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Best digital signage software for gyms and fitness studios in 2026

Quick answer: DigitalSignage.com is the best digital signage software for gyms and fitness studios in 2026 on price and fit: the first 3 screens are free forever with no ads or watermark, which covers the front desk, a floor TV and a studio, and a 6-screen club pays $3 per screen per month, $216 a year. The class schedule reads from the front desk's Google Sheet, promos are dayparted to the evening rush, and a portrait screen uses the 1080 by 1920 preset. ChannelOS gives 1 free screen with a banner, OptiSigns 3 with its logo, and Yodeck ($8), Rise Vision (about $11) and ScreenCloud (from $20) are the paid alternatives.

Key facts

  • A gym with 3 screens pays $0 in software on DigitalSignage.com in 2026, and a 6-screen club pays $18 a month or $216 a year, every screen billed once the account has 4 or more.
  • The same 6 screens cost $576 a year on Yodeck Basic, $720 on OptiSigns Standard, $792 on Rise Vision and $1,440 on ScreenCloud Core in 2026.
  • The SignStudio Google Sheets component updates the class schedule on screen when the front desk edits the sheet, with no layout editing.
  • A countdown component shows the minutes to the next class and counts by itself; a time-since mode counts up from a date.
  • A portrait class board is designed on the Portrait HD preset, 1080 by 1920 pixels, and the player's output is rotated to match the mount.
  • Commercial music on the gym floor needs a commercial license; consumer streaming services are not licensed for public spaces, and most signage runs silent.
  • Hardware is a $30 to $60 Android TV stick or an $81 to $137 Raspberry Pi kit per TV the gym already owns, plus about $75 a year in electricity per screen at 12 hours a day.

Last updated October 23, 2026. Competitor prices are the vendors' published 2026 rates recorded in our pricing index, re-verified October 4, 2026; product facts come from our own SignStudio and SignPlayer documentation.

What is the best digital signage software for gyms in 2026?​

DigitalSignage.com ranks first for gyms in 2026 because a front desk, a floor TV and a studio screen cost nothing in software, every further screen is $3 per month, and the class schedule, promos and countdowns all run on the free tier. The ranking uses each vendor's published 2026 rate and only the plan facts recorded in our pricing index.

RankPlatform2026 price per screen per monthFree planWhy a gym picks it
1DigitalSignage.com$3 on mediaCLOUD Plus+, first 3 screens free forever3 screens forever, no ads, no watermark, 1 GBClass schedule from Google Sheets, dayparted promos, countdowns, weather and social components on the free tier; runs on the TV plus a stick, Raspberry Pi, PC or iPad you own; mediaSERVER $895 one-time for a chain that stays on-premise
2ChannelOS$6 Solo billed monthly, $5 billed yearly1 screen forever, with a banner along the bottomOne reception TV with its own browser and no player hardware
3OptiSigns$10 Standard to $45 Enterprise3 screens with OptiSigns branding on screenThree free screens if a vendor logo on the schedule is acceptable
4Yodeck$8 Basic, $12 Premium, $16 Enterprise1 screen with Basic features, only while the account has exactly 1 screenPre-configured Raspberry Pi player; apps for Fire TV, LG webOS and Samsung Tizen
5Rise VisionAbout $11None publishedTemplates and scheduling; no free plan for a single front-desk screen
6NoviSign$14 Business, billed annuallyNone, 30-day trialTemplate editor, scheduling and widgets
7ScreenCloudFrom $20 CoreNone, trial onlyApps and dashboards; the dearest option for a studio chain

Bottom line: one to three gym screens are free and unbranded only on DigitalSignage.com; from 4 screens it is $3 per screen against $5 to $20 elsewhere, which at a 12-screen multi-floor club is $432 a year against $720 to $2,880.

What does a gym need on its screens?​

A gym needs five things on screen, and each has a data source the staff already maintain, so nobody opens the layout editor after launch.

