Everfit vs Kahunas: the honest comparison.

A free start that scales vs a flat-priced branded app.

It is worth being honest from the start: both of these are capable, modern platforms, and the overlap on the core checklist is real. Both give you a workout builder, an exercise video library, a client app, messaging, progress tracking, check-ins, and payments. So on raw features they are closer than they look at first glance. The difference is how they want you to start and grow. Everfit markets itself as an all-in-one coaching platform with a genuinely generous forever-free tier for up to 5 clients, then a per-client slider on its Pro and Studio plans, which makes it easy to test with no spend and pay only as your caseload grows. Kahunas leans the other way, toward a flat-priced experience built around a fully branded iOS and Android app under your own name, bundled into its top Ultimate tier rather than charged as a separate quote. Neither approach is wrong. The right one depends on whether you value a free, low-commitment start with gradual scaling or a predictable flat tier that puts your own brand on the app from day one.

This comparison is shaped by years of working alongside online coaches, rather than reading spec sheets. If you want the full feature checklist behind these criteria, our online coaching platform guide walks through the entire stack, and our Everfit vs TrueCoach comparison covers another common matchup if Everfit is on your shortlist.

Pricing: free-then-slider vs three flat tiers.

The two tools shape cost very differently. Everfit starts at zero: its Starter tier is forever free for up to 5 active clients, with the workout builder, exercise library, progress tracking, messaging, and client and coach apps included. Beyond that, Pro scales by client count from about USD 19 per month at 5 clients up to about USD 290 per month at 300 clients on monthly billing (roughly USD 16 to USD 242 on annual billing, about a 16 percent saving), and Studio scales higher again, up to USD 430 per month at 500 clients monthly. Several pieces are paid add-ons on top of the base tier, including meal plans (about USD 33 to 39 per month), payments (about USD 8 to 9 per month), and automation. There is a 30-day free trial on paid plans with no credit card required.

Kahunas keeps it flat and simple with three tiers: Essentials at USD 35 per month for up to 25 clients, Growth at USD 69 per month for up to 50 clients, and Ultimate at USD 99 per month for unlimited clients. Annual billing saves 25 percent on every tier (USD 315, USD 621, and USD 900 per year respectively). The fully branded iOS and Android app lives on Ultimate with no separate add-on fee, and there is a 14-day free trial. So a coach with a large client list gets predictable cost on Kahunas Ultimate, where the same caseload on Everfit would sit further up the slider plus any add-ons.

The honest takeaway: do the math on your actual client count and the features you actually need. If you are at 3 clients and unsure, Everfit\'s free Starter is hard to beat for getting going. If you are at 60 clients and want a branded app, Kahunas Ultimate\'s flat USD 99 is easy to predict. For a different model again, Coachway uses predictable per-client pricing, EUR 69 per month for up to 5 active clients plus EUR 9 per additional active client, with your own Stripe included; you can sanity-check that math against current Coachway pricing.

The feature differences that actually matter.

• Getting started. Everfit lets you start with a forever-free tier for up to 5 clients, which makes it a low-risk way to test the platform with real clients before paying. Kahunas offers a 14-day free trial but no perpetual free tier, so it is a paid platform once the trial ends. If a no-spend start matters, Everfit has the edge.
• Branded app. This is a real difference. On Everfit, custom branding (your logo and colors) is available on Pro and Studio, while a full standalone white-label app is Enterprise-only at custom pricing. On Kahunas, a fully branded iOS and Android app with your own App Store and Play Store listings is bundled into the Ultimate tier at USD 99 per month, no Enterprise quote required. If a fully branded app under your own name is the goal, Kahunas reaches it at a published flat price.
• Nutrition. They handle nutrition differently. On Everfit, meal plans and recipe books are a paid add-on (about USD 33 to 39 per month) and a food journal sits on Pro and above, so nutrition is present but secondary to the workout-and-habit core. Kahunas builds in nutrition tracking with a large verified-food database (it advertises 1.6 million foods, 800,000 barcodes, and 2,400-plus restaurant items) plus macro and micronutrient tracking, though that is a food-tracking database rather than a coach-authored recipe library.
• Payments. On Everfit, Payments and Packages is a paid add-on (about USD 8 to 9 per month) and the underlying processor is not confirmed on its pricing page. Kahunas connects your own Stripe or PayPal and states it takes no commission on your client sales, so you keep the billing relationship. Confirm your country and processor with each provider, since neither publishes a definitive payout-country list on the pages checked.
• Workouts and habits. Both are strong here. Everfit is workout-and-habit-first, with a mature workout builder, exercise library, AI-assisted programming, and habit tracking at its core. Kahunas advertises 1,000-plus exercise videos with sets, supersets, and circuits, plus check-ins, habit tracking, progress photo overlays, and content drip. The core 1:1 coaching loop is well covered on both.
• Language. Everfit\'s coach interface is English-only, and its client app added several languages in 2026 (French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian) but does not include the Nordic languages. Kahunas presents its site and help center in English and is best described as English-first. If your clients coach in their own language, particularly a Nordic one, that is a gap to weigh on both.

Which should you pick?

The decision comes down to a few honest questions: do you want a free start or a flat price, how important is a fully branded app, how central is nutrition, and what is your client count? Here is the fair way to land it.

• You want to start free and test before you spend. Everfit. Its forever-free Starter tier for up to 5 clients lets you run real clients with no commitment, and the per-client slider means you only pay more as you grow.
• You want a fully branded iOS and Android app at a flat, predictable price. Kahunas. The branded app with your own store listings is bundled into Ultimate at USD 99 per month, where Everfit reserves a full white-label app for Enterprise at custom pricing.
• You have a large client list and want one flat fee. Kahunas Ultimate gives you unlimited clients at USD 99 per month. On Everfit, the same caseload sits further up the Pro or Studio slider, plus any add-ons you need.
• You want built-in nutrition tracking out of the box. Kahunas includes a large verified-food database and macro tracking in the platform, where Everfit charges meal plans as a paid add-on. If you want coach-authored recipe content specifically, weigh that against either tool.
• You want the lowest possible entry cost. Everfit, because of the forever-free Starter tier. As you scale, run the Pro slider and add-ons against Kahunas\'s flat tiers to see which wins at your number.
• You want deep built-in nutrition content and a client app in your clients\' own language. Neither of these two is built for that head-on. Coachway is the honest third option here: training, nutrition, and check-ins in one workflow, 1,100+ recipes and 3,900+ ingredients built in, your own Stripe, and a branded client app reviewed by native speakers in all six supported languages, Danish through German.

Still weighing it up? Our walkthrough on choosing an online coaching platform turns this into a step-by-step shortlist, and our Coachway vs Everfit and Coachway vs Kahunas comparisons go deeper if either of these is on your shortlist next to Coachway.

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