ACS vs Gym Assistant

ChurchTrac

Tithe.ly

ExpensePlus

ChurchTrac is a church management software with features for membership management, donation tracking, accounting, reporting and attendance management

Tithe.ly is a web & mobile based donation platform providing digital giving tools & event management features for ministries & churches of all sizes

ExpensePlus is a cloud-based fund accounting software meticulously designed for churches, charities, and community groups. It offers efficient expense management, donation tracking, and comprehensive financial reporting, tailored to simplify and enhance financial processes.

Worship Pastor

To be fair, it's been a few years since I have spoken to ACS customer support and they were friendly and tried to be very helpful at the time, but it wasn't a good experience.

Parish Administrator

Office Manager

Great customer service and mostly user friendly.

ACS is a church management software designed to help churches of all sizes handle finances, members, services, background checks, contributions, accounting processes, payroll, purchase orders, and more on a centralized platform.

Accounting

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

ACH Payment Processing

Application Management

Asset Tracking

Attendance Management

Attendance Tracking

Bank Reconciliation

Budgeting/Forecasting

Built-in Accounting

Child Check-in

Committee Management

Communication Management

Donation Management

Dues Management

Electronic Payments

Event Management

Event Scheduling

Financial Management

Financial Reporting

Fund Accounting

General Ledger

Member Database

Member Directory

Member Portal

Membership Management

Membership Renewals

Member Types

Mobile Access

Mobile App

Multi-Location

Online Calendar

Online Giving

Payment Processing

Payroll Management

Pledge Management

Registration Management

Small Group Management

Third-Party Integrations

Volunteer Management

Website Management

Web-based

Linux

iPhone

iPad

Android

Windows

Planning Center

Subsplash

Basic

Administrative Assistant

Also has various report options that go along with these registrations that are very helpful.   Whenever we have a problem or question, customer support is very helpful and friendly!

Director of Family Ministries

The company itself is working to move customers to newer products (Realm in particular) and current ACS users should get themselves into the cloud ASAP.

We use it every day in our office, but people using it from home often have problems.  

Some days we notice it's "sluggish" (may be an internet issue).  

Although we no longer use ACS, it was a great church software for us.

We really liked how easy it was for our members to find each other in the directories

Every module I've used has been fairly user-friendly.  

There seemed to be a disconnect between how we were (poorly) implementing the software and struggling with teaching staff and the way in which the ACS team communicated to us and told us to get excited about functionality that never worked in our context because of difficulty of implementation.

Director of Finance

Excellent customer service for an older version of the product.

Indépendant 

The ACS software often bugs or slows down when donor files increase.

The lack of functional expense reporting is lacking given the current state of the art technology.

Owner

When we had talks of switching the software to a new company ACS was so far behind that we wouldnt have even been able to transfer our database into a new system

If you spent a lot of time setting things up and were using it daily, ACS seems to have the capability to have good functionality.

Overall it was a frustrating piece of software when we had to engage with it and people would create their own systems and spreadsheets as work arounds.

Of course, it is not quick to master ACS, but once you have mastered it you have everything you want to know about reports, campaign follow-ups, etc.

Finance Mgr

I also can no longer run event and other income smoothly and directly to a contra-expense.

ACS is also limited on the choice of administrators on who should access this or that.

The new Realm products - For the price they are charging -  we would be as well served with Quickbooks.

Honeslty the software is stuck in the 90s, I am shocked how far behind the programing is, it was not user friendly at all/

Volunteer

They update and upgrade every week to stay relevant.  

Lead Pastor (elect)

ACS does everything we need in church management software!

Freelancer 

Its super Fast..The App is Reality fast and Not So complicated!

The product management people have decided that they understand accounting better than professional users.

They have been in the game for awhile and show no signs of slowing down.

IT Director 

It was a strong tool for us for quite some time.

ACS is dependable, strong and has always delivered.