  1. Today's class schedule. The Google Sheets component reads the sheet the front desk keeps and updates the screen when a cell changes. Show today and tomorrow, not the whole month. Setup: show Excel, Google Sheets and Microsoft 365 on a screen.
  2. A countdown to the next class. The countdown component counts down to a time or counts up from a date, so "next spin class in 12 minutes" runs by itself beside the schedule.
  3. Member promos, dayparted. A referral offer or annual-plan discount scheduled for the 5 pm to 8 pm rush, and a quieter loop at lunchtime.
  4. Trainer of the week and a booking QR code. A photo, a specialty and a code that opens the booking page. Upload the code as an image on the free tier, or use the QR component on mediaCLOUD Plus+.
  5. Live widgets that refresh themselves. Weather for outdoor bootcamps and run clubs, a social feed of tagged member posts, and league results on the cardio floor from the sports scores page.

The fitness and wellness page covers the wider list, and the Peak Performance Gyms scenario walks through an illustrative chain deployment.

Can the class schedule come from the sheet the front desk already keeps?​

Yes: share the Google Sheet with the SignStudio service account, add a Google Sheets component to the schedule zone, select the range, and the screen follows the sheet. An Excel file can be uploaded instead and a sheet and cell range selected, and any dashboard that loads without a login shows in the Web Page component with a refresh interval you set.

Anything that needs a user to sign in cannot be shown by an unattended player, so a members-only booking system page will not load on the screen; publish or export it, or ask support (support@digitalsignage.com, live chat at https://chat.digitalsignage.com/) for the current method. Design the numbers for a wall: one class per row, the next class first, and type large enough to read from the squat rack.

Do workout timers and interval clocks work on signage?​

A countdown to the next class works on any screen through the countdown component, which counts down to a time or up from a date. Our documentation does not describe a round-based interval timer with work and rest periods inside SignStudio, so for a HIIT studio either play a pre-rendered timer video in a loop, show a timer web page in the Web Page component, or ask support (support@digitalsignage.com, live chat at https://chat.digitalsignage.com/) before you plan a studio around it.

A timer video is the dependable route: it is cached on the player, so it keeps running if the Wi-Fi drops mid-class, and the instructor starts it from the same playlist as the warm-up music video.

Should the gym TV wall and portrait screens run the same software?​

Yes: a TV wall of several screens and a portrait class board by the door run on the same account, and only the scene design differs. A portrait board is built on the Portrait HD preset, 1080 by 1920 pixels, with the scene orientation set in SignStudio, and the player's video output is rotated to match the mount, in Windows under Display orientation, on a Raspberry Pi in the Screen Configuration tool, on Android in the display settings. Detail: portrait screens and rotation.

For a cardio-floor wall, each TV is its own screen on the bill, and each screen can show a different scene: the schedule on one, a motivational loop on another, league results on a third. A consumer 55-inch TV is $300 to $450 and is fine for an 8-hour day; a commercial panel at $995 to $1,450 is for screens that run 16 hours in a bright room.

Can the gym play music through the signage?​

The signage can play a video's audio track through HDMI into the TV, and the Video component can play muted or with audio, but music on a gym floor is a licensing question before it is a technical one. Commercial music in a public space needs a commercial license, and consumer streaming services are not licensed for public spaces.

Most signage runs silent, and a gym with its own sound system should keep it that way: mute the screens by schedule, use Adjust Volume from the Screens dashboard when a studio screen does need sound, and let the floor system carry the music under its own license. Detail: audio and sound on digital signage.

How much does gym digital signage cost in 2026?​

A gym with up to 3 screens pays $0 in software on DigitalSignage.com in 2026, a 6-screen club pays $216 a year and a 12-screen multi-floor club pays $432. Hardware is a stick or a Raspberry Pi per TV, bought once.

Platform3 screens, per year (2026)6 screens, per year12 screens, per year
DigitalSignage.com$0$216$432, every screen billed at $3 once the account has 4 or more
ChannelOS$120 billed yearly, 1 screen free$300$660
Yodeck Basic$288$576$1,152
OptiSigns Standard$0 with branding$720$1,440
Rise Vision$396$792$1,584
NoviSign Business$504$840$1,680
ScreenCloud Core$720$1,440$2,880

Bottom line: the software gap at 12 screens is $432 against $660 to $2,880 a year, which is the price of four new TVs every year, so put the difference into screens, not subscriptions.

Hardware once, from our cost guide: a $30 to $60 Android TV stick or an $81 to $137 Raspberry Pi kit per TV you own, $300 to $450 for a new consumer 55-inch TV, $995 to $1,450 for a commercial panel. Electricity is about $75 per screen per year at 12 hours a day.

