An honest, opinionated 10-minute read. Real pricing maths, a workflow comparison, three real-world scenarios, a weighted verdict, and a 5-step migration guide.
Last checked 3 June 2026 — based on publicly available information from Trainerize's pricing page.
Trainerize — now ABC Trainerize, after the 2021 acquisition by ABC Fitness — is one of the oldest and most widely used personal training apps in the world. Founded in Vancouver in 2010, it built its reputation as a clean, reliable workout-delivery app and went on to power coaching programmes for tens of thousands of trainers, particularly across North America. If you've worked in any larger commercial gym in the last decade, there's a good chance someone in the building was using it.
The product itself is mature. The mobile experience is genuinely good, the workout builder is fast, and habits, messaging, video coaching and a meal-planning module are all available. ABC's gym-management ecosystem (Glofox, Mindbody, IGNITE) sits underneath it, which is why Studio Plus exists and why multi-location franchises lean towards it.
What Trainerize is not — and has never set out to be — is a register. You don't get found on Trainerize. There's no public profile a prospect can search, no credential to display, no UK-built consumer-side discovery. Trainerize assumes you already have clients. Once they're yours, it gives you a place to deliver to them.
REPs is the opposite shape. We start from the register — the verified, public-facing place clients search — and build the operations, coaching delivery and AI layer around it. REPs Pro is £59/mo (founding, was £79/mo) and includes the full software platform — directory profile, verification, CRM, bookings, payments, programmes, check-ins, nutrition, client portal and REPs AI. No paid add-on stack or per-client charges. Verified (£99/yr) is a separate public register listing, not coaching software, and is not included in this comparison.
Trainerize's headline pricing is misleading on purpose. The Grow tier is $9/month (up to 2 clients), which looks competitive — until you realise that on Grow you cannot take card payments without buying the Stripe Integrated Payments add-on, you cannot offer a properly branded app to your clients without the Custom Branded App add-on, and the Smart Meal Planner sits inside the Advanced Nutrition Coaching add-on. Each of those is normal-coach-needs-day-one, not edge-case.
A working example. The Pro tier uses a client-count slider that starts at $23/mo for 5 clients and scales up — a coach with ~30 clients lands around $49/month before add-ons. Add payments, add nutrition, add the branded app — typical lands well above $100/month. Add video coaching for premium clients and you're past $120. None of that is hidden — it's all on the pricing page if you click through every link — but the slider sticker is much lower than the all-in bill.
REPs Pro is a single £59/month bill. Payments, nutrition, programmes, check-ins, the client portal and REPs AI across the platform are all included — plus your verified directory profile on the public REPs register. You don't assemble it from add-ons on top of a base plan.
Use the calculator below to see the curve. The further you scale on Trainerize, the more add-ons get loaded onto a single base tier. REPs Pro stays at £59/mo whether you have 5 clients or 500.
Move the slider to see how each platform's monthly bill changes as you grow. Trainerize's figure includes the base tier plus the always-on add-ons a serious coach actually needs. The REPs side shows the tier you'd sit on — every feature in that tier is included.
Every feature in this comparison is included in REPs Pro — directory profile, verification, CRM, bookings, payments, programmes, check-ins, nutrition, client portal and REPs AI. No paid add-on stack, no per-client charges.
Verified (£99/yr) is a separate public register listing, not coaching software. See /pricing for the full ladder.
No marketing fluff — the actual workflow. Where Trainerize needs a paid add-on or a third-party app, we flag it.
They don't, unless you've already driven them to your own website or Instagram. Trainerize has no public-facing discovery.
Send a Trainerize invite, then collect payment via the Stripe Integrated Payments add-on if you've bought it, or chase them through a separate checkout if you haven't.
Strong workout builder, mature delivery app. Auto-progression and AI Workout Builder are good. Branded client experience is the Custom Branded App add-on.
Client logs metrics in-app. Reviewing and replying is mostly manual. There's no equivalent AI check-in summariser bundled in the base tier.
Verified profile + branded client portal
Trainerize coaching app
The right answer changes with where you are in your career. Here are three honest pictures.
10 clients, needs payments + nutrition guidance + a place to be found
Trainerize's slider may look cheaper on paper at this size, but REPs Pro is a single bill with payments, nutrition, AI and a verified public profile on the register included. Discoverability from day one is the wedge.
30 clients, branded experience, taking weekly check-ins seriously
This is the sweet spot. The Trainerize add-on stack adds up fast at 30 clients, on top of the slider creeping up. REPs Pro ships the same capability — branded, paid-in, nutrition, AI — for £59/mo flat, with no bolt-on bill.
200+ clients across 3 trainers, deep gym-management integrations
If you're already in the ABC ecosystem (Glofox, Mindbody) and need deep gym-management integration, Studio Plus is a serious product. For multi-coach REPs setups, ask us about Studio — but Pro covers everything an individual coach needs at £59/mo each.
