The Fullout Alternative with Features You Don’t Have to Wait For

Gymnastics clubs are increasingly looking for software that’s simpler to use without sacrificing functionality. Fullout has entered this space as a newer, mobile-first platform focused on clean design and straightforward pricing, appealing to clubs exploring alternatives to more established systems.

But simplicity alone isn’t enough if it doesn’t replace the tools clubs depend on every day. Waivers, SMS communication, email marketing, automation, and reporting are all essential parts of modern club operations.

Fullout is still developing several of these core features, while Activity Messenger already brings them together in a single, fully built mobile-first platform used by gymnastics clubs across North America.

In this post, we compare Fullout and Activity Messenger head-to-head to help you decide which gymnastics software is the right fit for your club.

Key Takeaways:

• Fullout is a newer platform with a mobile-first philosophy, but core features like waivers, email marketing, and reporting are still in development.
• Activity Messenger is a proven, all-in-one solution used by hundreds of gymnastics clubs across North America, including partners like Gymnastics Canada, Gymnastics Alberta, Gymnastics BC, and Gymnastics Quebec.
• One subscription replaces multiple tools: Activity Messenger handles registration, email marketing, SMS, digital waivers, automation, and certificates with no need for Mailchimp, Jotform, or Smartwaiver.
• Built-in marketing automation includes abandoned cart recovery, welcome sequences, and session reminders.
• For Canadian customers: data hosted in Canada, full PIPEDA and Quebec Law 25 compliance, bilingual (EN/FR) support.

Table of Contents

• Why Gymnastics Clubs Are Evaluating Fullout
• Fullout vs. Activity Messenger: Comparison Table
• What Fullout Does Well
• Where Fullout Falls Short
• Activity Messenger: A More Complete Alternative
• Which Platform Fits Your Situation?
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Final Thoughts

Why Gymnastics Clubs Are Evaluating Fullout

Fullout was built specifically for gymnastics, cheer, and dance studios, based on interviews with real gym owners about their needs. Its mobile app, flat subscription fee, and clean interface have made it an option for owners who feel like legacy platforms have been overcharging them for years.

That said, gym owners doing their research tend to run into common issues:

• 📋 No dedicated waiver or form builder: waivers, health forms, and applications still require external tools
• 📣 No email marketing suite: no newsletters, segmentation, or campaign analytics
• 📱 In-app messaging only: communication lives inside the app, with no native bulk SMS or abandoned cart recovery
• 🔧 Features still in development: staff bulletins, advanced reporting, and other tools are on the roadmap, but not yet live
• 📊 No public reviews yet: Fullout is not yet listed on Capterra or G2, making independent validation harder to find

Fullout vs. Activity Messenger: Comparison Table

👉 Want to see how Activity Messenger and Fullout stack up against other popular gymnastics club software? This blog goes in-depth on features, pricing, and everything else you need to know before making the switch.

What Fullout Does Well

A Clean, Mobile-First Experience

Fullout was built with mobile in mind from day one, and the parent-facing app is easy to navigate. Parents can check schedules, track enrolments, view invoices, and set up autopay from their phone. For studios where families live on their phones, that experience holds up well.

Flat, Transparent Pricing

One flat fee, no per-user charges, and no feature gating. Fullout’s pricing model is straightforward, and they’ve committed to keeping future features included in that same subscription.

In-App Communication

Fullout centralizes communication inside the parent app. Bulletins can be sent to all members or individual classes, and parents receive push notifications directly.

Where Fullout Falls Short

1. No Digital Waiver or Form Builder

Every gymnastics club needs waivers. Most also need health declarations, teacher applications, trial consent forms, and post-season feedback surveys. Without a built-in form builder, Fullout leaves you piecing together a solution from Jotform, Smartwaiver, or paper forms that live separately from your registration data.

Activity Messenger includes a drag-and-drop form builder with every subscription. It supports 80+ question types, conditional logic, and legally binding e-signatures. Waivers can be sent by email, SMS, or QR code, and automatic reminders follow up with anyone who hasn’t signed. Everything is stored in a centralized dashboard linked to each participant’s profile, so there’s no scrambling on the first day of class to track down a missing form.

2. No Email Marketing Suite

Fullout’s communication model is built around in-app messaging and push notifications. That works for families who have the app downloaded and notifications turned on. It doesn’t reach a prospective family who found you through Google, a parent who never downloaded the app, or a lapsed member you want to bring back before the new season starts. And for any kind of proactive marketing, a push notification isn’t the right tool.

