Comparison

The Training Notebook One vs LiftCoach

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

Head to head
About

The Training Notebook One

This app helps personal trainers manage client workouts, progress, and notes efficiently. It allows trainers to build custom programs quickly, track client check-ins, and visualize progress with photos and graphs. Clients can also access their own profiles to view workouts and log information.

Highlights
  • Build workouts and programs quickly
  • Client login and workout access
  • Progress photo comparison
  • Body weight and body fat graphs
  • Circumference measurements
  • Exercise history and personal records
  • Client intake forms
Features
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PERSONAL TRAINERS, PROGRAM BEFORE THE CLIENT ARRIVES. Your client is walking in. You should already know what you're doing. You know how to train people. The hard part is remembering what you did with them last Tuesday, what's due today, and where you wrote it down. The Training Notebook One keeps your workouts, clients, calendar, notes, and progress in one place. Start a workout in 2 taps. Build a 6-exercise workout in under 15 seconds. THE WORKOUT - Build workouts fast - Build programs ahead of time and copy them for each client - Sessions on the calendar, month, week, or day - Notes where you need them, not in a spreadsheet THE CLIENT Your clients get their own login in the same app. Free. - See and run their workouts - Log check ins with weight and photos - Write notes to you New client? Send the intake form by email. They fill it out online. THE PROGRESS Eventually somebody asks if it's working. Show them. - Progress photos with before and after compare - Body weight and body fat graphs - Circumference measurements - Exercise history with progress charts - Personal records, per exercise, per client NO FEATURE GAMES Every plan gets the full app. The only difference is how many active clients you have. - Starter: up to 10 clients - Growth: up to 20 clients - Pro: up to 50 clients TRY IT FOR 7 DAYS Every account starts on Pro, free for 7 days. Built by a trainer. Helping trainers since 2012. Subscriptions are billed through your App Store account and renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Privacy Policy: https://thetrainingnotebook.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://thetrainingnotebook.com/terms-of-use

About

LiftCoach

This strength training app offers AI coaching, detailed exercise guidance, and progress tracking. Log your workouts with precision, build custom routines, and monitor your strength gains over time. Available on multiple Apple devices.

Highlights
  • AI coaching and program suggestions
  • Detailed exercise library with demos
  • Customizable workout routines
  • Precise set and rep logging
  • Progress tracking and personal records
  • Apple Watch and Mac support
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Plan your training. Focus on each set. See your progress. LiftCoach brings AI coaching, practical workout tools, and clear exercise guidance into one strength-training app. COACHING BUILT AROUND YOUR TRAINING Get program suggestions, form tips, and weekly recaps informed by your recent workouts. With your permission, Apple Health workouts from other apps can add context to your coaching. FROM ROUTINE TO LAST SET Build reusable routines with supersets, or start with a ready-made program. Log weight, reps, and sets with fractional precision, check your previous numbers, and keep moving with quick-fill controls. Rest timers, sounds, and haptics help you stay focused between sets. KNOW THE MOVEMENT Explore more than 1,000 exercises with instructions and muscle diagrams, plus animated demos for supported movements. Find exercises by muscle group and equipment, and use the plate calculator to load your next set. SEE YOUR STRENGTH GROW Follow personal records, estimated one-rep max, training volume, frequency, and muscle balance. Use your history to understand how your training is progressing. A FULL WORKOUT APP ON YOUR WRIST Build routines, start workouts, log sets, and manage rest on Apple Watch. On Mac, plan and train in a spacious workout studio with previous-session numbers, exercise guidance, and larger progress charts. APPLE HEALTH Save workouts to Apple Health and include other-app sessions in your training context when you grant access. Health integration is available on iPhone and Apple Watch. YOUR CHOICE OF AI Apple Intelligence is included at no extra cost on eligible devices. Third-party cloud AI is unavailable in mainland China. Apple Intelligence availability depends on device, language, region and system support. LiftCoach is free to download. Workout logging, up to 5 routines, basic progress, backups and private iCloud sync are included. Optional lifetime LiftCoach Pro unlocks unlimited routines, weekly plans, advanced progress, all themes and cloud AI with your own API keys. One purchase works across iPhone, iPad and Mac with Family Sharing. AI availability depends on device, language, region and service; provider usage charges are separate. No subscriptions. PRIVACY Your training data lives on your device and in your private iCloud. Cloud AI receives the text you send; sharing LiftCoach or Apple Health training history with cloud AI is off by default. Built by an independent developer who lifts.

Screenshots

The Training Notebook One4 screens
LiftCoach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LiftCoach at 5.0 against The Training Notebook One's 4.0. The Training Notebook One's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 days) and ratings volume (9 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Training Notebook One sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and LiftCoach sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LiftCoach holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Training Notebook One ships an update daily, LiftCoach every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
The Training Notebook One versus LiftCoach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Training Notebook OneLiftCoach
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better2
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB91 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Training Notebook, Inc.Chen He

Customer experience

The Training Notebook One

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

LiftCoach

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

The Training Notebook One

Subscriptions6
  • Starter Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Growth Monthly$39.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$69.991 Month
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  • Starter Annual$199.991 Year
  • Growth Annual$399.991 Year
  • Pro Annual$699.991 Year
1 purchases

LiftCoach

One-time1
  • LiftCoach Pro — Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is The Training Notebook One free?
The Training Notebook One is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LiftCoach free?
LiftCoach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Training Notebook One or LiftCoach?
LiftCoach is rated higher. The Training Notebook One averages 4.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while LiftCoach averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do The Training Notebook One or LiftCoach have ads?
Neither The Training Notebook One nor LiftCoach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Training Notebook One or LiftCoach?
The Training Notebook One ships an update daily, and LiftCoach every 3 days. Most recently, The Training Notebook One was updated on October 31, 2026 and LiftCoach on November 3, 2026.

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