Public discoverability is weighted highest because that's the real difference between a register and a piece of private software. Everything else is balanced.
| Criterion | Weight | REPs | Trainerize |
|---|---|---|---|
Price transparency One Pro price vs base + 5 add-ons | 15% | 5/5 | 2/5 |
Public discoverability Verified register vs no public profile | 20% | 5/5 | 1/5 |
AI as operating layer Cross-platform AI vs AI Workout Builder only | 15% | 5/5 | 3/5 |
Coaching delivery depth Trainerize app is genuinely best-in-class | 15% | 4/5 | 5/5 |
Payments included Included in REPs Pro vs Stripe Payments paid add-on | 10% | 5/5 | 2/5 |
UK fit (GBP, GDPR, register) UK-built around REPs register | 10% | 5/5 | 2/5 |
Cost curve as you scale REPs Pro stays £59/mo vs more add-ons on bigger tier | 15% | 5/5 | 3/5 |
| Weighted total | 100% | 97.0 /100 | 51.0 /100 |
| Feature |  | |
|---|---|---|
| Visibility · Get discovered | ||
| Found by clients searching the public register | Searched by the public daily | Bring your own clients |
| Industry-recognised REPs credential | REPs verified since 2009 | |
| Verified qualifications & insurance | Checked by humans | Self-declared |
| CPD tracked on profile | ||
| Reviews on the public record | ||
| Operations · Run your practice | ||
| Lead pipeline (profile, IG, website) | Basic CRM | |
| Bookings + deposits + Stripe payouts | Deposits, subs, payouts | Payments add-on |
| Clients CRM (one record per client) | Basic | |
| Focused inbox + quiet hours | Chat only | |
| Coaching · Deliver the work | ||
| Programme builder + video library | ||
| Nutrition planning + food database | Replaces MyFitnessPal | Paid add-on |
| Weekly check-ins with photos & metrics | ||
| Branded client portal (web + mobile) | Included | Branded app is add-on |
| AI · The operating layer | ||
| AI Business Command Centre | ||
| Weekly 'next move' growth card | ||
| AI programme writer | AI Workout Builder | |
| AI nutrition planner | ||
| AI check-in summariser | ||
| AI lead scoring + reply drafts | ||
| AI client risk & plateau alerts | ||
| AI content studio (posts, captions, lead magnets) | ||
| Pricing · What you actually pay | ||
| Every feature included in your tier — no paid add-ons | No add-on stack | 5 paid add-ons |
| No platform commission on bookings | REPs takes no booking commission | Stripe Payments is an add-on |
| No per-client charges | Tiered slider | |
| Growth · Compound the practice | ||
| Revenue & retention insights | Basic reports | |
| Automated client follow-ups & win-backs | ||
| Renewal forecasting & churn risk | ||
Last checked 3 June 2026.Based on publicly available information from Trainerize's publicly available pricing page. Pricing and features may change — see our comparison methodology or request a correction.
You don't have to rebuild everything. Five steps, one weekend, zero client downtime. Run both platforms in parallel for the first week as a safety net.
Trainerize lets you export client details from the Clients dashboard as a CSV. Grab names, emails, phone numbers and any active package notes.
Drop the CSV into the REPs onboarding importer. We'll auto-match fields, deduplicate, and create draft profiles. Clients won't be notified until you say go.
Export your Trainerize programme PDFs or screenshots. Use the REPs AI Programme Builder to recreate them from the source — it's faster than rebuilding block by block.
Update the link in your Instagram bio, website, and email signature to your REPs profile. Keep the Trainerize booking page live for two weeks as a buffer.
Run both in parallel for one week — confirm every client has accepted the REPs invite, then cancel Trainerize and any paid add-ons (Stripe Payments, Branded App, Nutrition).
Trainerize is a mature, well-built workout delivery app. If you're a multi-location studio on Studio Plus, you already have a full client roster from your gym floor, and you don't need a public register or verified credential — Trainerize will serve you well. They've been at it since 2010 and the app is solid.
Yes — Trainerize works globally. Pricing is in USD and payment add-ons go through Stripe. REPs is UK-built around the public REPs register, which Trainerize doesn't offer.
The listed tier ($9–$248/mo) is the base — and the Pro tier uses a client-count slider, so a coach with ~30 clients lands around $49/mo before add-ons. Once a serious coach turns on payments, nutrition coaching and a branded app, the all-in usually lands well above $100/mo. REPs Pro is £59/mo (founding, was £79/mo) and includes the full software platform — directory profile, verification, CRM, bookings, payments, programmes, check-ins, nutrition, client portal and REPs AI. No paid add-on stack or per-client charges.
If you want to be found by clients searching the public register and avoid the stack of payments + nutrition + AI add-ons, REPs Pro is built specifically for UK PTs at £59/mo (founding). MyPTHub and PT Distinction are also alternatives if public discoverability isn't a priority.
Yes — a free Basic plan for 1 client. Paid plans start at $9/mo (Grow, up to 2 clients), then Pro uses a client-count slider from $23/mo (5 clients) upward before add-ons. REPs Pro is £59/mo founding (was £79/mo), with the full software platform included.
Trainerize has an AI Workout Builder and some automated messaging. REPs ships AI through the whole platform: programme drafts, nutrition planning, check-in summaries, lead scoring, content drafting, churn-risk alerts — included in Pro.
Yes. Export your client list as CSV, import to REPs, run both in parallel for a week while clients accept invites, then cancel Trainerize. We've documented the full 5-step migration above.
Genuinely yes. Studio Plus is built for multi-location facilities and integrates with the ABC Fitness ecosystem (Glofox, Mindbody). If you're a multi-trainer studio already on ABC, stay. REPs is built around the individual verified trainer.
Card payments require the Stripe Integrated Payments add-on, and Stripe's standard processing fees apply on top. REPs does not charge a platform fee or commission on bookings; your payment processor's standard fees still apply.
Start free, get REPs verified, and run your whole practice on one platform. Founding pricing locked for life on paid plans — before public launch.
Last checked: 3 June 2026. Based on publicly available information collected from Trainerize's publicly available pricing page (source). Competitor pricing and features may change. Read our comparison methodology or request a correction.