Trainerize review
The market-leading coaching app — powerful, but the add-ons stack up.
The deepest client-facing app in online coaching. You pay for it: pricing scales with client count and the useful pieces are paid add-ons.
Overall · Great
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How we scored it
Six weighted categories. Weights are published and identical for every platform.
Pros
- Best-in-class client mobile app and habit/messaging tools
- Huge integration ecosystem (wearables, MyFitnessPal, Zapier)
- Studio tier supports teams and in-person + online hybrids
Cons
- Cost climbs steeply as you add clients
- Meal planning, video coaching and payments are paid add-ons
- Branded app is an additional enterprise cost
Pricing, decoded
Tiered by active client count (Free → Pro slider → Studio).
Headline price
$25/mo
What the marketing shows
True monthly cost
$90–$300+/mo once you add clients and add-ons
What you actually pay
Free
Up to 2 clients, core features
$0/mo
Pro (slider)
Scales with active client count
$25–$250/mo
Studio
Teams, multiple trainers, more clients
$275–$380/mo
Common add-ons
- Meal planning~$25/mo
- Video coaching / analysisadd-on
- Branded appenterprise
Payment processing
Payments add-on via Stripe (~2.9% + $0.30)
Real fee calculator
See the true monthly cost, not the headline.
- Base plan
- $90
- Processing (2.90%)
- $116
- Add-ons
- $40
- True cost / month
- $246
Switch to to see the ~10% savings.
Headline was $25/mo. Based on published pricing.
Who should NOT buy Trainerize
- Solo coaches on a tight budget — the per-client pricing and add-ons outrun cheaper flat-rate rivals fast.
- Anyone who wants an all-in price — meal plans, video coaching and payments are billed on top.
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