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TeamUp vs Dyno
The TeamUp alternative with a member app your community will actually use.
What is Dyno?
Dyno offers the same dependable memberships, classes and payments, and adds a genuine native member app with a community feed, chat, events and passes, so your members stay engaged between sessions, not just when they book.
What is TeamUp?
TeamUp is well-liked class-management software for gyms, martial arts and fitness businesses, with strong scheduling, memberships and payments. Its member-facing experience is largely web/booking based rather than a rich native community app.
Why clubs go looking for a TeamUp alternative
- Dependable adminScheduling and membership admin are reliable, pricing is fair, and plenty of clubs are happy.
- Web-based bookingThe gap is on the member’s side: booking happens on the web, not a rich native app.
- Community scatteredThe banter and event photos end up spread across WhatsApp, Facebook and email you do not control.
How Dyno approaches the same job
- Familiar coreCard, Apple Pay and Google Pay memberships, timetables with waitlists, class packs, waivers and kiosk check-in.
- One appAll of it lives in a real app carrying your club’s feed, chat, events and leaderboards.
- Built for martial artsBelt and grade progression is built in, and gradings run as proper ticketed events.
What switching from TeamUp actually involves
- We move your dataWe migrate your members, membership plans and records for you.
- Short overlapMost clubs run a short overlap rather than a hard cut-over.
- Payments move with careCard authorisations, and Direct Debit mandates where UK clubs use them, re-establish through Stripe as members activate in the app, and the dashboard shows who has moved across and who still needs a nudge.
TeamUp vs Dyno: feature by feature
Dyno
TeamUp
Built for
Any club: fitness, martial arts, sports, community and members’ clubs.
TeamUp: Class-based gyms, martial arts and fitness businesses.
Member app
A real iOS & Android member app with a feed, chat, events, passes and bookings that members actually keep on their phone.
TeamUp: Member booking is largely web-based; native app experience is lighter.
Community & engagement
Built-in feed, chat and leaderboards to drive retention.
TeamUp: Focused on scheduling and bookings rather than in-app community.
Payments
Card, Apple Pay & Google Pay via Stripe, paid straight into your own bank account. Direct Debit for UK clubs.
TeamUp: Flexible payments with multiple gateway options.
Events & passes
Events, tickets, class packs and passes in one checkout.
TeamUp: Strong class scheduling; events handled as classes.
Health & safeguarding
Digital waivers and configurable PAR-Q health questionnaires on join, plus staff DBS and first-aid records and child-safe defaults for junior classes.
TeamUp: Waivers and forms supported; health screening and safeguarding are lighter.
Getting started
Free to start, no card required. Most clubs are taking payments the same day they sign up.
TeamUp: Free trial available; self-serve setup.
Switching help
We move your members, memberships and data across for you. Most clubs are live within a week.
TeamUp: Import tools and support available.
Best for
Clubs that want booking plus a community app members keep.
TeamUp: Businesses happy with a booking-first, web-based member experience.
TeamUp details are based on publicly available information and last reviewed July 2026; they may have changed, check TeamUp’s website for their current features and pricing.
Dig into the details
Switching from TeamUp: common questions
- TeamUp works fine for us. Why would we switch?
- If booking and billing are all you need, you may not have a reason to; TeamUp is good at those. Clubs switch to Dyno when they want the member experience too: a native app with the club’s feed, chat, events and progression, instead of a booking page plus a separate WhatsApp group.
- Does Dyno handle martial arts gradings and belts?
- Yes. Progression tracking (belts, stages and levels with promotion history) is built in and free, and gradings run as ticketed events with capacity and member pricing. Family accounts cover parents managing children’s memberships.
- Can you import our members from TeamUp?
- Yes, our team moves members, memberships and key records across for you; most clubs are live within a week. Recurring payment authorisations are re-collected through Stripe as members activate their accounts in the app.
- Does Dyno support Direct Debit like TeamUp?
- Yes, for UK clubs. Recurring memberships collect by Bacs Direct Debit through Stripe, paid directly into your own bank account. Everywhere else memberships collect by card, including Apple Pay and Google Pay, on the same schedule and into the same account.
- How hard is it to get members onto the Dyno app?
- Members download the Dyno app and join your club with a link or invite; their memberships, passes and bookings are already there. Clubs typically announce the move a week ahead, and the feed and chat give members a reason to stay once they arrive.
Switch from TeamUp to Dyno
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