AllBooked by Skedda vs Square Appointments for golf simulator booking

AllBooked by Skedda vs Square Appointments for golf simulator and indoor golf venues: bay booking, memberships, pricing, waivers, reminders and league holds, compared side by side.

Updated September 30, 2026

The short answer

AllBooked by Skedda is best for venues that want a flexible space scheduler with rules, member pricing and payments.
Square Appointments is best for venues already using Square POS that want booking in the same system.

Of the 10 things golf simulator venues ask for most, AllBooked by Skedda (space and resource booking) fully covers 6 and Square Appointments (general booking software) covers 4, based on what each company publishes.

Space and resource booking

AllBooked by Skedda

AllBooked is Skedda’s booking platform for venues that rent space to the public, including golf simulators. It offers a shared scheduler across spaces, rule-based pricing and booking windows, and Stripe-based memberships.

Best for: Venues that want a flexible space scheduler with rules, member pricing and payments.

Pricing: Tiered plans priced by number of spaces; peak pricing and memberships sit on higher plans. See AllBooked’s pricing page for current prices.

General booking software

Square Appointments

Square Appointments is Square’s scheduling product, tied to Square payments and POS. It supports online booking, SMS reminders, packages and, on the Premium plan, bookable resources such as rooms or stations.

Best for: Venues already using Square POS that want booking in the same system.

Pricing: A free plan and paid monthly plans per location, plus card processing fees. See Square’s pricing page for current prices.

AllBooked by Skedda vs Square Appointments: features for golf simulator venues

Feature	AllBooked by Skedda	Square Appointments
Booking widget on your own website	Yes	Yes
One schedule across every bay	Yes	Yes Resources on Premium plan
Peak, off-peak and seasonal pricing	Yes Business plan and up	Check with vendor
Memberships with recurring billing	Yes Advanced plan; Stripe subscriptions	Partly Separate Square Subscriptions product
Member perks: early booking, included hours	Yes Member rates, allowances, longer booking windows	Check with vendor
Punch passes or prepaid packages	Check with vendor	Yes Packages
Waivers signed during booking	Partly Venue terms accepted at sign-up	Partly Forms sent after booking; Plus and up
Text (SMS) reminders	Partly Via Zapier	Yes
Hold bays for leagues	Yes Admin repeat bookings and blocks	Check with vendor
Built for golf simulator venues	No	No
Pricing	Tiered plans priced by number of spaces; peak pricing and memberships sit on higher plans. See AllBooked’s pricing page for current prices.	A free plan and paid monthly plans per location, plus card processing fees. See Square’s pricing page for current prices.

Where AllBooked by Skedda and Square Appointments differ

Peak, off-peak and seasonal pricing

AllBooked by Skedda

Yes

Business plan and up

Square Appointments

Check with vendor

Memberships with recurring billing

AllBooked by Skedda

Yes

Advanced plan; Stripe subscriptions

Square Appointments

Partly

Separate Square Subscriptions product

Member perks: early booking, included hours

AllBooked by Skedda

Yes

Member rates, allowances, longer booking windows

Square Appointments

Check with vendor

Punch passes or prepaid packages

AllBooked by Skedda

Check with vendor

Square Appointments

Yes

Packages

Text (SMS) reminders

AllBooked by Skedda

Partly

Via Zapier

Square Appointments

Yes

Hold bays for leagues

AllBooked by Skedda

Yes

Admin repeat bookings and blocks

Square Appointments

Check with vendor

Strengths and trade-offs

AllBooked by Skedda

Strengths

Detailed rules engine: booking windows, quotas and pricing by user tag
Memberships can include recurring free hours
Admins can create repeating bookings and unavailable blocks

Worth knowing

General space scheduler: simulator control and launch monitor features are not included
Key features such as memberships depend on plan tier
Text reminders need a third-party integration

Square Appointments

Strengths

Booking, payments and POS in one Square account
Free plan available
Automatic SMS and email reminders

Worth knowing

Bay-level resource booking requires the Premium plan
General scheduler: golf-specific features like league holds need workarounds

Also worth a look: SimBook

If you’re weighing AllBooked by Skedda against Square Appointments for a golf simulator venue, SimBook is built for exactly that job. Here’s how all three line up.

Feature	SimBook	AllBooked by Skedda	Square Appointments
Booking widget on your own website	Yes Booking page plus an embeddable widget	Yes	Yes
One schedule across every bay	Yes One tee sheet for every bay	Yes	Yes Resources on Premium plan
Peak, off-peak and seasonal pricing	Yes By day, time, season and bay type	Yes Business plan and up	Check with vendor
Memberships with recurring billing	Yes Auto-renewing billing through Stripe	Yes Advanced plan; Stripe subscriptions	Partly Separate Square Subscriptions product
Member perks: early booking, included hours	Yes Early booking windows, hour banks, member rates	Yes Member rates, allowances, longer booking windows	Check with vendor
Punch passes or prepaid packages	Yes Punch passes	Check with vendor	Yes Packages
Waivers signed during booking	Yes Signed in the booking flow	Partly Venue terms accepted at sign-up	Partly Forms sent after booking; Plus and up
Text (SMS) reminders	Yes Sent in your club’s name	Partly Via Zapier	Yes
Hold bays for leagues	Yes League blocks lock bays during league hours	Yes Admin repeat bookings and blocks	Check with vendor
Built for golf simulator venues	Yes	No	No
Pricing	$99/month per location, unlimited bays and staff, no per-bay fee. 14-day free trial. Enterprise pricing for multi-location groups.	Tiered plans priced by number of spaces; peak pricing and memberships sit on higher plans. See AllBooked’s pricing page for current prices.	A free plan and paid monthly plans per location, plus card processing fees. See Square’s pricing page for current prices.

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Questions owners ask

Is AllBooked by Skedda or Square Appointments better for a golf simulator business?

It depends on how you run your venue. AllBooked by Skedda suits venues that want a flexible space scheduler with rules, member pricing and payments. Square Appointments suits venues already using Square POS that want booking in the same system. Based on what each publishes, AllBooked by Skedda fully covers 6 of the 10 features golf simulator venues ask for most, and Square Appointments covers 4.

How much does AllBooked by Skedda cost?

Tiered plans priced by number of spaces; peak pricing and memberships sit on higher plans. See AllBooked’s pricing page for current prices.

How much does Square Appointments cost?

A free plan and paid monthly plans per location, plus card processing fees. See Square’s pricing page for current prices.

Can AllBooked by Skedda and Square Appointments sell memberships with recurring billing?

AllBooked by Skedda: Yes (advanced plan; Stripe subscriptions). Square Appointments: Partly (separate Square Subscriptions product).

Can I hold bays for a league in AllBooked by Skedda or Square Appointments?

AllBooked by Skedda: Yes (admin repeat bookings and blocks). Square Appointments: We couldn’t confirm it from Square Appointments’s website; check with them directly.

A note on fairness: we make SimBook, so read this with that in mind. Facts about other tools come from their own websites and were last checked September 30, 2026. Features and prices change, so for other tools we describe how they charge and point you to their pricing pages rather than quoting numbers. Where we couldn’t confirm something, we say “Check with vendor” rather than guess. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.

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