Online Coach vs PacePilot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Online Coach
This app allows clients to connect with their personal coach for customized workout and nutrition plans. Track your progress, share updates with your coach, and receive feedback all within one platform.
- Follow coach's programs
- Track progress
- Message your coach
- Share photos and videos
- Receive feedback and support
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Online Coach is the app you use as a client to work directly with your personal coach — all in one place. With Online Coach, you can: - Follow your coach’s program — workouts, nutrition and meal plans, habits, education, and more - Track your progress over time - Message your coach and share photos and videos for feedback and support Online Coach is used exclusively by clients who are working with a coach on the CoCoach platform. You can only log in if your coach has invited you and set up your client account.
PacePilot
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Want a running plan that actually adapts? PacePilot is your personal coach. It builds a plan around your goal and updates it from real runs on Garmin, Apple Watch, Polar or Suunto. Try the full experience free for 14 days. No social feed — just you, your plan, and a coach that replies in seconds. Subscription is $11.99/month, or $99.99/year (equivalent to $8.33/month). YOUR COACH — ALWAYS AVAILABLE • Chat about pace, recovery, nutrition and injury prevention • The plan shifts when life happens — illness, poor sleep or a busy week • Ask for finish-time predictions across distances and clear progress toward your goal TRAINING THAT READS YOUR BODY • Adapts from real running data and runners at a similar level • Takes sleep, stress and HRV from your watch into account • Varied sessions: intervals, easy runs, long runs, threshold and more • Send planned workouts to your watch with pace and heart-rate alerts FOCUS ON YOU PacePilot is built for your progress. No feeds, no groups — just structure, motivation and a coach that follows you. Start your 14-day trial and take your running to the next level. Privacy and terms: https://pacepilot.no/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Online Coach at none against PacePilot's 6. Online Coach also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. PacePilot sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Online Coach asks for nothing beyond the download.
Online Coach ships an update every 3 days, PacePilot every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Online Coach | PacePilot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | CoCoach ApS | Pace Pilot AS |
In-app purchases
Online Coach
No in-app purchases
PacePilot
- Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Monthly14 Days trial$11.991 Month
- Semiannual1 Month trial$59.996 Months
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- Half a year14 Days trial$59.996 Months
- Yearly subscription14 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Yearly14 Days trial$99.991 Year
