FitDEGREE Comparison (Pricing, Features, & Benefits)

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Exercise.com’s all-in-one fitness business management software is the gold-standard in the industry; from full app customization to workout creation, delivery, and management, e-commerce capabilities, performance health assessments, endless integrations, client engagement, and automation, we’ve made sure to cover all of our bases.

But, that’s not enough.

We can’t claim to be the best without pitting our features up against one of our competitors, fitDEGREE. We want to provide you with our honest opinion on why our software is the ultimate choice (over all fitness business management software options) for your company’s needs.

In this review, we will compare the Exercise.com app features to fitDEGREE’s software features so that you will have all of the information needed to choose Exercise.com for your business management software needs.

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fitDEGREE Software Review

FitDEGREE was founded in 2014 with an initial focus on recreation centers but evolved into also serving yoga studios in 2018. FitDEGREE is headquartered in New Jersey. FitDEGREE has a 4.7 out of 5.0 rating on GetApp based on 16 reviews.

This socially-driven studio management software was designed specifically for boutique fitness studios and advertises as being “powerful, yet affordable and most of all, user-friendly.” They include options for studio management including scheduling, payment processing, reporting, marketing, mobile apps, and client/member management. FitDEGREE does not have options for workout creation/delivery or performance assessments.

One unique feature of fitDEGREE is its focus on being socially-centered. Their software allows users to connect socially via the mobile app to either meet new friends or workout with friends. There are also buttons within the app to share information via the user’s social media platforms.

Unless otherwise stated, all images and reviews below are of/about Exercise.com’s All-In-One Fitness Business Management software platform.

fitDEGREE vs Exercise.com

FitDEGREE and Exercise.com have similar scheduling features for clients to book appointments with professionals, similar payment processing features, similar reporting options, and mobile apps. FitDEGREE falls short when it comes to workout creation/delivery and performance assessment features.

The benefits of Exercise.com are numerous; here’s what Exercise.com users can expect with our software:

• Schedule appointments and classes
• Process payments securely and easily
• Online booking
• Staff roles and permissions
• Automated email and text reminders
• Endless integrations for your business
• Easy to use workout plan creator
• Deliver workouts for any scenario
• Client and trainer workout logging via the app
• Smart performance analysis made easy
• Enhance client retention
• Automated workout engagement
• Sell plans anywhere in the world
• Run workout challenges
• Put recurring workouts on autopilot
• Offer individual and custom workout programs
• Capture smart performance data
• Create custom client assessments

Fitness Business Management (FBM)

An all-in-one Fitness Business Management (FBM) software should have key components that provide all the features you need to successfully run and manage a business from your fingertips 24/7. Important FBM features include scheduling features, payment processing features, reporting, and alternate revenue streams.

FitDEGREE includes options for scheduling, payment processing, marketing, mobile apps, and reporting. Those are important options for all fitness businesses

With Exercise.com, you will find a true all-in-one software with options that can be used by managers, staff, employees, clients, and members. The features are endless to grow and manage your fitness business.

Calendars and Booking

FitDEGREE and Exercise.com both have scheduling options for booking appointments, sessions, or classes. Calendars are intuitive to set up and allow members to book and manage their sessions. Members and clients can sort the calendar by instructor, class, or other variables.

Automatic notifications and reminders for appointments or classes can be set up with fitDEGREE or Exercise.com.

Accepting Payments Securely and Easily

FitDEGREE and Exercise.co both have payment processing options so members and clients can book and pay for sessions, memberships, appointments, and classes directly through the mobile app. Members can set up autopay or automatic renewal options by saving billing information. You can easily set up discounted memberships or promotion codes with both software options.

Increase Business Efficiency With Easy Report Access

FitDEGREE has options for the following types of reports: User, instructor, instructor earnings, class, and demographic information. There are no features that allow for customized reporting or additional reporting options.

Exercise.com allows for similar reports, plus additional customization for reporting. It’s easy to set up staff roles and permissions for staff and professionals to access the features they need.

