UK guide
Yoga studio software in the UK (2026)
Six platforms, written about directly. The UK yoga market sits in an awkward spot — most well-known booking systems were built for American gyms and translated. A few were built closer to home. This is the page we wished existed when we started: specific on the trade-offs, willing to name where each tool actually fits.
Updated April 2026. We make one of these — Class Booking. We have tried not to let that distort the page, but read it with that in mind.
Why the UK is its own thing
UK studios share more with continental Europe than with the United States. GDPR is real and enforced. Stripe is the default payment processor. Apple Pay and Google Pay are how most people actually pay on a phone. VAT handling is fiddly. And the average independent yoga studio in Bristol or Edinburgh is not running a 4-location chain with an in-house marketing team — it is one or two teachers, a small space, and a card reader.
Software written for that reality looks different from software written for a 50-location US gym franchise. Both can work. They should not cost the same.
What to look for in 2026
If you are evaluating booking software for a UK studio in 2026, these six things are worth checking before signing anything:
- 1. GDPR posture, not just GDPR claims. Every vendor will tell you they are GDPR-compliant. Ask where the database actually sits, who the sub-processors are, and whether your data leaves the EU/UK. Vendors built in Europe tend to have shorter, clearer answers than vendors that retrofitted compliance later.
- 2. Payments that match how people actually pay. In 2026 that means Stripe (or an equivalent processor at comparable rates) plus Apple Pay and Google Pay on mobile. Watch for per-transaction markups added on top of the processor's own rate — they add up faster than the subscription does.
- 3. Mobile-first booking, not a mobile afterthought. Most class bookings now happen on a phone. A modern responsive web app, installable to the home screen, covers this for most independent studios. A native iOS/Android app is genuinely useful if you are a chain — but it is expensive, and for a single-location studio the responsive web is usually enough.
- 4. Pricing you can read on a page. “Request a demo” pricing means the number you pay depends on how good a negotiator you are. That is fine for enterprise software. For a small studio it is a flag. Look for a public price list, monthly billing, and an obvious cancellation route.
- 5. EU/UK data residency. Even post-Brexit, UK studios benefit from EU-hosted software: shorter latency than US-hosted, and a regulatory regime that still tracks GDPR closely. Ask where the primary database runs.
- 6. A modern, maintained UI. Some platforms in this market still ship interfaces designed in the early 2010s. They work, but they slow you down. A modern stack does not automatically mean better software, but stale UI is usually a sign of stale priorities further down.
The contenders
Six systems, in no particular order. We placed ourselves in the middle deliberately — not first.
1. Mindbody
Good for: larger studios and chains that want to be inside the Mindbody consumer marketplace, where members search for classes by city and book across multiple studios. The feature set is the deepest in the category — staff payroll, retail, gift cards, complex membership rules, automations. If you need every feature, Mindbody has it.
Less good for: independent UK studios on a tight budget. Pricing typically starts around £140-£170/month and climbs from there, with annual contracts common. The interface carries two decades of accumulated complexity. Support is tiered. Many UK studios we speak to migrated away from Mindbody specifically because the cost-to-value ratio stopped making sense at their size.
Pricing: not public. Quoted on a per-studio basis after a demo.
2. Glofox
Good for: gyms and multi-location studios that want a branded native iOS/Android app on the App Store and Google Play. Glofox does this well, and if your members search the App Store for your studio name, it is genuinely useful. UK and Ireland presence is mature, and payment, tax and currency handling for the region is solid.
Less good for: small yoga studios on a tight budget. Glofox was acquired by ABC Fitness (a US private-equity-backed gym software company) in 2022, and pricing has shifted in the direction you would expect: more tiers, more upsells, less public information. Contracts are usually 12-24 months. The codebase dates to 2014 and shows it in places.
Pricing: not public. Reported entry around £110-£140/month with custom quotes from there.
3. Class Booking (this is us)
Good for: independent yoga studios that want public pricing, no contracts, and modern software without enterprise rates. EU-hosted from day one. Stripe at standard rates with nothing on top. Apple Pay and Google Pay on mobile out of the box. Built 2024-2025 on a current stack. €15 / £12 / $19–€110 / £89 / $119/month, listed on one page, in your local currency.
