Glofox review (2026): is it worth it?
Gym and studio management with a branded member app
Glofox report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 24, 2026
Best for fitness studios that want their own branded app
Glofox, sold as ABC Glofox, runs class and appointment booking, memberships and billing, check-in, door access and messaging for fitness studios, with a member app under the studio's own name. What holds it back: no price is published and there's no trial, only a demo and a quote, and it's built for class-led gyms, not salons or spas.
Who Glofox is for
- Fits if you run a boutique fitness studio and want members booking in an app under your name
- Works for franchises and multi-location gyms that need roaming memberships and royalty billing
Who Glofox is not for
- Skip it if you want a price before a sales call, as Glofox only quotes after a form and a demo
- Not for you if you want to try it first: there's no free plan, trial or self-serve sign-up
- Not for you if you run a salon or spa, since Glofox is built for class-led fitness studios and gyms
Why Glofox gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyNo price is published: the pricing page is a form that asks for your business type and locations, and the price is only given on a sales call.
- FFree plan and trialNothing free: no free plan, no trial and no self-serve sign-up. New customers start with a demo.
- BFeaturesClass and appointment booking with waitlists, a branded member app, memberships, credit packs, billing with failed-payment retries, lead journeys by email, text and push, AI front desk and sales agents, check-in and multi-location tools. That covers the whole job for gyms.
- CEase of useNo app store rating on record. You start with a demo, then set up classes, memberships, payments and your branded app before members can book.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, iPhone and Android, with Stripe, GoCardless, Kisi, Gantner, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Zapier and ABC Trainerize. No desktop app and no API on record.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Glofox's own pages on 24 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Glofox's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 1 of the 15 other salon, spa and studio booking apps we grade, and level with 1.
It stands best on features (B, above 3 of 15) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 16 salon, spa and studio booking apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Glofox’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 2 of 15, level with 9
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 15, level with 3
- BFeaturesAbove 3 of 15, level with 12
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 15, level with 11
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 15, level with 15
Keep Glofox, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Glofox you would be making email sent in volume that still reaches the inbox. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 13 of the 15 other salon, spa and studio booking apps grade higher.
What you could make
- Class booking and appointment booking: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Email sent in volume that still reaches the inbox.
- Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox.
- An AI model answering your customers from your own help articles.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It plugs into other products, Stripe, GoCardless and Kisi among them, and has an API.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Glofox’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Glofox?
Glofox, sold as ABC Glofox, is management software for class-based fitness studios and gyms, from yoga and Pilates to boxing and personal training. It handles class and appointment booking, memberships and credit packs, recurring billing and point of sale, check-in and door access, and email, text and push marketing. Members book through an app published under the studio's own name.
Worth knowing
- Glofox publishes no prices: its pricing page is a form that asks for business type and locations before giving a quote.
- There is no self-serve sign-up or free trial; new customers start with a demo.
- Glofox says it is built for class-led fitness studios and gyms; its listed business types do not include salons or spas.
Key features
- Class and appointment booking
- Flexible calendars for classes and appointments, with waitlists and automated reminders; members book in the app or a web portal.
- Branded member app
- An app with the studio's name, logo and colors, listed under the studio as publisher in the App Store and Google Play, with Apple Pay and Google Pay checkout.
- Memberships and billing
- Recurring memberships, credit packs, point of sale and payment links, with automatic retries and card updating for failed payments.
- CRM and automated messaging
- Lead capture, segmentation and nurture journeys that send email, text and push messages from first visit to renewal.
- AI agents
- A front desk agent answers calls, texts and website chats in more than 30 languages, and a sales agent follows up with leads until they book.
- Check-in and multi-location
- Kiosk and barcode check-in with door access hardware, plus roaming memberships, franchise royalty billing and roll-up reporting across locations.
Glofox pricing
We could not confirm Glofox’s current pricing from its own site, so we are not listing plans here. See glofox.com for current prices.
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Common questions
Does Glofox have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 24, 2026. Glofox is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Glofox have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 24, 2026. Glofox is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Glofox open source?
Glofox is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 24, 2026.
Does Glofox have an API?
Yes. Glofox offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 24, 2026.