James Smith Academy vs Kraft 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/
Kraft Coaching
This app provides personalized training and nutrition plans to help users gain muscle and lose fat. Learn from a personal trainer's 12 years of experience to create a sustainable fitness plan and achieve your physique goals.
- Muscle gain guidance
- Fat loss plans
- Personalized training
- Nutrition advice
- Sustainable fitness plans
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If you're ready to gain muscle, drop fat, and have a vertically challenged ginger bloke get you into the shape of your life, you're in the right place. With the 'Kraft Coaching' app, I'm going to teach you everything I've learned in my 12 years of being a personal trainer (who's STILL not been sued). So you can finally stick to a training and nutrition plan that actually works, take the guesswork out, and be the envy of all your friends and family who'll print off photos of you newly found physique to hang on the wall. Probably.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: James Smith Academy at 4.8 against Kraft Coaching's 3.7. James Smith Academy also leads on ratings volume (93 vs 3). Kraft Coaching's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 1 in-app purchase, starting at $89.99 per month and Kraft Coaching sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
James Smith Academy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: James Smith Academy has 93 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | James Smith Academy | Kraft Coaching |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (93 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 93 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Affordable Online Coaching Pty Ltd | KRAFT COACHING LTD |
Customer experience
James Smith Academy
Kraft Coaching
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
Kraft Coaching
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
James Smith Academy
- Premium Plan - Subscription$89.991 Month
Kraft Coaching
- Kraft Coaching App$599.00
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