Studio software that only does dance.
Tuition, registration, recitals, competitions and family messaging in one place, with an app parents and dancers open every day. You earn more from families who are happier, and spend far less time on admin.
Plans from $29 a month. Your card is not charged until the trial ends.
- Happier families
- Parents watch their dancer's videos, play the routine music and check the schedule in the app, so they stop texting you to ask. Families who feel this close to the studio re-enroll, and bring their friends.
- Better dancers
- Every routine's music and footage is in their pocket, tagged to them, with the counts on screen. Dancers practice more at home and come back for the next level, the company, the competition team.
- Less admin work
- Live quick-change warnings, one-click competition invoices, tuition on autopay and automatic reminders are built in. The spreadsheets and group texts can go, and so can the hours you spend on them.
The others added gyms, swim schools and salons. We stayed in the studio.
Most studio software now sells one product to many kinds of business. Every feature has to work for a ninja gym and a nail salon too, so the things only dance needs wait their turn.
Tendu is built for dance studios and nothing else. Routines, show order, quick changes, costumes and competition entries are the core of the product.
Who each product is sold to, besides dance studios
- Tendu
- Nobody. Only dance studios.
- Jackrabbit
- gymnastics, swim schools, cheer, music, theater, horse riding, martial arts, ninja gyms
- Studio Pro
- cheer, gymnastics, theatre, martial arts
- Mindbody
- gyms, yoga, pilates, spas, hair and nail salons, barbershops
- iClassPro
- gymnastics, cheer, swim schools, music, art
- The Studio Director
- fitness, gymnastics, martial arts, music, pilates, yoga, youth sports
- ClassJuggler
- gymnastics, swim schools, martial arts, music, yoga, art, fitness
From each company's own website, October 2026.
The app your parents and dancers open every day.
Families get what they care about most: video of their dancer, the routine song, the costume, the recital and the schedule. The apps are free for them and included in every plan.
Every video of their dancer
Class clips and performance footage, shared only with the families tagged in them.
Routine music and costumes
The cast, the choreographer, the costume and the song, ready to practice to at home.
Recitals and competitions
Show order, times and venues, so nobody asks which number they are.
One schedule for all their kids
Classes, privates and rehearsals. Changes show up the moment you make them.
Announcements they read
Channels for the studio, teams and costumes, with photos and reactions.
What studio owners run on it.
Real screens and recordings from the demo studio, one for each row of the comparison below. Pick a job and see how Tendu handles it.
Tuition that collects itself
Pro plan and upBill monthly or weekly, or split costume and competition fees into installments. Cards on file are charged on the due date, and every invoice shows what is paid and what is still owed.
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How Tendu compares.
Six platforms dance studios commonly use, feature by feature. Some of them do some of this well, and we have marked where.
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| Tendu | Jackrabbit | Studio Proformerly Dance Studio Pro | Mindbody | iClassPro | The Studio Director | ClassJuggler | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built only for dance studios | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Recurring tuition on autopay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Online registration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hosted studio website | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Parent and dancer mobile app included | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Video and photo library tagged to routines and dancers | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Routine music for families to practice with | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Recital show order with costume-change planning | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Real-time quick-change warnings as you drag and drop | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Costume management | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Recital ticket sales | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| One-click competition invoicing | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Two-way texting from a studio number | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Studio phone line with voicemail and call history | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Group channels in the app | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| In-person card payments | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Starting price per month | $29 | $49 | $49 | $79 | $139 | $39 | $44.95 |
A check means the feature is listed on that company's public website as of October 2026, sometimes on a higher plan or as a paid add-on. No check means we could not find it there. Product names belong to their owners. If something here is out of date, email hello@tendu.com and we will correct it.
One flat price for the whole studio.
Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial. You enter a card to begin and it is not charged until the trial ends. Move between plans whenever you like.
Starter
Start here$29a month
Run your classes and give families the app.
- Classes, schedule, routines and events
- Tendu apps for parents, dancers and staff
- Photo and video library with tagging
- Email and in-app channels
- 100 GB media storage*
Pro
$69a month
Add billing, texting and recital tools.
- Everything in Starter
- Tuition, invoices, payment plans and autopay
- Your own studio number for texts and calls*
- Recital quick changes and costumes
- 200 GB media storage*
Master
$99a month
Add your branded website and reporting.
- Everything in Pro
- Branded website at yourstudio.tendu.com
- Dashboard and reports
- Higher text and call allowances*
- 500 GB media storage*
Growing? Add $50 a month to any plan.
Each add-on brings 500 GB more media storage and, on Pro and Master, 500 more texts and 500 more call minutes a month. Add as many as you need, and drop them when the season quiets down.
+$50a month
* Texts, calls and media storage are included up to a monthly allowance: Pro 1,500 texts and 600 call minutes; Master 2,000 texts and 1,000 call minutes. A text longer than one message segment counts as more than one. Need more? The $50 add-on raises all three.
The Tendu and Tendu Parent apps are free for families. Their full-quality video stays for a year; families who want to keep it longer can add storage with a subscription of their own.
Prices in US dollars, billed monthly. Card payments from families are processed by Stripe at Stripe's rates.
Walk around a working studio first.
Lumen Dance Collective is a made-up studio with a full season in it: classes, routines, a spring recital, three competitions and tuition invoices. Log in and click anything.
Questions owners ask us.
How does the free trial work?
Pick a plan, enter a card and use everything in that plan for 7 days. Your card is not charged until the trial ends. To cancel before then, email support@tendu.com.
Which plan should I start on?
Starter runs your classes, schedule, routines and media, and gives every family the app. When you want to bill tuition, text families or plan a recital in Tendu, switch to Pro from your settings. The change takes effect right away and you pay the difference for the rest of the month.
Do parents and dancers pay for the app?
No. The Tendu and Tendu Parent apps are free for your families, dancers and staff on every plan. Full-quality video stays in the app for a year; a family that wants to keep their dancer's video history longer than that can add storage with a small subscription of their own. Your studio is never charged for it.
How do card payments reach my bank?
Payments run through Stripe. You connect your own Stripe account during setup and payouts go to your bank from there. Tendu never stores card numbers.
Who can see the videos and photos we upload?
Only the people you tag or who are enrolled in that class or routine. Nothing is posted publicly.
Can I see it before I sign up?
Yes. Log in to the demo studio and click around a full season of classes, routines and invoices, or book a walkthrough with us.
Give your studio a week with Tendu.
Start on Starter at $29 a month. The first 7 days are free.