Mindbody review (2026): is it worth $79 a month?
Studio, gym, spa and salon software with a consumer booking app
Mindbody report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 24, 2026
Best for fitness studios listed on a consumer booking app
Mindbody schedules classes and appointments, sells memberships and retail, and lists every business on its consumer app. What holds it back: the only published figure is a starting price of $79 a location a month, the other plans are quoted on a demo with no trial, and automated email and text marketing and the AI front desk are only on the top plan, Ultimate.
Who Mindbody is for
- Fits if you run a yoga, Pilates or fitness studio and want to be listed on a consumer booking app
- Works for brands with several locations that need corporate-level controls
Who Mindbody is not for
- Skip it if you want to try it on your own first: there's no free plan or self-serve trial, only a demo
- Not for you if you want a full price list, as Accelerate and Ultimate are only priced on a sales call
- Tight if you want automated email and text campaigns or the AI front desk, which need Ultimate
- Watch out: a branded client app is an add-on, and room booking and Pick-a-Spot need Accelerate or higher
Why Mindbody gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyStarter is $79 a location a month and up, the only figure on the page, which is above this category's middle ($49.90). Accelerate and Ultimate have no published price, so the plans with marketing are priced only on a sales call.
- FFree plan and trialNothing free: no free plan and no self-serve trial. New customers start with a demo.
- BFeaturesClass and appointment scheduling with unlimited staff logins, memberships, packages, retail and payments, reports and a listing on the Mindbody app. Room booking, Pick-a-Spot, automated marketing and the AI front desk come on dearer plans.
- BEase of useMindbody rates 4.6 on the US App Store from 23,558 ratings, which puts it at B on our ease ladder.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, plus a business app for iPhone and Android and a listing on the Mindbody consumer app. ClassPass is the only integration on record, no API is listed, and there's no desktop app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Mindbody'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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Mindbody's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 3 of the 15 other salon, spa and studio booking apps we grade, and level with 2.
It stands best on ease of use (B, above 12 of 15) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $79 a month, against a middle price of $49.45 for the category: 9 of the 13 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 16 salon, spa and studio booking apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Mindbody’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
- BEase of useAbove 12 of 15, level with 1
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 15, level with 15
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 14 salon, spa and studio booking apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Mindbody, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Mindbody you would be making newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach 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: 10 of the 15 other salon, spa and studio booking apps grade higher. It costs $948 a year.
What you could make
- Class booking and appointment booking: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox.
- Texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers.
- Email sent in volume that still reaches the inbox.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Mindbody’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 Mindbody?
Mindbody is business software for fitness studios, gyms, spas, salons and wellness practices. It handles class and appointment scheduling, memberships, point of sale and payments, staff and reporting, and lists businesses on the Mindbody consumer app. Higher plans add room and spot booking, deeper analytics, and automated email and text marketing with an AI front desk.
Worth knowing
- Plans are sold through a sales call: the page gives only a starting price of $79 per location a month and no figures for Accelerate or Ultimate.
- Automated email and text marketing and the AI front desk are limited to the top Ultimate plan.
- A branded client app is an add-on, and room booking and Pick-a-Spot need Accelerate or higher.
- There is no free plan or self-serve trial; new customers start with a demo.
Key features
- Class and appointment scheduling
- Schedule classes and appointments with unlimited staff logins, and on Accelerate and up book rooms, chairs and equipment and let members pick their spot.
- Mindbody app listing
- Every plan lists the business on the Mindbody consumer app, which Mindbody says reaches more than 3 million shoppers a month.
- Payments and point of sale
- Sell memberships, packages and retail in person or online with integrated payments, which Mindbody says carry no monthly fees or minimums.
- Business app
- Staff schedule, check clients in, take payments and look up clients from an iOS or Android app; some setup and deeper reports are easier on a desktop.
- Email and text marketing
- Ultimate adds automated campaigns triggered by client actions, list-growth tools and a lead dashboard to follow up on prospects.
- AI front desk and branded app
- Ultimate includes an AI assistant that answers calls and questions around the clock. A branded client app is sold as an add-on.
Mindbody pricing
As of Oct 24, 2026, Mindbody is a paid product, starting at $79 per location / month and up.
- Starts at
- $79 per location / month and up
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $79per location / month and up | Booking, payments, website booking widgets, a business website, a Mindbody app listing and basic reports. Sold through sales; $79 is the stated starting price. |
| Accelerate | Custom | Adds advanced reporting, room and resource booking, Pick-a-Spot for classes, promo codes and access to premium add-ons. |
| Ultimate | Custom | Adds automated email and text campaigns, a 24/7 AI front desk, a lead pipeline, retention analytics and lower rates on marketing messages. |
Read from mindbodyonline.com on Oct 24, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Mindbody before you buy.
How people rate the Mindbody app
4.6
out of 5 for the iPhone and iPad app
23,558 ratings on the App Store in the United States, read Oct 24, 2026. It rates the app, not everything the product does. See the listing
Works with
- ClassPass
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Common questions
Does Mindbody have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 24, 2026. Mindbody is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Mindbody have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 24, 2026. Mindbody is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Mindbody open source?
Mindbody is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 24, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 24, 2026. What people say is linked where it appears.