Best inKin Alternative: Exercise.com vs. inKin

Exercise.com: inKin Alternative

Why Choose Exercise.com?

Here are five reasons why fitness professionals use Exercise.com vs. inKin.

If you’re ready to get started with an easy-to-navigate, all-in-one fitness software, designed to fuel your business, request a demo with Exercise.com today.

And, if you want to see how inKin’s additional features stack up to Exercise.com software features, check out our in-depth guide below.

What is inKin?

Founded by Zara Martirosyan in 2014, inKin is a software platform designed to provide corporate and private wellness initiatives through fitness and team challenges. The main function of inKin is the ability to integrate with wearable fitness tracking devices, such as Fitbit or Garmin, to track metrics for these fitness and team challenges. There are no other features in client scheduling, workout creation/delivery, ecommerce, assessments, and business reports as workout challenges are inKin’s main forte.

This is not the case with Exercise.com. If you want to give your fitness business a platform to be successful, having the right software with versatile and relevant features can be a gamechanger. We made sure Exercise.com is that all-in-one software built to deliver the features needed to grow and manage a fitness business now and in the future.

Unless otherwise stated, all images and reviews below are of/about the Exercise.com All-In-One Fitness Business Management software platform.

Fitness Business Management Software

You want the software you use to have the necessary capabilities for efficient management. The Exercise.com Fitness Business Management Software (FBM) platform is capable of schedule management for classes, members, and employees, as well as workout creation and delivery, billing, notifications, and more.

The great thing about Exercise.com’s FBM is that all of these features are operated within the same web and mobile applications, so there is no need to navigate through different platforms.

When it comes to management, inKin has quite a few missing key features that Exercise.com equips you with. Below, we will go into more detail.

Client/Class Scheduling

To work out an in-person client, an appointment is typically scheduled. And if you’re a trainer that is offering classes on specific dates, clients need to have a method of booking for your classes. With inKin, client/class scheduling is not possible. There is no such capability within their software platform.

On the other hand, Exercise.com allows you to track visits and book classes/sessions. You also have the capability to integrate your schedule with Google and Apple calendars to ensure you’re always on schedule. With Exercise.com, you can sort clients in multiple ways as well such as by:

• Trainer
• Location
• Service
• Recurring
• Time
• Availability

Gym/Facility Management

Managing your staff and business can be an important piece to success. inKin does not have any team management features that allow for the set up of staff roles and permissions like Exercise.com does. Both Exercise.com and inKin have reporting features but there are important differences to take into account.

Business Dashboard Reports

As inKin’s focus is on fitness challenges, their reporting features also follow suit. Their website states that you are able to generate reports on a team’s overall wellness and activity level only —  but what about reports on revenue or even clients and staff? This is where inKin’s reporting features are limited because there are no other options to analyze your business.

Exercise.com allows for reporting on multiple areas of your business to ensure you’re on top of your business’s progress and operations. Reports can be run on revenue, clients/groups, and staff and can be customized to your liking. As soon as you enter the Exercise.com dashboard, information such as your schedule for the day, recent clients, messages, and business reports are shown to you and can be customized to your preferred presentation.

Client Automation

When it comes to client automation, inKin falls short. There are simply no automation features within their software other than the standard automation of metrics from wearable fitness tracking devices. Automation allows your business to operate 24/7 while you can focus on other tasks. With Exercise.com you can:

• Automate Emails and Texts/Other Automatic Features
• Automate Workout Delivery
• Automate Resource Delivery
• Automate Assessment Delivery
• Automate Reminders/Alerts via app, text, and email

Dedicated Zapier Support

At Exercise.com, we provide our clients with a plethora of integrations – but, sometimes, you want a bit of a boost. Our partnership with Zapier allows you to, in Zapier’s words, “Integrate (link your web apps with a few clicks, so they can share data), Automate (pass info between your apps with workflows called Zaps), and Innovate (build processes faster and get more done – no code required).

With Exercise.com’s dedicated Zapier support, you’re able to integrate with over 2,000 applications such as Twitter, Instagram, Shopify, and LinkedIn, to name a few. This gives your fitness business a wide range of options to integrate and market your content.

Dedicated Account Manager

inKin provides you an option for an account manager but there’s a catch. Users will need to pay $1000 per month if they need personal assistance and management. As many people need help to navigate and to learn any new software platform, having such a lofty price for assistance can be inconvenient.

With Exercise.com, a dedicated account manager is provided to you at no added cost. If you need to redesign your logo or set up an ecommerce store, your account manager will get it done for you. All of your software-related needs are taken care of by your personal account manager.

Customized Software

Your brand is what sets you apart from the rest. Having software capable of customization can help grow the visibility of your business and leave great first impressions.

