The booking app for Pilates and yoga studios
BetterDesk is a Pilates and yoga studio booking app made in South Africa. Members book your weekly timetable on their own phone, with reformer and mat places, monthly packages, waiting lists and reminders. No more lists in a group chat.
- Made in South Africa
- Members book on their phone
- Monthly packages
- Moving across is free
Small classes, run simply
Their next class, the classes left this month on their package, their place on the waiting list, and cancelling before the cut-off.
Each class has its own number of places, reformer or mat, with a waiting list, a reminder before class and attendance ticked by the instructor.
Monthly packages by debit order through your own Netcash account, or an invoice by email for clients who pay by EFT.
Weekly classes added for weeks ahead in one go, public holidays skipped, and regular clients linked to their own weekly classes.
The studio’s day at a glance
Today’s classes with the places booked, who is on a waiting list, first-time visitors and what is still to do, such as ticking attendance after class.
New clients join with your join link or QR poster, answer the health questions and sign the waiver on their phone.
The class, on their phone
Instructors can add the programme of a class, and members see it on their phone before and after class.
Members see their bookings and the classes they have attended, and get a reminder before each class.
Physio and Pilates under one roof?
Practices with a Pilates studio run both in BetterDesk: patients in the practice calendar, clients in the classes, each with their own invoices. Pilates invoices can have their own numbers and their own bank account.
Also from BetterDesk
Questions studio owners ask
Can members see how many classes they have left?
Yes. On a monthly package with a set number of classes, members see on their own phone how many classes they have left this month.
How do clients pay?
Monthly packages by debit order through your studio’s own Netcash account, or by an invoice emailed to clients who pay by EFT. Payments at the desk are recorded too.
We are a physio practice with a Pilates studio. Can we run both?
Yes. Patients stay in the practice calendar and Pilates clients in the classes, each with their own invoices, and the Pilates invoices can be paid into their own bank account.
What about late cancellations and no-shows?
Members cancel online until the cut-off before class, so the place goes to the waiting list. Instructors tick who came, and clients who booked and didn’t come are marked as no-shows.
Do clients need to download an app?
No. Clients sign in on their phone’s browser and can add BetterDesk to the home screen, where it opens like an app.
Can we bring our clients across?
Yes, at no extra cost. Export your client list from your current system or an Excel sheet, and we bring it across for you.
Bring your studio onto BetterDesk
We set up your timetable and packages with you, and bring your client list across at no extra cost.