You see the session. Ekklo tracks what happens in between.
Being self-employed doesn't remove any of the roles a coaching business needs: it just removes everyone except you to fill them. Every client's history lives in your head, the turnover you declare isn't what you take home once the hours are counted, and between two sessions you're mostly guessing what actually happened. Ekklo takes over the parts that would otherwise depend on your memory, not the way you coach.
What actually gets in the way
With a handful of clients, you remember everything. Past that, something slips
There's no assistant taking notes and no colleague to ask what changed and why. You carry every client's history yourself: their current programme, what you adjusted last month, who's overdue for a reassessment. A gym spreads that load across a team of coaches; coaching alone, there's only you to carry it, and past a certain number, something gets missed.
The turnover you declare isn't what you actually earn
As a self-employed coach, there's no payslip separating the business's money from your own: it's the same figure, before contributions, and before the admin hours nobody pays you for. Two coaches with the same declared turnover can end up taking home very different amounts, depending on what that turnover costs them in evenings.
Between two sessions, you don't actually know what happened
You see them for an hour, then nothing until next time. Ask how the week went and you get "fine," then you write the next block on that one word: not on whether they actually did what you gave them, whether the knee held up, or whether they quietly stopped somewhere in the middle.
With no gym and no sign outside, you are the only storefront
There's no wall to display your prices, no front desk to reassure a hesitant prospect. What your page says, how easy it is to book a slot, how clear your offer is: that's all a potential client has to judge you on, before ever speaking to you.
What we can prove
Platform figure read from the production database on 6 August 2026; it does not separate gym-based coaches from independents and is not an audited count.
Rating observed on Ekklo's public Trustpilot profile as of 6 August 2026; re-check after that date.
Public review volume on Ekklo's Trustpilot profile; it keeps growing and is not broken down by coach type.
Distinct cities with at least one verified coach on find.ekklo.com, read on 19 August 2026; a coach present in several cities counts once per city, so this is not a coach total.
Trial length shown on the public pricing page as of 2 August 2026; the offer should be re-checked after 2 September 2026.
What Ekklo does about it
A record for each client that outlasts your memory
Every assessment, measurement and note lands on the client's file, not in a notebook or a thread you'd have to scroll back through. Open any client and you see when they were last tested and what changed since, instead of trying to recall it.
What you last changed for a client, without having to remember it
Every programme update stays on the client's file: what you're running now, adjusted to their last results. Open their profile and the current block is right there, instead of a change you're trying to recall from memory or an old message.
What your turnover actually costs you in hours
The income calculator starts from your client count, your average price and the time you spend on admin each week to show what that turnover really represents once those hours are counted, and what changes once part of that admin stops being yours to do.
A compliant invoice on every payment, without thinking about it
Every session paid through Ekklo automatically generates an invoice carrying the mentions your status requires: SIRET, sequential numbering, VAT notice. The e-invoicing reform also changes what's expected of you if you work with businesses too; the full timeline is in our guide.
What actually happened this week, not what you're told
A client checks off their session and whatever habit you're tracking together, day by day, not just when you happen to ask. It comes back to you on its own, so the next block adjusts to what actually happened, not to 'yeah, it went fine.'
Their side of the last session, before you write the next one
A short questionnaire goes out after each session and comes back with how it actually felt: difficulty, fatigue, a pain they didn't mention out loud. You read it before building what comes next, not after.
An offer that's clear without a phone call
Your public profile lists your services, your prices and your availability in one place, with booking built in. A prospect can understand what you offer and book a first slot without a back-and-forth of messages to clarify an offer that wasn't clear to begin with.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, it's the most common setup on Ekklo: one account, one coach, no team configuration required. The free trial lets you test booking, payments and client follow-up before committing to anything.
Yes: every payment collected through Ekklo generates a document carrying the mentions your status requires, without you re-typing anything. The rules themselves (VAT thresholds, e-invoicing) change regularly; following them is on you or your accountant, Ekklo's job is producing the document, not advising you on it.
No: a recurring plan is set up once, and the charge repeats automatically at every due date. You don't have to send a payment request each time.
You move up to the next plan when you need to, not before: nothing blocks abruptly, and the change happens from your account. The offer simulator helps you see that step coming before you hit it.
Yes: nothing here assumes an in-person session. Between two points of contact, messaging, notifications and habit tracking hold the relationship together even when no fixed appointment paces the week. The whole business can run entirely remotely, from the first message to the last reminder.
You export your clients from your current tool (CSV or PDF), our team helps you import them if needed, and you check together that everything landed correctly before switching over. For a small client list it's quick; for a larger one, our team handles the import for you instead of you doing it by hand. Nothing forces you to stop the old tool the same day: plenty of coaches run both in parallel for a while to switch over calmly.
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