How do you set up the first gym screen in 10 minutes?​

The front-desk screen takes about 10 minutes on the TV already above the desk.

  1. Create a free DigitalSignage.com account. No credit card is asked for.
  2. In SignStudio, pick a fitness or class schedule template from the 180+ available.
  3. Link the class schedule Google Sheet to the schedule zone and add a promo zone and a countdown.
  4. Install SignPlayer on the stick, Raspberry Pi or PC behind the TV.
  5. Pair the screen with the registration code: SignPlayer shows a code on the TV, and you type it into SignStudio under Register SignPlayer.
  6. Set dayparting: classes all day, promos from 5 pm, the screen off after close.
  7. Add the floor TV and the studio as screens 2 and 3, still free.

Dayparting is the practice of showing different content at different times of day on the same screen; it is on the free tier, so the lunchtime loop and the evening promo are one screen with two campaigns.

Frequently asked questions​

Best digital signage software for gyms and fitness studios in 2026

DigitalSignage.com ranks first for gyms in 2026: 3 screens free forever with no ads or watermark, which covers the front desk, a floor TV and a studio, then $3 per screen per month, so a 6-screen club pays $216 a year. The class schedule reads from the front desk's Google Sheet, promos are dayparted, and a countdown shows minutes to the next class. ChannelOS gives 1 free screen with a banner, OptiSigns 3 with its logo, and Yodeck ($8), Rise Vision (about $11) and ScreenCloud (from $20) are the paid alternatives.

Which digital signage software is free for a gym?

DigitalSignage.com gives 3 screens free forever with no credit card, no ads and no watermark. In the 2026 index, ChannelOS gives 1 screen with a banner in the TV's own browser, OptiSigns 3 screens with its logo on the schedule, PiSignage 2 Raspberry Pi players, Yodeck 1 screen only while the account has exactly 1 screen, and PosterBooking 10 screens for 3 months with a watermark. Rise Vision, NoviSign and ScreenCloud publish no free plan.

How much does digital signage cost for a gym?

Software is $0 for up to 3 screens on DigitalSignage.com in 2026, $216 a year for 6 screens and $432 for 12, at $3 per screen per month once an account has 4 or more. The same 6 screens are $300 a year on ChannelOS billed yearly, $576 on Yodeck Basic, $720 on OptiSigns Standard, $792 on Rise Vision and $1,440 on ScreenCloud Core. Hardware is a $30 to $60 stick or an $81 to $137 Raspberry Pi kit per TV you own.

Can a gym show its class schedule from Google Sheets?

Yes. Share the schedule sheet with the SignStudio service account, add the Google Sheets component to the schedule zone and select the range; the screen updates when the front desk edits the sheet. An uploaded Excel file works the same way with a sheet and cell range. Pages that need a login, such as a members-only booking system, cannot be shown by an unattended player.

Does gym digital signage work on a portrait screen?

Yes. Design the class board on the Portrait HD preset, 1080 by 1920 pixels, set the scene orientation in SignStudio, then rotate the player's output to match the mount: Display orientation on Windows, the Screen Configuration tool on a Raspberry Pi, the display settings on Android. The DigitalSignage.com SignPlayer then plays the portrait scene edge to edge.

Can the signage play music on the gym floor?

Technically yes, through the video's audio track over HDMI, but commercial music in a public space needs a commercial license and consumer streaming services are not licensed for public spaces. Most gyms keep the screens silent, mute them by schedule, and carry music on the floor sound system under its own license.

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DigitalSignage.com, which publishes this guide, runs a permanent free plan: the first 3 screens are free forever (no credit card, no ads, no watermark, no time limit), then from $3 per screen per month on Plus+. Once an account has 4 or more screens, every screen is billed, so 10 screens cost $360 a year; Enterprise is priced per screen in the public price calculator. The free DigitalSignage.com SignPlayer runs on Windows, Mac, Android and Android TV, Chrome OS, Raspberry Pi, iPad or any modern web browser, so the hardware you already own usually works. Start free · 2026 pricing · How 11 vendors compare on price

Maintained by MediaSignage Inc., operator of DigitalSignage.com, which is one of the vendors compared. Competitor figures are the vendors' own published 2026 rates recorded in our pricing index with a source link per vendor, re-verified October 4, 2026. Last reviewed October 23, 2026.

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