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Mat Track – The Best PushPress Alternative for Martial Arts Academies

A modern, martial-arts–specific gym management platform built to increase revenue, improve retention, and eliminate PushPress’ costly per-transaction fees.

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Looking for a better alternative to PushPress? Meet Mat Track.

PushPress is popular for general fitness studios. But martial arts academies, especially Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, MMA, and Muay Thai clubs, need something deeper, faster, and built for how combat sports really operate.

Mat Track offers:

✅ 0% per-transaction fees
✅ Purpose-built BJJ/MMA attendance & trial workflows
✅ Multi-location tools that scale
✅ Family accounts + group billing
✅ Deep Stripe sync
✅ Predictive retention analytics

All in one streamlined platform.

Here's a summary comparison between Mat Track and PushPress

Feature / Benefit Mat Track PushPress
Per-transaction fees 0% ~1% per transaction
Built specifically for martial arts ✅ ❌
Lead → Trial → Paying funnel ✅ Native, automated ❌ Partial, via automations
QR-based trial confirmation & attendance ✅ ❌
Kids/teens attendance logic ✅ ❌
Family/group billing ✅ Native support ❌ Workarounds required
Check-in without class bookings ✅ ❌ Limited, class-based
Multi-location with multiple Stripe accounts ✅ First-class support ❌ Add-on, less flexible
Depth of Stripe integration ✅ Full, real-time sync ❌ Partially abstracted
Predictive churn analytics ✅ ❌
Retention heatmaps ✅ ❌
Front-of-house workflows ✅ Built for FOH teams ❌ Owner-focused
Cost at scale ✅ Lower (no transaction fees) ❌ Higher (fees scale with revenue)

Why martial arts clubs choose Mat Track over PushPress

1. 0% per-transaction fees (save thousands every year)

PushPress charges roughly 1% per transaction on top of Stripe fees.
Mat Track charges 0%, meaning every dollar goes directly to your academy.

For a typical BJJ academy:

  • 300 members

  • $150/month average membership

  • $45,000 monthly revenue

PushPress fee @1% = $450/month

Yearly saving:
$450 × 12 = $5,400 saved per year

For multi-location organizations:

Typically $15k–$50k+ per year saved depending on member count and tuition level.

2. Built exclusively for martial arts, not general fitness

PushPress is made for CrossFit, yoga, and fitness studios.

Mat Track is built for:

  • Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academies

  • MMA gyms

  • Muay Thai & Kickboxing clubs

  • Kids/teens martial arts programmes

This means:

  • No booking system needed for mat-based classes

  • QR check-ins designed for high turnover

  • Kids attendance tracking

  • Belt promotion workflows

  • Members training across disciplines (BJJ, NoGi, Striking)

You get a system that matches your operational reality — not a repurposed fitness app.

3. The most advanced lead → trial → paying funnel in martial arts software

Martial arts conversions depend on trials. PushPress handles this indirectly via tags and automations.

Mat Track provides:

  • Location-specific trial forms

  • Auto-generated trial QR codes

  • Walk-in trial flow

  • Automated trial confirmation emails

  • Trial check-in tracking

  • Progression from lead → trial → trial completed → paying member

  • One-click payment links

  • Staff follow-up notifications

  • Family trial bundles

It’s the first system built around how BJJ and MMA academies actually convert.

4. Multi-location support designed for BJJ networks

PushPress’ multi-location tools are generic.
Mat Track offers:

  • Multiple Stripe accounts

  • Individual club settings

  • Cross-club training tracking

  • Location-specific trial pages

  • Club-level analytics for attendance, retention, sales

  • Staff permission layers per location

Perfect for growing academies with 2, 4, or 10+ gyms.

5. Deep Stripe integration (more than just billing)

PushPress abstracts Stripe. Mat Track embraces it.

  • Full subscription + customer sync

  • Real delinquency alerts

  • Group/family billing handled correctly

  • Real-time sync

  • Stripe as the source of truth

  • Display full billing info to staff without leaving Mat Track

For martial arts orgs where one parent pays for multiple children, this matters.

6. Attendance tracking built for BJJ & martial arts

PushPress uses a class-booking model.
Martial arts doesn’t work that way.

Mat Track offers:

  • QR or manual check-in

  • No “book before class” requirements

  • Kids/teens logic

  • Family check-ins

  • Heatmaps instead of generic attendance lists

  • Frequency decay detection (to predict churn)

  • Trial attendance tracking tied to funnels

7. Retention insights PushPress doesn’t offer

Retention is the heartbeat of martial arts academies.

Mat Track includes:

  • Predictive churn scoring

  • At-risk member lists

  • Behaviour-based retention signals

  • Kids retention tracking

  • Staff follow-up prompts

  • Cross-location retention reports

PushPress offers basic attendance reports — nothing as deep.

8. Designed for real Front-of-House teams

Mat Track:

  • Displays actionable next-step boxes

  • Shows trial status, payment links, time preferences

  • Highlights delinquent payments

  • Provides clean, fast check-in views

  • Reduces taps and training time

  • Offers restricted staff permissions

  • Gives daily to-do workflows

PushPress assumes owner-operators.
Mat Track assumes a full team.

Ready. Set. Grow.

Mat Track gives you flexibility as you grow. Start free forever, and if you’re gym grows, you can upgrade.

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