GymWyse vs PushPress: Gym Management Software Comparison

PushPress Core is attractive for brand-new gyms because it is free. But it is severely limited: basic scheduling, no analytics, no automations, no payment recovery, and email-only support with longer response times. Most gyms outgrow the free tier within 3 to 6 months and face a jump to Pro at $159 per month. That is a significant cost jump for a gym that is still building its member base. And Pro still lacks advanced analytics, multi-location tools, and AI features. Many gym owners report feeling caught in a cycle of paying more while still not getting what they need, because the next tier (Max at $249 per month) still does not include AI capabilities.

GymWyse starts at $99 per month with every feature included from day one. No feature gating, no tier upgrades, no surprise costs as you grow. You get the same analytics, churn prediction, payment recovery, retail tracking, and AI coaching whether you have 50 members or 500. The flat pricing means your software budget is predictable and your per-member software cost decreases as you grow. For gyms coming from PushPress Core, GymWyse is the platform they wished they had started on — powerful enough for scale, priced fairly for startups.

PushPress offers basic POS for retail sales but no inventory analytics or shrinkage detection. Functional fitness gyms selling supplements, apparel, protein bars, and equipment accessories had no way to track losses from theft, expired products, or inventory miscounts. Revenue from retail looked fine on the surface because total sales appeared healthy. But underneath, money was disappearing through expired protein powder that was never pulled from shelves, apparel miscounts during busy hours, and supplement samples that were never charged. Without detection tools, these losses compound silently month after month.

GymWyse retail analytics track every product with full cost, margin, shrinkage rate, and reorder point data. Variance alerts fire automatically when physical inventory counts do not match sales records. You see exactly where retail revenue is leaking and can fix it immediately. Automated reorder notifications prevent stock-outs for popular items, ensuring you never lose a sale because shelves are empty. Expiry tracking flags products approaching their sell-by date so staff can discount or remove them before they become a loss.

PushPress has no churn prediction on any tier — not Core, not Pro, not Max. In functional fitness gyms where members train in groups and build deep social connections, losing one member often triggers a cascade. Their training partner stops showing up, then their friend, then the friend's spouse. By the time you notice the original cancellation, you have lost 2 to 3 members in a chain reaction. For a 340-member gym losing 4 preventable members per month, that is $520 per month or $6,240 per year in revenue that walks out the door without warning. PushPress offers no tools to detect, predict, or prevent this cascade before it starts.

GymWyse AI continuously monitors attendance patterns, payment behavior, class booking frequency, and engagement signals across every member. The system flags at-risk members 30 days before they are likely to cancel, giving coaches a meaningful window to intervene. It also tracks members who frequently train together, so when one partner starts disengaging, you can proactively reach out to both. Automated win-back campaigns handle the outreach at scale, while personal touch-point recommendations help coaches prioritize the members most likely to be saved through a direct conversation.

Growing functional fitness gyms with 200 or more members need sophisticated analytics to manage revenue, track KPIs, and make data-driven decisions. PushPress Pro provides basic reporting, and even Max at $249 per month offers limited analytics without MRR dashboards, churn rate tracking, or revenue forecasting. For gym owners who want to run their business like a real business — with financial projections, unit economics per member, and profitability analysis per service line — PushPress leaves a significant gap that forces them to build manual spreadsheet systems alongside the platform.

GymWyse was built for gym owners who think like business operators. The analytics suite includes real-time MRR with growth trends, churn rate tracking with 12-month history, profit margin analysis by service line, revenue forecasting with 6-month projections, and one-click P&L exports. All of this is available at $99 per month — $150 less than PushPress Max, with analytics capabilities that PushPress does not offer at any price. For owners who previously spent Sunday evenings building spreadsheet dashboards to understand their business, GymWyse eliminates that manual work entirely.