Moving from TrueCoach
The calm new home for coaches moving on from TrueCoach.
If your coaching is more about what clients do between sessions than which workout they logged, Helping keeps them accountable by SMS and Telegram — with no client app to download.
Why coaches switch
The case for moving to Helping
TrueCoach is a coaching platform organised around workouts and a video exercise library, delivered through a client app. For coaches whose product is prescribed exercise, it's a strong fit. But if your coaching is more about what your clients do between sessions than which workout they logged — habits, behaviours, daily commitments — an app can start to feel like overhead your clients tolerate rather than value.
Helping puts the check-in where your clients already are. It lands as an SMS or a Telegram message at the time you set, they tap a reply, and the response is logged and matched automatically. No app, no login, no new habit for your client to learn — just the question and the answer, on schedule, every day.
What you keep is the personal voice: every message carries your name, never ours, so it reads like you sent it. What you stop doing is chasing the clients who went quiet, because Helping follows up on the next channel for you and only nudges you when someone still hasn't replied.
Side by side
How the two compare
A focused look at where Helping and TrueCoach differ. We've only included what we're confident stating — verify anything that matters to you on TrueCoach's site.
| Feature | Helping | TrueCoach |
|---|---|---|
| Client app to downloadTrueCoach clients check in inside the TrueCoach app. | — | |
| Clients reply by SMS or TelegramNo app install required on Helping. | — | |
| Programme & workout builderA TrueCoach strength — coaching and programming tools. | — | |
| Built-in exercise video libraryVideo demos for prescribed exercises. | — | |
| Read-only progress link, no loginHelping shares a 24-hour link; clients never log in. | — |
Based on publicly available information as of July 2026. Confirm current details on TrueCoach's website.
Moving over
Moving over is quick
No client re-onboarding: there's no app for your clients to install, so they never have to sign up again.
- Add your clients
- Add your clients from your existing roster — name, number, and what you're tracking. No re-onboarding, because there's no app for them to download.
- Set your check-in schedules
- Recreate the check-ins you were already running. Pick the question, the time, and the channel — Helping handles timezones and quiet hours for you.
- Connect your channels
- Connect your Telegram bot and Twilio number, then choose a primary channel per client. Check-ins start landing the next time they're due.
Keeping it honest
Where TrueCoach is stronger
TrueCoach is built around workouts and a rich video exercise library, with a polished client app for logging sessions. If prescribing exercise with demo videos is the heart of your coaching, TrueCoach is the stronger tool. Helping doesn't try to replace that — it's the messaging-first accountability layer for the days between sessions, with no client app in the way.
Switch in an afternoon, not a month.
Start your 14-day free trial, add your clients, and let the check-ins run themselves.
Your clients never download a thing.