Exercise.com: Your fitDEGREE Alternative
Why Choose Exercise.com?
Here are five reasons why fitness professionals use Exercise.com vs. fitDEGREE.
Fitness Business Management Software to Run Your Business
Unlike fitDEGREE, Exercise.com software is designed to have all components needed to run a fitness business in one place – making it easy and efficient to organize and grow your fitness business with client and class scheduling, check-ins, and billing — all from your custom-branded apps.
Fitness Business Management Software to Run Your Business
Unlike fitDEGREE, Exercise.com software is designed to have all components needed to run a fitness business in one place – making it easy and efficient to organize and grow your fitness business with client and class scheduling, check-ins, and billing — all from your custom-branded apps.
Workout Software to Power Your Training
fitDEGREE does not offer workout software – an essential component for running a fitness business. The Exercise.com workout plan creator and exercise manager provide flexible solutions to save you time creating workouts with built-in integrations, tools, and more.
Ecommerce Software to Increase Revenue
Fitness professionals cannot use fitDEGREE’s limited ecommerce features to sell training packages, workout challenges, or online memberships. Exercise.com, however, has full ecommerce capabilities allowing trainers to sell single workout plans, offer automated workout memberships, run workout challenges, and deliver individual training.
Ecommerce Software to Increase Revenue
Fitness professionals cannot use fitDEGREE’s limited ecommerce features to sell training packages, workout challenges, or online memberships. Exercise.com, however, has full ecommerce capabilities allowing trainers to sell single workout plans, offer automated workout memberships, run workout challenges, and deliver individual training.
Assessment Software to Improve Client Engagement and Retention
fitDEGREE lacks assessment software, but that’s not the case with Exercise.com. Take clients through personalized assessments to deliver custom workouts for their individual needs – providing massive growth potential and saved time.
Stand Out With Your Own Custom-branded Apps
fitDEGREE’s apps provide no options for custom websites or custom exercises. Exercise.com, however, offers fully customized apps built to make your life easier by providing your clients with a unified scheduling and workout experience with your brand displayed front-and-center.
Stand Out With Your Own Custom-branded Apps
fitDEGREE’s apps provide no options for custom websites or custom exercises. Exercise.com, however, offers fully customized apps built to make your life easier by providing your clients with a unified scheduling and workout experience with your brand displayed front-and-center.
If you’re ready to get started with an easy-to-navigate, all-in-one fitness software, designed to fuel your business, request a demo with Exercise.com today.
And, if you want to see how fitDEGREE’s additional features stack up to Exercise.com software features, check out our in-depth guide below.
What is fitDEGREE?
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 19 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 studio management options, 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 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 the Exercise.com All-In-One Fitness Business Management software platform.
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 Software
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 gym management 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.
Client/Class Scheduling
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.
Gym/Facility Management
FitDEGREE allows you to view business insights such as gross sales and client check-ins, but you are unable to run customized reports. Exercise.com allows for similar reports, plus additional customization for reporting. With Exercise.com, it’s easy to set up staff roles and permissions for staff and professionals to access the features they need.
Business Dashboard Reports
Both Exercise.com and fitDEGREE offer business dashboard reports. FitDEGREE has options for the following types of reports: User, instructor, instructor earnings, class, and demographic information. However, the business dashboard of fitDEGREE is not customizable to your preferred presentation and there are no features that allow for customized reporting or additional reporting options.
The Exercise.com business dashboard is easily customizable, giving you the capability to view reports and information about your business the way you want. And whether you want to run custom reports on your revenue, staff, or clients, Exercise.com gives you the freedom and options to analyze how your business is doing.
Client Automation
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
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- Automate Workout Delivery
- Automate Resource Delivery
- Automate Assessment Delivery
- Automate Reminders/Alerts via app, text, and email
Dedicated Zapier Support
Exercise.com has a partnership with Zapier that includes dedicated Zapier support. With over 2,000 apps to choose from, the Exercise.com Zapier integration makes your company’s website as efficient and user-friendly as possible.
Dedicated Account Manager
Every Exercise.com client has a dedicated account manager that acts as their main point of contact for any and all software-related needs.
Customized Software
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. Exercise.com also provides users with apps and websites but offers full customization at no additional charge.
