Fitvia vs Gymcatch

Fitvia connects personal trainers, fitness businesses, and clients through coaching and business workspaces, with a public directory called Fitvia Hub. Trainers can manage leads and clients, create workouts and public plans, publish availability, set booking rules, handle rescheduling, and coordinate messages and payments. Business tools cover offers, memberships, QR check-ins, and revenue tracking for gyms, studios, boxes, and other fitness spaces. Fitvia MCP works with ChatGPT and Claude for natural-language workout programming, client management, and business operations. Client self-booking and payment processing are supported, but business check-ins do not provide class timetables, capacity limits, or reserved spots. The free plan has no monthly subscription; a 2% platform fee is added at client checkout, and a 3.9% + $0.30 processing fee is deducted per transaction. A $19.99 chargeback fee and $9.99 retrieval fee also apply. Trainers and businesses apply for their own merchant account, with at least $1,000 per month in expected processing and review before the first charge. Fitvia lists iOS and web; its maker says an iPhone app is available and Android is not out yet.

Gymcatch is a booking and customer management platform for independent fitness and wellness businesses. It lets businesses schedule classes, appointments, and events, including livestream and on-demand sessions, then sell access through pay-as-you-go payments, passes, bundles, courses, or memberships. Booking tools include multi-place bookings, automated wait lists, priority access, and cancellation policies. A customer management portal, customer and admin email and push notifications, online booking, automated billing, digital waivers, and a member mobile app support daily operations. Gymcatch documents integrations with Zoom, Stripe, GymcatchPay, and GoCardless; Zoom can create meeting links for sessions and share details with attendees. It is available on Android, iOS, and web. Gymcatch costs £10 a month for unlimited bookings, customers, and team members; optional bolt-ons cost £2 a month each. There is no free plan, but a free trial is available. GymcatchPay and GoCardless are limited to UK customers, and GoCardless is temporarily disabled in the Android app. The maker says payment providers process payments, so Gymcatch does not hold payment data.