Comparison

Toughness Trainer vs Dishman Performance

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

Head to head
About

Toughness Trainer

This app provides remote coaching for young athletes and their parents/coaches to develop mental toughness. It helps users build confidence, manage pressure, and achieve athletic goals through positive psychology and sport psychology research. Access a community for support and expert advice.

Highlights
  • Mental skills training for athletes
  • Support for parents and coaches
  • Confidence and motivation building
  • Performance plan creation
  • Community support network
  • Ask the Expert feature
Features
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This app is for personal remote coaching of young athletes and youth sport coaches. For athletes trying to improve their mental game in order to reach their goals. (earning a college scholarship, becoming a sponsored player, making a national team, etc). Use this personal coaching app to become a mentally tough athlete. Someone who is confident, calm and clutch under pressure, who competes hard, knows how to deal with failure moments, is coachable, & excels on the field and in life. They do all of this while also being good teammates. Learn how to increase confidence, enhance motivation, manage nerves, eliminate fear of failure and perfectionism and deal with hard feedback, and build a personalized performance plan to help you make the varsity team, get recruited to play in college, become a ranked player, get a sponsorship, make a national team or whatever your athletic goals are. This app also helps parents and coaches of youth sport athletes learn how to best support their kid/elite athlete navigate this journey. Learn how to give feedback, process tough games, have appropriate expectations and standards and how to be a parent that college coaches want to deal with. For coaches learn how to facilitate mental toughness, confidence and resilience during practice and games. Discover the process for embedding mental skills into your practices and get coaching and feedback to help you do it. This app builds on positive psychology, mindfulness, positive coaching and sport psychology research to help you become the best ballplayer you can be and to do it with joy. Inside the app you will also gain access to a support network and community of fellow athletes and parents dealing with similar challenges and struggles. Learn from peers and expert coaches to improve your mindset and approach to playing sports at an elite level. Share your successes and struggles with other athletes and parents and develop connections. Complete specific challenges or get access to all content via a monthly subscription. Receive push notifications to complete daily lessons and activities, be held accountable for your goals and deliberate practice plans and use the "Ask the Expert" feature to get answers to your questions. INFORMATION ABOUT THE APP AND PURCHASE OPTIONS By signing up, you will get access to subscription(s) that include features such as progress tracking, and offline sync. The download of Toughness Trainer is free of charge. Should you use Toughness Trainer app to access in-app content, we offer one of the following options: Free plan(s) - available to subscribe free of charge. Subscription based plan(s) - a recurring payment will be charged to your credit card after the trial period ends and when a subscription renews. A subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription period. There is no increase in price when renewing. Subscription(s) can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings in the App Store after purchase. One-time purchase based plan(s) - a payment will be charged to your credit card only once. Read our full Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy: https://passion.io/terms-of-service https://passion.io/privacy-policy

About

Dishman Performance

Enhance athletic mindset and skills with weekly content covering mind, body, and techniques. Access written, video, and PDF resources, plus a Q&A with Coach Dishman. Techniques are applicable to sports, school, and life.

Highlights
  • Weekly mindset and skills content
  • Written, video, and PDF resources
  • Ask Coach Dishman Q&A
  • Techniques for sports, school, and life
  • Suitable for all ages and skill levels
Features
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Dishman Performance strengthens the mental approach of athletes young and old. The app allows Dishman Performance to work with athletes while also being a resource for parents and coaches. Topics are delivered weekly that develop the mind, body, and skills. Information is delivered in written and video form along with downloadable PDF's. There is an Ask Coach Dishman section for users to ask situational-specific questions or questions about the content. The app is designed to help athletes of all ages and skill levels with many of the techniques translatable to school and life. Coach Dishman played collegiately at Duke University, professionally in the Atlanta Braves Organization, and has coached or played for over thirty-five years. Coach Dishman has a Masters in Sports Psychology. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://cfgeneral.cfocus.today/docs/privacy_policy.html

Screenshots

Toughness Trainer4 screens
Dishman Performance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dishman Performance at none against Toughness Trainer's shown. Dishman Performance also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Toughness Trainer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month and Dishman Performance sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Toughness Trainer against 5.0 for Dishman Performance. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Toughness Trainer ships an update every 2 months, Dishman Performance every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 2, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Toughness Trainer versus Dishman Performance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToughness TrainerDishman Performance
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperValerie AlstonDishman Performance LLC

Customer experience

Toughness Trainer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dishman Performance

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Toughness Trainer

Subscriptions3
  • Clutch Academy: Coaches$29.991 Month
  • Subscription.14 Days trial$49.991 Month
  • Subscription14 Days trial$79.991 Month
One-time3
  • One Time Subscription$29.99
  • Confidence Kickstarter 1$47.00
  • One Time Subscription2 variants$49.99
2 purchases

Dishman Performance

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Toughness Trainer free?
Toughness Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dishman Performance free?
Dishman Performance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Toughness Trainer or Dishman Performance?
Toughness Trainer and Dishman Performance are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Toughness Trainer or Dishman Performance have ads?
Toughness Trainer shows ads; Dishman Performance does not.
Which is updated more often, Toughness Trainer or Dishman Performance?
Toughness Trainer ships an update every 2 months, and Dishman Performance every 3 weeks. Most recently, Toughness Trainer was updated on September 2, 2026 and Dishman Performance on September 9, 2026.

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