Grove - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

Grove Coach is a client engagement and session preparation platform for independent health and wellness practitioners who operate solo or in small practices. It functions as a coaching layer between scheduled sessions to maintain continuous visibility into client progress through brief daily check-ins completed in around thirty seconds.

The platform centers on a daily check-in system delivered through a native iPhone application in which clients report status by selecting tracked habits with a single tap and optionally adding written reflections. Clients establish personal success metrics and can pause habits without penalty, with any missed days appearing as neutral markers on a timeline. Coaches receive concise summaries of client activity each morning and can identify updates requiring attention before sessions.

An integrated AI assistant named Sage processes client-entered data to generate a Daily Pulse summarizing recent activity across all opted-in clients and to draft session preparation talking points that guide discussion based on evolving patterns in check-in entries. Sage operates on data that clients explicitly choose to share and allows coaches and clients to disable AI features at any time. The platform also offers a self-coaching mode enabling practitioners to experience the complete workflow themselves and starter playbooks that provide introductory frameworks for engaging new clients.

Progress documentation is stored in a longitudinal record that captures streaks, movement on custom markers and client reflections in their own language to illustrate change between sessions. The system comprises a native client application for mobile check-ins and a web portal for coach access. No external integrations or application programming interfaces are required to maintain a focused environment for check-in management and session preparation.