Comparison

YMCA LA vs TrainCue

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

Head to head
About

YMCA LA

Easily manage your fitness journey with this app. Reserve equipment, classes, and swim lanes. Access health programs, event information, facility hours, and important alerts.

Highlights
  • Schedule health and wellness activities
  • Reserve equipment, classes, and courts
  • View facility hours
  • Digital membership barcode
  • Receive instant alerts and notifications
Features
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The YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles app makes getting and staying fit easier than ever! Reserve equipment, classes, swim lanes and get instant access to health & wellness programs, events, hours, alerts and all our programs. Features: SCHEDULE YOUR HEALTH & WELLNESS View, search and reserve equipment, classes, small group training, racquetball courts, personal training, and more. FACILITY HOURS Quickly find out opening and closing times. BARCODE SCAN - Enter our facilities with your digital membership key card. ALERTS - Stay up to date with what’s happening at the LA Y with instant notifications and in app alerts. Please send any feedback and questions to info@ymcaLA.org. We love hearing from you!

About

TrainCue

Features
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Most workout apps hand you a program and walk away. TrainCue stays with you — your program changes as you train, because the AI is paying attention. No account required to start. YOUR PROGRAM, BUILT FOR YOU Tell TrainCue your goal, schedule, equipment, and any limitations. In about a minute, you have a complete training program — every workout, every exercise, every set and rep. Built around what you said you wanted, not a template browsed from a list. IT ACTUALLY ADAPTS Crush three sessions in a row and next week gets harder. Miss your reps two sessions running and it backs off. The AI watches what you actually do and adjusts loads, volume, and progression to match — so you're never hunting for the right weight or guessing when to deload. The app handles it. HONEST TARGETS Every workout shows what to do and how hard to push — "Last: 45 lb x 12, aim for 12 reps" on every exercise, and a flag when a lift is ready to progress. Clear, measurable, no guessing. One tap repeats your last set; skip or substitute any exercise without breaking the plan. KNOW EVERY EXERCISE Every movement comes with a plain-English how-to — what it trains, technique cues, and the common mistakes to avoid. Most of the 375-exercise library includes a looping form-demo video, spanning barbell, dumbbell, machine, cable, kettlebell, band, and bodyweight. REAL PERIODIZATION Beginners get a clean 4-week foundation. Advanced lifters get full block-periodized programs — hypertrophy phase, strength phase, peak, deload. Each phase trains you differently, the way a real coach would structure a 12-week prep. LOG SETS WITHOUT FRICTION Tap to log a set. Rest timers, set counters, and PR detection are automatic. Personal records fire mid-workout with a haptic — you'll know the moment you've beaten your old best. SEE WHAT'S WORKING Every exercise gets a trend page: top load, total reps, and an estimated-1RM curve with your PRs marked on it. Muscle-coverage bars show every muscle against its target zone — under, on target, or over — and a coverage radar shows your training balance at a glance. Finish a training block and a report card grades it honestly, lift by lift. Log bodyweight and waist to see trends and calibrate your starting weights. SHORT ON TIME Six focus workouts — arms, shoulders, core, glutes, back, or full body — in 10 or 15 minutes with whatever equipment you have. And when life gets busy, TrainCue can offer a 20-minute version of today's session: main lifts kept, extras trimmed. REVIEW BEFORE YOU COMMIT Every program opens with a plain-English account of why it looks the way it does, then goes through a review screen before activation. Swap exercises, adjust days, change emphasis. If something doesn't feel right, regenerate. The program goes live only when you say so. SAVE YOUR PROGRESS Sign in with Apple to sync your programs, history, and PRs to the cloud — they survive a reinstall and follow you to a new device. SERIOUS TRAINING, ZERO NOISE No social feed. No public profile. No popups telling you to invite friends. Streaks and milestones if you want them, none of the gamification you don't. --- TrainCue is not a medical app and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Consult a qualified professional before starting any new exercise program.

Screenshots

YMCA LA4 screens
TrainCue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TrainCue at every 3 days against YMCA LA's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YMCA LA ships an update every 2 months, TrainCue every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
YMCA LA versus TrainCue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYMCA LATrainCue
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (156 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews4.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings156 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size170 MB68 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAttollo Technology LLCPUNEET SINGH BHASIN

Bugs and requests

YMCA LA

Reported bugs

38 issues
  • Cannot log in
  • Email with pin never arrives
  • App crashes
  • Feedback form doesn't work
  • Keyboard cannot be dismissed
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  • App is slow
  • App logs out randomly
  • App doesn't save preferred location
  • App doesn't show family members
  • App doesn't work at night
  • App doesn't auto-refresh
  • App doesn't show full swim lanes
  • App errors: unable to get class data
  • App errors: unable to get equipment data
  • Missed check-ins
  • App doesn't show classes
  • Cannot cancel classes
  • Cannot jump on waitlist
  • App times out
  • App doesn't find user account
  • App doesn't accept new password from website
  • App doesn't show available times unless day is selected
  • App says cannot retrieve family data
  • App doesn't work for childcare reservations
  • App doesn't work for court bookings
  • App doesn't work for open swim
  • App doesn't work for waitlisting
  • App doesn't sync name with account
  • App redirects to website
  • App doesn't remember login
  • App gives weird error messages
  • App doesn't let you reserve childcare
  • App doesn't let you reserve spots
  • App doesn't allow new account creation easily
  • App doesn't allow booking courts easily
  • App doesn't send pin
  • App shows incorrect date for reservation
  • App doesn't connect to YMCA system for email/password

Requested features

8 requests
  • History of check-ins
  • Overall number of check-ins by year/month
  • Number of streaks (days/weeks)
  • Allow selecting one date, time, and duration for multiple people
  • Develop a new app
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  • List available court times for booking
  • Offer website booking option
  • Provide scannable keycard option

TrainCue

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

YMCA LA

No in-app purchases

None

TrainCue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is YMCA LA free?
YMCA LA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TrainCue free?
TrainCue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do YMCA LA or TrainCue have ads?
Neither YMCA LA nor TrainCue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, YMCA LA or TrainCue?
YMCA LA ships an update every 2 months, and TrainCue every 3 days. Most recently, YMCA LA was updated on October 14, 2026 and TrainCue on October 7, 2026.

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