Birrdi vs Square Appointments for golf simulator booking

Birrdi 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

Birrdi is best for sim venues wanting pay-per-booking pricing with launch monitor and door control.
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, Birrdi (golf-specific booking software) fully covers 6 and Square Appointments (general booking software) covers 4, based on what each company publishes.

Golf-specific booking software

Birrdi

Birrdi is booking and management software for indoor golf simulator businesses. It handles bay reservations and memberships, can switch supported launch monitors on and off, and integrates with RemoteLock for access.

Best for: Sim venues wanting pay-per-booking pricing with launch monitor and door control.

Pricing: Per-reservation fees rather than a monthly subscription, plus a one-time setup fee. See Birrdi’s pricing page for current rates.

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.

Birrdi vs Square Appointments: features for golf simulator venues

Feature	Birrdi	Square Appointments
Booking widget on your own website	Yes Hosted booking page; website build in top setup tier	Yes
One schedule across every bay	Yes	Yes Resources on Premium plan
Peak, off-peak and seasonal pricing	Yes Dynamic pricing tools	Check with vendor
Memberships with recurring billing	Yes	Partly Separate Square Subscriptions product
Member perks: early booking, included hours	Yes Member rates and free hours via credits	Check with vendor
Punch passes or prepaid packages	Check with vendor	Yes Packages
Waivers signed during booking	Check with vendor	Partly Forms sent after booking; Plus and up
Text (SMS) reminders	Check with vendor	Yes
Hold bays for leagues	Check with vendor	Check with vendor
Built for golf simulator venues	Yes	No
Pricing	Per-reservation fees rather than a monthly subscription, plus a one-time setup fee. See Birrdi’s pricing page for current rates.	A free plan and paid monthly plans per location, plus card processing fees. See Square’s pricing page for current prices.

Where Birrdi and Square Appointments differ

Peak, off-peak and seasonal pricing

Birrdi

Yes

Dynamic pricing tools

Square Appointments

Check with vendor

Memberships with recurring billing

Birrdi

Yes

Square Appointments

Partly

Separate Square Subscriptions product

Member perks: early booking, included hours

Birrdi

Yes

Member rates and free hours via credits

Square Appointments

Check with vendor

Punch passes or prepaid packages

Birrdi

Check with vendor

Square Appointments

Yes

Packages

Waivers signed during booking

Birrdi

Check with vendor

Square Appointments

Partly

Forms sent after booking; Plus and up

Text (SMS) reminders

Birrdi

Check with vendor

Square Appointments

Yes

Built for golf simulator venues

Birrdi

Yes

Square Appointments

Strengths and trade-offs

Birrdi

Strengths

Built for indoor golf simulator businesses
Can switch supported launch monitors on and off from bookings
Usage-based pricing with no monthly subscription

Worth knowing

One-time setup fee on top of per-reservation charges
Per-booking fees add up at low volumes compared with flat plans

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 Birrdi against Square Appointments for a golf simulator venue, SimBook is built for exactly that job. Here’s how all three line up.

Feature	SimBook	Birrdi	Square Appointments
Booking widget on your own website	Yes Booking page plus an embeddable widget	Yes Hosted booking page; website build in top setup tier	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 Dynamic pricing tools	Check with vendor
Memberships with recurring billing	Yes Auto-renewing billing through Stripe	Yes	Partly Separate Square Subscriptions product
Member perks: early booking, included hours	Yes Early booking windows, hour banks, member rates	Yes Member rates and free hours via credits	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	Check with vendor	Partly Forms sent after booking; Plus and up
Text (SMS) reminders	Yes Sent in your club’s name	Check with vendor	Yes
Hold bays for leagues	Yes League blocks lock bays during league hours	Check with vendor	Check with vendor
Built for golf simulator venues	Yes	Yes	No
Pricing	$99/month per location, unlimited bays and staff, no per-bay fee. 14-day free trial. Enterprise pricing for multi-location groups.	Per-reservation fees rather than a monthly subscription, plus a one-time setup fee. See Birrdi’s pricing page for current rates.	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 Birrdi or Square Appointments better for a golf simulator business?

It depends on how you run your venue. Birrdi suits sim venues wanting pay-per-booking pricing with launch monitor and door control. Square Appointments suits venues already using Square POS that want booking in the same system. Based on what each publishes, Birrdi fully covers 6 of the 10 features golf simulator venues ask for most, and Square Appointments covers 4.

How much does Birrdi cost?

Per-reservation fees rather than a monthly subscription, plus a one-time setup fee. See Birrdi’s pricing page for current rates.

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 Birrdi and Square Appointments sell memberships with recurring billing?

Birrdi: Yes. Square Appointments: Partly (separate Square Subscriptions product).

Can I hold bays for a league in Birrdi or Square Appointments?

Birrdi: We couldn’t confirm it from Birrdi’s website; check with them directly. 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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