Nobody owns the student who stopped coming
Everyone is busy teaching. A student who misses three classes in a row rarely gets a call until the cancellation email arrives.
For martial arts school owners
Keep the students who are quietly drifting away
Turnuply notices when a student stops showing up, texts them (or their parents) at the right moment, and gives your instructors one-tap tasks when a personal touch matters. You get a short weekly summary, not another dashboard to run.
Free for martial arts schools during early access · Invitation only
Illustration with sample data. Turnuply counts students who are drifting away, texts the student or parent with a short friendly check-in, shows the owner who came back, and compares the result with a control group that did not get follow-up.
The problem
Why students quietly quit
Most cancellations do not start with a decision. They start with a missed class that nobody follows up on.
Progress stalls and no one sees it
Belt tests feel far away, so kids and parents lose the sense of moving forward. That is when “maybe we’ll take a break” starts.
No friends, no pull to come back
Students stay for their friends and their coaches. Without community, skipping a class costs them nothing.
How it works
Three steps, then it runs itself
Connect your attendance
Link your school software (Mindbody, Pike13, Gymdesk, Zen Planner, Kicksite or Spark via Zapier) or upload a CSV. Setup takes about 10 minutes, by chat.
Turnuply follows up
When a student starts to drift, Turnuply sends a friendly text to the student or, for minors, their parent. Replies are handled automatically.
Instructors act, you stay informed
If a personal touch is needed, the instructor gets a one-tap task. You get a short weekly summary instead of a dashboard to check every day.
What you get
Everything that keeps a student coming back
Automatic absence follow-up
Gentle texts at the right moment, with instructor fallback when a student does not respond.
Parent reports
Parents see discipline, friendships and skills, so they know what their child gets out of class.
Progress and milestones
Students and parents see how far they have come and what is next, long before belt test day.
Community
Events, training buddies and challenges give students a reason to show up for each other.
Payment-failure recovery
When a card fails, families get a polite nudge to fix it before it turns into a cancellation.
Win-back of ex-students
Reach out to people who left, at a pace you control, with a simple way to come back.
Proof with a control group
See how students who got follow-up compare with similar students who did not.
Measured, not promised
We show you what actually changed
We do not ask you to take our word for it. Turnuply leaves a small, randomly chosen group of at-risk students out of automated follow-up. That is the control group.
Your weekly summary compares how many students came back in each group. If followed-up students return more often, you can see it. If it is still too early to tell, we say so.
Integrations
Works with the software you already use
- Mindbody
- Pike13
- Gymdesk
- Zen Planner
- Kicksite
- Spark Membership
Connected through Zapier or a simple CSV upload.
- Stripe
- Square
For payment-failure recovery. Product names belong to their respective owners.
Respectful by design
Consent-based messaging that families can trust
Consent first
Texts go only to people who agreed to receive them. Everyone can reply STOP at any time.
Quiet hours
No messages late at night or very early in the morning, in each family’s local time.
Frequency caps
Limits on how often anyone can be contacted, so follow-up never turns into spam.
Minors go to parents
Messages about students under 18 are sent to their parent or guardian, not to the child.
Learn more in our SMS Policy.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What does Turnuply actually do?
It watches attendance, notices when a student starts to drift away, and follows up for you by text. When a personal touch is needed it creates a one-tap task for the right instructor. Owners get a short weekly summary of who came back and how the results compare with a control group.
Do I have to learn another dashboard?
No. Turnuply is built so you do not operate it daily. Setup is a short chat, and after that it runs on its own and sends you a weekly summary.
Which school software does it work with?
Mindbody, Pike13, Gymdesk, Zen Planner, Kicksite and Spark Membership, through Zapier or a CSV upload. Payments can be connected through Stripe or Square. Not on the list? Tell us on the application and we will let you know.
Will it text people who did not agree to it?
No. Messages are consent-based, everyone can reply STOP anytime, and there are quiet hours and frequency caps. Messages about minors go to their parents. Read the SMS Policy.
How do you measure results?
A small, randomly chosen group of at-risk students is left out of automated follow-up. We compare how many of them come back with how many of the followed-up students do. You see that comparison in your own data, including when it is still too early to tell.
What does it cost?
Early access is free for martial arts schools. After that, list prices start at $49 per site per month, including your first 25 active students. See pricing. We will tell you well in advance before anything changes.
Why is it invitation-only?
We are onboarding a limited number of schools so we can support each one personally. You apply, we review your application and meet for a short intro call, and then you get an email with a link to create your account.
Start keeping the students you already won
Apply for early access. We review every application, meet for a short intro call, then send you a link to create your account.
Free for martial arts schools during early access · Invitation only