Frequently asked questions about the ClassPass gym plan in Germany
In Munich and Frankfurt, ClassPass offers a €64 per month plan with unlimited visits to participating gyms during off-peak hours that don’t use credits, plus 25 credits each month for classes, wellness, and everything else, with no minimum term.
Off-peak hours are set by each gym and generally include everything outside 4–8pm on weekdays and 9am–1pm at weekends. Every gym and studio on ClassPass is available on every plan.
Plan details
Is ClassPass a gym membership? What do I get with the gym plan in Germany?
ClassPass in Germany includes classic gym access, not only classes: one monthly plan gives you unlimited visits to participating gyms during off-peak hours plus credits to spend on everything else, starting at €64 per month with 25 credits, tax included and no minimum term.
Two other plans include the same gym access with more credits, for €84 and €114 a month. Plans above 63 credits a month don’t include unlimited off-peak gym access at this time.
Off-peak visits are unlimited: go daily if you want, and to the same gym every time. Off-peak hours are set by each gym and generally cover everything outside 4–8pm on weekdays and 9am–1pm at weekends. Credits cover everything else on ClassPass—peak-hour gym visits, fitness classes, wellness treatments, beauty, and food and drink. Unlimited off-peak gym access is available to ClassPass members in Munich and Frankfurt, with more cities to come.
What does unlimited off-peak gym access mean?
It means you can visit participating gyms as often as you like during their off-peak hours at no extra cost—daily, weekly, monthly, with no cap on visits. Off-peak hours are the hours outside each gym’s busiest window. Generally, peak hours are from 4–8pm on weekdays and 9am–1pm at weekends, with off-peak covering everything else. Each participating gym can set its own peak and off-peak hours, so the schedule in the ClassPass app is the source of truth. Visiting during a gym’s peak hours is still possible—those visits use credits from your plan rather than being included.
Can I go to the same gym every day? How many gyms can I visit in a day?
Yes, you can visit the same gym every day, and there’s no limit on how many participating gyms you visit in a day. During off-peak hours, you can go to one gym in the morning and a different one in the evening, or return to the same gym seven days a week. There is no daily visit cap and no one-gym-per-day rule. Each visit needs its own reservation in the app, and each gym’s own opening hours and capacity still apply.
I’m already a ClassPass member. Do I need to change my plan to get gym access, and does it cost extra?
Existing ClassPass members in Munich and Frankfurt can move to a plan that includes unlimited off-peak gym access, and keep using credits for studios and peak-hour reservations exactly as before. Nothing about how you visit studios changes—the gym access is included alongside your credits, not instead of them.
Three plans include unlimited off-peak gym access, starting at €64 a month with 25 credits, so you pick the credit amount that matches how much you use studios—all tax included, with no minimum term. If you’re on a plan above 63 credits a month, those don’t include unlimited off-peak gym access today, so you’d move to one of the three to get it.
If you’d rather carry on with credits only, your current plan stays as it is. You can move onto a plan with unlimited off-peak gym access under Plans, in the ClassPass app or on the website.
How do I sign up for the gym plan in Germany. Do I have to join the gym as well?
You sign up for ClassPass in the app or on the website, pick a plan, and reserve your first gym visit—there’s nothing to sign at the gym itself. Every new member starts on a ClassPass trial. In Munich and Frankfurt, you can choose the €64 plan after the trial: unlimited off-peak gym access at participating gyms plus 25 credits a month, tax included and no minimum term. Plans without unlimited off-peak gym access are available too.
You don’t join any individual gym, so there’s no joining fee, no notice period, and no sales appointment. Your membership is with ClassPass, and the gym lets you in when you show your reservation.
The trial includes 10 visits to use at participating gyms, at boutique studios, or a mix of the two. Unlimited off-peak gym access begins when the trial ends and your membership moves onto a plan that includes it, and you can change plan or cancel at any point.
Gyms, cities, and coverage
Does ClassPass have classic gyms in Germany, or is it mostly boutique studios?
ClassPass in Germany includes industry-leading gyms alongside boutique studios, and one membership works across them—so you can use a gym near your flat on some days and one near your office on others. Included gym partners in Germany are body + soul, alongside independent gyms and studios. Browse every participating gym in Munich and Frankfurt.
Every gym and studio on ClassPass is available on every plan. There’s nothing to unlock, no separate gym-only product to join, and no premium locations held back for a more expensive plan—what your plan changes is how many credits you get and whether off-peak gym visits are included without using them, not which gyms you can reserve. Search your postcode in the app to see what’s near you.
Which gyms can I use on ClassPass in Munich and Frankfurt?
