Arketa pricing and branded app, and how MeetScarlet compares.
For a studio that wants its own branded app at a price it can see before a demo, MeetScarlet is the better pick: the app comes in every plan for $349 a month, while Arketa's branded app comes with Studio Suite, priced on a demo, or as an add-on with no published price. MeetScarlet's setup is $999 on monthly billing and free on yearly. We make MeetScarlet; every Arketa fact here comes from Arketa's own pages.
Which should you pick?
Who wrote this: the team that makes MeetScarlet. We compare from each vendor's own public pages, read on October 31, 2026, not from a hands-on test of the rival. Where a vendor does not publish something, we say so rather than guess.
Pick MeetScarlet if you want the full price, app included, before a demo: $349 a month with the app in every plan, and setup free on yearly billing. Our team builds and submits the app under your own Apple and Google developer accounts, which the Arketa pages we read don't state for its app. And if you book appointments or courts as well as classes, MeetScarlet runs them in the same app, so it fits salons, barbershops, tanning and padel as well as studios.
Arketa may suit you if you want an unlimited on-demand video library, Apple Pay checkout in the app, or a solo instructor plan from $49 a month billed yearly.
Why studios pick MeetScarlet over Arketa
- Your branded app in every plan for $349 a month; Arketa's comes with Studio Suite, priced on a demo, or as an add-on with no published price
- Both of our plans and the setup fee are published, and setup is free on yearly billing; Arketa prices all three of its studio plans on a demo
- Your app is published under your own Apple and Google developer accounts; the Arketa pages we read don't say whose account holds its app
- Appointments, classes and courts in one app, so it fits salons, barbershops, tanning salons and padel clubs as well as studios; Arketa describes itself as the platform built for Pilates studios and wellness businesses
- Our team imports your client list and builds your memberships, packs, classes and schedule as part of setup
What Arketa costs
Arketa's pricing page lists an Individual plan from $49 a month billed yearly, for one team member login, and three studio plans, Studio Core, Studio Growth and Studio Suite, each marked “Custom” with a demo for pricing. Studio Suite includes a custom branded mobile app for iPhone and Android, and the same page offers the branded app as a recommended add-on, without a price.
| Arketa | MeetScarlet | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | Individual from $49 billed yearly; studio plans by demo, per its pricing page | $349 for one location, $499 for MeetScarlet Pro, both published |
| Branded app | In Studio Suite, or as an add-on; no price on its pricing page | Included in every plan |
| Who builds it | Arketa's team builds and publishes it from your logo, colors and app name | Our team builds it and submits it, with your name, icon and color |
| Store account | Published under your name; whose developer account is not stated on the pages we read | Your own Apple and Google developer accounts |
| App changes | Tabs, schedule, videos and home screen change from the dashboard with no app store review, per its branded-app page | Color, light or dark mode, font and tabs change without a store update; name and icon need a new build |
From arketa.com/pricing, its Pilates and Lagree page and its branded-app page, read October 31, 2026. Check Arketa's pages for changes.
Where the two are alike
Both put a studio's own app in the App Store and Google Play and do the build and submission for you. In both, clients pick their spot when they book, and the waitlist moves people in automatically when a spot opens. Both sell class packs and memberships, and both handle late cancels and no-shows automatically: Arketa charges a fee, and MeetScarlet can use up the client's class credit.
Where they differ
Price you can see
MeetScarlet's two plans and the setup fee are on the homepage. Arketa publishes the Individual plan and prices its studio plans, including the one with the app, on a demo.
What kind of business it is built for
Arketa describes itself as the platform built for Pilates studios, and for wellness businesses. MeetScarlet books appointments, classes and courts, with features for barbershops, salons, tanning salons and padel clubs, as well as pilates and yoga studios.
Video
Arketa offers an unlimited on-demand library and courses. MeetScarlet has no video library; it books in-person classes, appointments and courts.
Where Arketa may fit better
- An unlimited on-demand video library and courses
- Checkout with Apple Pay inside the branded app, per its branded-app page
- App screens changed from the dashboard with no app store review, per its branded-app page
- A plan for a solo instructor from $49 a month billed yearly
Questions to ask on an Arketa demo
Arketa's public pages leave these open, so ask before you sign:
- What does the branded app cost if I am not on Studio Suite?
- Whose Apple and Google developer accounts will the app be published under?
- Is there a setup or onboarding fee?
- If you leave, does the app listing stay in your own Apple and Google accounts, and can you export your client list?
Ask us the same questions about MeetScarlet; our prices are on the homepage.
Moving from Arketa to MeetScarlet
You import your client list from a CSV export, checked before anything is saved, and our team builds your memberships, packs, classes and schedule in MeetScarlet with you. Booking and payment history stays in Arketa. About 4 to 6 weeks for the store apps, most of it Apple's enrollment. Your web app's link is ready during setup, and members can book there as soon as you choose your MeetScarlet plan. They keep the same account when the store apps launch.
Keep your current app live until the new one is in the stores, and check the notice period in your Arketa agreement before you switch.
Questions
Straight answers. Anything else, ask us on a demo.
How much does Arketa cost? #
Arketa's pricing page shows the Individual plan from $49 a month billed yearly, for one login, and prices Studio Core, Studio Growth and Studio Suite on a demo, as it showed on October 31, 2026.
Does Arketa include a branded app? #
Yes. Arketa's pricing page lists a custom branded app on Studio Suite, its top studio plan, and as a recommended add-on, without showing the app's price.
Can Arketa clients pick their reformer? #
Yes. Arketa's Pilates and Lagree page says clients pick their exact reformer or megaformer when they book. MeetScarlet clients pick their spot on a map of the room, too.
Does MeetScarlet have on-demand video like Arketa? #
No. MeetScarlet books in-person classes, appointments and courts. If on-demand video matters to your studio, Arketa includes an unlimited library.
Is this comparison independent? #
No. We make MeetScarlet, and we recommend it to studios that want their own branded app at a published price. Every Arketa fact comes from Arketa's own pages, dated, and we say where Arketa may fit better.
Keep reading
- Best pilates studio software (2026)Nine pilates studio platforms compared on spot booking, waitlists, video and branded apps, with MeetScarlet as our pick for in-person studios.
- Pilates and yoga studiosYour studio's own class booking app: pick-your-spot booking, a waitlist that fills open spots, class packs and credits. Built and published for you.
- Class booking with spots and a waitlistRun a class schedule in your own app: clients pick their spot, join a waitlist when a class is full and are booked in when a spot opens.