Comparison

TS vs Rival Coach

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

Head to head
About

TS

Features
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Designed for self-employed and employed personal trainers and group exercise instructors who work at Third Space. Easily manage your schedule, clients, and bookings from anywhere. Update your availability, create new appointments, track class attendance, and stay on top of notifications - all in one streamlined, easy-to-use app that keeps you organised and in control.

About

Rival Coach

Features
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Rival Coach is the coach's remote for Rival — the live team-competition platform for gyms. HOW RIVAL WORKS • The free Rival desktop app (rivalfitness.app) runs on your gym's laptop and reads your machines WIRELESSLY — every Concept2 rower, SkiErg and BikeErg, plus compatible bikes and runners — calories, metres, watts and pace, straight off the monitors. No cables to the machines, no typing in scores. • The laptop fills your gym TV with live leaderboards, and can even send the workout to each Concept2 PM5 screen. • This app is the coach's controller for all of it — and the full workout builder in your pocket. IN THE GYM • Open the app and it finds your gym's Rival laptop on the WiFi — signed in, you're connected automatically. • Run the whole session from your phone: pick the workout, place teams on machines, start, pause, score. • Run full competition days — divisions, waves, judged score sheets, live standings and the podium — with a public spectator page for every phone in the building. • Send the live leaderboard to the gym TV with one tap, and see exactly what the TV shows, right on your phone. • Pair machines and heart-rate straps from the gym floor, standing at the machine. ANYWHERE (OFFLINE MODE) • The full app in your pocket: build workouts, set up fleets and teams, and run complete demo classes with a live leaderboard — no gym hardware needed. • Sign in with your Rival account and everything you build lands on the gym laptop automatically. • Browse your gym's saved results and leaderboards, and set the branding your members see. IMPORTANT: Rival Coach needs the free Rival desktop app running on your gym's laptop for live machine scoring — download it at rivalfitness.app. The laptop reads the ergs wirelessly and drives the TV; this app is the remote in your hand. Scores come live from the machines — every rep counts.

Screenshots

TS4 screens
Rival Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Rival Coach at every 3 days against TS's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TS ships an update every 3 months, Rival Coach every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
TS versus Rival Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTSRival Coach
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThird SpaceRival Fitness Ltd

In-app purchases

None

TS

No in-app purchases

None

Rival Coach

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TS free?
TS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rival Coach free?
Rival Coach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TS or Rival Coach have ads?
Neither TS nor Rival Coach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TS or Rival Coach?
TS ships an update every 3 months, and Rival Coach every 3 days. Most recently, TS was updated on October 24, 2026 and Rival Coach on October 24, 2026.

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