Women's fitness coaching software: 6 platforms compared for coaches whose clients are mostly women.
For coaches whose clients are mostly women, Coachway fits if you coach training and nutrition together (EUR 69/month incl. 5 clients, then EUR 9 per extra; USD 79 + 10, GBP 59 + 8), Kahunas if a built-in cycle tracker decides it, and Everfit for a free start. Look for programs you can adjust by trimester or recovery stage, nutrition targets per client, one-to-one check-ins on cycle, sleep, symptoms and pelvic-floor comfort, and a community feed. Coachway's gap: no built-in cycle tracking, so you ask about the cycle in a custom check-in form.
By Markus Evers · Updated November 2026
the short version
If most of your clients are women and you coach their training and their food, the women's fitness coaching software to pick is Coachway: programs with 1,800+ exercise videos, meal plans from 1,100+ recipes with calorie and macro targets per client and per weekday, custom check-in forms, chat with voice notes and video messages, and a Communities feed, in one plan at EUR 69/month including 5 clients, EUR 9 per extra.
- Kahunas if a built-in cycle tracker matters most: it is on every Kahunas plan, and the client decides what you see.
- Everfit for a free start: Everfit Starter is free for up to 5 clients, with Community Forums from Pro.
- Trainerize for workout-first coaching, with Trainerize groups and challenges from Pro.
- My PT Hub for unlimited clients at one flat rate, EUR 59/month on My PT Hub Premium.
Looking for an app to train yourself, such as Sweat, EvolveYou or Expect? Those are consumer apps; this page is for coaches who run their own clients.
Where Coachway is not the pick: if you want cycle tracking built into the client app (Coachway has none; you ask in the check-in form), if challenges and leaderboards drive your group (Coachway has no challenges module), if you need class booking, or if you need a free plan (Coachway has a 14-day trial, not a free tier).
Try Coachway with one real client for 14 daysWhat should women's fitness coaching software do?
Women's fitness coaching software should do six things: programs you can change by stage, nutrition targets per client, a check-in you write yourself, a way to see trends, a community where clients support each other, and clear privacy over who sees what. It is coaching software, not a consumer app: if you want a workout app to train yourself, Sweat or EvolveYou are the kind of apps that come up, and they are not built to run your own clients.
- Programs you can adjust by stage. A builder with supersets, tempo, RPE and exercise alternatives, so you can write a block per trimester, per postpartum stage or per perimenopause phase and swap a movement when it stops feeling right. For strength programming for women, see our Meg Squats breakdown.
- Nutrition targets per client. Calorie and macro targets set per client and per weekday, meal plans she can follow, and food logging she can turn down. In Coachway you choose one of four access levels per client (full, standard, photo-only or plan-only), so a client who should not count calories does not have to. On fuelling, see Steph Gaudreau on fueling female athletes.
- A check-in you write yourself. Questions on energy, sleep, symptoms, cycle and pelvic-floor comfort, next to photos and measurements. A fixed check-in template that cannot ask these is the most common gap.
- Trends, not single days. Weight, measurements and photos charted over weeks, so a heavier week around her period or a bad night's sleep does not get read as a setback.
- A community feed. If your program runs on peer support, clients need a place to share wins, recipes and questions without a Facebook group.
- Privacy and a referral line. Cycle, pregnancy and symptom answers are sensitive, so keep them in one-to-one check-ins, not in a group. Tell clients why you ask, get their consent, and mark the cycle and pregnancy questions optional. And know where coaching stops: pelvic-floor dysfunction, diastasis recti beyond general guidance, medical conditions and eating-disorder signals go to a qualified professional.
Is there an app for pre- and postnatal coaching?
There are two kinds. Consumer apps such as Expect, FitMama or Get Mom Strong are for a woman training on her own through pregnancy and postpartum. Pre- and postnatal coaching software is for you as the coach: you write the program for each stage, read her check-ins and adjust. On the coach side you do not need a special prenatal app: you need a builder that lets you write phases and regressions, and a check-in form that can screen for symptoms.
In Coachway that looks like this: one program per stage (first, second and third trimester, early postpartum, return to load), with an alternative on every exercise that may need regressing. Onboarding asks how she gave birth (vaginal or caesarean) and whether she is breastfeeding. The weekly check-in asks about energy, sleep, pain and pelvic-floor symptoms such as leaking, heaviness or pressure. Automations can drip your education content week by week, and chat with voice notes and video messages lets her send a form check you would otherwise do in person. She starts, or keeps training, only after her provider has cleared her, and you program inside that clearance.
Where coaching stops
If a check-in flags leaking, heaviness, doming that does not settle with a regression, or pain, regress the movement and refer her to a pelvic-floor physiotherapist. Diastasis recti beyond general guidance and any medical concern go to her provider. In pregnancy, bleeding, dizziness, regular contractions, severe pain, calf pain or swelling, or a gush of fluid mean she stops and contacts her provider. The software helps you notice; it does not make you the clinician.