Increase Revenue With Key Business Marketing Integrations

FitDEGREE has created some of its own marketing options within the mobile app or online dashboard. There is an announcement board where you can post reminders, updates, or other important information. You can also choose to set up a welcome email that is sent when a new member joins your facility or studio.

Exercise.com has numerous marketing integrations that give your facility the option to customize or send a variety of marketing features. Those integrations include:

• MailChimp
• ConstantContact
• ConvertKit
• Zapier
• Google Analytics
• Facebook Pixel

Custom-Branded Websites, Web, and Smartphone Apps

FitDEGREE provides options for mobile apps and website integration with their software. Customized mobile apps are available at an additional monthly cost and setup fee.

FitDEGREE has a mobile app available for iOS and Android devices. The app has a rating of 2.8 out of 5.0 in the Google Play store based on 28 reviews. For Apple devices, the rating is a 4.0 out of 5.0 in the iTunes store based on 12 ratings. Positive comments include ease of use and functionality, whereas negative comments focus on freezing of the app and inability to integrate with calendars.

There is also a check-in app that clients can use to check-in from the app instead of from the front desk called Kiosk by fitDEGREE. This is a great option, but multiple mobile apps might be confusing for some members.

FitDEGREE also has a business app designed to be used by staff, employees, professionals, and managers called OnTheGo by fitDEGREE. This app allows access to business management and reporting features from a mobile app rather than a desktop or laptop.

In comparison, Exercise.com offers fully customizable and branded mobile apps for our clients and can match colors, logo, and verbiage across platforms for a consistent look with websites, dashboards, and mobile apps. We also offer custom dev tools for clients.

Exercisers can view schedules, book classes, view workouts, track or highlight workouts, view and enter challenges, monitor progress toward goals, and more. Staff and trainers can also use the app to create, plan, and deliver workouts, add exercises or notes, track progress, engage with clients, automate reminders and notifications, and more.

Fully Customized to Your Brand

For an additional monthly charge and a higher one-time setup fee, fitDEGREE offers a branded mobile app. This means clients and members would look for the mobile app specific to your business instead of the general fitDEGREE app.

Branding is a key component of any marketing that your fitness business will do. Imagine your own customized app that can easily be recognized in the app store by any of your clients with your colors, logo, photos, graphics, and text. This is all possible with Exercise.com. Your dashboard and mobile app will look consistent with your brand.

Automation From Your Own Custom Apps

Automation options allow your software to work for you, even when you aren’t on your laptop or mobile device. FitDEGREE automates reminders for appointments through text messages and the mobile app.

Exercise.com allows for these reminders, but also much more. You can automate emails, workout programs, nutrition plans, and other documents easily. Here are some of the automated features of Exercise.com:

• Automatic Emails and Texts/Other Automatic Features
• Highlight Exercise.com
• Automate Workout Delivery
• Automate Resource Delivery
• Automate Assessment Delivery
• Automate Reminders/Alerts via app, text, and email

Custom-Designed Website

FitDEGREE offers a link that you can add to your website and also assists with the setup of this integration. However, fitDEGREE does not provide for a customized website, you must already have a website to use the code to integrate with fitDEGREE.

Exercise.com takes it a step further by offering a custom-designed website. This is a great benefit that offers the following custom-designed website features:

• Responsive
• SEO optimized
• Unlimited theme changes
• Built to convert visitors to leads
• Custom graphic work
• Google Certified Partner

Security Features

It’s common to hear about data breaches and compromised data almost daily, so it’s important to ensure that your members’ data and your studio’s data is safe. FitDEGREE is a cloud-based software that mentions safe and secure data but does not give any additional information about its safety features. On the other hand, Exercise.com ensures the safety and security of user data with options like:

• SSL Secure
• Privacy Shield Framework
• Google Cloud

Integrations and Add-ons

FitDEGREE allows users to share information via Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat. Users can also send a text from the mobile app with an invitation to join them in class. Those are the only integrations mentioned by fitDEGREE.

Exercise.com offers marketing integrations as listed above, but also integrations with YouTube, Vimeo, Zapier, and many others.

Workout Creation and Delivery

While fitDEGREE has numerous studio management features, they are lacking in the workout creation and delivery features. Personal trainers and fitness professionals would need additional software to utilize these important features to engage and train clients.

