MuscleBuddy vs Everfit: which is better in 2026?
A coaching platform for fitness, nutrition, and habit coaches with a free starter tier and modular add-ons.
MuscleBuddy (musclebuddy.net) is a training and nutrition app for the web and Android. It builds your workout program, raises or holds your weights from the sets you log, and moves your macro targets with your weigh-in trend, showing the rule behind every change. It is free to start. Pro is $9.99 a month. The Coach tier is $29.99 a month for up to 20 active clients: the coach manages each client's program, reviews their check-ins, and can override any automatic change.
| Feature | MuscleBuddy | Everfit |
|---|---|---|
| Smart progression (auto-adjust load/reps) | Yes | Not verified |
| Nutrition tracking with auto-adjusting macros | Yes | No |
| Health module (recovery, wearables, bloodwork) | Yes | No |
| Coach/client management (in the main app) | Yes | Yes |
| Offline-first PWA | Yes | No |
| AI-powered check-in analysis | Yes | Not verified |
| Custom programming templates | Yes | Yes |
| Medication dose and side-effect log beside the day's food (GLP-1) | Yes | Not verified |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid tier | $9.99/mo | $16.00/mo |
Starter is free (5 clients). Pro starts at $19/mo ($16/mo billed annually) for 5 clients and scales with roster size to $290/mo ($242/mo annually) at 300 clients. Studio starts at $105/mo ($88/mo annually) for 50 clients and scales to $430/mo ($358/mo annually) at 500. Enterprise is contact-sales. Add-ons (autoflow, meal plans, payments) priced separately.
When to choose Everfit
Everfit is the right pick if you want a coaching platform with a generous free starter tier (5 clients) and an a-la-carte add-on model so you only pay for the modules you use. Their Pro tier starts at $19/mo ($16/mo billed annually) for 5 clients and scales up with roster size, and includes habit coaching, food journals and macro tracking, basic meal plans, and a custom-branded app.
The Studio tier ($105-$430/mo depending on roster size, $88-$358 annually) adds group chat, broadcast messages, on-demand programs, and team-member management, which is useful if you run a small coaching team. The modular add-ons (autoflow, on-demand collections, meal plans, payments) let you ramp into power-user features without committing to an Enterprise contract. Habit coaches and nutrition coaches especially seem to land here.
When MuscleBuddy is the better fit
MuscleBuddy wins on what the app does with a client's logged data, and on a flat seat fee that is easy to read.
Everfit's Pro tier scales with roster size: at 20 clients it is already $49/mo before any add-on, against the MuscleBuddy Coach seat fee of $29.99/mo for the same 20 clients, and autoflow, payments, and meal plans are extra on top of that. MuscleBuddy also takes a 20-30% share of client billing, which Everfit's published plans do not list, so total cost depends on what your clients pay you. Everfit's per-client price does fall faster than ours once a roster grows well past 20, so a coach running a much larger book on Pro or Studio can end up paying less per head; we don't match that scaling.
On the training side, Everfit's Auto Progression recalculates %1RM-prescribed weights as clients log new PRs; MuscleBuddy adds five selectable ways to progress (double progression, RPE, linear, percentage, wave) that adjust loads off live results and explain every change. Macro tracking on Everfit is a journaling tool; MuscleBuddy moves macros off a rolling weigh-in trend and tells you what changed. And we ship as an offline-first PWA, where Everfit is a native app stack.
Frequently asked
- What is MuscleBuddy?
MuscleBuddy (musclebuddy.net) is a training and nutrition app for the web and Android. It builds your workout program, raises or holds your weights from the sets you log, and moves your macro targets with your weigh-in trend, showing the rule behind every change. It is free to start. Pro is $9.99 a month. The Coach tier is $29.99 a month for up to 20 active clients: the coach manages each client's program, reviews their check-ins, and can override any automatic change.
- Is Everfit free?
Yes. The Starter tier is free for up to 5 clients with a 1,000+ exercise library and basic program builder.
- How does Everfit pricing work?
Starter is free for 5 clients. Pro starts at $19/mo ($16/mo annually) at 5 clients and scales with roster size up to $290/mo ($242/mo annually) at 300. Studio starts at $105/mo ($88/mo annually) at 50 clients, scaling to $430/mo ($358/mo annually) at 500. Enterprise is custom. Add-ons (autoflow, meal plans, payments) are priced on top of those tiers.
- Does Everfit auto-adjust training?
Partly. Everfit's Auto Progression recalculates %1RM-prescribed weights as clients log new PRs. MuscleBuddy also offers double progression, RPE, linear, percentage and wave methods, moves the load when you stall or keep beating the bar, and explains each change.
- What's Everfit's nutrition feature?
Pro includes a food journal and macro tracking; meal plans are a paid add-on. There's no auto-adjustment of macros off a weigh-in trend.
- Can I white-label the client app on Everfit?
Custom branding is on Pro and above; full white-label requires Enterprise. MuscleBuddy has built gym-level branding (a gym’s name, logo and colours across its members’ app) for its Enterprise gym plan, but gym plans are not open to customers yet, so it is not available today.
- How does Everfit handle payments?
Payments and Packages is a paid add-on (~$8-$9/mo). MuscleBuddy runs client checkout through your connected Stripe account and takes a 20-30% share of each client's subscription for it, no separate add-on.
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