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Overview

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PT Distinction redefines how personal trainers operate. Experience the joy of managing your training empire effortlessly...

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TrueCoach is an online coaching platform for personal trainers and coaches, offering the fastest workout builder, seamless...

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

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Pricing

Starting from

19.90

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

25.99

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.9

438

5

4

3

2

1

399

32

5

2

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
98%
would recommend this app

4.8

843

5

4

3

2

1

669

155

16

3

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
98%
would recommend this app

Pros

I really like all the features of it and the flexibility is awesome. Especially all the automation possibilities are perfect for building and scaling your (online) fitness business.
How easy it is to use for myself which saves me lots of time. My clients find it very easy to use as well so it's a win win.
Everyone was very helpful and the support and education they have in place now is the best. They have a great community with users that are always willing to help each other.

Pros

Overall UI is beautiful and easy to navigate. Easy for clients to setup their account and integrate with MyFitnessPal which is a great plus point.
Very easy customer service is awesome and they are so helpful plus they were awesome over COVID.
TrueCoach is extremely user friendly, both for me and my clients. I especially love how great their customer support team is, very responsive.

Cons

I switched over from MyPTHub because I was having a horrible experience with them.
The app freezes and clients lose their workout tracking when their phone locks - PTD blames user error but this never happened with trainerize.
The lack of responsibility that they seem to take in tackling this very clear BUG does not sit well with me. The search feature in the mobile app does not work period.

Cons

Frustrating to use with my iPad when designing workouts or needing go change something on the fly. Lack of diversity in body sizes and races in videos.
One thing I find missing is the ability to do a one-time charge to a clients account. I also have found the process of cancelling and restarting a program to be a bit confusing at first.
Clients have complained about watching the demo videos and their own music being shut off.
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  • Last review14 days ago

Key features

  • Total features49
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Appointment Management
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Calendar Management
  • Certification Tracking
  • Class Scheduling
  • Client Management
  • Client Portal
  • Client Profiles
  • Communication Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer Database
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Templates
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Marketing
  • Employee Management
  • Event Calendar
  • Exercise Library
  • Fitness Assessments
  • Fitness Plan
  • For Gyms
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • HIPAA Compliant
  • Hybrid Trainer
  • In-person Trainer
  • Membership Management
  • Mobile App
  • Monitoring
  • Nutrition Program
  • Online Trainer
  • Payment Processing
  • Progress Tracking
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Scheduling
  • Secure Login
  • Self Check-In/Check-Out
  • Session Notes
  • Sport Coaching
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Website Integration
  • eCommerce Management
  • Total features26
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Appointment Management
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Calendar Management
  • Certification Tracking
  • Class Scheduling
  • Client Management
  • Client Portal
  • Client Profiles
  • Communication Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer Database
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Templates
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Marketing
  • Employee Management
  • Event Calendar
  • Exercise Library
  • Fitness Assessments
  • Fitness Plan
  • For Gyms
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • HIPAA Compliant
  • Hybrid Trainer
  • In-person Trainer
  • Membership Management
  • Mobile App
  • Monitoring
  • Nutrition Program
  • Online Trainer
  • Payment Processing
  • Progress Tracking
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Scheduling
  • Secure Login
  • Self Check-In/Check-Out
  • Session Notes
  • Sport Coaching
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Website Integration
  • eCommerce Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations11
  • ActiveCampaign
  • GoCardless
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Calendar
  • Instagram
  • Keepme
  • Mailchimp
  • Meta for Business
  • PayPal
  • Perkville
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • Squarespace
  • Stripe
  • Stripe Billing
  • Twitter/X
  • Wix
  • WordPress
  • Xero
  • Zapier
  • Zoom Workplace
  • Total integrations1
  • ActiveCampaign
  • GoCardless
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Calendar
  • Instagram
  • Keepme
  • Mailchimp
  • Meta for Business
  • PayPal
  • Perkville
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • Squarespace
  • Stripe
  • Stripe Billing
  • Twitter/X
  • Wix
  • WordPress
  • Xero
  • Zapier
  • Zoom Workplace

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Todd R.

Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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PT Distinction

Best software

Reviewed 3 years ago

Love it. Ease of use for clients once all content is uploaded.

Pros

The ability to drop feed content, and bring able to have a daily schedule for my clients. They can basically do the online programming all by themselves, without much need for 1-on-1 coaching.

Cons

The workout builder could be a lot better. To many options come up, would be nice to get a calendar that’s current and be able to select a day and put the workouts in. It’s a little bit of hassle getting workouts together, truecoach has a great workout builder.

AM
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Adam M.

Health, Wellness and Fitness, self-employed

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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PT Distinction

Best platform all around

Reviewed 3 years ago

a solid 8/10

Pros

I have used a few platform such as trainerize and truecoach Personally i find this the most functional, easiest to use and it delivers a very pleasant experience It has many great features such as setting up a group allowing you to send new things to all my clients at once, set schedules, upload my own files and many more.

Cons

I wish i could pre-set exercises when editing them to add measurements such as kgs and reps I also wish we could create a coaching text for weekly catch up that clients can answer without external source such as google forms.