Exercise.com has robust features for workout creation and delivery, including delivery workouts for a variety of different types of clients, customized workout design, an exercise library, and automated delivery of files, plans, or documents.

Deliver Workouts for Any Scenario

Personal trainers and fitness professionals can create and deliver workouts for any type of client whether they are in-person or online. This allows additional revenue streams because you can reach clients that you would not otherwise have access to in a face-to-face scenario. Here are some of the options for workout creation and delivery:

• Workout Planning-Personal Training
• Nutrition Assistance
• Goal Setting
• Traveling Athletes
• In-Person Clients
• Trainer Logging
• Online Clients
• Hybrid Clients (in-person/online)
• Busy Professionals

Customized Workout Design and Library

An exercise library is a vital part of any workout software. Exercise.com offers a robust exercise library and numerous features to allow the creation of effective workout programs to help your clients meet their health and fitness goals. These are just a few of the options that personal trainers can use to build workout programs:

• Workout Plan Creator
• Intervals
• Alternate
• Block
• Smart Delivery
• Custom Exercise Library
• Easily Embed Your Videos into Your Platform
• Your Descriptions, Workouts, etc

Automated Delivery PDFs, Nutrition Plans, and More to Your Clients

Exercise.com allows for automated delivery of any type of file to your clients. You can send workout files, videos, nutrition plans, assessment files, and more. Let’s say you have a stay-at-home mom who wants to work out in her home gym during naptime. You can send workouts, videos, and her nutrition plan all via the mobile app. It’s a win-win for both of you!

Do you have a client that travels during the week for work, has access to a hotel gym, and wants to train with you twice a week? Exercise.com makes it easy to create and deliver an effective workout plan using the available equipment in the hotel gym, availability for the client to log their workouts, and the option to share their meal tracking and nutrition during the week using the mobile app.

E-Commerce/Point of Sale

FitDEGREE offers some e-commerce/point of sale options, like selling gift cards, class packs, and retail items via the mobile app or website. There is no a way to sell workout plans or customized workouts online, which can add an additional revenue stream for your trainers or business.

Exercise.com offers numerous e-commerce and point of sale features, including the ability to sell single workout plans, the option to deliver custom programming, the ability to sell monthly or annual programming, the option to deliver a workout of the day program, or to provide workout challenges. These features allow you to meet the needs of any type of client and the ability to add additional revenue streams to support your business and your family.

Here are some examples of how other fitness professionals have used Exercise.com to grow and manage their businesses.

Sell Pre-Built, Single Workout Plans (Mike Boyle)

Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning sells adult functional training programs, sports performance programs, and personal training via his website.

Let’s say you have developed a great strength and conditioning program for youth soccer and have had some requests to get that out beyond your local area. Or you created a safe and effective prenatal workout plan for expectant mothers which provides exercises that can easily be done at home?  Exercise.com allows you to sell those online to reach clients all over the world at any time of day.

Deliver Automated Custom Programming (Dean Sommerset, AMPD)

Dean Somerset (AMPD) offers individualized coaching both online or in-person. This option is great if you have traveling athletes or exercisers that prefer to workout in a home gym or while on the road traveling for work. You can develop the program and set up automated delivery based on the needs of your clients.

Deliver Automated Monthly Programming (PJF Performance)

Advanced athletes can benefit from the monthly programming from PJF Performance. They offer a successful vertical jump and explosiveness online program, which gives step-by-step instructions. This program can be anywhere from one month to one year to help athletes meet their fitness goals.

Deliver Annual Programming (Barbell Physio)

Barbell Physio offers annual programming to help increase performance and reduce injuries. They offer a monthly or annual membership, but the annual membership comes at a significantly reduced rate.

Deliver Workout of the Day Memberships and Run Workout Challenges (Madeline Moves)

Madeline Moves has built a successful online following and reputation with her workout of the day memberships and workout challenges. She offers an 8-week workout program with five new workouts each week. All of these workouts can be completed at home with a few pieces of exercise equipment.

