth tooling | Real Sports OS — presence audits, ranked opportunities and campaign drafts from your own booking data. Starter includes two audit reports; the full suite is on Pro. | Marketing and retention tools within the platform. |
| Pricing model | Starter free (50 bookings/month). Pro $49/month flat (1,000 bookings/month, 30-day free trial). Custom for multiple branches, higher volume, your own domain and the AI booking assistant. No commission, no setup fee, no lock-in. | Tiered subscription, quoted by size and market. |
We don't publish competitors' prices or screenshots: their plans change, and yours will be quoted for your market. The right-hand column characterises gym-management platforms generally, from public materials as of August 2026 — verify the specifics with them directly. Glofox is a trademark of its owner; we are not affiliated with them, and nothing here is a statement about their service quality.
The scheduling model changes. A gym runs on memberships and a class timetable; courts run on discrete slots with their own rates, buffers and booking windows. Real Sports Bookings treats both as first-class, so the courts do not have to be modelled as recurring classes and your members can spend one wallet balance across everything.
Yes. Active memberships, remaining class-pack credits and future bookings are imported during onboarding, and we run the first renewal cycle in parallel with your old system before anything is switched off.
That is the main reason venues consolidate. A credit wallet or membership can be spent on a class, a court hour or a coaching session, and the reporting shows revenue by sport, channel and hour so you can see which side of the business the bundle actually pulls.
A single-site gym or boutique studio with no rentable resources, running entirely on memberships and a class timetable, is well served by a gym-first platform. The case for moving begins when you add courts, pitches, lanes or bays, open a second branch, or need settlement through your own merchant account.
Free to start, migration help included, live in about a week.