Tandem vs My PT Hub — Which Personal Trainer App Is Free?

My PT Hub is one of the longest-running personal trainer platforms on the market. It covers coaching management well. Tandem is a newer platform with a different emphasis on real-time data and a free pricing model. Here’s how they compare in 2026.

My PT Hub: Established, Broad, Paid

My PT Hub has been serving personal trainers since 2013. Its feature set is comprehensive: workout planning, client management, nutrition tracking, progress tracking, habit management and payment processing. For coaches looking for an all-in-one business management tool, My PT Hub covers most bases. Its nutrition tracking relies on a standard food database approach — clients search and log, data is available for coach review. The approach works but lacks the real-time immediacy and flexibility of photo/voice logging.

Tandem: Newer, More Focused, Free

Tandem doesn’t include payment processing or client invoicing — it’s focused purely on the coaching relationship. Within that focus, it goes deeper than My PT Hub on specific features: photo, voice and text nutrition logging visible to coaches in real time, native Apple Watch integration, animated exercise demonstrations and water intake tracking per client. Tandem is free. My PT Hub operates on a subscription model that increases with the number of clients.

Choosing Between Them

If you need an all-in-one coaching business platform that includes payment processing and client invoicing, My PT Hub is worth evaluating. If your priority is coaching quality — specifically nutrition visibility, health data integration and workout delivery with technique guidance — Tandem provides a more focused and free alternative. Many coaches use Tandem for the coaching layer and separate tools for business administration. The specialisation typically results in better coaching outcomes than using a single platform that does everything adequately but nothing excellently.