TrainerFu review
The mobile-first budget pick — an eight-step published ladder from $29/mo, strong app-store ratings, and a branded app at a published +$75/mo.
The most transparent budget option in our coaching category: all eight tiers are published — $29/mo for 10 clients up to $250/mo for 250 — yearly billing gives you 2 months free, and even the branded app has a known price (+$75/mo, no app-store quote). The workflow is genuinely mobile-first — build a full plan from a single page, schedule deliveries weeks ahead — and the ratings live where TrainerFu’s users actually are: 4.8/5 across ~3.2K iOS ratings and 4.7/5 on Google Play. The trade-offs: every tier caps your client count, the branded app is an add-on rather than included, there are no AI programming tools, and TrainerFu has almost no G2, Capterra or Trustpilot footprint to cross-check those app-store scores.
Overall · Great
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How we scored it
Six weighted categories. Weights are published and identical for every platform.
Pros
- Every tier published: eight plans from $29/mo (10 clients) to $250/mo (250 clients), with yearly billing giving 2 months free
- Genuinely mobile-first — single-page plan builder and advance scheduling; iOS 4.8 (~3.2K ratings) and Android 4.7 (691 reviews) back the UX
- Branded iOS + Android app under your own app-store listing for a published +$75/mo, built by their team
- No contracts, 1-click cancellation, zero setup fee and a 14-day free trial
- Nutrition coaching, habit tracking and program sales are first-class modules with dedicated tooling, not afterthoughts
Cons
- Client caps on every tier — 10 clients at $29/mo climbs to $250/mo at 250 clients
- The branded app is a +$75/mo add-on, not included — $104/mo total before you have your own app
- No AI programming tools and no POS — feature breadth trails PT Distinction and Everfit
- Thin third-party review footprint — almost no G2/Capterra/Trustpilot presence, so app-store ratings carry all the weight
Pricing, decoded
Published tiers by client count (10–250 clients); yearly billing gives 2 months free; Enterprise custom for 250+.
Headline price
$29/mo
What the marketing shows
True monthly cost
$29–$250/mo by client count; add +$75/mo if you want the branded app; client payments run through Stripe at standard rates
What you actually pay
Trainer Basic
10 clients · yearly $24/mo
$29/mo
Trainer Standard
20 clients · yearly $40/mo
$49/mo
Trainer Plus
40 clients · yearly $65/mo
$79/mo
Studio Basic
60 clients · yearly $82/mo
$99/mo
Studio Standard
80 clients · yearly $99/mo
$119/mo
Studio Plus
100 clients · yearly $115/mo
$139/mo
Gym
150 clients · yearly $157/mo
$189/mo
Gym Pro
250 clients · yearly $208/mo
$250/mo
Enterprise
250+ clients
Custom/
Common add-ons
- Branded iOS + Android app+$75/mo
- Setup fee$0
Payment processing
Client payments through Stripe (standard Stripe rates, ~2.9% + $0.30 class)
Real fee calculator
See the true monthly cost, not the headline.
- Base plan
- $79
- Processing (2.90%)
- $116
- Add-ons
- $75
- True cost / month
- $270
Switch to to see the ~17% savings.
Headline was $29/mo. Based on published pricing.
Who should NOT buy TrainerFu
- Gyms and studios — client caps per tier and no POS or door-access tooling make it the wrong shape for facility management
- Coaches with 100+ clients who want one flat price — My PT Hub’s flat unlimited tiers beat a ladder that climbs to $250/mo
- Teams that want AI programming — TrainerFu ships none; PT Distinction, Everfit and FitBudd all do
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