Gym Cost per Visit Calculator

Who this is for

What each visit really costs. Enter what you paid the gym each month and how often you went, and the calculator shows the cost per visit month by month and overall, set against a pay-as-you-go price you look up yourself.

Gym members wondering whether their membership is worth keeping, and anyone deciding between a contract and paying per visit.

What this helps you track

• What you paid each month, including any add-ons
• How many times you went each month
• The cost per visit for each month and over the whole period
• What the same visits would have cost at your pay-as-you-go price
• Your average number of visits a month

How to use it

1. Write the gym, your membership type, the start date and any joining fee you paid.
2. Look up the gym's current pay-as-you-go or day-pass price and enter it as yours.
3. For each month, write the fee you paid, any add-ons such as classes or a locker, and your number of visits.
4. Cost per visit and the pay-as-you-go comparison fill in by themselves in the browser and the workbook.
5. Read the overall cost per visit, which includes the joining fee, in the summary.
6. Compare the saved column with your membership terms before you renew or cancel.

Formats

• Printable PDF (A4 and US Letter)
• Fillable PDF with form fields
• Fill in online, saved in your browser
• Excel / Google Sheets workbook

The printable is laid out inside a box that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the two files are identical and neither one is scaled. The fillable PDF has real form fields. The workbook uses plain formulas only — SUM, IF, COUNTIF and the like — so it opens in Excel, LibreOffice and Google Sheets without anything breaking, and every calculated cell is grey so you can see which figures it worked out.

How to print

Download the A4 or US Letter file to match the paper in your printer, open it in a PDF reader and print at 100% — not "fit to page", which shrinks the writing space. Both files leave a 14 mm margin, which clears the unprintable edge on home printers. To print the online version with your entries in it, use the Print this sheet button, which prints only the sheet and none of the page around it. More on printing.

Questions

Where do I get my visit count?

Many gyms show visits in their app or on your account; otherwise keep a tally on a calendar. Count each time you went in, however short the visit.

Where does the pay-as-you-go price come from?

From your gym or one nearby: their day pass or single-visit price. The sheet has no prices of its own. If there is no pay-as-you-go option, use the price of the nearest alternative you would consider.

What does a negative saving mean?

It means that month's visits would have cost less at your pay-as-you-go price than you paid for the membership. A run of negative months is worth looking at before your next renewal.

Is the joining fee spread across the months?

Not month by month. The monthly figures use only what you paid that month; the overall cost per visit in the summary adds the joining fee to the total before dividing by all your visits.