The full method is in how to coach prenatal and postpartum clients online. For training athletes through pregnancy, see Brianna Battles on pregnancy and postpartum coaching, and for runners, Jessie Mundell on the postpartum return to running.
What do perimenopause and menopause clients need from coaching software?
Coaching perimenopause and menopause clients online is mostly strength, protein, steps and sleep, adjusted to how she recovers that week. The software needs to carry three things. A strength program with RPE, so the load follows her recovery rather than a fixed number. A protein and calorie target set for her, not a template. And a check-in that asks about sleep, hot flashes and night sweats, joint comfort, mood and energy, so you see the trend before you change the plan.
In Coachway you write the program in the workout builder with RPE and tempo, set her calorie and macro targets per client and per weekday, and add your own symptom questions to the custom check-in form. Steps sync from Apple Health or Health Connect, and she gets a step goal with progress rings in the app. Some symptoms are for her doctor, not for you: any bleeding after 12 months without a period, very heavy bleeding, chest pain or palpitations, low mood that does not lift, and any question about HRT or medication.
For the training side, see Debra Atkinson on strength training after menopause and Stacy Sims on female physiology. The coaching method is in how to coach clients through perimenopause and menopause, building a niche around it in how to become a menopause fitness coach, and coaching women over 40 in how to coach menopausal clients online.
Do I need cycle tracking in the coaching app?
Usually not. A 2020 meta-analysis (McNulty et al., Sports Medicine) found the average effect of cycle phase on performance trivial and highly individual, so you do not program a client from a chart. Coachway has no tracker, so weigh that, but the evidence points the same way. You track her own symptoms and training across two to three cycles, look for a pattern that belongs to her, and adjust load or volume when it shows up. A weekly check-in does that job for most coaches. Our guide on how to coach clients around the menstrual cycle covers the evidence and the method.
Some tools do build it in. Kahunas lists a menstrual cycle tracker on every Kahunas plan: the client logs periods, symptoms and energy privately and chooses whether you see her period dates, her dates plus symptoms and energy, or nothing. 1FIT's cycle tracking is named in a coach testimonial on 1fit.com, but 1FIT has no feature page for it, so test it in a trial. Everfit, Trainerize and My PT Hub list no cycle tracker on their pricing or feature pages (checked 4 November 2026).
Coachway has no built-in cycle tracking. You ask about the cycle inside a custom check-in form, which you build by drag and drop. A simple set:
- First day of your last period, if you track it.
- Cycle symptoms this week (cramps, bloating, fatigue, headaches), rated 0 to 5.
- Training energy this week, rated 0 to 5.
- Any change in contraception or medication since your last check-in.
A period that stops or goes missing in a client who trains hard or eats little is a referral to her doctor, not a programming change; see the menstrual cycle guide on RED-S.
Tell clients at onboarding why you ask and that they do not have to answer. Some clients have no natural cycle to track, for example on the combined pill, during pregnancy, while breastfeeding or after menopause, so the same form can carry postpartum or perimenopause questions instead. See how the check-in form builder works.
Which coaching apps have a community for female clients?
Coachway has Communities, live since October 2026: a shared feed inside the client app where clients post, react, answer your polls and swap recipes and workouts. It is on the same plan as everything else, from the first client. Check-ins and chat stay one-to-one, so a postpartum client's symptom answers never land in the group. Coachway has no challenges module, and more group coaching features are on the way.
Among the others, Everfit has Community Forums from Pro, with leaderboards and challenges in its Autoflow add-on. Trainerize has groups and challenges from Pro. My PT Hub puts community features on Premium. Kahunas lists Communities from 100 seats on its pricing page (checked 4 November 2026). 1FIT has group chats from its Growth plan.
How to keep a feed alive is in how to build an engaged online fitness community; if groups are your main product, compare the field in group coaching software.
How do the platforms compare for women's fitness coaching?
