TrueCoach

Great remote coaching software

Kommentare: Great. So good for my coaching business! Means I can manage so many more clients than before

Vorteile:

TC is very convenient and streamlined to use. I can get programs out to remote clients quickly and they’re great quality from a customer perspective

Nachteile:

Sometimes fiddly when writing up different days, can’t save a draft without filling in all the exercises

An Honest Review from a Real Trainer

Kommentare: When I first started with TC I had an awesome onboard and first 6 months. When TC overhauled the user experience I contemplated leaving the software. I didn't think the update was clearly communicated and it caught myself and my coaching clients off guard. Since that major update, TC has communicated better and their support team has been very useful in helping me and my clients navigate some of their increased security features and also manually run sales reports for me during tax season. Those little support pieces go a long way with me.

Vorteile:

I love the integration with Stripe. That feature alone sold me on the use of TrueCoach. Being able to take client payments and have the client manage their payment method saves me time and makes the onboarding process way less complicated.

Nachteile:

The client check boxes during the UE can be confusing. If a client completes a workout, I think it should be assumed that all the movements were done.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Microsoft Excel

Warum TrueCoach gewählt wurde: Stripe payments. All in 1 for my clients. Game changer.

Zuvor genutzte Software: TrainHeroic und Microsoft Excel

Gründe für den Wechsel zu TrueCoach: Stripe payments. Client facing app.

Leaving in a week for a better platform

Kommentare: Excited at first, and then just dreaded logging in after a few months. I’ve grown as a coach, and the platform has refused to grow at all. In fact, they broke the client app, and still haven’t fixed it. It just makes me sad to think about, now.

Vorteile:

Truecoach is good for a brand new coach with less than 5 clients, that needs to get organized. After that, the platform gets overwhelmed with its own features and poor design.

Nachteile:

The coaching interface is cumbersome. Programming and tweaking is painful and tedious. It’s like they launched the product, and then stopped improving it. There are 3 platforms that are less expensive and do the same thing, now. And, truecoach had the audacity to raise the price with no improvements, and then roll out features to cost their customers more money each month for services that are easily available for less. Truecoach is just trying to trap customers into feeling like all their stuff is on one half-baked platform.

TrueCoach Software Review

Kommentare: I just wanted to note that I own the company but do have two trainers that work with me. There was no option for independent contractors under the drop down menu in the previous section when asking about company size only "employees" and since they are not employees I chose myself as the answer for how many are in the company but there are two other individuals that train with me as independent contractors.

Vorteile:

The customization of everything! I have used Trainerize in the past and I thought it was a little bit more on the playful/less serious side of training and that was not suited for me. I want the best software for my clients with the ability deliver a professional-level service. TrueCoach allows me to customize anything and everything that I need for my programming in the easiest way.

Nachteile:

There is no option to charge for individual personal training sessions. I want to be able to customize all of my pricing for my clients and do invoicing through TrueCoach as a one-stop shop for my invoice and I can not do that right now with the current product/payment options. I talked with customer service and it looked like there was a way to do it if I would set up a recurring weekly plan and then do some other stuff but it all seemed confusing and I didn't want to test with my clients and find out I wasn't doing it correctly I want it to be very simple and something I can use with ease. Single session charges and customizable invoices for each month would be amazing! When plugging in for nutritional questions the top of the title still says "workout" or something training-related. It would be good if that could be customized. I would also like the colors customized to fit my logo. I do not enjoy the purple being delivered to my clients on the user interface. I want it to be black and white like our logo.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Trainerize

Gründe für den Wechsel zu TrueCoach: Customization and details allowed for training sessions and the ability to copy/paste workouts with ease!

My Success is all thanks to TrueCoach

Kommentare: Overall experience: Excellent!

Vorteile:

I’ve been using TrueCoach for a LONG time (since it was originally called “fitbot” and didn’t have an app!). I love that the team is always improving the software for both clients and trainers. Because of TC, I’ve been able to grow my business into a six-figure coaching program where I can have a handful of customized clients AND pre-made programs for more passive clients/passive income. It’s user-friendly on both sides, simple, and attractive looking. I had tried other software programs before that are probably great if trainers want to add in more nutrition and other details, but for those of us just looking to create high quality fitness plans with video feedback/submissions, detailed cues, and easy tracking — this is where it’s at. My favorite features: - My clients can submit videos and I can submit videos back in response. - Written feedback is also very easy - Messaging clients is simple - I love being able to upload my own exercise library AND being able to outsource other links in case I haven’t filmed something myself - Copying & pasting has saved me soooo much time with workouts and adding subtle progressions

Nachteile:

Least favorite parts about TC: - Managing subscriptions was complicated for me since I wasn’t able to do one-time billing as well. I bill my clients separately now. - I do wish we could have days where instead of adding a workout, we can add a write up. So no A, B, C sequencing. I just use the workout format to write in educational posts for my clients and it works fine but I’d love if there was a plain option (kind of like rest days but not rest days). - I wish I could organize my clients into “folders” rather than tagged groups. Having folders to click on would be SO helpful instead of having a long list and then always needing to click on the tag I want to focus on.