Strength and conditioning coaching software has to do something most personal training tools were never built for. It has to push one block to a whole squad, then let you tweak per athlete without rebuilding the program 40 times. Most platforms in this category started life as one-to-one PT software and were stretched to fit. The seams show up in two places: pricing that climbs with every athlete you add, and feature lists that mention periodisation without giving you the tools to actually run it.
This page is for coaches who program in blocks, percentages and RPE. Team-sport S&C coaches running a 40-athlete off-season block. Tactical coaches working with first-responder rosters. Youth academy strength coaches with a tight budget. Private S&C coaches with individual clients. If you have ever rebuilt the same percentage-based program 30 times in a spreadsheet because the software could not push one block to a squad, this is the buying decision you are trying to make.
We are not pretending QuickCoach is the only answer. It is not the answer for coaches who need velocity-based training or force-plate data, and we say so plainly below. What it is, is the cheapest unlimited-client option in the category once your roster passes 20 athletes, and the free tier covers a full 20-athlete squad with no time limit. Those two facts drive most of what follows.
What is strength and conditioning coaching software?
The short answer
Strength and conditioning coaching software lets a coach build block, percentage-based and RPE programs, push one block to a whole squad, and tweak per athlete without rebuilding the program. Athletes log sessions back to the coach, next to the training data, rather than in a spreadsheet or a separate consumer app.
The distinction that matters is who owns the program. A spreadsheet is yours, but it does not push to 40 athletes, collect their session logs, or show you who did the work. A consumer workout app collects the logs, but the coach is a screenshot away from them. Strength and conditioning coaching software closes that loop: the block belongs to the coaching relationship, the per-athlete tweaks sit on top of it, and the session data lands back on the same screen the coach already works in.
The functional definition is straightforward. The commercial reality is messier, because platforms draw the line between "included" and "extra" in very different places, and several of them scale the price by athlete count before they tell you what periodisation support costs on top.
What does strength and conditioning coaching software actually cost?
Sticker prices are misleading here for the same reason they are misleading in nutrition: most platforms scale by client count, so the plan you need is set by your roster before periodisation enters the conversation. To compare like with like, we priced a coach with 50 active athletes who wants block, percentage and RPE prescription working, on monthly billing, at published rates.
| Platform | Plan needed at 50 athletes | Base price | Periodisation support | Monthly total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QuickCoach | Pro (unlimited clients) | $39/mo | Block, %1RM, RPE in the builder | $39/mo |
| Trainerize | Pro 50 | $135/mo | Builder included; add-ons stack | $135/mo |
| Everfit | Pro (50-client slider step) | $95/mo | Advanced program builder included | $95/mo |
| My PT Hub | Premium | $105/mo | Builder included; unlimited clients | $105/mo |
| TrueCoach | Pro (up to 50 clients) | $164.98/mo | Builder included; 50-client ceiling | $164.98/mo |
The pattern is the same one we describe in the full strength and conditioning cost breakdown, which prices the same five platforms at 20, 40, 60 and 100 athletes. QuickCoach is flat at $39 from the first athlete to the hundredth. Everyone else climbs, and the gap widens at every roster breakpoint.
Trainerize is the clearest example of slider pricing. Pro 5 starts at $25 a month for up to 5 clients, and the same feature set costs $135 at 50 clients, $180 at 75, and $250 at 200. The Pro plan does not get better at 200 athletes. It just costs more, because the slider is set by roster size, not by what the coach actually needs. Our Trainerize pricing guide lists every step.
TrueCoach works on per-client ceilings rather than a slider, but the effect is similar. A 50-athlete roster overshoots the 20-client Standard plan and lands on Pro at $164.98 a month. There is no free tier, only a 14-day trial. Our TrueCoach pricing guide has the full tier breakdown. Everfit runs a free Starter for up to 5 clients, then a Pro slider that reaches roughly $95 at 50 clients, with add-ons stacking on top. My PT Hub caps its Starter tier at 3 clients, the most restrictive starting point in the category, so a working S&C coach lands on Premium at $105 a month. See our Everfit pricing and My PT Hub pricing guides for those tier tables.