Custom-Branded

inKin states to offer a fully branded wellness solution based on their platform. However, in actuality, this is not the case. With inKin, it’s their brand, not yours.

You may be able to add a bit of a personal touch with color schemes and the names and metrics of your challenges, but having their software fully reflect you and your brand is unattainable. You are unable to customize and brand the app they provide and they do not offer you a customizable website as well.

The Exercise.com team knows how important your brand can be for your business, which is why we make our software platform your software platform. With Exercise.com, you are able to customize your web and mobile apps with not just colors and logos but also verbiage, integrations, custom videos, and more. You can truly customize the software to reflect your brand from top to bottom.

iOS & Android Apps

Both inKin and Exercise.com offer iOS and Android apps but the differences are quite apparent. inKin’s app is primarily used to view and analyze metrics and results from the challenges. In comparison, all of Exercise.com’s features can be utilized right from the app, allowing you to manage your business anywhere you go.

Websites

As stated before, inKin does not offer you your own website. You must sign in through their portal online to access their platform. With Exercise.com, we can create a fully customizable website for you. Whether you want an ecommerce page, blog board, or even visual video effects, you can ensure your website will fit your needs.

Security Features

With inKin, all payments are made through Stripe which is certified to PCI Service Provider Level 1. Exercise.com also utilizes Stripe while further ensuring security with measures like:

• SSL Secure
• Privacy Shield Framework
• Google Cloud

Marketing Integrations

inKin does not have true marketing integrational capabilities. If you are a part of a team challenge, they do allow for a news feed where you can publish things such as videos, health news, and images to provide insights and motivation. But when it comes to using other well-known platforms to fully market and grow business, they lack the capability.

Marketing your business is such an important piece to growing your business which is why Exercise.com provides you with a wide range of marketing integrations. Some of our more popular integrations include

• MailChimp
• ConstantContact
• ConvertKit
• Zapier
• Google Analytics
• Facebook Pixel

Workout Software

One of the most important aspects of fitness businesses is — fitness! For any fitness gym, one of the main overall goals for clients is to improve their fitness level, so having software capable of workout features is most ideal. With inKin, there are no training features that allow you to create, send, and track any type of workout content for your clients. The only feature in relation is creating challenges or contests in which metrics such as steps, distance, or sleep are tracked.

Exercise.com workout software enables you to provide workout solutions for in-person or online clients. You have various workout options that allow you to effectively train your clients and build your clientele. Since inKin lacks such features, we are going to focus on what Exercise.com empowers you with below.

Workout Creator/Logger

For trainers, creating and logging workouts is vital for a client’s or group’s fitness journey. Exercise.com’s workout creator/logger provides users with endless possibilities for delivering workouts, tips, and encouragement to clients in any scenario, including:

1-1 Training

One-on-one training sessions have been one of the most standard methods of training in the fitness industry. As each individual has different goals and body types, personalized training regimens are often needed to fully optimize fitness potential. With Exercise.com you’re able to create and send custom workouts and plans to clients to give them that personalized attention they benefit from.

Group Training

Whether you want to train a group of athletes in their sport, run a cycling class, or weight-train a group of individuals simultaneously, Exercise.com allows you to customize group training sessions to fit the needs of any group activity.

Online Training

Online training has become an important revenue stream for many fitness businesses. Millions of users are engaging online every day, so providing easy-to-access online workout content can potentially lead to more clients and increased revenue.

With Exercise.com you can design and sell your workout plans online to anyone, anywhere. Market your new weight-loss plan on Twitter or post about your new muscle-building program on Instagram — the possibilities are endless!

Exercise Library

Although creating workout plans for your clients is one of the most important aspects of your fitness business, the process can be tedious. Exercise.com wants to make this process easier for you which is why we provide you with an exercise library comprised of thousands of exercises you can search for and create your workout content with. These exercises include video demonstrations, tips, location of muscles worked, and more.

Custom Exercises

Aside from the pre-built library of exercises that you will have access to, you can also add custom exercises to this library to provide clients the exact workout content they need. These exercises can be filmed anywhere and can feature you, your staff members, or anybody of your choice.

TV Workouts

Exercise.com also gives you the ability to cast exercise demos onto gym television screens allowing for intuitive ways to engage your clients or staff.

Ecommerce Software

Ecommerce capabilities allow your fitness business to increase revenue. As inKin has no ecommerce features, we’re going to focus on the many ecommerce and point-of-sale options that Exercise.com allows for.

Payment Processing

With inKin, an admin uses a credit card to pay an automatic subscription based on the number of users that are signed up for challenges. There is no capability that allows clients to pay for services or challenges.

