What each week held
Withheld: something was read in 1 week of the last 12. A series needs at least 2 to say anything a single reading does not.
What it declares
- workout builder/programming
- nutrition coaching & macro tools
- client scheduling & tracking
- in-app messaging & payments
- video coaching
- habit & progress tracking
- custom branded app
- wearable/device integrations
As the company’s own pages describe it. Forge did not test any of these.
What users raised
- per-client pricing escalates with roster growth
- mandatory paid add-ons (nutrition, video, payments)
- branded app setup fee
- billing/cancellation friction
- price rises triggered by crossing client thresholds
- app slowness / login issues
Themes people raised in public. A complaint is somebody’s opinion, not a measurement of the product.
Everything on record
3 observed claims, and 1 inference counted apart from them. Newest first; the tag on each row is what kind of claim you are reading.
- DISCOURSEINFERENCEOct 1, 2026
A large and growing body of third-party comparison content (at least a dozen distinct sites found) is positioning flat-rate or unlimited-client coaching apps (Everfit, My PT Hub, PT Distinction, Trainera, QuickCoach, CoachingPortal, HubFit, Coachway, Onyx Coach, TrueCoach) explicitly against Trainerize's per-client pricing as the primary differentiator.
Signals competitive positioning in the market is increasingly anchored on per-client vs flat pricing, relevant for future POSITIONING changes
trainera.fit/blogs/best-trainerize-alternatives - COMPLAINTUSER OPINIONOct 1, 2026
A recurring complaint theme is that the per-client pricing model causes software bills to rise automatically whenever a coach's client count crosses a tier threshold, even without choosing to upgrade, and some trainers dislike this scaling model versus flat/unlimited alternatives.
Baseline complaint theme; a third independent sighting of this theme in future checks would be material
checkthat.ai/brands/abc-trainerize/pricing - PRICINGFACTOct 1, 2026
Advanced Nutrition Coaching, video coaching, and Trainerize Pay (payment processing at ~1.9% + $0.30/transaction) are separate paid add-ons on top of base Pro plans, and a custom-branded app costs a $169 one-time setup fee plus an additional Apple publishing fee.
Baseline fact on hidden/total cost structure that drives much of the 'too expensive' discourse
checkthat.ai/brands/abc-trainerize/pricing - PRICINGFACTOct 1, 2026
Trainerize's current pricing structure (2026) is per-client-tiered: Basic free for 1 client, Grow $9-10/month for 2 clients, Pro 5 at ~$23/month scaling up through Pro 200 at ~$225-250/month, and Studio Plus/Max priced per location.
Establishes the baseline pricing model that per-client cost comparisons in discourse are measured against
www.quickcoach.fit/trainerize-pricing-2026.html
A record of what Forge read in public about Coaching app pricing per client — its own pages and what people wrote about it. Nothing here is a test of the product, a ranking or a score, and Forge has no relationship with this company.