Fenlio vs TrueCoach
TrueCoach delivers the program. Fenlio delivers it and does the work between sessions.
How Fenlio compares to TrueCoach
TrueCoach is a platform built for personal trainers to program workouts, manage clients and train them online through a client app. Fenlio is a coaching app with an agent built in: clients log sessions, lifts and meals on their own page, and Fen writes check-in replies and program changes from each client's record for your approval.
What each is built for
- Built for
- Fenlio: The whole job: the program, the client's logging and the work between sessions, done by an agent that prepares it for your approval
- TrueCoach: Delivering the program through an app you operate
- Your day starts with
- Fenlio: Morning Sync: only the clients who need you, each with the action ready
- TrueCoach: Your clients and their programs
- Your clients log on
- Fenlio: Their own page from you, opened from a link with nothing to download: sessions, lifts, photos, meals, vitals and messages
- TrueCoach: The TrueCoach client app
- Programs
- Fenlio: Built from your own exercise library and rules, then adjusted from RPE and reported recovery as a before and after you approve
- TrueCoach: Built by you in TrueCoach
- Messages
- Fenlio: Written in your voice from the client's notes, past conversations and recent wins
- TrueCoach: What you write or set up in TrueCoach
- Remembers
- Fenlio: Every injury, goal and number in the client's own words, with the note it came from
- TrueCoach: What you and your clients log in TrueCoach
- Before anything goes out
- Fenlio: Every message waits for your press at default settings
- TrueCoach: Whatever you set up in TrueCoach
| Dimension | TrueCoach | Fenlio |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Delivering the program through an app you operate | The whole job: the program, the client's logging and the work between sessions, done by an agent that prepares it for your approval |
| Your day starts with | Your clients and their programs | Morning Sync: only the clients who need you, each with the action ready |
| Your clients log on | The TrueCoach client app | Their own page from you, opened from a link with nothing to download: sessions, lifts, photos, meals, vitals and messages |
| Programs | Built by you in TrueCoach | Built from your own exercise library and rules, then adjusted from RPE and reported recovery as a before and after you approve |
| Messages | What you write or set up in TrueCoach | Written in your voice from the client's notes, past conversations and recent wins |
| Remembers | What you and your clients log in TrueCoach | Every injury, goal and number in the client's own words, with the note it came from |
| Before anything goes out | Whatever you set up in TrueCoach | Every message waits for your press at default settings |
What TrueCoach is, in its own words: TrueCoach homepage, read 2026-10-06.
Moving from TrueCoach
Export your client list and each client's workouts from TrueCoach, then drop them all on Fenlio at once. Each client logs on their own page from you, their history is filed under them, and Fen keeps their story and writes your replies from it.
- Check-in replyHow to reply to a client's weekly check-in: one specific win, what the week shows, one change with its reason, and one ask. With an outline to copy.
- Missed check-in messageWhat to send when a client misses a check-in: their name and one detail, no pressure, one question about them, and one tiny step back. Under 60 words.
- Client intake summaryA one-page summary of a new client's intake: goals in their words, the health screen as recorded, starting point, life around training, and what to ask next.
Questions
- Is Fenlio a TrueCoach alternative?
- Yes. Your programs and your clients' logging move into Fenlio, on a page each client opens from a link with nothing to download. Then Fen does the work between sessions: check-in replies, program changes from logged effort and recovery, and quiet clients caught early, each waiting for your press.
- What is TrueCoach built for?
- TrueCoach is built for fast workout programming and a simple client app for logging training.
- Can I bring my TrueCoach clients into Fenlio?
- Yes. Export your client list as a CSV and import it. Common column names map themselves, you map the rest, and you see every row before anything is added.
- Does Fenlio send messages to my clients?
- Not at default settings. Every reply waits for your press. It goes out on your own client line, the number or account your clients already message you on, or from your own Gmail, when you press Approve and send or by a rule you set.
Who Fenlio is for
- Online coachesFenlio is online coaching software with an agent: Fen reads every check-in and writes the reply from that client's record. You approve each one.
- Personal trainersFenlio is personal trainer software with an agent: session prep notes, recaps, check-in replies and client records, every message waiting for your OK.
- Strength coachesFenlio builds programs from your own exercise library and adjusts them from RPE, notes and reported recovery. Every change is a before and after you approve.
- Nutrition coachesFenlio computes macro targets from your rules, turns your meal templates into records and writes check-in replies. Allergies hold every message for you.
- Coaching glossaryClient ceiling, check-in debt, readiness index, auto-regulation and Morning Sync, in plain words.
