Toughness Trainer vs Winning Element
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Mental skills training for athletes
- Support for parents and coaches
- Confidence and motivation building
- Performance plan creation
- Community support network
- Ask the Expert feature
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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
Winning Element
Enhance your volleyball game and life skills with expert-led mental, physical, and emotional training. Discover strategies from elite athletes and coaches to unlock your potential and achieve your goals.
- Mental performance programs
- Weekly training sessions
- Personalized game plans
- Position-specific visualizations
- Breathing exercises
- Academy courses from pros
- Integrated mind, body, beyond approach
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Harness the power of your mind, body & beyond by learning, practicing, and mastering the techniques and strategies championed by Olympians, elite athletes, high performers, and coaches! It’s your time to shine – you are the winning element! Discover something that resonates with you and will help you to unlock your potential, achieve your goals & become unstoppable in volleyball and life. Winning and true happiness are found, created, and amplified from within. The Winning Element… - Includes physical, mental, and emotional skills, strategies, and techniques to take your game to the next level - Champions game-changing and integrative frameworks & proven strategies - Helps you create a practical and actionable game plan for your season - Facilitates your self-discovery and supports you with resources to thrive on your own terms in your own way - Is designed for athletes at all levels and age groups – specializing in athletes 13-25 years old - Explores topics like – hydration, nourishment, movement, recovery, sleep, confidence, energy management, visualization, self-talk, resilience, goal-setting, winning habits, routines, leadership, body language, being a good teammate, performing under pressure, choosing your story, recovering from errors, playing in the present, focus, attention, concentration, motivation, belief, time management, team conflict and repair, and embodying a winning mindset Features Include... - Volleyball Mental Performance Program - Weekly Mental Performance Videos - Weekly Mind, Body, Beyond Sessions - Create A New Game Plan For Your Season - Volleyball Position SpecificVisualizations & Meditations - Breathing Exercises - Content Requests From Athletes - Game-Changing Frameworks & Courses - Personalized Performance Plans & Coaching - Access to Winning Element Content: Podcast, Videos, Articles, Ebooks - Academy Courses From Professional Athletes & Coaches The Winning Element takes an integrative approach to athlete development – mind, body, and beyond! Strategies, techniques & recommendations are based on cutting-edge research in sport psychology, psychology, health, and fitness. There is always something new to explore, and experiment with to help you evolve on/off the court. Join the journey and level up with us – you are the winning element! 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 Winning Element is free of charge. Should you use Winning Element 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 payment will be charged to your credit card through your App Store account. 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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Winning Element at every 3 weeks against Toughness Trainer's every 2 months. Winning Element also leads on ratings volume (26 vs 2). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Toughness Trainer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month and Winning Element sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $44.49 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Toughness Trainer against 5.0 for Winning Element. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Winning Element has 26 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Toughness Trainer ships an update every 2 months, Winning Element every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 2, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Toughness Trainer | Winning Element |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Valerie Alston | Deanna Schnneyer |
Customer experience
Toughness Trainer
Winning Element
In-app purchases
Toughness Trainer
- Clutch Academy: Coaches$29.991 Month
- Subscription.14 Days trial$49.991 Month
- Subscription14 Days trial$79.991 Month
- One Time Subscription$29.99
- Confidence Kickstarter 1$47.00
- One Time Subscription2 variants$49.99
Winning Element
- Subscription$44.491 Year
- Subscription$49.991 Year
- One time subscription$8.89
- Friends&FamilyMental$33.49
- Oasis Mental Performance$33.49
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- Icon Mental Performance$33.49
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