For a coach whose clients are mostly women and who coaches training and nutrition together, Coachway is the pick: meal planning, check-ins, chat and a community feed sit on one plan, and the client app and coach dashboard run in eight languages. Kahunas is the pick if a built-in cycle tracker is the deciding feature. The table compares six platforms on the jobs that matter for this kind of coaching.
| Software | Fits best | Cycle tracking | Nutrition | Check-ins | Community | Price signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coachway | Coaches who run training and nutrition together and want check-ins, chat and a community feed in one plan | No built-in cycle tracking; you ask about the cycle in a custom check-in form | Meal planner with 1,100+ recipes, per-client and per-weekday calorie and macro targets, food logging with barcode scanning | Custom check-in forms with photos and measurements, charted automatically | Communities feed (live since October 2026): posts, reactions, polls, recipe and workout swaps | EUR 69/mo incl. 5 clients, then EUR 9 per extra |
| Kahunas | Kahunas: coaches who want a built-in cycle tracker and per-seat pricing | Kahunas: built-in cycle tracker on every plan; the client decides whether you see period dates, symptoms and energy, or nothing | Kahunas: verified-food and barcode tracker; recipes from 25 seats | Kahunas: check-in forms on every plan, with progress-photo overlays | Kahunas: Communities from 100 seats | Kahunas: USD 5.00 per seat a month at 3 to 24 seats |
| Everfit | Everfit: the cheapest start, with Starter free for up to 5 clients | Everfit: no cycle tracker listed on its pricing page (4 Nov 2026) | Everfit: basic meal plans on Pro; Meal Plans add-on | Everfit: forms and questionnaires from Pro | Everfit: Community Forums from Pro; leaderboards and challenges in the Autoflow add-on | Everfit: free up to 5 clients; Pro USD 19/mo at 5 |
| Trainerize | Trainerize: workout-first coaching with a mature builder | Trainerize: no cycle tracker listed on its features or pricing page (4 Nov 2026) | Trainerize: meal and macro tracking; Advanced Nutrition add-on | Trainerize: consultation forms from Grow, custom consultation forms on Pro; progress photos and body stats | Trainerize: groups and challenges from Pro | Trainerize: free for 1 client; Pro from USD 25/mo at 5 |
| My PT Hub | My PT Hub: unlimited clients at one flat rate | My PT Hub: no cycle tracker listed on its features or pricing page (4 Nov 2026) | My PT Hub: meal-plan builder with your own recipes | My PT Hub: automated client check-ins on Premium; Check-Ins AI is a paid add-on | My PT Hub: community features on Premium | My PT Hub: EUR 59/mo Premium, unlimited clients |
| 1FIT | 1FIT: coaches who want phased client roadmaps and custom check-ins | 1FIT: in-app cycle tracking named in a coach testimonial on 1fit.com, with no feature page for it (4 Nov 2026) | 1FIT: recipes from the Growth plan | 1FIT: custom check-ins on every plan | 1FIT: group chats from the Growth plan | 1FIT: Basic from GBP 40/mo up to 10 clients, GBP 4 per extra |
Coachway is our own product. Competitor facts come from our dated reviews and price index and from each vendor's own pages, checked on 4 November 2026 where noted; prices and features change, so check the vendor's current page before you buy. For the wider field see personal trainer software rankings and fitness trainer software, compared.
What does women's fitness coaching software cost at 5, 20 and 50 clients?
Coachway costs EUR 69 a month at 5 clients, EUR 204 at 20 and EUR 474 at 50 (USD 79, 229 and 529; GBP 59, 179 and 419), with every feature on one plan, Communities included. At every client count in the table several tools cost less on the base price; check what each one needs before the features on this page are switched on, such as a community tier or a nutrition add-on. The subscription takes no share of your coaching revenue; built-in payments cost 2.4% per transaction. Add-ons, payment fees and taxes are not in the table, and currencies are not converted.
| Software | Currency | 5 clients | 20 clients | 50 clients | Plan or note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coachway | EUR | 69 | 204 | 474 | One plan, every feature, including Communities |
| Kahunas | USD | 25 | 62.50 | 100 | Kahunas: per seat; Communities need 100 seats |
| Everfit | USD | 19 (Starter free) | 49 | 95 | Everfit Pro; add-ons and payment fees separate |
| Trainerize | USD | 25 | 79 | 135 | Trainerize Pro; payments and advanced nutrition are add-ons |
| My PT Hub | EUR | 59 | 59 | 59 | My PT Hub Premium, unlimited clients |
| 1FIT | GBP | see vendor | see vendor | see vendor | 1FIT: not in our price index; Basic from GBP 40/mo up to 10 clients on 1fit.com (4 Nov 2026) |
Everfit and Trainerize prices from our price index (rechecked 4 November 2026 at 5, 20 and 50 clients); Kahunas and My PT Hub checked on 4 November 2026. Their source links and dates are in the coaching software pricing index; 1FIT's starting price is from its own pricing page, checked 4 November 2026.
Can clients use the app in their own language?
In Coachway, yes for eight languages: the client app and the coach dashboard run in English, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, German, Dutch and Spanish, and each client picks her own. The Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and German versions are reviewed by native-speaking coaches. That matters most for the questions that are hardest to answer in a second language, about symptoms, sleep and how her body feels. Trainerize's App Store listing shows English only, and in our November 2026 checks the Kahunas and My PT Hub websites did not state which languages their client apps support, so ask each vendor. The full list is on the languages page.