Exercise.com gives clients the ability to pay a one-time or recurring fee or membership with cash, check, credit card, or direct deposit, online and/or in-store. All of these payment tools can be accessed within the same custom-branded web and mobile apps you use for your clients and staff.

Sell Products

With Exercise.com you’re able to sell any type of merchandise online or in-store.

Sell Workout Plans

Exercise.com allows you to sell your specialized workout plans to anyone, giving you many options to profit from your content.

Offer Online Workout Memberships

Exercise.com saves you time by letting you automate the schedules of your clients with online workout memberships. These memberships allow for exercises to be sent automatically at a designated time/situation in which clients can perform these exercises at any location.

Sell Workout Challenges

The main feature of inKin’s software is workout challenges. However, you are unable to sell these challenges. Clients are just added to a challenge by an invite. The selling of workout challenges has helped trainers break out into the fitness industry and acquire new clients who are eager to improve their fitness level.

Exercise.com gives you the ability to attract potential clients and re-engage your current ones by selling workout challenges anywhere and anytime.

Health and Fitness Assessment Software

The health of your clients is such an important component of their fitness journey. In order to maximize any client’s fitness and performance, assessments of their body and nutritional habits have to be implemented. inKin does not have assessment software geared to improve the overall health of clients.

The Assessment Software of Exercise.com does, though, and is specifically designed to improve the overall health of your clients by providing options to:

• Reengage clients through automated assessments
• Retain clients by showing progress
• Track measurement data, injuries, etc.
• Optimize the delivery of personalized workouts and nutrition

Assessments

For some clients, physical imbalances may be impeding their fitness and performance success and even put them more at risk for injuries. For others, sleeping and nutritional habits may be the reason for their lack of progress.

Assessments are a great way to decipher such implications and devise strategies to improve upon them. Exercise.com lets you create custom assessments in which custom workouts can be automatically triggered based on the data acquired from the assessments.

Performance & Measurement Reports

inKin allows for a limited number of measurement and performance reports. In fact, the four types of measurements they provide are steps, distance, calories, active minutes, sleep, and water consumption. At the time this article was written, they are looking to introduce a multimeric challenge, but it is unclear if other types of measurements are going to be introduced.

With Exercise.com, you have a wide range of performance and measurement options to choose from, such as weight, height, activity level, distance runs, power output, range of motion measurements, and others.

You can also track your clients’ successes and opportunities with exercise performance tracking, workout snapshots, record tracking, and progress photos. You will be able to truly assess your clients’ performance and bodies to ensure you maximize results and help prevent injuries.

Nutrition

inKin has no nutritional features. The only semblance of nutrition in their software is tracking water consumption. To monitor your clients’ eating habits, you need much more. With Exercise.com you can track daily nutrients such as carbs, fat, protein, etc., and upload meal plans, files, and pictures.

inKin Pricing

inKin offers a free plan in which users can only invite others to participate in public challenges for steps, calories, distance, activity, and sleep.

The advanced plan provides more features in which features like water challenges, stats, admin additions, newsfeed, and a leaderboard is included. The advanced plan is $6 per user monthly, $3 per user quarterly, and $2 per user annually. As stated before, if you need personal assistance and management with inKin, you would have to pay $1000 per month.

inKin Alternatives

Alternatives to inKin include:

• Grokker
• Wellable
• Vantage Fit
• Woliba
• Virgin Pulse
• SYD

These alternatives have similar features in metric tracking and goal challenges that inKin offers.

The Bottom Line: Pros and Cons

Your fitness business needs software with features that not only help your clients succeed but your business as well. inKin’s software is too limiting in that its main feature is devising workout challenges. There is so much more your fitness business needs to be successful which is why Exercise.com provides you with an all-in-one solution.

inKin Cons

inKin simply lacks important features known to manage and grow a fitness business. For one, you would need to purchase wearable fitness devices to use their software, and aside from challenges, inKin has nothing left to offer.

Their software is more of an activity competition app for colleagues, friends, or family. If you want software capable of features such as workout creation/delivery, client scheduling, automatic notifications, and more, inKin is not for you.

Exercise.com Pros

With Exercise.com you will have those same features mentioned above plus more. From nutrition to gym/facility management, we got you covered. We know the intricacies of running a fitness business because our team/advisory board is comprised of fitness professionals who have gone on the same journey. We understand what you are going through and want to provide you with software that matters.

It is no wonder why some of the best fitness professionals have utilized and raved about our software. It’s because Exercise.com gives you plenty of features that are not only customizable but known to bring success.

What features are most important to you?

If you’re looking for an alternative to inKin and are ready to grow and manage your business with fully customizable software, book a demo with Exercise.com!