comparison · checked 12 november 2026

Kahunas alternative for personal trainers: apps for in-person and online clients, compared on booking, programming and payments.

If you train some clients in person and some online, you need four things from one app: programming, a client app, a way to book sessions and a way to get paid. Booking is where these apps differ most. This page reads each vendor's own pages for all four. For a wider list that is not only for trainers, see our Kahunas alternatives guide.

By Markus Evers · Published 12 November 2026

Disclosure: we build Coachway, which competes with Kahunas and with every platform on this page. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by Kahunas or any of them. We read each vendor's own pages on 12 November 2026. Kahunas, or any platform listed, can send a correction or a statement to [email protected] and we will add it. How we checked, and our sources.

the short answer

For a trainer with in-person clients, the deciding question is session booking. Kahunas lists a calendar where clients request a session from their app and you approve it, and Everfit, Trainerize, My PT Hub, Superset and FitBudd each list session booking on their own pages. Coachway has no session booking, so a Coachway trainer pairs it with a booking link; pick on booking first, then programming, the client app and payments.

in kahunas's own words

What does Kahunas offer a personal trainer?

The baseline first, from Kahunas's own pages, checked 12 November 2026.

Programming. Its Kahunas 2.0 post lists sessions with supersets, circuits, EMOM and Tabata, from 1,700+ exercise videos or your own uploads and YouTube links.
Client app. On a seats plan, clients open a web app from your link and add it to their home screen (Kahunas install guide, checked 12 November 2026). A business still on the legacy mobile apps keeps them, as that guide says. A version with your logo and colour is listed from 200 seats on kahunas.io/pricing. More on the change is in our Kahunas 2.0 update guide.
Booking. The guide Managing your schedule describes events, working hours, repeating appointments and a Requests section where client appointments wait for you to approve or decline them. We did not find a public booking link for new clients or session credits.
Payments. Subscriptions, one-off packages and split payments through your own Stripe or PayPal account, with "0% Kahunas commission". A package can be set to Offline, to "handle payment outside online checkout".
Price. $5.00 a seat a month at 3 to 24 seats, a 3-seat minimum, and a 14-day trial with the card taken at sign-up. Its calendar page adds "a 3-month money-back guarantee". Kahunas says existing coaches keep their plan and price: "You keep your current plan, price and features until you choose a seat plan yourself on Your plan. We never move you."

Some trainers say they like Kahunas. The rest of this page is for the trainer who wants to see what else exists: a different booking setup, a free plan to start on, or a different price shape.

at a glance

Personal trainer apps like Kahunas, side by side

Every cell is what that vendor's own pages said on 12 November 2026. "None listed" means the page we read has no booking line, not that the product cannot book. Prices are list prices and change.

Twelve coaching platforms compared on session booking, payments, free plan or trial and entry price, from each vendor's own pages, checked 12 November 2026
Platform	Booking and scheduling	Payments	Free plan or trial	Entry price listed
Kahunas	Calendar; you approve client requests	Own Stripe or PayPal, 0% commission	14 days, card at sign-up; 3-month money-back guarantee listed	$5.00 a seat, 3-seat minimum
Everfit	Clients book in the app	Add-on from $9, session credits	Free, up to 5 clients	Pro from $19, 5 clients
Trainerize	Appointments and classes; Business add-on $25	Stripe add-on $10	Free, 1 client; 30 days	From $10, 2 clients
My PT Hub	1-to-1; groups on Premium	From Starter	Free, 1 client; 30 days	EUR 25, 3 clients
Superset	Booking links, session packs	Stripe; Base adds 4%	14 days, no payment details	Base $39, 10 clients
FitBudd	Add-on, $50 a month	Add-on on Starter	30 days, no card	$15, 2 clients
TrainerStudio	Group classes, waitlists	Stripe (Beta)	Free, 3 active clients	Not read
HubFit	None listed	From Premium	Free, 2 clients	$31, billed annually, 50 clients
TrueCoach	None listed	Stripe, included	14 days, no card	$26.34 billed annually, 5 clients
PT Distinction	None listed	Packages and payments	1 month free	$19.90, 3 clients
Hevy Coach	None listed	None listed	30 days, no card	$25, 1 to 10 clients
Coachway	No booking	Own Stripe; 2.4% plus Stripe fees	No free plan	See pricing page

in their own words

Apps like Kahunas that list session booking

Six platforms describe booking on their own pages. They are listed in alphabetical order.

