Coach Catalyst vs PushPress Staff
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coach Catalyst
This app helps clients of certified coaches track healthy habits through push notifications and yes/no prompts. It integrates with Apple Health to automatically import activity and step data.
- Habit compliance prompts
- Push notifications
- Yes/No question responses
- HealthKit integration
- Activity and step data import
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The Coach Catalyst app is designed for clients of trainers who have enrolled in the Coach Catalyst program. The app will send push notifications and prompt clients to answer yes/no question in regards to comply with healthy habits sent by your coach. WHO CAN USE THE APP Clients can only use the app if they are working with a Coach Catalyst coach. If you are a Coach Catalyst client, please contact your coach to receive your invite and login credentials to be able to use this app. The Coach Catalyst app allows access to HealthKit, allowing clients to automatically pull in their activity and steps data from Apple Health to their app.
PushPress Staff
Manage class check-ins, waitlists, and member communications. Staff can easily look up and contact members or leads, and chat with colleagues via direct or group messages.
- Member and lead lookup
- Contact management
- Class check-ins
- Waitlist management
- Staff direct messaging
- Group messaging
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The PushPress Staff App is the go-to place for your staff members to complete key tasks. They can look up and contact any member or lead, manage check-ins and waitlists for classes, and chat with other staff members through DMs or group messages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Coach Catalyst at 4.1 against PushPress Staff's 3.6. Coach Catalyst also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). PushPress Staff's advantage is review sentiment (81% vs 50%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Coach Catalyst holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 47 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Coach Catalyst's written reviews are positive against 81% of PushPress Staff's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Coach Catalyst ships an update monthly, PushPress Staff every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coach Catalyst | PushPress Staff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (20 ratings) — better | 3.6 (47 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 81.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 47 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 152 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Catalyst Tech LLC | PushPress, Inc. |
Customer experience
Coach Catalyst
PushPress Staff
In-app purchases
Coach Catalyst
No in-app purchases
PushPress Staff
No in-app purchases
Questions
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