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A PlayByPoint alternative

core.club vs
PlayByPoint

racquet & fitness facility management

PlayByPoint is a mobile-first platform for racquet and fitness facilities, covering court reservations, memberships, scheduling and automated payments. Booking is quick on the phone, and its support has a good reputation. core.club covers the same court booking and memberships, and adds classes, events, leagues, tournaments and ladders, member chat and a shared gallery. Members get one app for the whole club, and it starts free rather than on a monthly subscription.

CAPABILITIES COMPAREDof 13 compared
core.club11
PlayByPoint8
core.club covers 11 of the 13 capabilities compared here, PlayByPoint covers 8. Neither does everything, so where each falls short is shown in the table below.
FEATURE BY FEATURE

How the two line up, row by row

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PlayByPoint
Member-facing mobile app
Native iOS & Android + web
Native branded app
Pricing model
Free to start · 2.5% on payments
Monthly subscription
Memberships & dues
Events & RSVPs
Class / session booking
Court, field & room reservations
Leagues, tournaments & ladders
Group chat & channels
Limited
Integrated payments (Stripe)
Modular: enable only what you need
Limited
Full data export (take everything with you)
Limited
Open API for your own tools
Limited
Connect your own AI agent (MCP)
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Open-play match-making (rating-based)
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Pro-shop POS & dynamic pricing
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Where PlayByPoint shines

Court reservations and scheduling for racquet facilities
Memberships and automated payments
Quick mobile booking, with responsive support

Where core.club does more

✓Works for any club, not only racquet and fitness facilities
✓Member-to-member chat and a shared photo gallery included
✓Free to start; a 2.5% fee on payments, with an optional $29/mo Pro plan that caps fees, instead of a monthly subscription
✓One app for every club a member belongs to, with features per club
The core.club app

Members book a court in two taps

Where PlayByPoint lives in a browser tab, core.club puts the live court sheet in a native iOS and Android app your members actually keep on their phone.

Real-time court availability
Open play, ladders, and lessons
Reminders before every booking

Frequently asked

Is core.club a PlayByPoint alternative?+

Yes. Both cover court booking, memberships, classes, leagues and ladders and payments. core.club works for any club and lets members message each other, with pricing that starts free rather than a monthly subscription.

What does PlayByPoint do that core.club does not?+

PlayByPoint has open-play Game Match, which pairs players into balanced games using ratings like DUPR, plus a pro-shop POS and demand-based pricing. core.club does neither automated match-making nor retail POS, so a busy open-play club will get more from PlayByPoint there.

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BUILT FOR YOUR CLUB

Give your members more than PlayByPoint

Set up your club in a few minutes and see the whole thing — members, dues, bookings, leagues and chat — in one app they actually open. Free to run; you only pay 2.5% on the payments you collect.

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