Comparison

iSession vs Personal Trainer

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

Head to head
About

iSession

This app streamlines client appointment scheduling for professionals. Quickly find available slots, book sessions, and manage client information with ease. Syncs with your Google Calendar and contacts for seamless integration.

Highlights
  • Client appointment scheduling
  • Google Calendar sync
  • Contact integration
  • Multiple schedule views
  • Attendance tracking
  • Payment tracking
  • Session notes
Features
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iSession is a finely tuned scheduling application. Designed to provide you with a quick and painless solution to using your iPhone or iPod touch as a scheduling device. The interface is designed to get you quickly to the point of scheduling a session with a client. iSession is ideally suited to professionals that schedule sessions with clients. This application is most beneficial to counselors, psychologists, psychiatrist, mental health therapists, massage therapists, estheticians, cosmetologists, physical therapists, coaches, tutors, client therapy, virtually anyone needing to quickly schedule client appointments. Say you're on the phone with a client and they want to schedule time with you next week. You can pull out your scheduling book and page through the days for next week looking for a spot for the client. Or use iSession's "week view" to easily find places in your schedule where you have time available. Now tap the day and then tap the time for when you want the session to begin. Now by simply selecting the client's name from your address book, or quickly entering a title, you save the appointment and the session is scheduled in seconds. Features: * Sync with your Google Calendar * Multiple views of your schedule including year, week, and hour. * Follow-up view of sessions needing to be marked as showed. * Follow-up view of sessions needing case notes written. * Advanced session searching capability. * Attendance tracking. * Payment tracking. * Session notes. * Unique views allowing you to quickly identify available slots. * Ability to repeat appointment. * Integration with iPhone/iPod touch contacts application.

About

Personal Trainer

This app helps personal trainers manage clients, schedule appointments, and track payments. It offers financial statistics and a premium subscription for advanced features. Stay organized and grow your fitness business.

Highlights
  • Client management
  • Workout appointment scheduling
  • Payment recording
  • Payment tracking
  • Financial statistics
  • Subscription management
Features
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The Best App for Personal Trainer. Manage your Clients, Payments and plan your Workout appointments. **MAJOR FEATURES: - Manage your clients - Plan your workouts appointments - Record the payments you cash in - Check the payments to cash in - View your financial statistics Personal Trainer Premium Personal Trainer offers a Premium version available as an auto-renewable subscription. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the rate of your selected plan above. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings on the device. Once purchased, refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Privacy policy: http://personaltrainer.nicolaeusebi.com/Home/Privacy Terms of use: http://personaltrainer.nicolaeusebi.com/Home/Terms

Screenshots

iSession3 screens
Personal Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iSession at 4.0 against Personal Trainer's 3.2. iSession also leads on review sentiment (39% vs 0%) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Personal Trainer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (9 vs 2). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Personal Trainer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. iSession asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iSession holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of iSession's written reviews are positive against 0% of Personal Trainer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iSession ships an update every 5 weeks, Personal Trainer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
iSession versus Personal Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriSessionPersonal Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better3.2 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews39.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings29 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpud PicklesNicola Eusebi

Customer experience

iSession

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive39.3%
Neutral21.4%
Negative39.3%

Personal Trainer

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

None

iSession

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Personal Trainer

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$29.491 Year

Questions

Is iSession free?
iSession is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Personal Trainer free?
Personal Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iSession or Personal Trainer?
iSession is rated higher. iSession averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Personal Trainer averages 3.2 from 9 ratings.
Do iSession or Personal Trainer have ads?
Neither iSession nor Personal Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iSession or Personal Trainer?
iSession ships an update every 5 weeks, and Personal Trainer every 2 weeks. Most recently, iSession was updated on October 23, 2026 and Personal Trainer on October 24, 2026.

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