Munich and Frankfurt are the two cities where unlimited off-peak gym access is available. One of the included gym partners is body + soul, which lists 10 locations in and around Munich, and ClassPass also lists independent gyms and boutique studios across both cities. The app shows what’s available to reserve at each location and when. Browse all participating gyms in Munich and Frankfurt.
Do all gyms on ClassPass have unlimited off-peak access? What if the one near me doesn’t?
No—not every gym on ClassPass takes part in the unlimited off-peak plan, and the ones that do may set their own off-peak hours. Gyms that don’t take part are still available to visit with credits, the same as any other reservation on ClassPass. The app shows which gyms are included and what their hours are. Participation is a decision each gym makes, and the list changes as new partners come on. If a gym near you isn’t included today, it may be later.
Can I use my gym access in other cities, and does ClassPass work abroad? When is it coming to Berlin, Hamburg, or Cologne?
Your membership works anywhere on ClassPass, in Germany and abroad—there’s no separate travel plan and no extra fee for using a gym or studio in another city or another country. Unlimited off-peak gym access applies at any participating gym in any city where the plan is live, not only the city you signed up in. It’s currently available to ClassPass members in Munich and Frankfurt, and more cities are in progress.
Everywhere else—the rest of Germany and businesses in more than 30 countries—is available to reserve with credits as normal. What’s tied to a live city is the unlimited off-peak plan, not your access.
Price, credits, and value
How much does ClassPass cost per month in Germany, and which plans include gym access?
ClassPass in Germany costs €64 a month for unlimited off-peak gym access at participating gyms plus 25 credits, tax included and no minimum term.
If 25 credits a month isn’t enough, two higher-credit plans include the same gym access: €84 a month for 42 credits, or €114 for 63 credits. Plans with more than 63 credits don’t include unlimited off-peak gym access today. You can still reserve gym visits with credits on those, you just don’t get the unlimited off-peak access.
Credits are for everything else: peak-hour gym visits, fitness classes, wellness, beauty, and food and drinks. There’s no joining fee, and every gym and studio on ClassPass is available on every plan—no premium locations are held back for a more expensive plan. What the plan you pick changes is how many credits you get and whether off-peak gym visits are included, not which gyms you’re allowed to reserve. Changing plan just takes a moment under Plans in the app or on the website.
What are the credits for? Do I need credits to go to the gym?
You don’t need credits for off-peak gym visits—those are included in the plan. Credits cover peak-hour gym visits and everything else on ClassPass: fitness classes, wellness treatments, beauty appointments, and food and drink. The €64 plan includes 25 credits a month, and the higher-credit plans include more. The number of credits a reservation requires varies by reservation type, location, popularity, and time, and every reservation shows its credit amount in the app before you confirm it. So a week where you train off-peak at a gym five times and take one studio class costs you one class’s worth of credits, not six.
Are ClassPass credits predictable? Why does the credit amount change?
The credit amount of a reservation varies by reservation type, location, popularity, and time, and it’s always shown in the app before you confirm—so you see the exact cost of every reservation before you book it, never after. Popular times at popular businesses require more credits than quiet ones, which is what lets us keep one flat monthly price rather than charging more for a peak-time class. Off-peak gym visits at participating gyms sit outside this entirely: they’re included in your plan, however often you go.
Can I get more credits, and what happens to credits I don’t use?
Unused credits roll over to the next month, up to the number of credits in your next month’s plan. So a quiet month isn’t wasted, though credits don’t build up indefinitely.
If 25 credits a month isn’t enough, you have two ways to get more. You can buy extra credits in the app in any month, on top of the credits in your plan, whenever you happen to need them. Or you can move to a higher-credit plan and keep exactly the same gym access: 42 credits for €84 a month, or 63 credits for €114. Beyond those, plans above 63 credits a month don’t include unlimited off-peak gym access today, though you can still reserve gym visits with credits. Changing plan takes a moment under Plans in the app or on the website.
Off-peak gym visits don’t use credits at all, so a month spent mostly at the gym leaves your credits for classes and wellness.
Peak and off-peak hours
What are the peak and off-peak hours at ClassPass gyms in Germany?
Peak and off-peak hours are set by each participating gym. As a general rule, peak runs 4–8pm on weekdays and 9am–1pm at weekends, and off-peak covers everything else. On a weekday, off-peak hours that means all morning, all midday, the afternoon until 4pm, and every evening from 8pm. On the weekend, off-peak means everything before 9am and everything after 1pm. A gym can change its hours, so the schedule in the ClassPass app is the source of truth. All times refer to when your visit starts, in the gym’s local time.
Why is the unlimited access off-peak only? Are gyms actually quieter then?
