trainedB.ai vs The Inner Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
trainedB.ai
This app provides personalized pickleball training plans based on real coach assessments. Track your skill progression and prove your improvement with detailed evaluations and a visual skill tree. It also helps organize games and find local coaches.
- Real coach game assessment
- Personalized training plans
- Skill tree progress tracking
- Video-backed improvement proof
- Find and book local coaches
- Organize pickleball games
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trainedB.ai — Pickleball Improvement, Verified Most pickleball apps tell you to "play more." trainedB.ai shows you exactly what to work on, gives you a plan to fix it, and proves you actually got better. GET ASSESSED BY A REAL COACH A real coach evaluates your game across the specific skills that define how you play — not a self-rated guess, not a match score. You'll know precisely where you stand and what's holding you back. TRAIN ON A PLAN BUILT FOR YOU Your assessment becomes a focused training plan built around the skills that move your game forward. One skill at a time, with a weekly dose you can actually keep. No generic drills. No filler. WATCH YOUR SKILLS GROW Track your progress on your Skill Tree as each skill climbs from developing to reliable. See your game take shape in front of you. PROVE YOU IMPROVED Get re-assessed and see the difference — backed by tagged video and a real coach's evaluation. Improvement you can point to, not just feel. TRAINING ON YOUR OWN? WE'VE GOT YOU No coach required. Record your gameplay, tag your shots, and build a highlight reel of your best moments. Your film, your progress, your pace. BOOK THE BEST COACHES NEAR YOU Find and book top coaches in two taps. Message, schedule, and pay in one place — with every cost, including court fees, shown up front before you commit. ORGANIZE GAMES WITHOUT THE CHAOS Set up open play, invite players, and keep your whole pickleball life in one app — free. Whether you're chasing your next level or just want to stop guessing, trainedB.ai turns practice into progress you can see. Get assessed. Get better. Prove it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
The Inner Game
This app offers daily mental practice for athletes and performers to overcome self-doubt and improve performance. It provides guided lessons, coaching, and journaling to help users recognize and quiet mental interference, leading to a calmer, clearer mind under pressure.
- Daily mental practice sessions
- Guided lessons on inner game skills
- Personalized coaching
- Journaling for reflection
- Insight tracking for interference patterns
- Academy for à la carte content
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Your potential is already there. What gets in the way is interference: the doubt, fear, and self-judgment that show up right when it matters most. The Inner Game is built on a simple truth from Tim Gallwey's classic framework: Performance = Potential − Interference. You don't perform better by trying harder. You perform better by getting out of your own way. This is daily mental practice for athletes and performers. Tennis, pickleball, running, golf, chess, and anyone who's felt their mind work against them under pressure. HOW IT WORKS You start each morning with a short clip that teaches you a skill of the inner game, from a course you've enrolled in, or from our growing library. Then you talk it through with your coach and set your intention for the day. A moment to reflect in your journal closes the loop. Over time, you learn to recognize your own interference, the specific thoughts and patterns that pull you out of your game, and to quiet them. Not by force. By awareness. Your Insights section tracks these patterns as they emerge, so the shift becomes visible, not just felt. Want to learn at your own pace? Check out the Academy: courses, sessions, and a growing library of video on the topics that matter most to you. BUILT AROUND YOUR MOMENTS Your matches, races, and rounds aren't just dates on a calendar. They're what the practice points toward. Tell us what you're preparing for and when, and the closer you get to it, the more your training — and your coach — sharpens for that moment. WHAT YOU'LL FIND - A daily practice that fits into real life - Courses that take you deeper into the inner game, one lesson at a time - Coaching that meets you where you are - Concrete actions from your coach — tried in real play, tracked in your journal - A growing understanding of what interferes with your performance - A calmer, clearer mind when the pressure is on It all comes down to a moment. We help you get ready for it. Terms of Use: https://www.theinnergame.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.theinnergame.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: trainedB.ai at free against The Inner Game's free with in-app purchases. trainedB.ai also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. trainedB.ai sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per month and The Inner Game sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $59.99 per 3 months. 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 trainedB.ai against 5.0 for The Inner Game. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively.
trainedB.ai ships an update every 5 days, The Inner Game every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | trainedB.ai | The Inner Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TrainedB.ai Inc. | Peak Performance AI |
Customer experience
trainedB.ai
The Inner Game
In-app purchases
trainedB.ai
- trainedB.ai Premium$12.991 Month
The Inner Game
- Standard Quarterly7 Days trial$59.993 Months
- Standard Annual7 Days trial$191.991 Year









