Golf O’Clock vs Square Appointments for golf simulator booking

Golf O’Clock 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

Golf O’Clock is best for multi-bay indoor golf venues wanting booking, access and memberships in one system.
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, Golf O’Clock (golf-specific booking software) fully covers 8 and Square Appointments (general booking software) covers 4, based on what each company publishes.

Golf-specific booking software

Golf O’Clock

Golf O’Clock is booking and management software built for indoor golf simulator venues. It combines online bay booking, PIN/QR bay access, memberships, payments and analytics.

Best for: Multi-bay indoor golf venues wanting booking, access and memberships in one system.

Pricing: Monthly plans that scale with the number of bays. See Golf O’Clock’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.

Golf O’Clock vs Square Appointments: features for golf simulator venues

Feature	Golf O’Clock	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 Off-peak rates and pricing rules	Check with vendor
Memberships with recurring billing	Yes Automated renewals and billing	Partly Separate Square Subscriptions product
Member perks: early booking, included hours	Yes Free hours, discounts, member credits	Check with vendor
Punch passes or prepaid packages	Yes Block-booking passes and packages	Yes Packages
Waivers signed during booking	Check with vendor	Partly Forms sent after booking; Plus and up
Text (SMS) reminders	Yes	Yes
Hold bays for leagues	Check with vendor	Check with vendor
Built for golf simulator venues	Yes	No
Pricing	Monthly plans that scale with the number of bays. See Golf O’Clock’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 Golf O’Clock and Square Appointments differ

Peak, off-peak and seasonal pricing

Golf O’Clock

Yes

Off-peak rates and pricing rules

Square Appointments

Check with vendor

Memberships with recurring billing

Golf O’Clock

Yes

Automated renewals and billing

Square Appointments

Partly

Separate Square Subscriptions product

Member perks: early booking, included hours

Golf O’Clock

Yes

Free hours, discounts, member credits

Square Appointments

Check with vendor

Waivers signed during booking

Golf O’Clock

Check with vendor

Square Appointments

Partly

Forms sent after booking; Plus and up

Built for golf simulator venues

Golf O’Clock

Yes

Square Appointments

Strengths and trade-offs

Golf O’Clock

Strengths

Built specifically for indoor golf simulator venues
Automatic PIN and QR access codes sent on booking
Published per-bay pricing

Worth knowing

Monthly cost rises with bay count
Waiver handling is not described on the vendor site; confirm with vendor

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

Feature	SimBook	Golf O’Clock	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 Off-peak rates and pricing rules	Check with vendor
Memberships with recurring billing	Yes Auto-renewing billing through Stripe	Yes Automated renewals and billing	Partly Separate Square Subscriptions product
Member perks: early booking, included hours	Yes Early booking windows, hour banks, member rates	Yes Free hours, discounts, member credits	Check with vendor
Punch passes or prepaid packages	Yes Punch passes	Yes Block-booking passes and packages	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	Yes	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.	Monthly plans that scale with the number of bays. See Golf O’Clock’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.

SimBook vs Golf O’Clock →|SimBook vs Square Appointments →

Questions owners ask

Is Golf O’Clock or Square Appointments better for a golf simulator business?

It depends on how you run your venue. Golf O’Clock suits multi-bay indoor golf venues wanting booking, access and memberships in one system. Square Appointments suits venues already using Square POS that want booking in the same system. Based on what each publishes, Golf O’Clock fully covers 8 of the 10 features golf simulator venues ask for most, and Square Appointments covers 4.

How much does Golf O’Clock cost?

Monthly plans that scale with the number of bays. See Golf O’Clock’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 Golf O’Clock and Square Appointments sell memberships with recurring billing?

Golf O’Clock: Yes (automated renewals and billing). Square Appointments: Partly (separate Square Subscriptions product).

Can I hold bays for a league in Golf O’Clock or Square Appointments?

Golf O’Clock: We couldn’t confirm it from Golf O’Clock’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.

More comparisons

All 8 tools compared →