How we priced this
Scenario. One coach, 50 active athletes, monthly billing, regular published rates rather than promotional pricing. Where a platform uses a client-count slider, we took the step that covers 50 clients exactly, which is Pro 50 on Trainerize and the 50-client step on Everfit.
Sources. Vendor pricing pages, last verified May 2026. QuickCoach pricing was updated in July 2026 with the habit tracking and nutrition release. Competitor pricing changes without much warning, so check the current figure before you commit to anything on the strength of this table.
Scope. Base plan only, on the cheapest tier that holds 50 athletes. Payments, video coaching, branded app fees and automation add-ons are excluded, which understates the real bill on platforms that charge for those separately.
What is core and what is an add-on in QuickCoach Pro
The short answer
Block periodisation, percentage of 1RM, RPE prescription, the program builder, branded client app, push notifications, Training Insights, multi-habit tracking and nutrition are all part of standard Pro at $39 a month. The only two extras are Coach Workflows at $14.99 and the Nutrition Booster Pack at $12.99, both optional and never required to remove the client cap.
We are not going to pretend our own line is drawn nowhere. It is drawn, and it is worth being specific about where.
Included in QuickCoach Pro at $39 a month, or $32.50 a month on annual billing ($390 a year): the full program and workout builder with block periodisation, percentage-based sets and RPE prescription built in. Unlimited programs and unlimited tasks. A branded client app on mobile and web. Emails and printed plans for athletes who do not want to live in an app. Push notifications to clients. Training Insights. Multi-habit tracking with rich check-ins, ready-made packs and full history. Nutrition in client plans, with food search across 2.3 million verified items, food photo scanning, calories, macros and a client food log. Ad-hoc exercises, workout sharing with branded templates, and full workout and file history. Unlimited clients, with no slider.
Two optional add-ons sit separately, and neither is required to run an S&C program.
Coach Workflows at $14.99 a month adds automated check-in summaries and client reports. Useful for a coach running a 40-athlete squad who does not want to read 40 check-ins by hand every week. Not required to push a block or collect a session log.
Nutrition Booster Pack at $12.99 a month adds barcode scanning only. Food photo scanning, the verified food database, calories, macros and the client food log are all part of core Pro nutrition and do not require this add-on. If your athletes eat mostly packaged food and scanning a wrapper would genuinely save them time, it is $12.99 on top. If they do not, it is not.
The honest gap matters as much as the feature list. QuickCoach does not do velocity-based training. It does not ingest force-plate data. It does not run a team calendar for scheduling sessions. Coaches who need VBT or force-plate data, or who run a facility calendar, will need a separate tool for those. We state this plainly because overselling to VBT-dependent coaches produces churn, and the honesty buys more long-term users than a feature chart that falls apart on day one.
What to check before you pay for strength and conditioning software
Five questions will tell you more than any feature grid. Work through them in order, because the answer to each one changes the next.
Does the builder actually support block periodisation?
Most platforms will tell you they support periodisation. The question is whether you can write a four-week block, prescribe percentages of 1RM in the same cell, and add RPE caps without building a parallel spreadsheet. If the builder only handles flat sets and reps, you will end up doing the periodisation work elsewhere and pasting it in. Our block periodisation, percentage of 1RM and RPE reference entries define what each method actually requires from software. If a platform cannot hold a percentage and an RPE cap on the same set, it does not support your programming.
How does it handle load management across a squad?
Load management is the part that breaks in a spreadsheet. You need to see who is doing the work, who is logging, and who has gone quiet, across a whole squad, in one view. The load management entry covers what to look for. In practice, the question is whether the platform gives you a coach-facing dashboard of athlete session logs, or whether you are back to chasing 40 individuals for screenshots. The honest answer on most platforms is somewhere in between, and the gap between "dashboard" and "chasing screenshots" is where coaches quit the tool.
What happens to the price when your roster grows?
