LIFTCREW VS FITLY
These two get compared a lot and they shouldn't be. Fitly is a platform for individuals, trainers and gyms — rosters, client programming, invoicing, multi-location reporting. LiftCrew is for three friends who want to run the same session on a Tuesday night with nobody coaching them. If you have clients, Fitly is the right answer.
Compared 15 August 2026 against fitly.pro and its pricing page. Fitly prices are as listed on their site; LiftCrew prices are Canadian dollars. Fitly is a trademark of its owner; we are not affiliated with it.
THE SHORT VERSION
Fitly's own headline is "The fitness platform for individuals, trainers, and gyms" — solo lifter up to multi-location studio. Its centre of gravity is the trainer–client relationship: build a program, assign it to a client, message them, invoice them, report on them.
LiftCrew has no clients, no coach and no dashboard. It has a crew: a handful of people of different strength who want one session and one screen. Everyone's loads come out of their own numbers, and everyone's sets land on everyone else's phone as they happen.
Two useful products, two different rooms.
SIDE BY SIDE
| LiftCrew | Fitly | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | A crew of friends training the same session together, in person, with no coach | Individuals, personal trainers with clients, and gyms with trainer teams |
| Live shared session | Yes — join with a code, and every set anyone logs appears on everyone's screen instantly | Describes real-time sync as your own data across your own devices. Messaging, check-ins and gym leaderboards are listed as coming soon |
| Weights per person | Same exercises, different loads — scaled to each member's logged 1-rep maxes, editable before every set | Programs are assigned to a client by a trainer or template; no per-person scaling of one shared session described |
| AI programming | Ships today — the AI builds the session from your split, goal and the crew's strength levels | Smart Coach is listed as coming soon; programs are built manually or from templates today |
| Exercise library | 151 exercises, each with a muscle map; 106 have a demo clip that plays inside the app so you never leave the workout | 5,500+ exercises |
| Free tier | No free-forever tier — 15-day free trial, no credit card | Yes, a free tier for individuals. Its FAQ says there are no trial periods on paid plans today |
| Price | CA$4.99/month or CA$39.99/year (CA$3.33/month) | Free; Individual $5/month; Trainer $50/month; Gym $300/month |
| Trainer and gym tools | None — not what it's for | Trainer dashboard, client rosters, session packages, Stripe invoicing, multi-location reporting |
| Platforms | iOS and Android | iOS, Android and web |
PICK THE RIGHT ONE
Choose Fitly if…
- You coach people and need a roster, check-ins and invoicing in one place.
- You run a gym or studio and want standardised programs across a trainer team.
- You want a genuinely free individual tier, or you want to train from a browser.
- You want the largest possible exercise library to build from.
Choose LiftCrew if…
- There's no coach — just you and the friends you actually lift with.
- You want one session that fits people of different strength, without doing the maths.
- You want to see who's lifting, who's resting and who's next without asking.
- You want the session generated for you rather than programmed by hand.
QUESTIONS PEOPLE ACTUALLY ASK
Is Fitly free?
Fitly has a free tier for individual users covering workout tracking, its routine builder and a 30-day progress history. Its paid plans are listed at $5 a month for Individual, $50 a month for Trainer and $300 a month for Gym, and its own FAQ says it doesn't offer trial periods on paid plans today. LiftCrew has no free-forever tier — it's a 15-day free trial with no credit card, then CA$4.99 a month.
Can you do a live group workout in Fitly?
Fitly's site describes real-time tracking as your own data syncing across your own devices, and its group-shaped features — messaging and check-ins, gym member challenges and leaderboards — are listed as coming soon. It describes no shared live session where several people run the same workout and see each other's sets land as they lift. That shared session is the thing LiftCrew is built around.
Does Fitly calculate a different weight for each person in the same session?
Fitly's model is a trainer or a template assigning a program to a client, and its Smart Coach program generation is listed as coming soon. We found no description of one session being scaled to several people's own strength at once. LiftCrew does exactly that: same exercises, loads derived from each member's logged 1-rep maxes, and you can override any of them before you lift.
I'm a personal trainer. Which one should I use?
Fitly. It has a trainer dashboard, client rosters, session packages and Stripe invoicing, and a gym tier on top of that. LiftCrew has none of that and isn't trying to — it's built for a group of friends with no coach in the room.
TRAIN WITH YOUR CREW.
15-day free trial. No credit card required.
Start the free trialWe've described Fitly from fitly.pro and its published pricing page. Apps change — if something here is out of date or wrong, email liftcrew.app@gmail.com and we'll correct it. Check Fitly's own site for current pricing and feature availability before you decide.