Off-peak hours are the hours outside a gym’s busiest window, which is what makes unlimited possible at €64 per month—a gym can host unlimited visits when it has room, and keeps its busiest hours for the people paying its full membership price. Each gym can decide which hours those are. In practice that means the gym floor is genuinely less crowded when you go: the hours held back are the ones that are busiest, which at most German gyms is the block straight after work. Crowding is one of the most common complaints about gyms, and off-peak is the part of the day where it isn’t a problem. Peak-hour visits are still available and use credits from your plan.
What if I can only train after work, between 4pm and 8pm on weekdays?
In this case, unlimited off-peak gym access won’t cover most of your training, and you should know that before you sign up. At most participating gyms, weekday visits between 4–8pm use credits from your plan rather than being included, and so do weekend visits between 9am and 1pm—each gym sets its own hours, and the app shows them. With the €64/month plan’s 25 credits you’d get a handful of peak-hour gym visits, and the number of credits varies by reservation type, location, popularity, and time. If you have a limited window to train in, a regular ClassPass plan may be a better fit. If you can train before work, over lunch, in the early afternoon, after 8pm, or at weekends outside 9am–1pm even some of the time, those visits are included and unlimited.
Are ClassPass gyms open 24/7? Can I train early in the morning or late at night?
ClassPass gym access follows each gym’s own opening hours, so 24/7 access depends on the gym—some German gyms open at 6am and close at midnight, others run 24 hours. At most gyms, early mornings and late evenings are off-peak, which means those visits are included in the plan with no cap. Each gym’s opening hours, peak and off-peak windows, and available reservation times are shown on its page in the ClassPass app. Filter by opening time in the app to find gyms that fit your schedule.
Reserving, access, and gym rules
Do I need to reserve a gym visit in advance, or can I just walk in?
You reserve gym visits before you go, in the ClassPass app or on the website, the same way you’d reserve a class. Open the gym’s page, pick a time, and confirm—the reservation shows your check-in window, and you check in through the ClassPass app when you arrive. Reserving in advance is how the gym knows to expect you and how ClassPass pays them for your visit. How far ahead you can reserve depends on the gym—the times you can pick are shown on its page in the app. Off-peak reservations at participating gyms are included in your plan, however many you make.
How do I check in at the gym with ClassPass?
How you check in depends on the gym. At most participating gyms you open your reservation in the ClassPass app and show the check-in screen at the front desk—no membership card, nothing to print. Some gyms scan the screen, others take your details from it, and gyms with connected entry systems may let you through the barrier instead. Your reservation tells you which applies, and the “How to prepare” section on the gym’s page in the app—repeated in your reservation reminder email—is where a gym flags anything else it needs from you, so it’s worth a look before a first visit.
You check in on your phone, in the ClassPass app—there’s no web check-in. Check-in opens 15 minutes before your reservation starts and closes 30 minutes before it ends, so a 9–11am gym visit lets you arrive any time between 8.45am and 10.30am. Some gyms set a wider or narrower window, and the exact times are always shown on your reservation.
Arrive after check-in closes and you may not get in, so it’s worth reserving a start time you can comfortably make. At most participating gyms nothing is charged if you miss it, because gym reservations don’t carry a no-show fee by default—an individual gym can still set its own policy, shown on its page in the app. Either way, you’d need to reserve again.
Do I get access to the full gym—weights, cardio, sauna, pool—or only part of it?
What’s included is set by each gym, and it’s shown on that gym’s page in the app before you reserve. Most participating gyms include the full gym floor—free weights, machines, and cardio. Extras like sauna, pool, classes, or a spa area depend on the gym, and some gyms offer them at selected locations only. You can’t reserve a specific machine or a particular spot on the gym floor, book personal training, or take classes a gym charges separately for, and guest passes aren’t included.
Are the gym’s own group classes included in unlimited off-peak gym access?
At some gyms, yes. A gym can treat its group classes as part of its available reservations, and where it does, those classes are included in your off-peak access for 0 credits. That isn’t the norm, though—most gyms list their classes separately, and those reservations use credits. It’s set per gym, and the gym’s page in the app shows which classes are included and which use credits before you reserve.
What happens if I cancel late or don’t turn up?
By default, no fee applies. Gym reservations at participating gyms don’t carry a late-cancellation or no-show fee, so a session you cancel late or don’t make costs you nothing. Classes and reservations at businesses other than participating gyms follow the standard ClassPass cancellation policy, which can include a late-cancellation fee.
Contract, cancelling, and trust
Is there a contract or a minimum term?
