Gym management app for Indian gym owners

Run members, fees, WhatsApp reminders, attendance and money from your phone or a computer. Varzish Mate is a gym management app with a 30-day free trial.

Varzish Mate is a gym management app for Indian gym owners. Sign in with your phone number and add your first member today. Every account starts with a 30-day trial with every feature except Auto reminders (Ask me works fully) and no card, and the plans and prices are on the pricing page.

If you run a gym with a register, an Excel sheet and a WhatsApp group, this is the same work in one place. The app keeps the list, finds who owes, writes the reminder in English or Hindi, shares PDF receipts and keeps the books. You send each reminder from your own WhatsApp or let Varzish Mate send it automatically, trainers never see money, and the same app opens in a browser at the front desk.

What you run from your phone

Seven jobs cover most of an owner's week.

  • Members. Add a person in three steps: name, plan, first payment. Each member has a record with Overview, Payments, Attendance, Workout and History.
  • Fees. Collect or renew by cash, UPI or card. The app shows who is due, who is expiring and who has gone quiet.
  • Reminders. The app lists who needs a nudge and writes the WhatsApp message in English or Hindi. For each reminder type you choose Ask me (you tap send in your own WhatsApp), Auto (Varzish Mate sends it, within your plan's monthly credits) or Off. See the fee reminder app page.
  • Attendance. Tap names on the check-in list as people walk in. See the attendance app page.
  • Money. Collected, pending, expenses and net for the month, split by plan and by payment method. See the billing software page.
  • Workouts. Build a workout template day by day from the exercise library, assign it to a member and share the routine as a PDF. See the workout plan app page and the exercise library page.
  • Batches. Set days, times, capacity and a trainer for each batch, and filter check-in by batch. See the batch management page.

Two more things sit on top. You can pick several members and send one message from your own WhatsApp, one by one: see bulk messaging. Receipts, member statements and workout routines are PDFs made on your device, shared from the share sheet on the phone or downloaded on the web.

The Today screen of the app: a queue of members who need you today, the month's collected and pending amounts, and today's floor count.The Today screen of the app: a queue of members who need you today, the month's collected and pending amounts, and today's floor count.
The Members screen: a searchable roster with segment chips that show live counts, and an outstanding balance shown on one member row.The Members screen: a searchable roster with segment chips that show live counts, and an outstanding balance shown on one member row.

A day with the app

At 6 am, before the shutter goes up, you open Today. It already lists who owes, who is expiring this week and who is waiting for you.

At 7:15 the morning batch walks in. You search a name, tap once, and the visit lands on that member's record.

At 11 you have a quiet hour at the desk. You scroll the roster, filter to members who owe, and add a new joiner in three steps.

At 2:30 you count the month on the Money tab: what came in, what is still pending, what went out.

At 5 the evening trainer takes over. The trainer sees members, workouts and check-in. The trainer does not see money.

At 9:30 at night you open reminders, read the drafted messages for the people who are overdue, and send them from your own WhatsApp. Reminders you set to Auto have already gone out.

The Reminders screen: switches for each reminder stage, the channel and send time, and a preview of the drafted message.The Reminders screen: switches for each reminder stage, the channel and send time, and a preview of the drafted message.

Staff roles: trainers never see money

There are two roles, owner and trainer, and they are fixed. A trainer can work with members, workouts and check-in. Money, club setup, export and billing stay with you.

So you can hand the floor to a trainer without handing over the cash book. See the trainer access page. The role is set when you invite the person, and there are no permission settings to get wrong.

On a computer: the web console

The same app opens at app.varzishmate.com in any browser, laid out for a wide screen. Owners use it at the front desk to look at the whole roster, check the month's money or export a ledger for the CA. What you change on the phone shows on the computer and the other way round.

The Today screen in the web console on a desktop monitor, with the same needs-you-today queue as the phone.The Today screen in the web console on a desktop monitor, with the same needs-you-today queue as the phone.

What it costs

On the yearly Starter plan the app comes to about ₹19 a day. The Starter plan has every feature, and the bigger plans raise the member and staff limits and the monthly Auto reminder credits. Prices exclude GST, which is added at checkout. See pricing for all plans.

Questions and answers

How do I download the gym management app?

Install Varzish Mate on your Android phone from Google Play, sign in with your phone number and an OTP, and start the 30-day free trial. No card is needed.

Does it work on iPhone and on a computer?

The Android app is the main way to use it. The same app also runs in a browser at app.varzishmate.com, laid out for a desktop screen, so you can work from a laptop at the front desk. Open that address in the browser on any other phone too.

Can I export my data?

Yes. The Money tab exports your ledger for a date range of up to 400 days as a CSV file, and you can export your member list, so your CA or your own spreadsheet always has the numbers.

Do my members pay anything or install anything?

No. Members pay no fee and install nothing. You run everything; they only receive the messages you send.

Does it do automatic check-in, more than one location or a Hindi app?

Check-in is manual: you or a trainer tap the name. Each club is one location. The app screens are in English, and the reminder messages can be in English or Hindi. If you need this, email [email protected] so we know how many gyms ask.

Is the gym management app free?

Every plan has a 30-day free trial with no card. After that you pick a plan by member count. Every plan has every feature, and bigger plans include more monthly Auto reminder credits.

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