TrueCoach vs Flexible Strength Academy
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.
Flexible Strength Academy
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WE TRAIN TO BECOME STRONG & FLEXIBLE | The Flexible Strength Academy app features: - Workout programs for beginners & advanced practitioners - 100+ video tutorials for ALL LEVELS + follow along training sessions - Side split, front split, pancake, spine, shoulders + contortion training - Video tutorials offer in-depth explanations of the exercises - Option to download workouts and access them offline wherever, whenever - Includes progress tracker with the option to upload progress photos - Options to scale drills + exercises to your level - Updates on new workouts in the app INFORMATION ABOUT THE APP AND PURCHASE OPTIONS By signing up, you will get access to subscription(s) that include features such as progress tracking, and offline sync. The download of Flexible Strength Academy is free of charge. Should you use Flexible Strength Academy to access in-app content via available subscription(s), a payment will be charged to your credit card after the trial period ends and when a subscription renews. A subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription period. There is no increase in price when renewing. Subscription(s) can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings in the App Store after purchase. Read our full Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy: https://passion.io/terms-of-service https://passion.io/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TrueCoach at none against Flexible Strength Academy's 1. TrueCoach also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Flexible Strength Academy sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $8.99 per month. TrueCoach asks for nothing beyond the download.
TrueCoach ships an update every 3 weeks, Flexible Strength Academy every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TrueCoach | Flexible Strength Academy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (36K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 41.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 36K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | TrueCoach, Inc. | Sebastiaan Pagano Mirani |
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
Flexible Strength Academy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TrueCoach
No in-app purchases
Flexible Strength Academy
- FSA membership7 Days trial$8.991 Month
Questions
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