Activity Messenger includes a full email marketing suite with audience segmentation, open-rate tracking, and Canva integration for on-brand design. You can run re-enrolment campaigns targeting last season’s families, send early-bird announcements to specific age groups, or set up an automatic welcome sequence that goes out when someone registers for the first time.

3. No Bulk SMS

Push notifications have their place, but when class is cancelled an hour before it starts, you need a text message. Not a push notification that parents may have muted, and not an email that gets read three hours later. Activity Messenger’s bulk SMS works independently of any app download and reaches every family on your list in under two minutes. Two-way texting is also supported, so parents can reply to confirm, ask questions, or let you know their child won’t be in.

4. No Abandoned Cart Recovery

A parent searches for a class, clicks through to register, stops halfway through to double-check their calendar or credit card info, and never comes back. It happens constantly, and most studios have no way of knowing it happened at all. Activity Messenger tracks who left mid-registration and automatically sends a follow-up by email or SMS with a direct link back to where they left off. You can customize the timing and message, and optionally include an incentive like a first-class discount to close the registration. Over a full season, those recovered spots have a measurable impact on enrolment numbers.

5. Reporting Still Maturing

Fullout’s analytics tools are still being developed. For gym owners making decisions based on enrolment trends, program revenue, and attendance patterns, that’s a gap worth noting. Activity Messenger includes a full reporting dashboard built for gymnastics club operations.

6. Multi-Location Complexity

Multi-location support with Fullout is still being developed, and clubs operating more than one facility may encounter limitations with scheduling and calendar visibility. Activity Messenger manages multiple locations using a shared calendar that prevents double bookings across facilities in real time.

7. No Certificates

Bulk certificates at the end of a session are a small thing that makes a real difference for retention. Activity Messenger generates and delivers them automatically by email or SMS with Canva integration for branding. Fullout doesn’t currently offer this.

Activity Messenger: A More Complete Alternative

Activity Messenger handles the full registration-to-re-enrolment cycle on a single mobile-first platform, without requiring separate tools to fill the gaps.

1. Registration Parents Actually Complete

Parents land directly on a branded registration form, find the right class, and pay in a few taps. No account creation is required upfront, as an account is created automatically in the background. If they’ve registered before, participants or parents can easily access their account via email.

Based on the family’s initial selections, like age, day, and class type, the registration flow adapts to show the most relevant options rather than presenting every class at once. An account is created automatically in the background, and returning families can log back in with just their email and a one-time code.

Clubs that switch report fewer incomplete registrations and less time spent following up with families who got stuck.

2. A Form Builder That Replaces a Stack of Other Tools

Health forms and medical declarations are built directly into the registration flow and tied to each child’s profile. Parents can update their own submissions if they made an error without contacting the office to reopen a form.

For clubs running trials, drop-ins, or camps alongside regular programming, standalone forms can be sent by link or QR code outside of registration entirely. One subscription covers it all, with no Jotform, Smartwaiver, or paper backlog to manage.

3. Marketing Tools That Grow Enrolment

• Abandoned cart recovery follows up automatically with parents who started registering but didn’t finish
• Email marketing with Canva integration lets you design professional newsletters without leaving the platform
• Bulk SMS reaches every family in seconds for urgent updates or seasonal promotions
• List segmentation lets you target the right families, whether that’s last season’s families who haven’t re-enrolled, or parents who showed interest in a specific program

4. Automations That Run Without You

Most gym owners we talk to estimate they spend 10 to 15 hours a week on admin tasks that could be automated. Chasing unsigned waivers, sending payment reminders, following up with waitlisted families, and remembering to send a survey after the session ends. Activity Messenger handles all of it in the background once you’ve set it up.

Set it up once, and it handles itself:

• Session start reminders before every class
• Welcome emails for newly registered athletes
• Payment reminders before tuition is due
• Post-session surveys sent automatically when a program wraps
• Waiver reminders for anyone who hasn’t signed
• Waitlist notifications that fill a cancelled spot within minutes
• Bulk certificates delivered when a session ends

5. Easy Event Ticketing for Competitions

Gymnastics competitions and showcases involve a lot of moving parts, and managing ticket sales shouldn’t be one of the stressful ones. Activity Messenger lets you sell tickets directly through the platform, so you’re not juggling a separate tool like Tututix or Eventbrite on top of everything else.

You can set up ticket tiers, manage capacity limits, collect payment online, and send automated confirmations to buyers. QR code scanning at the door speeds up entry and cuts down on queues. Tickets can also be delivered via Apple or Google Wallet passes, so families have them ready on their phone without digging through email.

