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Mindbody is built for fitness, wellness and beauty businesses, and brings a consumer app where new clients can find and book you. Glofox is built for class-led fitness, from independent studios to gym brands with many locations, and offers a branded member app. If new-client discovery matters most, look hard at Mindbody. If you want members booking in your own app, look hard at Glofox.
Written by Strong OS, which competes with both. Every fact about Mindbody and Glofox is taken from their own websites as of September 2026. Products change, so check anything that matters with them directly.
| Mindbody | Glofox | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Fitness, wellness & beauty | Class-led fitness |
| Consumer app for finding new clients | Yes, the Mindbody app | Ask Glofox |
| Branded member app | Available | Yes |
| Multi-location | Ask Mindbody | One location to hundreds |
| Also offers | ClassPass for business | Part of ABC Fitness |
“Ask” means the company doesn’t say on its own site, so we won’t guess.
Mindbody
Businesses that mix fitness with wellness or beauty, and studios that get real new-client traffic from the Mindbody app or ClassPass.
Glofox
Class-led gyms and studios, especially brands growing across several locations, that want members booking in their own branded app.
Neither is built only for pilates. Mindbody spans fitness, wellness and beauty, and its consumer app can bring new clients. Glofox is built for class-led fitness and leans on a branded member app. Book a demo of each on your own timetable: how a real week feels to run matters more than any feature list.
We don’t quote other companies’ prices, and both change them. Ask each for a written quote for your size of studio that includes add-ons, payment processing and the contract term, then compare the total over the whole term rather than the monthly headline.
Yes, studios move between them. Before you commit, ask the platform you are leaving what you can export and in what format, and whether your members’ payment details can be transferred. Do the export while your account is still active.
Yes. Strong OS is studio software for single studios that run a timetable of classes, set up for you by a real person. It has no consumer marketplace, so if Mindbody’s app brings you clients, weigh that up.
Strong OS does one thing: it runs a single studio that lives off its timetable. Class packs and credits tracked per class type, waitlists that refill a dropped place on their own, memberships, payments, check-in and a member app, in one place rather than a base product plus the modules you end up needing.
And it is set up for you. A real person moves your members across with the classes they have left, builds your timetable, memberships and packs with you, and picks up the phone afterwards. Worth a demo on your own timetable before you sign with Mindbody or Glofox.