Trainiac shut down for consumers: what to use instead

Trainiac still exists. You just can't buy it anymore. As of July 2026, trainiacfit.com describes the app as "exclusively available for Wellhub members," and the only door in is the Wellhub app. Wellhub sells to employers, not to individuals, so the standalone subscription most Trainiac users signed up for is gone.

Two things to do about that, in this order. Find out whether you already have access through work, because that costs nothing. If you don't, replace what Trainiac was actually giving you, which was not simply "workouts."

Check with work before you check the app store

Wellhub is a corporate wellness benefit. If your employer buys it, and your plan tier includes Trainiac, you open the Wellhub app and carry on with the service you already know. That's five minutes on your benefits page or one message to whoever handles HR, and it's worth spending before you pay anybody. Some tiers still include it. That's the one door still open.

How a consumer app became an employee perk

Gympass bought Trainiac in December 2021. Gympass renamed itself Wellhub in 2024, and Trainiac became "Trainiac by Wellhub," one service inside a corporate wellness platform. Individual signups closed somewhere along that road.

I couldn't find a public announcement with a date, so I won't pretend to know when it happened. What I can verify is where things stand now: no standalone subscription, Wellhub members only.

What Trainiac actually gave you

Worth being precise here, because "personal training app" covers about five different products.

You had a real certified trainer. One person who knew you, built your week, and answered your messages in the app. You trained on your own, then your trainer looked at what happened and adjusted. That's async 1-on-1 coaching: a human in the loop, but not in the room.

So the thing to shop for is a dedicated person, not a workout library. The apps that just hand you a program cost a fraction of what you were paying, and they will not feel remotely the same, because the part you're missing is the human.

Was it working?

Nobody chose this switch, which is the one small upside of it. You have to move anyway, so it's worth thirty seconds on a question you'd otherwise never ask.

If you trained most weeks and liked your trainer, rebuild what you had. That's the next section, and for a lot of people it's the right call. If you kept paying while your training quietly thinned out, the plan wasn't the weak link. Training alone was. In that case skip ahead one section.

Same model, new home

trainwell, $149/mo billed quarterly. The closest like-for-like on this page: a dedicated full-time trainer who checks in often, plus a 14-day free trial to find out whether you get on with yours. One thing to watch is the billing, which runs in 3-month increments, so look at where you sit in the cycle before you cancel. Our full trainwell comparison has the detail.

Future, $199/mo. Probably the most polished app in the category, with a dedicated coach and daily programming. It also has a hard ceiling: no live workout sessions, at any price. The Future comparison covers where they win and where they don't.

Kickoff, $3/day, about $90/mo. The budget pick for a dedicated human coach. A separate tier staffed by dual-certified registered dietitians and personal trainers runs $0 through insurance for a lot of Americans, and checking your eligibility costs nothing.

The other direction: a coach on the call

Async coaching fixes your plan. It can't fix the rep you're doing right now. Live coaching means a trainer on video with you while you train, watching the set and correcting it while it's happening. Trainiac never sold that at any price, so it's a real change of format rather than a sideways move. I've written up live versus async coaching at length if you want the mechanics.

Bespoke Fit, $49 your first month, then $299/mo. Every session is live 1-on-1 video with a real coach watching every rep, unlimited sessions at one flat price. The $299/mo founding rate is locked for life for the first 25 members, then it's $499/mo standard, and there's a 30-day money-back guarantee. We're also the most expensive option on this page, and if you genuinely like training alone with a good plan, async coaching does that for half the money. The numbers are on our pricing page.

Echelon Coach, about $48 for 30 minutes and $88 for an hour. Live coaching sold one session at a time, which suits someone who wants eyes on a heavy lift occasionally rather than on every workout. The math turns quickly, though. Train three times a week and per-session pricing runs past any flat rate here.

The decision, in two lines

If Trainiac's model was working and you just need it rehoused, take trainwell for the balance of price and attention, or Kickoff if the budget decides it.

If it wasn't working, don't rebuild it. Get somebody in the room, either per session with Echelon when you want a set watched, or every session at a flat rate with us, $49 your first month and $299 after as one of the 25 founding spots. Prices and sources for all of them sit side by side on our comparison pages.