This is the deciding variable for S&C, and it is the one most feature grids hide. A slider that starts at $25 sounds generous until a 40-athlete off-season block pushes you to $135, and a 60-athlete in-season roster pushes you higher. Per-client ceilings do the same thing in steps: a 50-athlete roster overshoots the 20-client tier and lands on the next one up. QuickCoach Pro is flat at $39 from the first athlete to the hundredth, which is the whole commercial argument for S&C. Run your honest roster size through the full S&C cost breakdown before you commit, because the price you pay in month one is rarely the price you pay in month twelve.
Whose app is the athlete logging into?
A branded app is not a vanity feature for S&C. Athletes who do not open the app do not log sessions, and coaches who cannot see the logs are back to chasing screenshots. QuickCoach Pro includes a branded client app. Trainerize charges a $169 one-time setup for a custom branded app, plus a separate $99 a year Apple Developer fee paid to Apple. TrueCoach includes custom theming from the Standard tier up, but it is logo and colours inside an app still listed as "TrueCoach", not a full white-label App Store listing. The difference between "your logo inside someone else's app" and "your own App Store listing" is real, and the price tags reflect it.
What is the honest scope of what it cannot do?
Every platform has gaps. The question is whether the vendor states them. If a platform will not tell you what it does not do, you will find out on day one of a contract. We have written the free versus paid coaching software comparison to cover the same ground from the buyer's side, and the 2026 guide to choosing coaching software walks through the full buying decision. Both are worth reading alongside this page before you put a card down.
Run your roster size before you commit
Slider pricing punishes growth you have not planned for. A 20-athlete academy squad runs free on QuickCoach. A 60-athlete tactical roster runs flat at $39. Price the software against the roster you will actually have in month twelve, not the one you have today.
See the full S&C cost breakdownFrequently asked questions
What is strength and conditioning coaching software?
Strength and conditioning coaching software lets a coach build block, percentage-based and RPE programs, push one block to a whole squad, and tweak per athlete without rebuilding the program. Athletes log sessions back to the coach, next to the training data, rather than in a spreadsheet or a separate consumer app.
How much does strength and conditioning coaching software cost?
At a 50-athlete roster on monthly billing, QuickCoach Pro is $39 flat for unlimited clients. Trainerize Pro 50 is $135, TrueCoach Pro is $164.98 for up to 50, and My PT Hub Premium is $105 for unlimited. Everfit's Pro slider lands around $95 at 50 clients. The gap widens as rosters grow.
Is QuickCoach Pro priced per athlete?
No. QuickCoach Pro is one flat $39 a month, or $32.50 a month on annual billing, for unlimited clients. A coach scaling from 20 to 100 athletes pays the same rate. The two optional add-ons, Coach Workflows and the Nutrition Booster Pack, are billed separately and never required to remove the client cap.
Does QuickCoach support block periodisation and percentage-based programming?
Yes. The program builder handles block periodisation, percentage of 1RM, and RPE-based prescription, with per-athlete tweaks on top of a shared block. You push one block to a squad and edit individual sets without duplicating the program. Velocity-based training and force-plate ingest are not supported.
Can I run a 40-athlete squad on the QuickCoach free tier?
Not on the free tier. The free plan covers up to 20 active clients with no time limit, which suits a youth academy squad or a private S&C coach with a small roster. A 40-athlete squad needs Pro at $39 a month flat, still the cheapest unlimited-client option in the category at that size.
What does QuickCoach not do for strength and conditioning coaches?
QuickCoach does not do velocity-based training, force-plate ingest, or a team calendar for scheduling sessions. Coaches who need VBT or force-plate data, or who run a facility calendar, will need a separate tool for those. We state this plainly because overselling to VBT-dependent coaches produces churn.
Pricing verified July 2026 against published vendor rates and refreshed quarterly. If a figure here no longer matches what a vendor is charging, tell us and we will correct it: support@quickcoach.fit. For the wider picture, see the best free coaching software in 2026, or read what coaches actually prescribe in our rep ranges for online coaching data report. The long questions S&C coaches ask about periodisation, load and scope are answered in our strength and conditioning coaching questions hub.