TN
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Talla N.

Health, Wellness and Fitness, self-employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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TrueCoach

very easy to use

Reviewed 4 years ago

im very impressed at how it responds to the customer needs

Pros

its an absolute time saver and truly help with PT experience

Cons

so far nothing to complain about but its only my first month using it

HO
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Henrik O.

Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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TrueCoach

TrueCoach

Reviewed 6 years ago

Working remotely with clients, giving price options to PT

Pros

Simple to use, ability to link videos on YouTube, price point

Cons

Exporting workouts should look better/be easier, naming of videos isn't consistent when searching (single leg vs. 1-leg), templates/suggestions of exercise progressions would be nice

Vendor response

Thank you for your feedback Henrik! We appreciate your insight and are hard at work to deliver the best platform ever.

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Dara R.

Health, Wellness and Fitness, self-employed

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend5/10

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TrueCoach

Truecoach PT review

Reviewed 4 years ago
Pros

Video workouts are great for me in my field of PT

Cons

Subscription and paid features really lacking and not enough nutrition options

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Victoria T.

Health, Wellness and Fitness, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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TrueCoach

Easy and good price

Reviewed 2 years ago

Easily adding a workout program to my "live" PT-clients.

Pros

Easy to use both for me and my clients and it is a good price.

Cons

Would like better features for adding the nutrition plan.

AN
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Alvhild N.

Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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TrueCoach

Easy in all ways

Reviewed 2 years ago

Overall I have a very good experience with TrueCoach. It has everything I need.

Pros

Easy to have control over all athletes and their traning. Can be used for PT sessions and online coaching.

Cons

The exersise library could have been better. An easyer way for Volume tracing, and intencity tracking could also been nice.

MH
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Matt H.

Professional Training & Coaching, self-employed

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Ease of use
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  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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TrueCoach Review

Reviewed 2 years ago

Have a successful PT business and find it the easiest to use across all platforms I have trialled.

Pros

Exercise library and the ease of client programming.

Cons

Habit tracking - would be great to integrate apple health etc for daily steps

AR
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Anthony R.

Professional Training & Coaching, self-employed

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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TrueCoach

It's nice for what you pay

Reviewed 2 years ago
Pros

How it easily works with my business as a PT is a great plus, exercise programming, and simple progress tracking. Everything you need is delivered really well.

Cons

The for coaches app needs to actually be usable please, you are forced to use the browser which is not super optimal especially when working face to face with clients and it takes forever to load and navigate.

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Sara B.

Recreational Facilities and Services, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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TrueCoach

Very easy to use!

Reviewed 4 years ago

We love this for virtual training.

Pros

We implemented True Coach for our PT clients as we added virtual services this past year. It has an incredible library of exercises and it is so easy to add your own as well. It has great features and overall very easy to use. Our clients love it!

Cons

There are a few nuances you have to learn when uploading videos and adding workouts. A few small places it could be more user-friendly but again, once you know how to use it , it is very easy.

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Joao L.

Design, self-employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend2/10

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TrueCoach

unbelievable

Reviewed 5 years ago

Frustrating. And I suspect my PT feels the same as the experience he provides is dependent on the experience you provide. Nothing against taking a little longer to ship something, but judging from you replies on Google Play (or lack thereof) TC doesn't care.

Pros

I'm the client of a coach, so the features that I care about are mostly the workout lists and exercise library. These are pretty good and I like them.

Cons

There's no Android version and despite numerous complaints on Google Play, it really doesn't seem the TC team is actually interested in devoting the energy to make an Android version. And because of that, all those wonderful experiences available with the ios app are beyond the reach of Android users. The only thing I have is some webapp I need to save to my desktop.

SJ
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Syed Jamal K.

Health, Wellness and Fitness, self-employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Ease of use
  • Features
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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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TrueCoach

The best of the best service I used I’m shocked it’s that great

Reviewed 2 years ago

Absolutely amazing. Gorgeous by all means. I’m in love with this service. Whoever is behind the concept is a great human being. He did it for free. Who does that? For free? Made our lives easier. Our business easier. Wow.

Pros

Everything that you see on their website. Every single thing you see. I love it. It’s designed so marvellously that I couldn’t find 1 thing that I could criticise. I’m a self employed PT and I’m new in the industry. This service made my life and my business so easy. I can’t thank them enough.

Cons

Nothing. It’s all great. Like I said, there is nothing I could like least. Yeah, I would love to see the money transaction thingy for clients so they can pay the PT through the service. Secondly, the text message service would be great. But these are my personal suggestion, not least like.

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Tom P.

Biotechnology, self-employed

Used weekly for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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TrueCoach

Review July 2022

Reviewed 2 years ago
Pros

I love being able to YouTube exercise videos and add them immediately to the library. It’s also user friendly and easy to navigate.

Cons

For me, I run a small Pt business so I need the ability to scale but in a smaller way. I would like to see payments per client rather then from 5 straight to 20. I will likely never run more then 10 clients at once so the extra cost will really effect me.