We ran the mats before we wrote the software — which is why the awkward parts of gym admin were the first things we fixed.
SamuraiDesk started because a scheduling app, a card terminal and a spreadsheet of belt records refused to agree with each other. Three tools, three versions of the truth, and an hour every Sunday reconciling them.
So the first things we built were the unglamorous ones: recurring billing that retries a failed card on its own, a rank ladder that survives an instructor leaving, and an attendance record you can actually query. Marketing pages came later.
Today gyms teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, karate, judo, taekwondo and general fitness run their memberships, gradings and front desk on it. We are a small team, and we still answer the support email ourselves.
Core modules, all included
Per-feature add-ons
Day free trial
Business day to a reply
Belt ladders and curriculum were day-one features, not a module bolted onto a studio booking app.
Your plan sets how many members you can have. It never decides which features you get.
Member payments settle into your own Stripe account. We never hold your revenue.
Support is email, from people who have run a gym. No ticket queue, no chatbot loop.
Every gym is isolated from every other. Export it whenever you want, including when you leave.
Monthly billing, no contract, no cancellation fee. We would rather earn the next month.
Thirty days free, every feature included, and no card to get started.
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