James Smith Academy vs SharedGoals Coaching
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
James Smith Academy
Access a comprehensive fitness education platform with personalized workout plans, instructional videos, and nutritional guidance. Track your progress, connect with trainers, and join challenges to achieve and maintain your health goals.
- Educational and instructional videos
- Personalized exercise programs
- Daily workouts
- Recipe library and meal planner
- Trainer support
- Progress tracking
- Three-month challenges
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The James Smith Academy (JSA) is where quality online coaching meets affordability. The JSA aims to educate its members in fitness and provide them with all the tools necessary to reach and sustain their fitness goals. Features (depending on your membership type) include hundreds of educational and instructional videos, personalised exercise programs, daily workouts, a Daily Step Count (which integrates with the Health app to access your daily steps, if you choose), hundreds of recipes, a meal planner, trainer support, progress tracking, and three-month challenges. The James Smith Academy is free to download. Our free trial, which begins when you create an account with us, does not expire and does not require a purchase to activate. If you would like to access content and features which are not available on the free trial, you must upgrade to a paid subscription. You may pay for a subscription using In-App Purchase found on the pricing page of the app. The James Smith Academy subscription automatically renews monthly (at the price depending on your location) unless it is canceled at least 24h before the current period ends. Your Apple ID will be charged for renewal within 24h prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or turn off auto-renew by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Read our terms of service here: https://www.jamessmithacademy.com/terms/ Read our privacy policy here: https://www.jamessmithacademy.com/privacy/
SharedGoals Coaching
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Use SharedGoals Coaching to measure the fitness levels of your athletes, manage their training and record their progress. Build a stronger community focused on achieving goals. Features in our first iOS release - Build your own fitness assessments, benchmarks and workout plans - Record the progress of your clients and athletes across individual fitness benchmarks and complete assessments - Upload videos and photos of your athletes completing assessments - Use intelligent image processing and machine learning to annotate videos of key functional movements - Schedule workouts and assessments for individual or groups of athletes - Set goals for your athletes and keep track of the goals and events they are training towards - Use SharedGoals's library of fitness benchmarks, and movement videos Much more to come from us.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SharedGoals Coaching at none against James Smith Academy's 3. James Smith Academy's advantage is device support. On price 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. James Smith Academy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. SharedGoals Coaching asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | James Smith Academy | SharedGoals Coaching |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (93 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 93 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Affordable Online Coaching Pty Ltd | SharedGoals LTD |
Bugs and requests
James Smith Academy
Reported bugs
3 issues- Workout progress not saving properly
- Inability to update weights and reps
- Onboarding process issues
Requested features
3 requests- Apple Watch integration
- Ability to filter workouts by equipment
- More personalized nutrition and meal planning
SharedGoals Coaching
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
James Smith Academy
- Base Plan$9.991 Month
- Standard Plan$10.991 Month
- Premium Plan - Subscription$89.991 Month
SharedGoals Coaching
No in-app purchases
Questions
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