No minimum term—ClassPass is month to month, and you can change or cancel your plan at any time in the app or on the website. There’s no joining fee, no notice period, and no cancellation fee. That’s the main structural difference from a typical German gym contract, where a minimum term of a year or more with a notice period is the norm. Your membership renews monthly on the same date and you’ll always see your next renewal date in the app.
I’m on a ClassPass trial. What happens when it ends?
When your trial ends, your membership renews automatically onto a monthly plan, and you’ll get an email reminder three days before that happens. In Munich and Frankfurt, you can choose a plan with unlimited off-peak gym access, and that access begins once your membership is on one of those plans—during the trial, gym visits come out of your trial’s included visits, the same as anything else you reserve. You can change to a different plan at any time, before or after the trial ends. Cancel before your renewal date and you won’t be charged.
How do I cancel, and can I pause instead?
Cancel in the ClassPass app or on the website at any time, with no notice period and no cancellation fee. Your membership runs to the end of the month you’ve already paid for, then stops. If you’d rather not cancel outright, you can move to a plan with fewer credits instead, or pause. Nothing needs to be sent in writing and there’s no minimum term to wait out—you can do the whole thing yourself, in the app or on the website.
What happens to my credits if I cancel?
Credits are tied to an active membership, so they end when your membership does. Your membership runs to the end of the month you’ve paid for, so use your credits before then. There’s no refund for unused credits. If you’re between plans rather than leaving, credits roll over to the next month up to the size of your next month’s plan, so changing plan doesn’t cost you what you’ve banked.
Is ClassPass legit, and who is behind it?
ClassPass has operated since 2013, works with businesses in more than 30 countries, and is part of Playlist, the company behind ClassPass, Mindbody, and EGYM. In Germany it’s a monthly membership you buy directly in the app or on the website, with no minimum term, VAT-inclusive pricing, and a renewal date visible before you’re charged. Each gym’s own cancellation policy is on its page in the app, and you can change or cancel your plan yourself at any time, with no notice period.
Is the plan right for me?
Is ClassPass worth it if I train 4–6 times a week?
Yes, if most of those sessions are outside a gym’s peak hours—generally 4–8pm on weekdays and 9am–1pm at weekends. Unlimited off-peak gym access has no cap on visits—five or six sessions a week at participating gyms costs the same €64 per month as one. The limit isn’t how often you go, it’s when: peak-hour visits use credits from your plan rather than being included. So someone who trains at 5am, over lunch, after 8pm, or on weekend afternoons gets the full value; someone who can only train straight after work or on weekend mornings doesn’t.
Is it worth it if I only lift weights, or if I’m training for something specific like Hyrox or a marathon?
Unlimited off-peak gym access covers the gym floor—free weights, machines, and cardio—at participating gyms, with no cap on how often you go, so a strength or race-training block is included. Participating gyms include complete strength and cardio floors. What each gym offers beyond that varies—some have a pool, sauna, or specific equipment, shown on the gym’s page in the app. You can’t reserve a specific machine or a spot on the gym floor. The credits in your plan cover the extras a training block tends to need: a sports massage, a class, or a peak-hour session when the schedule demands it.
I’m new to the gym and find it intimidating. Will I be alright on ClassPass?
Yes—and knowing exactly how a first visit goes is most of what makes it easier. You pick a gym in the app, reserve a time, show your check-in screen at the front desk, and train: no tour, no contract conversation, no sales appointment, because you’re not buying a membership from that gym. The gym’s page in the app shows what’s there before you go, so you know what you’re walking into rather than finding out at the door. Off-peak hours are the quieter part of the day at most gyms, which makes them the easiest time to walk into somewhere new—fewer people and less waiting for equipment. And if a gym turns out not to suit you, it has cost you one visit rather than a year, so you can try a different one tomorrow.
Can I use ClassPass alongside the gym membership I already have?
Yes—a ClassPass membership works alongside a gym membership you already pay for, and nothing about it requires you to cancel the other. It works as a second set of options: gyms near work when your own is near home, a class, or a sauna your gym doesn’t offer, somewhere to train while you’re traveling. There’s no minimum term, so you can run the two together and decide month by month how much you use each.
When is ClassPass not the right choice?
ClassPass isn’t the right choice if the hours a gym holds back as peak—generally 4–8pm on weekdays and 9am–1pm at weekends—are the only time you can train, because those visits use credits rather than being included. It’s also not the best value if you only ever want one gym, near you, at the lowest possible price. And if the specific gym you want isn’t a participating gym, or isn’t on ClassPass at all, nothing about the plan changes that: check the app for your postcode before you sign up. ClassPass fits people who want more than one gym, no minimum term, and classes, wellness, and travel access in the same membership.