Everfit

Booking and scheduling: Clients book, reschedule and cancel in the app, and Google Calendar blocks your busy times. Included in all paid plans per its FAQ. Recurring group sessions: "Not yet."
Programming and client app: Workout builder, 1000+ exercises or your own videos, client and coach apps for iOS and Android.
Payments: Payments & Packages add-on from $9 a month: subscriptions, one-time packages and, per its booking page, session credits.
Free plan, trial and price: Starter is free for up to 5 clients. Pro from $19 a month for 5 clients. No credit card required.

Source, checked 12 November 2026: everfit.io/booking , everfit.io/pricing

FitBudd

Booking and scheduling: Appointments add-on, $50 a month on Pro and Super Pro: "Online, offline & hybrid booking". Included in Creator and Studio Elite.
Programming and client app: Client app for iOS and Android, workout builder, nutrition library, macros tracker, check-ins. White-labelled app on Super Pro ($149, plus a one-time $75 setup fee).
Payments: Custom Website & Payments is a Starter add-on. Super Pro lists Apple Pay and Google Pay.
Free plan, trial and price: Starter $15 a month for 2 clients, then $4 each. Pro $79 for 20 clients. 30-day trial, no credit card.

Source, checked 12 November 2026: fitbudd.com/pricing

My PT Hub

Booking and scheduling: Starter lists 1-to-1 bookings. Premium adds group bookings, classes and live streams.
Programming and client app: Client app for iOS and Android. Starter: 50 workouts and 50 nutrition plans. Premium: unlimited, plus an AI workout builder.
Payments: Payment processing from Starter. A white label app with its own store listing is a EUR 145 a month add-on, as shown in Europe.
Free plan, trial and price: Lite is free for 1 client. Starter EUR 25 a month for 3 clients, Premium EUR 59 with unlimited clients, as shown to a visitor in Europe (the page also lists first-3-month discounts and may show another currency elsewhere). 30-day trial, no card details.

Source, checked 12 November 2026: mypthub.net/pricing

Superset

Booking and scheduling: Pro lists booking links and session packs. "Clients book straight into your calendar", with two-way sync for Google, iCloud and Outlook. Classes add-on, $49 a month.
Programming and client app: 3,000+ exercises with demo videos, coach and client apps, small group training from an iPad.
Payments: Stripe. Base adds a 4 percent fee on each client payment. Pro and Business add no Superset fee.
Free plan, trial and price: Base $39 a month, billed yearly, for 10 clients. Pro $99 for 25. 14 days free, no payment details.

Source, checked 12 November 2026: supersetapp.com/pricing

TrainerStudio

Booking and scheduling: The calendar runs group classes with capacity limits and waitlists, and books rooms or equipment. We found no line on the page about clients booking one-to-one sessions themselves.
Programming and client app: Supersets, circuits, 1RM maths, nutrition and chat. It says it works the same online, in person or hybrid. Branded app in every plan.
Payments: Stripe payment links and automatic subscriptions, labelled Beta. Cash or bank transfer can be logged by hand.
Free plan, trial and price: Free for up to 3 active clients, no time limit, no credit card. Paid price follows your clients and country; we did not read an amount.

