Coach.me vs Exist (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Coach.me grades higher than Exist: 2.8 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Coach.me grades higher on the free plan and ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money, features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Coach.me
Free habit tracker with community support and paid human coaching
Exist
Personal analytics that joins fitness, mood and habit data
Which one is for you
Pick Coach.me if
- Fits if you want a free tracker with no cap on the number of habits
- Works for people willing to pay for daily one-on-one chat accountability from a human coach
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you add coaching, at $25 a week or $87 a month for each coach, billed until you cancel
- Skip it if you log a habit several times a day, as each go needs its own habit, and streaks ignore weekly targets
- Not for you if you want your numbers pulled in from other apps, since no integrations or API are listed
- Watch out: the iOS app is listed as iPhone-only, and the Google Play listing is marked as containing ads
- Watch out: chat coaching excludes therapy, medical advice and calls; phone consultations cost extra, per coach
Pick Exist if
- Fits if you already wear a tracker and want to see what affects your mood or sleep
- Works for people who like numbers more than streaks
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a simple daily habit checklist
- Tight if you need a free plan, because after 30 days it's $6.99 a month
- Watch out: business accounts are priced separately and the page shows no figure
- Watch out: it needs your other services connected to say anything useful
How we grade them
| 2.8GPACoach.meGood | 2.2GPAExistFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CThe tracker costs nothing and caps nothing. The paid layer isn't software but a person: $25 a week or $87 a month for daily chat coaching, many times what its listed alternatives like Habitica and Habitify ask, and each coach bills separately until you cancel. | C$6.99 a month, or $62.90 a year (about $5.24 a month), against $5.99 where the dearer quarter of habit trackers starts. One plan with everything in it. |
| Free plan and trial | AFree with no card and no cap on record: unlimited habits, daily check-ins, weekly targets, push and email reminders, streaks, trends and the community Q&A and props. The Google Play listing is marked as containing ads. | C30-day free trial, then paid. There's no free plan, and the trial's card rule isn't stated on the page. |
| Features | CCheck-ins with a note, weekly targets, reminders, weekly and monthly trends, and a Q&A feed on every habit. The gaps are in the basics, and the listing names them: a habit done several times a day needs a separate habit for each go, and streaks only count consecutive days even with a weekly target set. | CConnects Apple Health, Garmin, Oura, Strava, Todoist and more, with mood and manual tracking and correlations. It finds trends but isn't a habit checklist. |
| Ease of use | BNo store rating on record, but there's nothing to set up: add a habit, check in on the days you do it. Coaches also publish step-by-step plans with daily instructions, so you can follow one rather than invent your own. | CNo store rating on record. You connect your services first, and the insights need some weeks of data. |
| Platforms and integrations | BiPhone, Android and the web, and the coaching chat works on all three. But the iOS app is listed as iPhone-only, the Play listing is marked as containing ads, and there's no integration or API on record at all. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with a long list of connected services. No desktop app. |
| Best for | a free tracker with a human coach if you want one | finding patterns across your tracked data |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Coach.me and Exist. How we grade
Price against what you get
Coach.me starts at $87 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Exist starts at $5.24 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3.
Coach.me scores higher, and starts $81.76 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other habit trackers on the chart, 9 score higher than Coach.me for less, and 18 score higher than Exist for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Coach.me also covers goals.
- Exist also covers mood tracking.
At a glance
| Coach.me | Exist | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $25 per week, or $87 per month, for Habit Coaching | $6.99 per month, or $62.90 per year |
| Free plan | The habit tracker is free with no card required: unlimited habits, check-ins, weekly targets, reminders, streaks, trends and the community Q&A and props. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 30-day free trial, then $6.99 per month |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Coach Kendra, Inc. | Hello Code |
| Price read from | support.coach.me | exist.io |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Coach.me
- Coaching is a separate recurring charge that bills weekly or monthly until canceled, and each coach you hire is priced separately.
- A habit done several times a day needs a separate habit for each instance, and streaks count only consecutive days even when a weekly target is set.
- The App Store lists the iOS app as iPhone-only, and the Google Play listing is marked as containing ads.
- Chat coaching does not include therapy, medical advice, or phone or in-person sessions; phone consultations are sold separately.
Exist
- There is no free plan; after the 30-day trial it costs $6.99 a month.
- Its pricing is for individual accounts only, so teams need to ask about a business account.
- The page does not show a price for business accounts, which are priced separately.
Key features
Coach.me
- Daily check-ins and streaks
- Add habits to a dashboard and check in on each day you complete one, with an optional note. Check-ins can be back-dated up to seven days from the dashboard, or further back from a habit's calendar.
- Weekly targets and reminders
- Set how many times a week a habit should happen, and pick the days and times for push or email reminders on each habit.
- Community Q&A and props
- Every habit has a Q&A section and an activity feed of the people working on it. Friends and other members can give props and comment on check-ins, and a habit can be set to private.
- Trends and milestones
- Weekly and monthly trends show progress on each habit, and reaching a milestone is marked with a high-five.
- Habit coaching by chat
- Hire a coach for asynchronous coaching in a private chat inside the app on iOS, Android or the web, with check-ins nearly every day on a schedule you agree together.
- Step-by-step plans
- Coaches publish plans with daily instructions for goals such as meditation or exercise, for people who want more guidance than a checklist.
Exist
- Connected services
- Syncs data from services such as Apple Health, Health Connect, Garmin, Oura, Withings, Strava, RescueTime, Toggl and Todoist.
- Manual tracking
- Create your own data points as a quantity, time period, 1 to 9 scale, percentage or time of day, or tag a day with an event.
- Correlations
- Looks for relationships between your tracked items and lets you run experiments to confirm or rule out a hunch about your behavior.
- Mood tracking
- Records how you feel each day, including by email, and compares it with your other data to show which behaviors line up with good days.
- Insights and summaries
- Gives daily insights, long-term trends and averages, plus a weekly summary email.
Plans
Coach.me
Habit Tracker$0
Unlimited habits with daily check-ins, weekly targets, reminders, streaks and trends, plus community Q&A and props.
Habit Coaching$25
per week, or $87 per month
Daily one-on-one coaching in a private chat with a coach from the directory. Bills weekly or monthly until canceled; each coach is priced separately.
Leadership Coaching$150
per month
A leadership program with twice-monthly live lessons, a peer lab and weekly leadership lessons.
Custom Individual & Group CoachingCustom
Packages that some coaches offer at rates they set themselves; pricing is shown on each coach's profile page.
Phone consultationCustom
A 30-minute call with a coach, charged once per call at a rate that varies by coach.
Exist
Exist subscription$6.99
per month, billed monthly ($62.90 billed annually)
One plan with every feature. Prices are for individual accounts; business accounts are priced separately.
Ways to pay less
Coach.me
No public discounts listed.
Exist
- Annual discount
25% off with yearly billing
Exist's home page lists $62.90 per year, which it states is 25% off the monthly price.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Coach.me or Exist?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Exist is cheaper to start with: $5.24 a month when paid by the year, against $87 a month for Coach.me. Coach.me starts at $25 per week, or $87 per month, for Habit Coaching, and Exist starts at $6.99 per month, or $62.90 per year.
Which has a free plan, Coach.me or Exist?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Coach.me has a free plan. Exist does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.