Performance Assessments

FitDEGREE does not have any performance health assessment features. This software has many options for studio management, but no options for assessing and sharing this data with clients. Performance assessments are a great way to build client loyalty and help clients meet their fitness goals.

Exercise.com steps in to fill this void with numerous performance assessment options built into its all-in-one fitness business management software.

The Value of Assessments

There are multiple reasons why assessments are useful. Personal trainers can use assessments to gather baseline information about a client in order to develop an effective fitness program tailored to their abilities and goals. They can also be used to categorize or compare exercise enthusiasts or athletes with others of the same age and sex by using criterion-referenced standards.

When assessments are repeated, trainers and clients can see their progress over time. For example, if a client completed 1.0 mile in a 12-minute run/walk for distance assessment the first attempt and then completed 1.15 miles after three months of a training program, that is a remarkable improvement.

Clients can also use assessments as a way to stay motivated toward reaching their health and fitness goals.

Complete Assessments for Clients

There are so many different types of health and fitness assessments that can be used with clients and members to assess cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, or body composition. There are also assessments to test power, agility, stability, and balance.

With Exercise.com, the good news is there is no need for paper and pen assessments. The assessment results can easily be added to your client’s profile for you and the client to view electronically. If you have an intake or assessment form, you can easily share that with clients.

Automate Client Engagement With Assessments

Assessments help develop a relationship and create a sense of loyalty between the trainer and client. Personal trainers can give appropriate feedback and instructions after reviewing assessment information and clients can use this to communicate their health and fitness goals with their trainer.

fitDEGREE Pricing

FitDEGREE pricing starts at $100 per month. They also have a one-time setup fee starting at $100. Here is a breakdown of the two pricing structures offered by fitDEGREE.

• The first option is the Citta plan for $100 per month. There is a one-time setup fee of $100 for this plan. This plan includes all of the main features of the software, including calendars and scheduling, member check-in, reporting, mobile apps, point-of-sale, e-commerce, social features, automation, and website integration.
• The second option is the Ananda plan for $200 per month. The Ananda plan has everything included in the Citta plan, but also includes a branded mobile app. There is a one-time setup fee of $300 for the Ananda plan.

Both plans offer a personal customer service representative that is dedicated to your fitness business.

Those pricing plans are for one studio. Additional studios using the Citta plan would just pay the monthly fee.

For the Ananda plan, additional studios are offered at a discount. A second studio would be $175 (compared to $200), a third studio would be $150 (compared to $200), and a fourth studio would be $125 (as opposed to $200).

fitDEGREE Software Competitors

FitDEGREE software competitors include: MindBody, WellnessLiving, Vagaro, Bookstream, Virtuagym, and Pike13.

The Bottom Line: Pros and Cons

An all-in-one fitness business management or studio management software should have all the important features needed to run and grow a successful business. It’s not efficient or necessary to have two or more software systems for employees, staff, and managers to use. One system should be able to do it all.

Exercise.com and fitDEGREE both have many important features for running a fitness business, but fitDEGREE falls short on features that personal trainers and other fitness professionals would use, like workout creation/delivery, selling workouts online, and performance assessments.

fitDEGREE Cons

FitDEGREE has great features for managing a fitness business, like a boutique fitness studio, yoga studio, or recreation center. Calendars, schedules, member management, e-commerce, reporting, payment processing, and check-ins are all attractive features that fitness businesses would use.

FitDEGREE falls short when it comes to features that fitness professionals and personal trainers would use. Any facility that has personal trainers would have to have a separate system to create and deliver workouts, to sell workouts online, and to conduct performance assessments. Who wants to use two or more software systems where there are options out there that have all the features integrated into an all-in-one software option?

Exercise.com Pros

Exercise.com truly is an all-in-one fitness business management software that will help you manage and grow every aspect of your business. Investing in a reputable and effective fitness business management software is an investment in your business.

You can build your client base locally, nationally, or even internationally with the e-commerce and workout creation/delivery features. You can enhance client loyalty with performance assessments, mobile apps, workout creation/delivery, and e-commerce features. Exercise.com makes your life and your client’s lives happier and healthier.

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