Comparisons  ·  2026-05-28  ·  9 min read

Playtomic vs BookrGo: Which One Is Really Free in 2026?

The honest debate: which is really free?

Both apps use the word "free" in their marketing, but mean different things. Let's separate players from managers — that's where all the difference lies.

For players (someone looking for a court for Saturday afternoon), both apps are free as such: download, register, search, book. The cost question is what the court itself charges.

For managers (community president, club manager, property administrator), the difference is huge. Marketplace platforms like Playtomic typically combine a monthly management fee with a per-booking commission (exact terms vary by courts, features and country — confirm them with each provider). BookrGo charges nothing to self-managed communities and applies no booking commission on community courts.

Side-by-side comparison

The residential community case

This is where the answer changes drastically. If your court sits inside a private residential development and the residents are the ones using it:

• With a paid platform: the "facility manager" option means signing up for one of their monthly plans — a recurring cost the community carries all year long purely for management software.
• With BookrGo: €0 per month. The community self-manages: the admin assigns roles, residents book, and the waiting list and notifications all work without paying anything. The community budget stays available for actual court maintenance.

That gap is precisely why BookrGo was built as a different product. It doesn't compete with Playtomic in the commercial-court marketplace segment; it competes in a segment Playtomic leaves unattended.

What about commercial clubs?

If you run a sports club with paid courts, BookrGo's model is different and far more predictable:

• Flat fee of €30/month per venue covering every court, booking and feature.
• 20 cents net per booking — a fixed amount, rather than a percentage of the price. On a €20 booking, a typical marketplace percentage works out to considerably more than those 20 cents, and BookrGo doesn't care whether the court costs €10 or €40: it's always 20 cents.
• Your brand, not Playtomic's: players book on your app or site without feeling they're inside a third-party marketplace.

The honest trade-off is that Playtomic brings you new players: its marketplace has an enormous user base and that is its single greatest strength. If your club depends on the demand Playtomic generates, you can't drop it overnight. Plenty of clubs run both: Playtomic for acquisition, BookrGo for internal management.

Note: Playtomic's costs vary by number of courts, features, country and commercial agreement, and its rate card is not public. Before deciding, always confirm current terms directly with each provider. BookrGo's figures (€30/month per venue, 20 cents net per booking, free for communities) are our official, public rates.

When Playtomic is the better choice

Let's be fair. There are cases where Playtomic is the right answer:

1. You're a player who wants to find padel matches: the social network Playtomic has built around padel is very strong, and its level-based player matching works well.
2. Your club depends on the marketplace: if most of your bookings come from players who discover your court on Playtomic, staying there matters.
3. You only care about padel: Playtomic is hyper-specialised in padel and tennis. BookrGo is broader (football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, squash, table tennis and more).

When BookrGo is the better choice

1. You're a community president with a padel, tennis, multi-sport court or pool and don't want to pay monthly.
2. You're a property manager with several buildings and need to centralize bookings without per-building cost.
3. Your club is small and marketplace commissions eat into margins.
4. You want to manage multiple sports on the same platform.

How to migrate without losing bookings

If you decide to try BookrGo coming from Playtomic, migration is straightforward:

1. Create your admin account on BookrGo (free for communities).
2. Register your venue, courts and opening hours.
3. Invite residents with an invitation code or a magic link (no passwords).
4. Run both in parallel for 1–2 months. Cancel the paid plan once every resident is booking on BookrGo.

If you'd rather keep Playtomic for external acquisition while using BookrGo for internal management, that setup works too: residents book on BookrGo (free), and you open the remaining slots to outsiders through Playtomic when you want to fill commercial gaps.

Conclusion: the answer depends on who you are

If you're a player, both apps are free and the choice comes down to which courts you actually use.

If you manage a private community court, the answer is unambiguous: BookrGo is free and Playtomic is not. Over a year that difference is several hundred euros that could go into real court maintenance instead.

If you're a commercial club, Playtomic gives you a marketplace and BookrGo gives you a fixed fee per paid booking, with no monthly fee. Many professional clubs run both in parallel.

The question "which one is actually free?" has an unambiguous answer for the community case. Download BookrGo and see for yourself: no card, no commitment, no cost for residents.