One check-in that asks what you actually need to know.
Say a client is eight months postpartum and back to lifting three times a week. You write her block in the workout builder with an alternative on every exercise that may need regressing, and set her calorie and protein targets per weekday, allowing for whether she is still breastfeeding. On Sunday she sends her check-in: weight, measurements and photos, plus your questions on sleep, energy, pelvic-floor comfort and her cycle if it has returned. You read it on her Power Panel next to her training log and latest messages, reply with a voice note, and she shares her favourite high-protein breakfast in the Communities feed.
Coachway costs EUR 69 a month including up to 5 active clients, then EUR 9 per extra active client, with every feature on one plan. Clients pay you through your own Stripe account.
Which women's fitness coaching software should you pick?
- You coach women's strength and fat loss, training and food together. Coachway, because the program, meal plan, food log, check-in, chat and community feed sit in one plan from the first client.
- You coach pre- and postnatal clients. Coachway or any platform here with a check-in form you can write yourself; the stage programs and the symptom screen are yours, and the referral line is the same everywhere.
- You coach perimenopause and menopause clients. Coachway for strength with RPE, per-client protein targets and symptom questions in one check-in.
- A built-in cycle tracker is the deciding feature. Kahunas, where it is on every Kahunas plan.
- You need to start at zero. Everfit, free for up to 5 clients on Everfit Starter.
Already on another platform? Whether we can move your clients depends on where you are coming from: from some platforms our team moves your clients over for you, free. See switching to Coachway for what applies to yours.
Frequently asked questions about women's fitness coaching software.
What is the best software for women's fitness coaches?
If you coach women on training and nutrition together, Coachway: programs with 1,800+ exercise videos, meal plans from 1,100+ recipes with per-client calorie and macro targets, custom check-in forms, chat with voice notes and video messages, and a Communities feed, in one plan at EUR 69 a month including 5 clients and EUR 9 per extra (USD 79 + 10, GBP 59 + 8). Coachway has no built-in cycle tracking, so you ask about the cycle in your check-in form. If a built-in cycle tracker matters most, look at Kahunas; for a free start, Everfit; for unlimited clients at a flat rate, My PT Hub.
Is there a coaching app with menstrual cycle tracking?
Yes. Kahunas lists a built-in menstrual cycle tracker on every plan, where the client logs periods, symptoms and energy and decides what the coach sees. 1FIT's cycle tracking shows up in a coach testimonial on its site, so confirm it in a trial. Everfit, Trainerize and My PT Hub list no cycle tracker on their pricing or feature pages (checked 4 November 2026). Coachway has no built-in cycle tracking either; most coaches ask about the cycle in the weekly check-in form instead.
Can I coach pre- and postnatal clients with coaching software?
Yes. Write a program per stage (each trimester, early postpartum, return to load), give each exercise a regression or alternative, and put the screening questions in the weekly check-in: energy, sleep, pain, and pelvic-floor symptoms such as leaking, heaviness or pressure. Start only after the client has clearance from her provider, and refer out for pelvic-floor dysfunction, diastasis recti beyond general guidance and any medical concern. Consumer apps such as Expect or FitMama exist for women training alone; coaching software is for the coach who writes the plan.
What should I ask female clients in a weekly check-in?
Ask what changes your decisions: training energy and sleep, hunger and digestion, joint comfort, mood and stress, and, for clients who want it, where they are in their cycle or which perimenopause symptoms showed up that week. For pre- and postnatal clients add pelvic-floor comfort and any pain. Tell clients why you ask and that they do not have to answer the cycle questions. Missing periods, symptoms that point to a medical issue and eating-disorder signals are a referral, not a programming change.
Does Coachway have a community for female clients?
Yes. Communities has been live in Coachway since October 2026: a shared feed where clients post, react, answer polls and swap recipes and workouts, on the same plan as everything else. Check-ins and chat stay one-to-one between you and each client. Coachway has no challenges module, and more group coaching features are on the way.
How much does women's fitness coaching software cost?
Coachway costs EUR 69 a month at 5 clients, EUR 204 at 20 and EUR 474 at 50, with every feature on one plan. On month-to-month billing, our dated price data shows Kahunas at USD 25, 62.50 and 100, Everfit Pro at USD 19, 49 and 95, Trainerize Pro at USD 25, 79 and 135, and My PT Hub Premium at EUR 59 at every count. Add-ons, payment fees and taxes come on top, so confirm the total on each vendor page.
Is the client app available in my clients' language?
In Coachway, yes for eight languages: the client app and the coach dashboard run in English, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, German, Dutch and Spanish, and each client picks her own. Trainerize's App Store listing shows English only, and in our November 2026 checks the Kahunas and My PT Hub websites did not state which languages their client apps support, so ask each vendor.
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