Source, checked 12 November 2026: trainerstudio.com/en/pricing

Trainerize

Booking and scheduling: "Run free or paid 1-1 appointments, group sessions and classes, consultations, and more", with client self-booking and calendar sync. Its features page lists in-app booking of appointments and classes, and consultations from your Trainerize.me profile, with the Business add-on ($25 a month on its pricing page).
Programming and client app: AI Workout Builder, custom client programs, exercise library, meal and macro tracking, iOS and Android app. It lists in-person, hybrid and online training.
Payments: Stripe Integrated Payments add-on, $10 a month. Business add-on, $25 a month, lists scheduling and payments.
Free plan, trial and price: Free plan for 1 client. Paid from $10 a month on its pricing FAQ (Grow, up to 2 clients); annual billing saves 10%. 30 days free, no credit card.

Source, checked 12 November 2026: trainerize.com/features , trainerize.com/pricing

programming first

Personal trainer apps with no session booking listed

Four more platforms come up for trainers. HubFit, TrueCoach and PT Distinction list programming, a client app and client payments; Hevy Coach lists programming and a client app. None of the four lists appointment booking on the pages we read. If you book sessions elsewhere, that may not matter.

HubFit. Free for up to 2 clients. Standard is $31 a month, billed annually, for 50 clients, described as "Best for getting started, whether you coach in person or online". Payments & packages start at Premium, $55 a month billed annually. Source: hubfit.com/pricing, checked 12 November 2026.
TrueCoach. Plans start at $26.34 a month billed annually ($29.98 month to month), for up to 5 active clients. Every plan lists "Free Automated Payments", "powered by Stripe". 14 days free, no credit card. Source: truecoach.co/pricing, checked 12 November 2026.
PT Distinction. $19.90 a month includes 3 clients and $59.90 includes 25, with a one-month free trial. It schedules programs and messages for clients, and says Zapier can link booking software. Sources: pricing and features, checked 12 November 2026.
Hevy Coach. $25 a month for 1 to 10 clients, 30 days free, no credit card. The coach app lets you "log clients' workouts on live sessions", the in-person case. Source: hevycoach.com/pricing, checked 12 November 2026.

our own product, said plainly

Where does Coachway fit for a personal trainer?

Coachway is built for coaching you deliver through the app: programs, check-ins, nutrition and payments. It is not a booking tool.

What it does

A workout builder with 1,700+ library exercises with demos, your own video up to 150 MB or a YouTube link, and RIR, RPE and tempo per set.
It is month to month, with no contract.
Check-ins arrive as one card in the chat, and you reply in the same thread.
Clients log food in the app. The AI food log gives an estimate, and nothing logs until the client taps Add.
The client app and coach dashboard come in eight languages, five of them reviewed by native-speaking coaches.
Clients pay into your own Stripe account, through payments you set up as ongoing or for a set number of months.

What it does not do

No booking calendar, no client self-booking and no session credits.
No free plan.
No white-label app. Clients use the Coachway app, with your programs, plans and prices inside it.
A 2.4% fee per transaction on payments, plus Stripe's fees. Kahunas lists 0% commission, and it costs less per client than Coachway.

A trainer who sells timed sessions uses a separate booking link for the diary. Our guide to personal training scheduling software compares those tools. Coachway's prices are on the pricing page.

by the way you work

Which personal trainer app fits which kind of trainer?

This follows from what the pages above list.

Most of your income is booked sessions, sold in packs. Look at Everfit (credits with its Payments add-on) and Superset (session packs in Pro).
You run small groups or classes. My PT Hub (Premium), TrainerStudio, Superset (add-on) and Trainerize each list classes or group bookings.
You need programs and tracking, and book sessions elsewhere. HubFit, Hevy Coach and TrueCoach list no booking, so you keep your own booking link. That is also the Coachway setup.
You are mostly online with a few in-person clients. Kahunas lists calendar requests you approve for that. With Coachway you handle the few bookings outside the app.
You want to start free. Trainerize, Everfit, HubFit, My PT Hub and TrainerStudio list free plans. Kahunas and Coachway do not.

if you decide to leave

Moving a trainer's clients from Kahunas to another app

Whichever app you pick, plan the move before you cancel. Client payment subscriptions have to be set up again, and booked sessions need a new home too. Our guide on how to switch from Kahunas lists the steps and what Kahunas lets you export.

leaving kahunas?

