r/CoachingSoftware

I'm looking for a basic tracking app (reps, weight) to use with my clients with some little features that I think would be nice.

1. I want each set to be immediately converted to a 1RM so I can tell the client their "score" for that set. I think one single number is easier for them to understand. I've used the app Strong which does this but only after the entire workout has been finished, not on the spot when you enter it.

 

1a. Ideally, the app would convert the entire workout to either one total number (NOT total weight moved, it needs to be a meaningful number), or each exercise to one number (same as 1RM just factoring in multiple sets), or even a score per muscle group. 

2. Whenever an exercise is being done, the numbers from last session are easily visible.

3. Easy to add and view notes, ideally with one click.

Also interested to hear of any other app features you feel are helpful. 

I'm an S&C coach looking to generate some passive-ish income by selling programming through online marketplaces.

I'm currently using TrainHeroic (I've sold two whole programs in my first mknth,look at me go), but am wondering if there are other marketplaces worth selling on.

Are there other platforms that allow for one-time program sales like this? What are y'alls experiences? Thanks!

Yeah, this is another platform reliability post. Hopefully the last one for a while.

I run an online-leaning coaching business, 70 active clients, ~$11k/mo revenue, most of it dependent on the platform staying up. This past week's True͏Coach outage cost me a weekend of putting out fires: clients texting because the app wasn't loading, two refund requests, and one client who told me he's going to "look around" before next month's payment.

TrueCoach isn't a bad product. The programming UI is genuinely one of the cleanest in this space and the client app is well-designed. But I can't have my entire client communication and program delivery rely on a platform with 12+ hours of downtime in a single week and no compensation clause in the TOS.

Question for the sub - what's the reliability track record on the actual alternatives? Not interested in feature comparisons, can read those anywhere. Interested in:

- Has your platform ever been down for more than 4 hours in the last 12 months?
- When something does break, how do they communicate it?

- Anyone moved off TrueCoach in the last 18 months. Was the new platform actually more reliable or were you just trading one set of problems for another?

Trying to make a real decision in the next two weeks. Migration cost on a 70-client roster is non-trivial so I want to get it right.