Purpose-built booking and studio management for yoga studios, Pilates teachers, and wellness centres. Simpler than Mindbody. More powerful than a class scheduler. Built for the kind of business that runs on student relationships, not gym metrics.
The dominant platforms — Mindbody, Glofox, Vagaro — are built for gym operations, fitness chains, and high-volume membership businesses. The complexity and the language that comes with them doesn't fit a yoga studio or a Pilates teacher who runs a tightly scheduled programme of classes, workshops, and one-off retreats. The result is software that costs too much, confuses students, and requires more admin than it saves.
BOBSTA handles the specific things yoga and Pilates businesses actually need: session-based scheduling for AM/PM workshops, enquiry-only listings to gauge interest in retreats before you commit to a date, automated reminders that reach students by email and SMS, intelligent waitlists for the classes that always fill, and post-session feedback collected automatically the evening after every class. The terminology adapts to fit your studio — students, not delegates; classes, not courses; workshops, not seminars.
Whether you run your own studio, teach at a gym or leisure centre, or cover multiple venues — BOBSTA keeps everything in one place. Set payment collection on or off per class, manage different pricing for different contexts, and give each venue its own calendar colour. Your students see one clean booking experience; you see one unified timetable.
AM, PM, and Full Day session types for workshops and intensives — each with its own price, capacity, and start time. Students pick their slot; sold-out sessions are greyed out and disabled automatically.
When a popular yoga or Pilates class fills, the waitlist captures demand immediately. The moment a place opens, the next student is notified automatically by email and SMS and given time to claim their spot.
Every student receives a personalised reminder before their session at the lead time you choose — by email and by SMS. No manual sending. No forgotten messages. No no-shows that a reminder could have prevented.
List an upcoming retreat, teacher training, or intensive without opening live bookings — capturing student interest before you commit to a venue or date. Convert to live bookings when you're ready, in one step.
Reward your most committed students with Gold and Platinum tier pricing, applied automatically at checkout. Award loyalty points based on your relationship with each student — not transactional per-class counts.
A personalised survey goes to every student the evening after every session — automatically, with no login required. Results appear in a visual dashboard: rating charts, star averages, verbatim feedback, Excel export.
BOBSTA's Terminology settings panel lets you replace any label your students see. Change Delegates to Students, Courses to Classes, Seminars to Sessions or Workshops. Your booking page reads the way your studio speaks — not like generic software.
Built after 20+ years working alongside training businesses. Every feature in BOBSTA exists because a training business owner asked for it. Every workflow was refined until it felt right — not designed in a vacuum by people who've never run a course.
Yes. The Studio plan supports a single-location operation run by one teacher or a small team. You can manage your class timetable, take online bookings, process card payments via Stripe, and send automated reminders without needing admin staff or complex configuration. Most teachers are taking real bookings within a week.
Yes. Regular recurring classes and standalone workshops are both fully supported. Workshops can have their own pricing, session type (AM, PM, or Full Day), capacity, and optional deposit payment — all managed from the same admin panel as your weekly timetable.
Yes. Any class or course can be set to Enquiry Only — it appears in your catalogue with full details but without a live booking option. Interested students register their interest. When you are ready, switch the listing to live. It is the cleanest way to gauge demand before committing to a venue or date.
BOBSTA includes a Terminology settings panel that lets you replace any label in the student-facing experience. Change Delegates to Students, Courses to Classes, Seminars to Sessions or Workshops — whatever fits your studio. Your students never see generic software copy; they see your words throughout.
Yes. Deposit payment is available on any eligible booking. Students pay a deposit to secure their place and the balance closer to the event date. BOBSTA tracks outstanding balances automatically and sends a reminder email as the due date approaches — without you having to chase anyone manually.
Book a conversation with BOBSTA. We'll show you what the platform looks like running for a studio or independent teacher at your scale — no gym-software complexity, no pitch deck, no pressure.