Most triathlon coaches run their athletes through TrainingPeaks, and its fitness and fatigue charts are the reference. It doesn’t build your plan, though. You buy one in its store or get one from a coach, put it on your calendar and move sessions yourself, which needs Premium. Triku builds the plan from your answers and changes it when your week does.
Prices and features checked on 24 September 2026
TrainingPeaks or Triku
If you only have a minute, this is how we’d decide. We make Triku, so weigh our view accordingly. TrainingPeaks is the standard for good reasons, and we say which below.
What it costs
TrainingPeaks has a free Basic account and a paid Premium one, and plans and coaches cost extra. Triku’s price isn’t public yet, and we’ll put it on this page before launch.
| Triku | TrainingPeaks | |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Not announced yetWe’ll publish Triku’s price on this page and in the app stores before launch. | FreeLog workouts and follow a plan or coach. You can only add workouts for today and can’t move them. |
| Premium, monthly | $19.95 a month€22.99 a month in the Belgian App Store. | |
| Premium, yearly | $134.99 a year€149.99 in the Belgian App Store. Prices on the website are in US dollars, plus VAT. | |
| Free trial | 14 days of Premium | |
| A training plan | Bought separately, onceThe 40 best-selling triathlon plans cost $9.95 to $159. You can follow one on Basic, but moving its workouts needs Premium. | |
| A coach | Optional, from $149 a monthCoach Match packages cost $149, $229 or $359 a month and include Premium. |
Feature by feature
A tick means the app does it today. A dash means it only does part of it, and the note says which part.
| Triku | TrainingPeaks | |
|---|---|---|
| Your plan | ||
| A plan built for you | YesFrom your experience, swim level, free days and race date | NoBuy one in the store, or a coach writes it |
| Moves when your week changes | YesAsk Coach by text or voice memo, then approve | By handDrag workouts yourself. That needs Premium |
| Missed a block of training | YesCoach can rebuild the weeks you have left | NoStore plans stay on their dates |
| Triathlon distances | Sprint to full | Sprint to fullDepends on the plan you buy |
| Brick sessions | YesStep-by-step guides | PartlyA workout type, but bricks aren’t sent to Garmin watches |
| Swimming | ||
| Starts from zero in the water | YesBreathing and body position first | Depends on the plan |
| Open-water swim spots | YesMapped, with safety reminders | No |
| Also in the app | ||
| Food tracking | YesLog meals by photo, voice or text | ChartsCalorie and macronutrient charts |
| Lessons that explain the training | YesTriku Academy, with sources you can open | BlogArticles on the TrainingPeaks blog |
| Dutch | Yes | NoEnglish, French, German, Italian, Spanish and others |
| Health Connect (Android) | Yes | Not listedNot mentioned in TrainingPeaks’ help centre or Play listing |
| Apple Health | Yes | YesImports Apple Watch workouts |
YesPartlyNo
The difference
TrainingPeaks gives you the tools to follow a plan. Triku gives you the plan itself, and keeps it in step with your week.
Your experience in each sport, your swim level, the days you can train and your race date shape the weeks. If the date looks too tight, Triku tells you before you start.
Busy Wednesday, a cold, a work trip: tell Coach and approve what it proposes. A TrainingPeaks store plan stays where it is until you drag it, and dragging needs Premium.
Technique-first swimming with illustrated drills, brick guides, race-week kit lists and pacing, and Academy lessons that explain why a session is there.
Your account and training data are stored in the European Union, and they’re never sold or used for advertising.
TrainingPeaks doesn’t build one. The 40 best-selling triathlon plans cost $9.95 to $159, and Coach Match starts at $149 a month.
On the free Basic account you can’t reschedule workouts. Premium costs $19.95 a month.
Store plans stay on their dates, so after a missed block you move the sessions yourself.
TrainingPeaks has no Dutch interface. Triku is available in English and Dutch.
Three situations
Three situations, and what we’d tell a friend in each.
You have a coach, or you want one, and they’ll write your sessions.
TrainingPeaks
Your first half-distance race, no coach, and your weeks never look like the plan you bought.
Triku
You’re coming back after a few years away and want a plan that starts from where you are now.
Triku
Questions
Not by themselves. A store plan sits on fixed dates in your calendar. With Premium you can move workouts by hand; with a free Basic account you can’t reschedule them. A coach can change your plan for you.
There’s a free Basic account for logging workouts and following a plan or coach. Planning ahead, moving workouts and the Performance Management Chart need Premium: $19.95 a month or $134.99 a year on the website, or €22.99 a month in the Belgian App Store.
The app and website aren’t. The plan store does sell plans written in Dutch. Triku is available in English and Dutch.
Yes, through your phone. Turn on Apple Health (iPhone) or Health Connect (Android) in Garmin Connect, and the workouts you record reach Triku. Triku can’t send workouts to a Garmin yet; a direct Garmin Connect integration is planned.
We checked every TrainingPeaks price and feature on its website, help centre, plan store and store listings on 24 September 2026. Spotted something out of date? Email privacy@triku.app and we’ll fix it.
TrainingPeaks and Garmin are trademarks of their owners. App icons are shown only to identify each app. Triku is not affiliated with or endorsed by TrainingPeaks or Garmin.
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