TrueCoach vs The Client Notebook
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.
The Client Notebook
This app allows clients to access their workout plans, record personal progress, and communicate directly with their trainers. It provides a centralized hub for all training-related information, including body assessments and scheduled appointments.
- View planned workouts
- Record personal workouts
- Track body assessments
- Store progress photos
- View appointments
- In-app trainer messaging
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Welcome to The Training Notebook family and is perfect for online training. We realised The Training Notebook was missing a sidekick – so we created another app just for clients. Now you can give your clients access to all their information with a click of a button. Communicate effortlessly, and enjoy easier online training. The Client Notebook gives you total control of your workouts and body assessments * View all workouts planned by your trainer * Enter your own workouts and assessments * Keep a record of body weight, body fat percentage, before and after photos * View scheduled appointments * View training session packages * In-app messaging directly to your trainer An account with The Training Notebook is required to use this app. If your trainer does not have an account tell them to download The Training Notebook app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TrueCoach at 4.9 against The Client Notebook's 1.9. TrueCoach also leads on ratings volume (35K vs 9) and review sentiment (41% vs 17%). The Client Notebook's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
TrueCoach holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TrueCoach has 35K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of TrueCoach's written reviews are positive against 17% of The Client Notebook's.
TrueCoach ships an update every 3 weeks, The Client Notebook every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TrueCoach | The Client Notebook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (35K ratings) — better | 1.9 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.3% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 35K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TrueCoach, Inc. | The Training Notebook, Inc. |
Customer experience
TrueCoach
The Client Notebook
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
The Client Notebook
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TrueCoach
No in-app purchases
The Client Notebook
No in-app purchases
Questions
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