Same idea. Twenty-three years newer.

Dance Studio Manager positions almost exactly where we do — dance-only, flat price, not a gym template. Its newest public review is from 2020, and registration and billing are what its customers complain about.

Dance Studio Manager pricing: $40/mo. Unlimited students. The branded app is an extra $50/mo, which makes the real comparison $90 against our $49.

Dance Studio Manager is rated 3.2 out of 5 on Capterra across 10 reviews. Pricing and ratings checked 26 September 2026.

StudioFlow is $49 a month with every app included, month to month, payments on Stripe.

Why studios leave Dance Studio Manager

The online registration is incredibly problematic and buggy

Verified reviewer, 1★, Capterra

The billing functions are horrible

Sarah A., 2★, Capterra

StudioFlow vs Dance Studio Manager

Entry price	StudioFlow: $49/mo	Dance Studio Manager: $40/mo
Price grows with	StudioFlow: Nothing	Dance Studio Manager: Nothing
Branded parent app	StudioFlow: Included	Dance Studio Manager: +$50/mo
Built for dance	StudioFlow: Yes — dance only	Dance Studio Manager: Yes — dance only since 2003
Support	StudioFlow: Real people. Front Desk add-on answers your phone	Dance Studio Manager: Email
Contract	StudioFlow: Month to month	Dance Studio Manager: Month to month
Payment processor	StudioFlow: Stripe	Dance Studio Manager: Theirs
Recital ticketing	StudioFlow: Built in	Dance Studio Manager: No
Public reviews	StudioFlow: None yet — we are new	Dance Studio Manager: 3.2 / 5 on Capterra (10), newest 2020

What changes when you leave Dance Studio Manager

The app is not a second subscription

$40 plus $50 for the app is $90. Ours is $49 with the app in it.

Registration that finishes

Parents can see classes, pick one and pay without hitting the account wall their reviewers describe.

Tuition bills itself

Plans, autopay, failed-card retries and reminders run without anyone chasing.

When Dance Studio Manager is the better choice

• $40 a month for unlimited students is less than we charge, and if you do not need a parent app it stays less.
• Dance-only since 2003, and their positioning — "not a gym template with the word dance swapped in" — is exactly right. We agree with them about the market.
• Only ten public reviews means the 3.2 is a thin sample. It is not strong evidence either way, and we would not want to be judged on ten reviews either.

Dance Studio Manager vs StudioFlow, answered

Is Dance Studio Manager cheaper?

On the base plan, yes: $40 against our $49. Add their branded app at $50 a month and it becomes $90 against our $49 with the app included.

Is Dance Studio Manager still actively developed?

We can only report what is public: their newest Capterra review is from 2020. Ask them directly about their roadmap before you commit — that is a fair question for any vendor, us included.

What does Dance Studio Manager do better?

Price, if you do not need an app, and two decades of dance-only focus. Their read on the market matches ours.