· Trainerize alternative
The Trainerize alternative for in-person coaching
Trainerize is excellent at what it's for — online coaching and workout programming. If your business is in-person, session-based training, that's a different job, and a different tool.
A lot of “best app for personal trainers” lists put Trainerize at the top. It deserves to be there — for online coaches. Before you sign up, it’s worth being honest about which job you’re actually doing.
What Trainerize is for
Trainerize is online-coaching software at its core: building workout programs, an exercise library, logging client workouts, nutrition, in-app check-ins, and a branded app for clients you mostly coach remotely. If your product is a programme someone follows on their own phone, that’s the right toolkit. Its published pricing starts around $95 a month for a solo plan.
What you do instead
You coach in person. You sell blocks of sessions, you train people face to face, you run the odd class, and you chase the occasional payment. Your “programming” happens in the room — not in an app. What you need managed is the business: who’s paid, who has sessions left, who’s coming on Thursday.
Seshman vs Trainerize
| Seshman | Trainerize | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | In-person, session-based coaching | Online coaching & workout programming |
| Workout programming | No — by design | Yes — its core |
| Session packs | First-class — the core unit | Not the model (programmes / subscriptions) |
| In-person classes | Yes — courses, weekly, drop-ins | Geared to online delivery |
| Client app | Free; balance, history, schedule | Programming & tracking focused |
| Price | Less than a single session a month | From ~$95/mo (published) |
Use the right tool for the job
If your product is online programming, use Trainerize — Seshman doesn’t do that, and won’t pretend to. If your product is your time, in person, sold by the session, Seshman is built for exactly that and nothing you won’t touch.
See how that works in session-pack tracking, or browse everything Seshman does.