Hevy Coach vs TrueCoach: a structured set builder against a full coaching business platform

The short version of each platform

Hevy Coach is the coach-side web platform from Hevy Studios, the Barcelona company behind the Hevy workout tracker. You build routines and programs in the web app and assign them. Clients do not install a separate app. They accept your invitation in the regular Hevy app, which adds a Coach tab with the program and a chat. The builder uses structured fields for weight, reps or rep ranges, RPE, rest, and set type. Clients log in Hevy on iPhone, Android, Apple Watch, or Wear OS, and every client gets Hevy Pro for free. One plan, priced by client count, bills monthly. On the date checked the Hevy client app showed about 90,800 ratings on the US App Store at 4.9 stars.

TrueCoach is a personal trainer platform owned by Xplor Technologies. You write workouts in a free-form builder on each client's monthly calendar. You save programs and templates and assign them to clients or groups. Exercise targets are open text fields, so sets, reps, tempo, and rest are written however you like. Clients log results in the TrueCoach app on iPhone or Android, or on the web. Around that sits a business layer. It covers messaging, voice notes, group messages, habits, MyFitnessPal nutrition, and wearables. It also covers TrueCoach Payments, public profiles, and a branded client web app. Three plans are priced by active client count, monthly or annual. On the date checked the TrueCoach app showed about 35,200 ratings on the US App Store at 4.86 stars.

Side by side

Every fact below comes from each platform's own website, help center, or app store listing. The date checked is shown at the top of this page.

Where Hevy Coach is stronger

Structured sets. Each set carries a weight target in kg or lb, a rep target or rep range, and a set type. RPE is an optional toggle. Rest timers sit per exercise. Duration exercises take a time target. The client sees those same fields in the app and logs against them. TrueCoach writes all of that in an open text field. The client reads a sentence and types a result.

The client app. Clients live in the Hevy app, which runs on iPhone, Android, Apple Watch, and Wear OS with full sync. They can log offline once the latest program is saved. TrueCoach's listing shows no watch app and its pages do not describe offline logging.

Free Hevy Pro. Every coached client gets Hevy Pro at no charge, which unlocks unlimited routines, graph history, custom exercises, and advanced measurements. TrueCoach clients pay nothing either, but no consumer upgrade comes bundled.

Price and trial. Hevy Coach is cheaper at every client count compared on this page, and no feature is gated by tier. The trial runs 30 days against TrueCoach's 14.

Logging on the gym floor. The Hevy Coach mobile app logs a client's session in person. TrueCoach's coach mode covers messages, the dashboard, and reviewing results. Workout writing on its mobile app is not described on the pages checked.

Where TrueCoach is stronger

The calendar. Workouts land on a monthly calendar per client. A program can gain weeks at any time, with a unique workout on each day. You assign it to one client, many, or a group, and start each at any point. Clients can move their own workouts. Hevy Coach assigns one program per client at a time, with a duration and an optional start date.

Business tools. TrueCoach Payments handles subscriptions, one-time payments, invoices, pauses, proration, discounts, tax, split payments, and refunds. Public Coach Profiles give you a storefront page with a lead form. The custom-branded web app puts your logo on client emails and the client web app under your own subdomain. Hevy Coach has a lead form and nothing else here.

Communication. Messaging supports GIFs, photos, videos, PDFs, and voice notes up to 7 minutes. Group messages take up to 20 participants. You can broadcast to a client group. Missed workouts trigger automated follow-up emails. Hevy Coach's chat is one-to-one.

Habits, nutrition, and wearables. Custom habits run daily, weekly, or monthly. Calorie and macro goals connect to MyFitnessPal. On Standard and above, clients log calories, protein, carbs, fat, weight, sleep, steps, energy, hunger, and stress in the app. Garmin, Fitbit, Oura, Google Fit, Polar, Apple Health, and Whoop feed sleep, resting heart rate, and step graphs. Hevy Coach offers none of this.

Compliance and metrics. The dashboard shows a 7, 30, and 90-day compliance rate and flags a 20 percent drop. Custom metrics graph anything you define and can link to an exercise. Hevy Coach shows active clients over 7 days, with no compliance percentage described.

Workarounds for check-ins. Neither platform has a form builder. TrueCoach's help center describes building questionnaires in the workout builder. Waivers go in shared Documents and client Notes. Assessments run as exercises with metric sets. It is a workaround, but it exists. Hevy Coach's answer is chat and body measurements.

Pricing, read carefully

Hevy Coach sells one plan with every feature included. Price steps up by client tier and bills monthly, with no annual pricing shown. TrueCoach sells three plans by active client count, monthly or annual. Annual billing lowers the monthly rate and carries a 90-day money-back guarantee for first-time subscribers. TrueCoach gates features. Wearables, public profiles, the branded web app, and advanced nutrition need Standard or above.

Here is what each platform costs at three client counts, on the date checked. Annual figures are the stated monthly rate multiplied by 12. All prices in USD.

5 clients. Hevy Coach sits in the 1 to 10 tier at $25 per month. TrueCoach Starter covers up to 5 active clients at $29.98 per month. Billed annually it is $26.34 per month, about $316 per year.

15 clients. Hevy Coach moves to the 11 to 25 tier at $50 per month. TrueCoach needs Standard, which covers up to 20 active clients, at $69.98 per month. Billed annually it is $57.99 per month, about $696 per year.

30 clients. Hevy Coach moves to the 26 to 50 tier at $90 per month. TrueCoach needs Pro, which covers up to 50 active clients, at $164.98 per month. Billed annually it is $136.99 per month, about $1,644 per year.

Both platforms are step functions. A sixth client on TrueCoach Starter pushes you to Standard, more than doubling the bill. An eleventh client on Hevy Coach doubles it from $25 to $50. One more number matters. TrueCoach Payments charges a flat 5 percent processing fee on each invoice total, and applies it on refunds too. Hevy Coach has no client billing, so you collect money elsewhere. Clients pay nothing on either platform.

Who should pick which

Pick Hevy Coach if you coach strength or bodybuilding clients who want structured sets with rep ranges and RPE. Pick it if your clients want a watch app or already use Hevy. Pick it if you want the lowest monthly bill. Be ready for one program per client at a time, chat as your check-in, and billing outside the platform.

Pick TrueCoach if you run a coaching business. It puts payments, habits, nutrition, wearables, group messaging, and your own branding in one place. Pick it if you plan on a calendar with programs that gain weeks over time. Pick it if you are happy writing prescriptions as text and can build check-ins from workarounds.

Where Method sits

Method's Coach Workspace is web-only for coaches and iPhone-only for clients, with no Android and no coach mobile app. On prescriptions it sits nearer Hevy Coach, with per-set rep ranges, AMRAP, RIR or RPE in half values, tempo, and rest. On delivery it sits nearer TrueCoach, with dated sessions, check-in templates, and form checks annotated with drawings and timestamped notes. Method takes no client payments and has no habits, nutrition, wearables beyond Apple Health, group chat, or branded app. It costs $19.99 per month for 5 clients plus $2.00 per extra client, detailed at Method for coaches, Method vs Hevy Coach, and Method vs TrueCoach.