Comparison

TrueCoach vs Elevated Macros

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Custom workout builder
  • Exercise video library
  • Client messaging
  • Workout scheduling and tracking
  • Progress metric monitoring
  • Nutrition logging
Features
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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.

About

Elevated Macros

Connect directly with your personal nutrition coach for tailored guidance and support. Track your progress towards health and fitness goals by integrating data from Apple Health, including workouts and calorie consumption.

Highlights
  • Direct connection with personal nutrition coach
  • Customized guidance and support
  • Apple Health data integration
  • Workout and calorie tracking
  • Goal progress monitoring
Features
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This app connects you directly with your personal nutrition coach, providing guidance, support, and customized strategies to help you reach your health and fitness goals. Integrates data from Apple Health within your check-ins and goal progress, for example on the main dashboard you will be able to see you workouts and how many calories you have consumed and these will be compared to the goals that you or your coach have set to indicate your progress.

Screenshots

TrueCoach4 screens
Elevated Macros4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TrueCoach at 4.9 against Elevated Macros's 4.0. TrueCoach also leads on ratings volume (35K vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). Elevated Macros's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 41%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TrueCoach holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TrueCoach has 35K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of TrueCoach's written reviews are positive against 50% of Elevated Macros's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TrueCoach versus Elevated Macros: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrueCoachElevated Macros
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (35K ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews41.3% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB61 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTrueCoach, Inc.Pono Software Inc.

Customer experience

TrueCoach

All ratings35,379 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews509 reviews
Positive41.3%
Neutral15.7%
Negative43.0%

Elevated Macros

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Elevated Macros

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

TrueCoach

No in-app purchases

None

Elevated Macros

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TrueCoach free?
TrueCoach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elevated Macros free?
Elevated Macros is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TrueCoach or Elevated Macros?
TrueCoach is rated higher. TrueCoach averages 4.9 out of 5 from 35K ratings, while Elevated Macros averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do TrueCoach or Elevated Macros have ads?
Neither TrueCoach nor Elevated Macros shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TrueCoach or Elevated Macros?
TrueCoach ships an update every 3 weeks, and Elevated Macros every 3 weeks. Most recently, TrueCoach was updated on September 28, 2026 and Elevated Macros on August 21, 2026.

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