# ABC Trainerize review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Online and in-person coaching app for personal trainers and gyms Checked Oct 24, 2026 ยท graded Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA. ABC Trainerize is coaching software for personal trainers, nutrition coaches, studios and gyms. Coaches build workout programs, habits and meal plans that clients follow in a mobile app, and talk to them by in-app message or video. Booking for appointments and classes, selling and Stripe payments come with the Business and Payments add-ons, or are included on Studio plans. - **Category:** Salon, Spa & Studio Booking - **Made by:** TSR Gym Technik Ltd - **Website:** https://www.trainerize.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if booking is the main job, as it needs the $25-a-month Business add-on on Grow and Pro. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 24, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 24, 2026, ABC Trainerize has a free plan, and paid plans start at $9 per month for up to 2 clients, billed annually ($10 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Basic plan: one coaching client with the mobile app, workout programs, basic nutrition tracking, habits and in-app messaging. It does not expire. - **Free trial:** 30-day free trial with unlimited clients, no credit card required; add-ons are not included. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Basic | $0 | One coaching client, workout programs, habit coaching and basic messaging in the mobile app. | | Grow | $9 per month for up to 2 clients, billed annually ($10 billed monthly) | Adds the AI Workout Builder, custom programs, client meal and macro tracking, a Trainerize.me profile and wearable sync. | | Pro | $23 per month for up to 5 clients, billed annually ($25 billed monthly) | Custom exercise videos, forms and challenges. Rises with clients: $122 a month at 50 and $225 at 200, billed annually. | | Studio Plus | $248 per month for up to 500 clients, billed annually ($275 monthly) | One location and 6 trainer seats, with every add-on, a Studio branded app and API access included. | | Studio Max | $342 per month for up to 1,000 clients, billed annually ($380 monthly) | Studio Plus with room for 1,000 clients at one location. | | Enterprise | Custom | For more than 1,000 clients or five or more locations, with SSO, franchise content control and a dedicated account manager. | Read from https://www.trainerize.com/pricing/ on Oct 24, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ABC Trainerize before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 10% with annual billing** (Annual discount): Trainerize's pricing page says annual billing saves 10% on every paid plan, for example Grow at $9 a month instead of $10. Source: https://www.trainerize.com/pricing/ ## Key features - **Programs and AI Workout Builder:** Build master and custom programs from a workout library or your own exercise videos, or describe a client's goals and let the AI Workout Builder draft a workout. - **Nutrition and habit coaching:** Clients log meals and macros and follow scheduled habits with streaks and badges. Meal plans and recipes need the Advanced Nutrition Coaching add-on below Studio. - **Appointment and class booking:** With the Business add-on, clients book paid or free 1-on-1 sessions and classes in the app, and prospects book consultations from a booking page or Trainerize.me profile. - **Payments and product sales:** Sell packages and programs and deliver them automatically through Stripe, which processes cards in more than 45 countries. - **Messaging, video and community:** In-app and voice messages, automated messages, community groups and challenges, plus live and on-demand video sessions with the Video Coaching add-on. - **Wearable and app sync:** Client data comes in from Apple Health, Google Health Connect, Garmin, Fitbit, Withings and MyFitnessPal, and clients can track workouts on an Apple Watch app. ## Good for - Independent trainers coaching clients online or in person - Nutrition and lifestyle coaches who track habits and meals - Gyms and studios that want a branded app with programs and booking ## Worth knowing - Booking appointments and classes needs the $25-a-month Business add-on on Grow and Pro; it is included on Studio and Enterprise. - Other add-ons on Grow and Pro: Stripe payments $10 a month, Video Coaching $10, Advanced Nutrition $20 to $45, and a Pro branded app for a one-time $169. - The free plan covers a single coaching client, and the trial does not include add-ons. - Trainerize does not refund the unused part of a subscription; downgrades apply at the end of the billing cycle. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Oct 24, 2026. ABC Trainerize is a coaching app first: trainers build workouts, habits and meal plans that clients follow on their phones, with messaging and video. As booking software it falls short, since appointments and classes need the $25-a-month Business add-on on Grow and Pro, the free plan covers one client, and the price climbs with every client you add. - **Value for money: C.** Grow is $9 a month billed yearly for 2 clients, but booking needs the $25 Business add-on, so taking bookings costs $34 a month for 2 clients or $48 for 5 on Pro. Pro then rises to $122 at 50 clients and $225 at 200, before add-ons. - **Free plan and trial: C.** The Basic plan is free for good but covers a single coaching client, and booking isn't in it. A 30-day trial with unlimited clients needs no card, but leaves out the add-ons. - **Features: C.** Programs, an AI workout builder, nutrition and habit tracking, messaging, video and wearable sync. As booking software it has a gap: appointments and classes need the Business add-on on Grow and Pro, and only Studio plans include it. - **Ease of use: C.** No app store rating on record. You build programs and pick add-ons before clients can book, and booking only appears once the Business add-on is on your plan. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android, plus an Apple Watch app for clients, with Stripe, Google Calendar, Apple Health, Garmin, Fitbit and MyFitnessPal. API access comes with Studio plans, and there's no desktop app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ABC Trainerize's own pages on 24 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among salon, spa and studio booking apps - ABC Trainerize's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 3 of the 15 other salon, spa and studio booking apps we grade, and level with 2. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 0 of 15) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $9 a month, against a middle price of $49.45 for the category: 0 of the 13 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/service-booking ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of ABC Trainerize you could make: appointment booking, class booking and habit tracking. What surrounds it you could not. The 6 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 10 of the 15 other salon, spa and studio booking apps grade higher. It costs $108 a year. - You could make: Appointment booking, class booking and habit tracking: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: A members' space with posts, chat and events that people keep coming back to. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Stripe, Google Calendar and Apple Health among them. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: People on the other end: coaches. No app builder makes those. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: an Apple Watch app. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Stripe, Google Calendar, Apple Health, Google Health Connect, Garmin, Fitbit, Withings, MyFitnessPal **Tags:** Appointment booking, Class booking, Habit tracking, Community, AI features ## Alternatives - [PushPress](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pushpress): Gym management for CrossFit, martial arts and training gyms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/abc-trainerize-vs-pushpress) - [Glofox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/glofox): Gym and studio management with a branded member app. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/abc-trainerize-vs-glofox) - [TeamUp](https://toolgpa.com/tools/teamup-fitness): Gym and studio booking software priced by active customers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/abc-trainerize-vs-teamup-fitness) - [WellnessLiving](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wellnessliving): Booking and management for gyms, studios, spas and salons. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/abc-trainerize-vs-wellnessliving) - [Mindbody](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mindbody): Studio, gym, spa and salon software with a consumer booking app. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/abc-trainerize-vs-mindbody) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 24, 2026: - https://www.trainerize.com/pricing/ - https://www.trainerize.com/scripts/gymt_trainerize_jquery_concat.js - https://www.trainerize.com/features/ - https://www.trainerize.com/features/business/ - https://www.trainerize.com/integrations/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/abc-trainerize Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).