Less good for: multi-location chains that need a native iOS/Android app published under their own name in the App Store — we ship a modern responsive web app, installable to the home screen, but we do not currently publish white-label native apps. Larger chains with bespoke retail, payroll and franchise reporting requirements are also better served by Mindbody.
Pricing: public. €15 / £12 / $19/month at the smallest tier, €110 / £89 / $119/month at the largest. No setup fee. Monthly billing in your local currency.
4. Zen Planner
Good for: studios that overlap with martial arts, CrossFit or skill-based progression — Zen Planner has strong belt-tracking, attendance streaks and skill-tree features that are unusual in this market. If you teach a yoga style with progression (Ashtanga series, for example) it can be a fit.
Less good for: pure UK yoga studios. Zen Planner is US-built and US-priced (typically £100-£130/month equivalent), with a smaller UK footprint than Mindbody or Glofox. Some flows feel designed for a different studio shape.
Pricing: not public. Quoted in USD, converted on invoicing.
5. Pike13
Good for: studios that want something more focused than Mindbody, with a well-designed booking flow and a clean instructor view. Pike13 has historically been one of the better-designed platforms in the category.
Less good for: anyone outside North America. Pike13 is primarily US-focused; UK billing, VAT and GBP support exist but are second-class. Latency from the UK is noticeable. GDPR posture is fine on paper, but the data sits in the US.
Pricing: roughly $129-$229/month, billed in USD.
6. MoveGB
Good for: UK studios that want exposure inside a class-pass-style network. MoveGB is not really booking software in the same sense as the others — it is a UK-based aggregator that sells a multi-studio membership to consumers and pays studios per visit. Useful as an additional channel rather than a primary system.
Less good for: running your studio. You still need a primary booking system for direct members, recurring memberships, gift cards, and everything else. Most studios on MoveGB pair it with Mindbody, Glofox or similar.
Pricing: revenue share per visit, not a monthly subscription.
Our take (with the obvious bias)
We make Class Booking, so we are not going to pretend we are neutral. The choice of booking software for a small UK yoga studio is mostly about three questions, and you can answer them without us:
- 1. Do you need a native app published under your name? If yes — and you have the budget — Glofox or Mindbody are the serious options. If no, a modern responsive web app covers it.
- 2. Are you comfortable with annual contracts and “request a demo” pricing? If yes, the field is wide open. If no, the field narrows to vendors with public price lists and monthly billing.
- 3. How much does EU/UK data residency matter to you? If you have members who care, or you want shorter answers when the GDPR question comes up, EU-built software is genuinely easier than retrofitted compliance.
Whichever way you answer those three, there is a defensible choice on this page. If your answers happen to point at us, the trial is below.
FAQ
Is there a free option for very small studios?
Most of the platforms on this page do not have a permanent free tier. Class Booking starts at €15 / £12 / $19/month after a 14-day free trial. Mindbody, Glofox and Zen Planner all start noticeably higher and quote per studio. MoveGB is a different model (per visit) rather than a primary system.
Will Apple Pay and Google Pay work on my booking page?
On any platform that uses Stripe Checkout or Stripe Elements in 2026, yes — both are enabled on mobile by default. Class Booking, Mindbody and Glofox all support this. Confirm with your specific vendor that the option is on, since some older configurations have it disabled.
How long does it take to migrate from another platform?
For an independent studio, expect a few hours of work on your side and a few days end-to-end. The hard parts are active recurring memberships and class-pass balances — whether they migrate cleanly depends on your current payment processor. We help with this; most vendors do.
Where is Class Booking data stored?
In the EU. Primary database and backups stay in the EU, the company is European, and we do not transfer personal data to the US. We are the data processor; you are the controller.
Why is your list only six platforms?
There are more than six. We picked the ones UK yoga studios actually mention in conversations with us. Acuity, Bookwhen, TeamUp, WellnessLiving and others all exist and have their use cases — we kept the list short on purpose.
See pricing, or just ask
We answer support emails ourselves. If you are weighing options for a UK studio and want a direct answer about whether we are a fit — or whether one of the others on this page is — get in touch.
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