Secretary/ Teacher 

Customer Support

Performance and Speed

Church Management

Reporting

Security and Access Control

Ease of Use

Expense Tracking

Accounting and Forms

Features

Cloud Integrations

Small Business

Mid-size Business

Freelancers

Large Enterprises

ACS Technologies

Mindbody

Simplify scheduling, automate reminders and payments, and streamline your business management with Mindbody scheduling software. 

Daxko Operations

Complete operations software for member-based nonprofits - integrating programs, billing, and check-ins in one secure system.

WellnessLiving

WellnessLiving is an all-in-one online booking, resource scheduling, lead generation, and reporting solution for health and wellness focused businesses. Designed for wellness establishments including yoga studios, spas, salons, personal training, fitness gyms, pilates studios, and dance clubs, WellnessLiving provides the tools users need to manage day-to-day business tasks, employees, memberships, sales, marketing, and more.

The customer service is non-exsistant once you pass your initial trial unless you pay them an unreasonable customer service fee.

Personal trainer

I found it took me hours to search before buying the customer support service

Customer support is excellent, even if you have to leave a message sometimes.

Manager

In addition, their customer and technical support teams are responsive and consistently able to assist us promptly whenever issues arise.

Gym Management Software with no monthly fees, easy to use, track activity, online sign-up, door access, billing, reports, mobile app, US based support, Free demo. Simple, powerful & affordable.


Access Controls/Permissions

Activity Tracking

Alerts/Notifications

Barcode/Ticket Scanning

Billing & Invoicing

Check-in/Check-out

Client Portal

Contract/License Management

Credit Card Processing

Customer Accounts

Customer Database

Customizable Forms

Customizable Reports

Customizable Templates

Data Import/Export

Document Management

Email Marketing

Email Templates

Employee Management

Family Memberships

For Gyms

For Martial Arts

Inventory Management

Inventory Tracking

Invoice Management

Member Accounts

Member Communication

Membership Signup

Merchandise Management

Online Registration

Point of Sale (POS)

Push Notifications

Recurring/Subscription Billing

Reporting/Analytics

Reporting & Statistics

Self Check-In/Check-Out

Self Service Portal

SMS Messaging

Transaction History

Visitor Management

Waiver Management

Most reviewers indicate that Gym Assistant provides strong value for money with its affordable one-time purchase and no recurring fees. Some reviewers feel expanding functionality or adding hardware can become expensive, and a few mention costly merchant options.

Value for money

By industry, Gym Assistant reviewers are most commonly professionals in health, wellness and fitness (76%). The most frequent use case cited is membership management (71% of reviewers).

Gym Assistant

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Gymdesk

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Kicksite

bsport

Gym Assistant Software License

The automated billing works reliably and takes a lot off our plate, and the addition of mobile app access and online signups has been a huge upgrade for both us and our members.

Right now, if you want to offer something like a Basic Single Membership with different payment terms (month-to-month, 3-month, 6-month, annual), it will pop up as a different membership option in the same drop down menu.

It doesn’t allow you to add “due dates” to day pass membership options, allowing these members to have access to our facility after their membership has expired.

Health and Fitness Director

Lately we have been having trouble with the gym assistant and the gatekeeper not sycing. When that happens, any new members or renewals added- their swipe cards do not work.

It would be much cleaner to have those options built into a separate dropdown so the signup page doesn’t feel as crowded or repetitive.

The pay up front and get what you pay for, non subscription base is a great model in comparison to all the other products on the market.

owner

The integration they have with the door controller system as well as the ease of use with online sign-ups has allowed me more freedom as well as savings every month because of my minimum staff requirements.   

The system is very easy to use day-to-day, which makes training staff simple and keeps front desk operations running smoothly.

President

Glitches and does not have all the features I would like.

I struggle setting up how I wanted everything to work but the ability to call I. and talk to knowledgeable help got be going in no time.

Administrator

We can compete with other fitness centers because GA allows for 24/7 accessibility.

Owner and Director

This would minimize my time scrolling as I like to do

If it could be accessed remotely from my phone, I haven't found that feature yet.  

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