Buying guide · updated October 2026

Best Gym Management Software in New Zealand (2026)

There are more gym software options than ever, and most are built for gyms much bigger than yours. This is what’s open to a New Zealand gym owner, what each one is actually built around, and the one question that decides most of it.

We make one of the options below, so read the Latch entry with that in mind. The others are described from their own sites; check current pricing there, because it changes more often than this page does.

What “gym management software” covers

At the simple end: taking payments and knowing who’s a member. At the full end: class booking, PT scheduling, staff rosters, point of sale, marketing automation and door access. Most small gyms need the simple end and pay for the full end, because that’s what the market sells.

Door access is the part people forget to ask about. Most suites integrate with a hardware system rather than supply one, so the software price isn’t the whole cost of a 24-hour or unstaffed gym.

The options

GymMaster

Christchurch, New Zealand

The longest-standing New Zealand option, running since the late 1990s. A full suite: memberships, class bookings, PT, point of sale, a member portal and reporting, with access-control hardware integration. You source and install the door hardware yourself.

Suits: Gyms with a class timetable, PT rosters or several staff, who want local support.

Mindbody

United States

The big global name in studio software. Strong on online class booking, a consumer marketplace and marketing automation. Priced in US dollars, and built around the class schedule rather than the door.

Suits: Yoga, Pilates and class-heavy boutique studios.

Glofox

Dublin, Ireland (part of ABC Fitness since 2022)

Studio and gym software with a polished branded member app and good class management. Priced in US dollars.

Suits: Class-based studios that care most about the member app.

Wodify

United States

Built for CrossFit and functional fitness: workouts, performance tracking, class booking and payments together.

Suits: CrossFit affiliates. More than a non-CrossFit gym will use.

PushPress

United States

Aimed at CrossFit and strength gyms. Has a free plan that charges a higher card-processing rate instead of a monthly fee, which suits a very small gym and gets expensive as revenue grows.

Suits: Very small boxes that want to start with no monthly fee.

Latch (ours)

New Zealand

Not a management suite. Latch ties door access to member payments: people join by link, pay by card through Stripe, and the door opens for them until they stop paying. No class booking, no PT rostering. $200 a month per door, first month free.

Suits: Small owner-run gyms whose real problem is the door and the money, not the timetable.

How to choose

For most small New Zealand gyms it comes down to one question: do you run a class timetable that members book into?

• Yes, and it’s the heart of the business: a full suite. GymMaster if you want local support, Mindbody or Glofox if bookings and the member app matter most, Wodify or PushPress for CrossFit.
• No, members just come and train:you need payments and a door that knows who’s paid. That’s a smaller, cheaper problem, and the one Latch was built for.
• Not sure:look at last month. If nobody booked a class and the admin was chasing failed payments and lost fobs, it’s the second one.

If it’s the door and the money

Fifteen minutes, screen shared. Tell us the lock you have and roughly how many members, and we’ll tell you whether Latch fits.