ABC Trainerize
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Which personal training software should you actually use?
Answer eight questions and get a straight recommendation, priced at your client count, with the runner up and the one to avoid. Set your size and what you need, watch the field narrow, then answer four questions to get to one.
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Step 1 Your size, and what you need it to do
I need
Four questions left, then you get a single answer.
02All 22 compared
Every platform worth knowing about
Prices checked against each company's own pricing page, not other people's comparison posts. Four of the twenty-two will not publish a price at all until you sit through a demo, and they are marked as such. Gym and studio management systems are deliberately not here: they run a facility, they are not what you coach with.
Online 1:1 and group coaching platforms
Built for coaching clients remotely. Programme delivery, check-ins and client apps.
WeStrive
The #1 personal training software to grow your business
from $19per month
Nudge Coach
The coaching platform built for coaches who believe change happens one daily habit at a time
from $60per month
Coach Catalyst
#1 Online Coaching Platform Built for Client Results
from $5per month
MyCoach AI
Everything a coach needs in one place, instead of five apps
from $12per month
Everfit
The All-In-One Platform for Fitness Coaches, Gyms & Studios, Nutrition Coaches, Sport Coaches To Level Up Your Business
from $19per month
PT Distinction
Train more clients in less time, with better results
from $19per month
Fitr
personal trainer software for growing coaching businesses
from $19.99per month
My PT Hub
All the personal training software features you need, in one app
from $25per month
Hevy Coach
Simple Personal Trainer Software for Professional Coaches
from $25per month
TrueCoach
The best personal trainer software trusted by over 20,000+ personal trainers, coaches, and gym owners worldwide
from $26.34per month
CoachRx
Build a Coaching Practice That Values Depth Over Volume
from $29per month
Upliftt
Workouts, nutrition, check-ins and progress tracking in one place
from $29per month
Kahunas
When it comes to coaching, who has time for clunky platforms and dull spreadsheets?
from $35per month
Coachway
Everything in one place, so you spend 15 to 20 minutes per client per week rather than hours
from $79per month
Stridist
One App To Replace Them All
from $95per month
Own-branded app builders
Your own app, listed in the App Store and Play Store under your name.
FitBudd
Launch your Branded Fitness App in minutes
from $15per month
Passion.io
Grow your digital business with your own customer app
from $119per month
AppRabbit
Upgrade your coaching business with your own custom app
Price on request
Exercise.com
Professional fitness business management software
Price on request
Team and athlete programming
Athlete and team programming. Built for barbell sports and squads, not general PT.
TrainHeroic
The Premier Platform For Strength Coaches
from $9.99per month
TeamBuildr
Every tool your program needs, in one place
from $90per month
Bridge Athletic
Professional and collegiate programmes with sports science requirements.
Price on request
Volt Athletics
AI-generated athlete programming at scale, more athlete-facing than coach-facing.
Price on request
03Questions
The bits people get wrong
There isn't one. The right answer changes completely depending on how many clients you have, whether you coach online or in person, whether you need nutrition, and whether you want your own app. A coach with 8 clients and no nutrition needs a different platform to one running 120 clients with meal plans and their own App Store listing. That is what the quiz on this page works out.
Entry plans start around $5 to $25 a month for a handful of clients. At 50 clients you are typically looking at $75 to $150 a month. The number that catches people out is add-ons: some platforms charge separately for nutrition, payments and scheduling, so the real cost can be two or three times the advertised price. Every price here is the all-in figure at your client count.
Kahunas, FitBudd, My PT Hub, PT Distinction, AppRabbit, Everfit and WeStrive all offer it, on very different terms. Some include it in a mid tier, some charge a one-off fee, and some only offer it on an enterprise plan. The cheapest route to a genuine App Store listing under your own name is Kahunas Ultimate at $99 a month with unlimited clients.
ABC Trainerize, PT Distinction, My PT Hub, Hevy Coach and FitBudd give you 30 days, in most cases with no card required. TrueCoach, Kahunas, Coach Catalyst, CoachRx, WeStrive, Fitr, Stridist, Coachway, Upliftt, MyCoach AI, Passion.io and TrainHeroic give you 14. ABC Trainerize, Everfit, WeStrive and Nudge Coach also run a permanently free tier, so a short trial is less of a constraint there. The rest are demo-led with neither, which is worth knowing before you get attached to one.
Some of them, and it is marked clearly on every recommendation. It does not change what the quiz returns. Where two platforms score within a few points of each other the cheaper one wins, and several of the platforms recommended here pay nothing at all.
Dave Crawford. He builds operations and automation systems for coaching businesses, which means he has spent a lot of time inside these platforms with real clients rather than reading their marketing pages. The prices here are checked against each company's own pricing page and rechecked on a schedule.