Looking for a Nudge Coach alternative?
If you coached on Nudge Coach, your platform is gone — it shut down on April 30, 2025 and hasn't relaunched, leaving habit-and-engagement programs without a home. hiignite is an actively built coaching app for personal trainers that pairs a fast program builder, real-time 1:1 chat, and form-check video with built-in Stripe payouts at a $0 platform fee.
hiignite vs Nudge Coach
Nudge Coach shut down on April 30, 2025 (data export closed mid-May 2025) and has not relaunched as of mid-2026 — so existing users have been forced to migrate, and there is no current product to buy. Even before that, Nudge was habit/engagement-first with no built-in payment system, so coaches collected money manually outside the app.
| Feature | hiignite | Nudge Coach |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Yes — $0 forever, 1 active client | Historically yes — free plan up to 5 clients, but the product shut down Apr 30, 2025 and is unavailable to new users |
| Entry paid price | $9.99/mo ($95.99/yr), up to 10 clients — launch price until 31 Dec 2026, regular | Historically $60/mo (Grow, up to 50 clients); $100/mo (Scale, up to 100). No longer purchasable — product discontinued |
| Per-client fees | None for your first 10 clients, then $6 per extra 10 — or Unlimited at $49.99/mo with no cap | Yes (historical) — Scale plan charged ~$1/mo per client beyond 100 |
| Per-message fees | No | Not documented — product discontinued, no current terms |
| Program builder + templates | Yes — drag-and-drop, reusable templates | Habit/behavior-change program builder with 'cards' (lessons + trackers + nudges) and reusable content; not a strength set/rep/template builder |
| Form-check video | Yes — dedicated review flow | Not stated — video could be embedded in cards, but no dedicated form-check video review tool documented |
| Real-time chat | Yes — real-time 1:1 | In-app messaging/chat for coach-client communication; positioned as personalized messaging, real-time nature not explicitly documented |
| Payments & payouts | Yes — automatic billing to your own Stripe, $0 platform fee | No built-in payments documented — coaches invited clients and collected payment via external tools (no in-app Stripe payouts); competitors pitch payments as a key gap vs Nudge |
| Web + iOS + Android | Yes — web, iOS and Android | Yes — web/desktop console plus iOS and Android client apps (historical) |
Competitor pricing and features were verified against Nudge Coach’s own pricing page in September 2026 and may change — verify current details on the vendor’s site: Nudge Coach pricing. The comparison reflects what is available in hiignite today, not roadmap items.
Why coaches switch to hiignite
Nudge Coach is gone — hiignite is actively built and shipping
Nudge shut down on April 30, 2025 and has not relaunched as of mid-2026. hiignite is a current, actively developed coaching app with a free-forever tier, so you can move your clients onto something that's still here next quarter.
Get paid inside the app — $0 platform fee
Nudge had no built-in payment system, so coaches collected money manually through external tools. hiignite has native Stripe payouts with a $0 platform fee and $6 per extra block of 10 clients and no per-message charges — your client revenue stays yours.
Built for 1:1 personal training, not just habit nudges
hiignite pairs a drag-and-drop program builder with reusable templates, real-time 1:1 chat, and form-check video review — the hands-on coaching loop Nudge's habit-and-card model wasn't designed for.
What you get with hiignite
- An actively built product with a real free tier — $0 forever for 1 active client
- $9.99/mo Pro ($95.99/yr) with 10 clients included and $6 per extra block of 10, against Nudge’s historical $60/mo Grow plan
- Built-in Stripe payouts at a $0 platform fee — Nudge had no in-app payments
- A real strength program builder: sets, reps and reusable templates
- Form-check video review and real-time 1:1 chat on web, iOS and Android
Nudge Coach pricing in 2026 — and what you’d pay on hiignite
| Roster size | hiignite | Nudge Coach (historical) |
|---|---|---|
| 5 clients | $9.99/mo | Free — up to 5 clients |
| 50 clients | $33.99/mo | $60/mo — Grow |
| 100 clients | $49.99/mo — Unlimited | $100/mo — Scale, then ~$1/mo per extra client |
| Available today | Yes — free tier open now | Not purchasable — the product is discontinued |
Nudge Coach's historical pricing was a free plan (up to 5 clients), Grow at $60/mo (up to 50 clients), Scale at $100/mo (up to 100 clients, ~$1/mo per extra client), and a custom-quoted White Label plan requiring a 12-month agreement — but the product is discontinued, so none are purchasable today. hiignite comes in under both of Nudge’s published paid plans: $0 forever for 1 active client, Pro at $9.99/mo (or $95.99/yr, ~20% off) for up to 10 active clients, $33.99/mo at a 50-client roster against Nudge’s $60 Grow plan, and Unlimited at $49.99/mo with no client cap at all against Nudge’s $100 Scale plan. hiignite charges $6 per extra block of 10 clients, no per-message fees, and takes a $0 platform fee on Stripe payouts; Nudge, by contrast, had no in-app payments at all.
Questions, answered.
Yes, especially for 1:1 personal trainers. Since Nudge Coach shut down in 2025, hiignite offers an actively built home with a fast program builder, real-time chat, form-check video, and built-in Stripe payouts at a $0 platform fee. It is an actively built product with a real free tier, so you can move a roster over today instead of waiting on a relaunch.
No. Nudge Coach ceased operations on April 30, 2025, with health-integration cutoff on April 15 and data exports closing mid-May 2025. As of mid-2026 there is no relaunch, so any pricing or feature details are historical.
Start on the free plan ($0 forever, 1 active client) and rebuild your core programs as reusable templates, then invite your clients and move to Pro ($9.99/mo, up to 10 active clients) when you are ready. Payments come with you: Stripe payouts are built in at a $0 platform fee, which Nudge never offered.
How hiignite compares elsewhere.
Start coaching on hiignite.
The free plan is free forever — one active client, no card, no trial clock. Monthly plans are month-to-month, with no contract.