TrueCoach alternative
Great programming
deserves a front desk.
TrueCoach is made mostly for remote coaching. Once you have a room, availability, bookings, and credits end up back in your inbox. FitnessPlanner brings both together.
The difference
Online coaching tool or club platform?
What TrueCoach is built around
- Mostly remote coaching, without a class schedule
- Delivering programs and messaging clients
- No app in Dutch or French
- A price by client count, in dollars
Why clubs choose FitnessPlanner
- Members book against live coach availability
- Credits that add up without you counting them
- An app in English, Dutch, and French
- Screening, duo sessions, nutrition, and an iPad on the floor
Side by side
Feature by feature
| Capability | TrueCoach | FitnessPlanner |
|---|---|---|
| Class and 1-on-1 booking | Not covered Clients don't book themselves: no schedule, capacity, or waitlists | Included Members book themselves, with a reminder beforehand and a waitlist for full classes |
| Coach availability | Not covered | Included Members only see the hours a coach is free |
| Credits and packages | Not covered | Included A credit comes off when you mark attendance, and you see every change per member |
| Invoicing and Peppol | Not covered Invoices and card payments only in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada, at 5% per payment | Included You see what's left to invoice, and companies get their invoice over Peppol |
| Periodized training plans | Partly A strong multi-week program builder, without phases | Included A plan per member that moves to the next phase on its own |
| Live workout logging | Included Clients log their workouts in the app | Included Logged during the session, with last time's numbers already filled in |
| Shared iPad on the floor | Not covered You log for in-person clients on your own device | Included One iPad for every coach, each with their own PIN |
| Movement screening (FMS) | Not covered No screening: you rebuild the test as a workout | Included Every screening with its photos, in the member's file |
| Duo and partner training | Not covered | Included Two members at once in a duo session |
| Nutrition plans and food logging | Partly Calorie and macro goals that clients type in themselves | Included Members follow their plan in the app, and you see each week how it's going |
| Member app in English, Dutch, and French | Not covered No Dutch or French | Included Every member picks their own language, emails and notifications included |
| What it costs | By active client count, in dollars: $29.98 a month up to 5 clients, $69.98 up to 20, $164.98 up to 50. A little less billed annually | Pick the modules you need, no commission |
TrueCoach details checked in October 2026 against public TrueCoach pricing, product, and support pages. Spotted something outdated? Tell us and we will fix it.
Everything around the workout, handled.
A studio also has a schedule to fill. At TrueCoach you link out to another tool for that. FitnessPlanner books itself, promotes waitlists, sends reminders, charges the right credit, and sends the invoice.
- 1-on-1 booking against your coaches' availability
- Credits, packages, and invoices in one place
- Reminders and waitlists that cut no-shows
- A club page that brings in new members
You coach on the floor, not behind a laptop.
At TrueCoach you log for an in-person client on your own device. In FitnessPlanner your team shares one iPad on the floor, you coach two members at once, and you record an FMS screen with photos.
- One iPad for every coach, each with their own PIN
- Two members at once in a duo session
- An FMS screen with photos at the intake
- Running workouts on the Apple Watch
Online and in the room, in one product.
Remote clients get their plan, nutrition, and questionnaires in the app. When they come in, they just book a session.
- One record per client, online and in person
- Questionnaires you schedule ahead
- Weekly nutrition check-ins with your dietitian
- No per-client price
Give your programming a front desk.
Book a demo. We build a periodized plan, attach a booked session, and show you how credits and schedule work with it.