TrueCoach vs EF Nation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TrueCoach
This platform empowers fitness coaches to streamline client management and deliver personalized training. It offers tools for creating custom workouts, tracking progress, and direct client communication, allowing trainers to focus on coaching.
- Custom workout builder
- Exercise video library
- Client messaging
- Workout scheduling and tracking
- Progress metric monitoring
- Nutrition logging
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TrueCoach is the number one platform for coaches and trainers who want to manage more clients with less admin work. Our easy to use workout builder features a 900+ video exercise library, plus the ability to upload your own videos or even migrate them over from YouTube or Instagram directly. We want to help eliminate accountability issues which is why we built a robust internal messaging function so you can connect and engage with all of your clients on one platform. Spend more time doubling down on what you enjoy and that's engaging with clients, tracking and measuring their data, and delivering the highest level coaching experience possible. A TrueCoach account is required. If you are downloading this app, you are a client of a trainer who has chosen to level up and subscribe to the best-personalized coaching app on the market. • Coaches can easily program custom workouts and rest days for their clients • Clients can see their workout schedule, and coaches can track completed and missed workouts • Demo video library to demonstrate proper form, or upload a custom demo video • Clients can message coaches, and leave their own custom photos and videos for analysis • Keep track of key metrics so you can monitor progress • Log your nutrition info Ditch the clunky emails, spreadsheets, and text messages and start getting real results with TrueCoach today.
EF Nation
This app allows users to view class schedules, sign up for sessions, and access studio location details. It optimizes time and maximizes convenience for booking fitness classes directly from a mobile device.
- View class schedules
- Sign up for classes
- View studio location
- Optimize time
- Convenient booking
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Download the Empire Fitness App today to plan and schedule your classes! From this mobile App you can view class schedules, sign-up for classes, as well as view the studio’s location information. Optimize your time and maximize the convenience of signing up for classes from your device! Download this App today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: TrueCoach at none against EF Nation's shown. TrueCoach also leads on ratings volume (36K vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for TrueCoach against 5.0 for EF Nation. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TrueCoach has 36K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TrueCoach ships an update every 3 weeks, EF Nation every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TrueCoach | EF Nation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (36K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 36K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 156 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TrueCoach, Inc. | Empire Fitness Ltd. |
Customer experience
TrueCoach
EF Nation
Bugs and requests
TrueCoach
Reported bugs
4 issues- Videos not uploading properly
- Workout data not saving
- Frequent app crashes and freezes
- Scrolling and navigation issues
Requested features
4 requests- Integration with Apple Health/Watch
- Ability to edit/rearrange workouts
- Better workout tracking and data visualization
- Improved video upload functionality
EF Nation
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TrueCoach
No in-app purchases
EF Nation
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is TrueCoach free?
Is EF Nation free?
Which has better reviews, TrueCoach or EF Nation?
Do TrueCoach or EF Nation have ads?
Which is updated more often, TrueCoach or EF Nation?
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