BJJChat Attendance System

Overview

BJJChat Attendance System combines gym attendance and class scheduling with coaching, technique-study, competition-tracking, and community tools for BJJ academies and practitioners. It is best suited to gyms that want a broad training platform without per-member charges. Its free plan has substantial BJJ-specific tools, but billing, CRM, and SMS are not current features.

Key features

Check-in can happen by QR code or mobile, and a tablet kiosk adds manual member search and optional hands-free face recognition. The kiosk’s live attendee counts and roster updates give staff a current view of who is in the gym; visitor check-in is supported too. Multiple check-in routes are useful for a busy academy, though face recognition is an option rather than a requirement.

Admins can schedule recurring or one-time classes, assign coaches, and set capacity limits. Daily, weekly, and monthly reports, student streaks, coach-hour tracking, multi-location management, and a live occupancy dashboard help owners monitor participation and class activity across sites.

The wider BJJ focus is a real differentiator for gyms that want training aids alongside attendance. The free plan includes more than 20 training tools, a BJJ curriculum and belt progression, AI coaching, and a technique library of over 1,000 techniques. Coach Mode adds configurable round timers, shark-tank rotation, AI matchup suggestions, and sparring-match recording. These features broaden its use for coaches and practitioners, but they do not cover operational needs such as billing, CRM, or SMS.

With permission, the iOS app can write verified check-ins to Apple Health and add scheduled classes to iOS Calendar; Android can write exercise sessions to Health Connect. BJJChat says it does not sell personal information, uses technical and organizational safeguards, and supports account deletion with backup purging completed within 30 days on a rolling schedule. Privacy questions and data-rights requests can be sent to [email protected].

Pricing

Free: free, billed forever. The plan has no tiers or per-member fees and allows unlimited coaches and students, with no seat limit. It includes scheduling, check-in, attendance reports, kiosk mode, mobile and visitor check-in, and multi-location support, as well as the broader training tools. That makes it a strong fit for academies that want to scale attendance without a member-based bill. There is no free trial because the plan itself is free.

The trade-off is functional rather than a published seat or usage cap: academies needing billing, CRM, or SMS should choose another system or account for separate tools. No paid plan is described.

Platforms

BJJChat supports Android, iOS, and web. The tablet kiosk provides QR scanning, manual member search, and optional face recognition. Mobile integrations differ by platform: iOS supports Apple Health and Calendar actions with permission, while Android supports Health Connect exercise-session writes.

Who it's for

BJJChat is a good fit for BJJ gyms, coaches, and practitioners who want attendance, class scheduling, and training resources in one no-per-member-cost platform. Unlimited students and coaches suit academies concerned about seat fees, while capacity limits and multi-location reporting help with class and site oversight. It is a weaker fit for gyms that need membership billing, CRM, or SMS within their attendance system.

Pros and cons

• Pros: The forever-free plan has unlimited coaches and students, avoiding per-member charges as an academy grows.
• Pros: QR, mobile, visitor, and kiosk check-in offer practical options for recording attendance, with live kiosk counts and roster updates.
• Pros: Scheduling, attendance reporting, streaks, coach-hour tracking, and multi-location support give owners more than a simple sign-in log.
• Pros: BJJ-specific curriculum, technique library, AI coaching, and Coach Mode tools make the platform relevant beyond administration.
• Cons: Billing, CRM, and SMS are not current features, so gyms that depend on those functions will need other tools.
• Cons: Face recognition is optional, so it should not be treated as a required check-in method.

Alternatives

For a wider category comparison, see Gym Check-In Software.

• RhinoFit Sign-In Kiosk is an option for gyms comparing freemium kiosk tools; its free Start Up plan has eligibility terms and a 20-or-fewer-active-user limit.
• AdviceFit is another freemium Android, iOS, and web option; its Free plan is shown at $0/month, while Basic is $25 a month.
• Attenditai is worth considering for a smaller attendance setup: its forever-free plan allows up to 50 attendees, unlimited sheets, and one extra team member, with QR/barcode, public QR link, and web kiosk check-in.
• MoveMembers may suit a small gym that can work within a 20-active-member free cap; its plan includes class scheduling, online booking, member portal, and self check-in.
• Organised Gym offers a free plan for up to 25 members and paid plans starting at ₹699 a month.
• UrbanGym is a web-based alternative with a free plan capped at one location, 50 members, two staff accounts, and 100 SMS per month; Pro is ₹1,499 a month.
• Gym Ledger is another freemium alternative for Android, iOS, and web; its Pro plan is ₹333 a month.
• Exercise.com Websites is a paid alternative with custom package pricing by quote.

Verdict

Choose BJJChat if you run a BJJ academy and want attendance, scheduling, and training tools without seat limits or per-member fees. Its breadth and BJJ-specific coaching resources make the free plan unusually useful for that audience. Look elsewhere if billing, CRM, or SMS needs to be built into the system.