We move you to Coachway in one day, free.

Sign up on coachway.io/kahunas/ and the checkout shows 30 days free. Card required, nothing is charged during your free month. Tell us what to move and a person from our team does the migration with you. We tell you what moves before anything changes, and client payment subscriptions are set up again on your own Stripe.

Coachway is not affiliated with or endorsed by Kahunas.

See the switch offer

questions trainers are asking

Apps like Kahunas for personal trainers, frequently asked.

What is a good personal trainer app like Kahunas?

It depends on whether you need session booking. Everfit, Trainerize, My PT Hub, Superset and FitBudd each list booking on their own pages. HubFit, TrueCoach and PT Distinction list programming, a client app and payments, and Hevy Coach lists programming and a client app, but none of the four lists appointment booking on the pages we read. Checked 12 November 2026.

Does Kahunas have session booking for personal trainers?

Kahunas has a calendar on every plan. Its help guide describes working hours, repeating appointments and a Requests section where client appointment requests wait for you to approve or decline. We did not find a public booking link or session credits described. Checked on help.kahunas.app on 12 November 2026.

Which apps like Kahunas let clients book sessions themselves?

By their own pages: Everfit (clients book, reschedule and cancel in the app), Trainerize (client self-booking, with the Business add-on) and Superset (booking links on Pro, "Clients book straight into your calendar"). Kahunas lets clients request a session from their app calendar, and you approve it. My PT Hub lists 1-to-1 bookings and FitBudd an Appointments add-on at $50 a month; their pricing pages do not say whether clients book themselves. Checked 12 November 2026. Plans change, so confirm on each page.

Does Coachway have session booking?

No. Coachway has no booking calendar, no client self-booking and no session credits. It runs programs, check-ins, nutrition and payments for clients you coach through the app. A trainer who sells timed sessions pairs it with a separate booking link tool.

Is there a free personal trainer app like Kahunas?

Several vendors list a free plan: Trainerize (1 client), Everfit (up to 5), HubFit (up to 2), My PT Hub Lite (1) and TrainerStudio (up to 3 active clients). Kahunas starts with a 14-day trial that takes a card at sign-up, then $5.00 a seat a month, and its calendar page lists "a 3-month money-back guarantee". Coachway has no free plan. Checked 12 November 2026.

How do payments differ between Kahunas and Coachway?

Both let clients pay into your own Stripe account. Kahunas says it takes 0% commission on your sales, and Stripe or PayPal fees still apply. Coachway takes 2.4% per transaction, plus Stripe's fees. On price, Kahunas costs less per client than Coachway. Checked on kahunas.io/pricing on 12 November 2026.

disclosure and sources

Coachway is our product, and it competes with Kahunas and with every platform listed here. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them. Every vendor fact on this page comes from the vendor's own pages, read on 12 November 2026:

Kahunas: kahunas.io/pricing, kahunas.io/blog/kahunas-2-0, kahunas.io/features/calendar, help.kahunas.app: Managing your schedule, help.kahunas.app: Creating a coaching package, help.kahunas.app: Installing the Kahunas app
Everfit: everfit.io/booking, everfit.io/pricing
Trainerize: trainerize.com/features, trainerize.com/pricing
My PT Hub: mypthub.net/pricing
Superset: supersetapp.com/pricing
FitBudd: fitbudd.com/pricing
TrainerStudio: trainerstudio.com/en/pricing
HubFit: hubfit.com/pricing. TrueCoach: truecoach.co/pricing. PT Distinction: pricing, features. Hevy Coach: hevycoach.com/pricing

Quoted words are each vendor's own. Plans and prices change, so confirm them on the vendor's page. If a vendor wants to send a correction or a statement, write to [email protected] and we will update the page and its date.

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