# MyStudio review (2026): is it worth $79 a month?

> Studio management for martial arts and enrichment programs

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

MyStudio is membership and class management software for martial arts studios and enrichment programs. It covers scheduling, attendance, billing, rank and belt tracking, a member app and a built-in website. Plans are priced per location with no cap on the number of students.

- **Category:** Salon, Spa & Studio Booking
- **Made by:** MyStudio
- **Website:** https://www.mystudio.io
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you dislike long contracts, as the listed prices are for a 24-month plan billed monthly.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 13, 2026, MyStudio is a paid product, starting at $79 per location / month, on a 24-month plan billed monthly.

- **Pricing model:** Paid
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Essentials | $79 per location / month, 24-month plan billed monthly | Built-in website, member app, rank tracking, online sales, class schedule and check-in. Unlimited students. |
| Growth | $159 per location / month, 24-month plan billed monthly | Adds rank testing tools, bulk belt promotions, QR or PIN check-in and 10 automations. |
| Scale | $239 per location / month, 24-month plan billed monthly | Adds your own branding, unlimited automations, a customizable checkout and ad tracking. |

Read from https://www.mystudio.io/pricing/single-location on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with MyStudio before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Black Friday: 50% off the first year** (Other savings): New customers get 50% off the first year ($39.50 a month on Essentials), for the first 50 customers, until November 30. Regular price applies from month 13. Source: https://www.mystudio.io/pricing/single-location

## Key features

- **Scheduling and attendance:** Build classes with rosters and online booking, and check members in by QR code, PIN or name search on higher plans.
- **Rank and belt management:** Track progress, testing and promotions; Growth adds testing events, bulk promotions and belt inventory.
- **Billing and payments:** Recurring billing with automatic retries of declined cards, processed through Stripe inside the platform.
- **Member app:** A free iOS and Android app for students and parents covers class booking, dues, rank progress and messaging.
- **Built-in website:** Every plan includes a studio website that sells trials, memberships, events and retail with payments built in.
- **Marketing automation:** Automated follow-ups based on triggers: 10 on Growth, unlimited on Scale. SMS texting is a paid add-on.

## Good for

- Martial arts studios that want unlimited students at a fixed software price
- Owners switching software who want their data migrated for them
- Enrichment programs running classes and memberships

## Worth knowing

- Listed prices are for a 24-month plan billed monthly, so the commitment is two years.
- Card payments cost 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction and ACH 1%, on top of the software price.
- SMS texting is an add-on, and automations are limited to 10 on Growth.
- The page lists the US, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia as the places it serves.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. MyStudio runs martial arts and enrichment studios with scheduling, rank tracking, billing, a member app and a built-in website, with unlimited students at each price. The listed prices assume a 24-month commitment, and texting and card fees come on top.

- **Value for money: C.** $79 a month per location on Essentials, between the category's $49 middle and $99 dearer quarter. Growth is $159 and Scale $239, all on a 24-month plan.
- **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial on record, so every use is paid from day one.
- **Features: B.** Classes, check-in, rank and belt tracking, Stripe billing with retries, a member app and a studio website come in every plan. Texting is an add-on, which is a marketing gap rather than a core one.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and a studio has classes, ranks and billing to build before it runs.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web plus a free iOS and Android app for members, with Stripe, Google Tag Manager and Meta Pixel.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from MyStudio's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among salon, spa and studio booking apps

- MyStudio's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 32 of the 85 other salon, spa and studio booking apps we grade, and level with 15.
- It stands best on features (B, above 42 of 85) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $79 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 40 of the 57 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/service-booking

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace MyStudio 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. It costs $948 a year.

- You could make: Class booking and appointment booking: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Email sent in volume that still reaches the inbox.
- You could not: Texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers.
- You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.8 out of 5 from 7,968 ratings in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1258207230

## Works with

Stripe, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel

**Tags:** Class booking, Appointment booking, Marketing automation, SMS marketing, Workflow automation

## Alternatives

- [Spark Membership](https://toolgpa.com/tools/spark-membership): Membership software for martial arts schools and studios. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mystudio-vs-spark-membership)
- [Gymdesk](https://toolgpa.com/tools/gymdesk): Membership, billing and booking software for gyms and studios. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gymdesk-vs-mystudio)
- [Kicksite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kicksite): Martial arts school software for billing, attendance and belts. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kicksite-vs-mystudio)
- [Zen Planner](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zen-planner): Membership, scheduling and billing software for gyms and studios. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mystudio-vs-zen-planner)
- [PushPress](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pushpress): Gym management for CrossFit, martial arts and training gyms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mystudio-vs-pushpress)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://www.mystudio.io/pricing/single-location
- https://www.mystudio.io/product/member-app
- https://www.mystudio.io/our-values

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/mystudio
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