For clubs running annual showcases or provincial competitions, the difference between a smooth event and a chaotic one often comes down to how well the logistics are handled before anyone walks through the door. Activity Messenger handles the ticketing end so your staff and volunteers can focus on the event itself.

👉 For a deeper look at gymnastics events with Activity Messenger, check out this case study featuring Flip City Gymnastics.

 

6. For Canadian Customers

Activity Messenger hosts all data in Canada and is fully compliant with PIPEDA and Quebec’s Law 25. The entire platform is available in both English and French, including registration forms, confirmation emails, SMS messages, and waivers, so French- and English-speaking families both get a seamless experience. Support is Canadian too, which matters when something comes up during registration week and you need someone who understands your privacy obligations and your timeline. Fullout is US-based and hosts data there.

Which Platform Fits Your Situation?

🆕 You’re a smaller gym, comfortable being an early adopter, and mostly need registration and billing. Fullout is worth considering. If your communication needs are simple and you’re okay with a platform still actively growing, the clean interface and flat pricing work in its favour.

📣 You need to market to families, recover abandoned registrations, and reach parents outside an app. Activity Messenger is the stronger fit. Email, SMS, and automation are built in from day one, with no extra subscriptions.

📋 You collect waivers, health forms, or any custom intake documents. Activity Messenger handles all of it natively. Fullout still requires third-party tools for this.

📍 You run multiple locations. Activity Messenger was built for it. Fullout is still refining this.

🇨🇦 You’re a Canadian club with data residency or bilingual requirements. Activity Messenger hosts data in Canada and runs fully in English and French.

📊 You rely on reporting to run your business. Activity Messenger includes a full analytics dashboard. Fullout’s reporting tools are still in development.

👉 Want a quick look at the top gymnastics software, including Activity Messenger and Fullout? See what our co-founder, Olivier Rousseau, has to say in the video below.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best Fullout alternative for gymnastics clubs? 

Activity Messenger is a strong option for clubs that need more than registration and billing. It brings together mobile-first registration, built-in SMS and email marketing, digital waivers, automation, and certificates on one Canadian-built platform trusted by hundreds of clubs across North America.

Can Activity Messenger fully replace Fullout? 

Yes, Activity Messenger covers everything Fullout currently offers (registration, billing, attendance, birthday parties, in-app communication) and adds email marketing, SMS, digital waivers, automation, certificates, and reporting on top.

Is Fullout good gymnastics software? 

Fullout has a clean design, a responsive team, and a clear focus on the gymnastics market. It’s still being built out, though, which means clubs adopting it today are signing up as early adopters. That works well for some gym owners. Those who need a complete feature set right now will find Activity Messenger a safer choice.

Does Activity Messenger work for both competitive and recreational gymnastics programs? 

Yes, Activity Messenger supports session-based scheduling, team management, competition ticketing, attendance tracking, progress reports, and certificate generation for programs of all types and sizes.

How does Activity Messenger handle waivers compared to Fullout? 

Activity Messenger includes a full digital waiver platform. Waivers can be sent by email, SMS, or QR code, and automatic reminders go out to anyone who hasn’t signed. Fullout does not currently offer a built-in waiver tool.

What integrations does Activity Messenger offer that Fullout doesn’t? 

Activity Messenger integrates with Canva for on-brand email design, ChatGPT for content generation, Stripe for payments, Zoom, and Zapier. It also integrates with Sage and QuickBooks for accounting. Fullout does not currently offer equivalent third-party integrations.

Is Activity Messenger available for US-based gymnastics clubs? 

Yes, Activity Messenger serves clubs across the US and Canada with the same full platform, including registrations, marketing automation, SMS, waivers, and certificates.

Final Thoughts

Fullout is a legitimate option, particularly for gym owners who prioritize a clean mobile experience and simple pricing. If your needs primarily involve registration and billing, and you’re comfortable being an early adopter, it may be worth a look.

If your gym relies on email marketing to fill classes, SMS to reach families quickly, waivers to protect the business, or automation to cut down on admin work, Activity Messenger is the more complete solution right now, backed by a track record across multiple gymnastics clubs in North America, including provincial partners like Gymnastics Canada, Gymnastics Alberta, Gymnastics BC, and Gymnastics Quebec.

With Activity Messenger, you can spend less time on admin and more time on the floor.

⚡ Book a demo with Activity Messenger to see how registration, waivers, marketing, and communication run from a single platform built for gymnastics clubs.