Custom-Branded
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
iOS & Android Apps
FitDEGREE has a mobile app available for iOS and Android devices. The app has a rating of 2.5 out of 5.0 in the Google Play store based on 30 reviews. For Apple devices, the rating is a 4.2 out of 5.0 in the iTunes store based on 20 ratings. Positive comments include ease of use and functionality, whereas negative comments focus on the freezing of the app and the 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 apps for personal trainers. We 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.
Websites
FitDEGREE offers a link that you can add to your website and assists with this integration setup. 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 fully customized SEO-optimized fitness business websites. You can add pictures, videos, documents, or anything else you dream of. Here are a few of our website features:
- Responsive
- Built to convert visitors to leads
- 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
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. These integrations include:
- MailChimp
- ConstantContact
- ConvertKit
- Zapier
- Google Analytics
- Facebook Pixel
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Exercise.com is the best fitDEGREE alternative.
Workout Software
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’s workout software has robust features for workout creation and delivery, including delivery workouts for various types of clients, customized workout design, an exercise library, and automated delivery of files, plans, or documents.
Workout Creator/Logger
Personal trainers and fitness professionals who use Exercise.com software can create and deliver workouts for clients, whether 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
1-1 Training
The Exercise.com workout creator allows trainers to send custom workout plans, performance reports, and more to clients for that personal touch.
Group Training
Offer group training packages at your facility or organize online group training sessions for added profit!
Online Training
Sell online training memberships to traveling clients or busy professionals who can’t commit to in-person training sessions.
Exercise Library
An exercise library is a vital part of any workout software. Exercise.com offers a robust exercise library and numerous features to create 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
Custom Exercises
Exercise.com users can add their own custom exercises with videos directly to the exercise library for that added personal touch.
TV Workouts
Utilize Exercise.com workout software capabilities to cast videos onto gym television screens during group classes or one-on-one training sessions.
Gym Ecommerce Software
FitDEGREE offers some ecommerce/point of sale options, like selling gift cards, class packs, and retail items via the mobile app or website. However, their software platform lacks a dedicated feature to sell workout plans or customized workouts online.
Exercise.com’s gym ecommerce software offers numerous ecommerce 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 client and the ability to add additional revenue streams to support your business and your family.
Payment Processing
FitDEGREE states to allow for subscription payments to be paid by credit card or ACH but does not expand further on payment processing on their website.
Exercise.com utilizes Stripe and you are able to access all of your payment tools in the same custom-branded web and mobile app. Clients are able to pay in-person or online and can pay a one-time or recurring price with cash, check, credit card, or direct deposits.
Sell Products
Both Exercise.com and fitDEGREE allow you to sell gym merchandise which is a great way for additional revenue.
Sell Workout Plans
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.
Offer Online Workout Memberships
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.
Sell Workout Challenges
Exercise.com client, Madeline Moves, has built a successful online presence and following 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.
Fitness Assessment Software
FitDEGREE does not have any 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 assessment options using our fitness assessment software.
Assessments
There are multiple reasons why assessments are useful. Personal trainers can use assessments to gather baseline information about a client 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.
Performance & Measurement Reports
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.
Nutrition
Exercise.com uses MyFitnessPal for nutrition tracking, food database, meal planning, and reports. MyFitnessPal is one of the most popular diet tracking options out there and it is integrated right in there with the software.
fitDEGREE Pricing
FitDEGREE pricing starts at $100 per month or $80 per month annually. They also have a one-time setup fee starting at $100 and If you wish to have a branded app, it would be an additional $100 per month. All of these prices are for one studio.
Multi-location businesses would have to pay $200 per month for their first location, $175 per month for their second location, $150 per month for their third location, and if you have more than three locations, they ask for you to contact them.
fitDEGREE Alternatives
FitDEGREE software competitors include MindBody, WellnessLiving, Vagaro, Bookstream, and Pike13.
The Bottom Line: Pros and Cons
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, ecommerce, 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 with personal trainers would have to have a separate system to create and deliver workouts, sell workouts online, and 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 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 ecommerce and workout creation/delivery features. You can enhance client loyalty with performance assessments, mobile apps, workout creation/delivery, and ecommerce features. Exercise.com makes your life and your client’s lives happier and healthier.
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