How Shade compares.

The tools below each cover a piece: logging, programming, coaching, or gym operations. Here they run together, and the training feeds records, rankings, and competition across communities.

What makes Shade different

The capabilities that only exist because training, records, and competition live on one platform.

Training that counts for something

A full program builder with %-of-max and RPE prescriptions, per-exercise progressions, group cohorts, and AI-assisted generation. The training it produces feeds the same records and rankings the rest of the platform runs on.

A complete event system

Hosted meets, comps, and challenges with registration, entry payments, waitlists, division trees, scoring, and published results. End to end, from a Friday throwdown to a sanctioned meet.

Records that travel

Your PRs feed leaderboards at every scope (crew, gym, federation, platform), with divisions by gender, weight class, age, and level. Your logs and records stay yours across every community you join.

Feature by feature
LoggersAI programmingCoach platformsGym software
FeatureShadeHevyBoostcampJuggernaut AILadderTrainHeroicTeamBuildrTrainerizeWodifyPushPress
Platforms
Full web appCreator onlyCoach onlyCoach onlyStaff onlyStaff only
iOS & Android appsSooniOS only
Training
Workout loggingAdd-onAdd-on
Program builderRoutinesCoach sideCoach sideCoach sidePartialPartial
AI program generationProPartialPartial
Periodization: %-of-max, RPE, progressionsCoach sideCoach sideCoach side
Progress insightsPartialPartial
Competition & community
LeaderboardsTeam onlyTeam onlyTeam onlyChallengesClass boardPartial
Event SystemChallengesAdd-on
Communities & teamsFeed onlyTeam onlyPartialGroupsPartialPartial
Classes & bookingsPaid plansAdd-onPartial
Coach–athlete toolsSeparate appPartialIn-housePartialPartial
Cost
Free tierAthletes1 client
Who paysYou or your gymAthleteAthleteAthleteAthleteCoachOrgCoachGymGym

Based on each product's publicly documented features as of mid-2026. These products move fast. If something here is out of date, tell us and we'll fix it.

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