PushPress Members vs Barbell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PushPress Members
Manage your gym membership, reserve spots in classes, and sign up for events. Update your profile, payment information, and pre-order gym products.
- Class reservation
- Gym event sign-ups
- Product pre-orders
- Account management
- Profile updates
- Payment information updates
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For gym members to reserve their place in a class, sign up for gym events, purchase product pre-orders and general account management like updating headshots and credit card on file.
Barbell
Easily calculate the weight plates needed for your lifts. Enter your desired weight and get a clear breakdown of plates in kilograms or pounds. It even offers a fun comparison of your strength to the weight of cats.
- Calculate weight plates needed
- Supports kilograms and pounds
- Plate breakdown for each lift
- Strength comparison in cat weights
- Simple and intuitive interface
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Barbell math is hard for everyone. Stop puzzling over whether you've loaded the correct number of plates onto the bar. Just enter the weight you want to lift (in kilos or pounds) and get a breakdown of how many of each kind of weight plate you'll need. Bonus: you'll also get some perspective on your lifting prowess by having it expressed as a quantity of cats!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: PushPress Members at 6.7K against Barbell's 5. PushPress Members also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Barbell's advantage is iOS requirement (13.6 vs 15). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Barbell holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PushPress Members has 6.7K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PushPress Members ships an update monthly, Barbell every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PushPress Members | Barbell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6.7K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6.7K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 13.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PushPress, Inc. | Emily Corso |
Customer experience
PushPress Members
Barbell
Bugs and requests
PushPress Members
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch
- Login and password reset issues
- Calendar sync problems
- Unreliable class reservations
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to see class attendance
- Improved calendar integration
- Better user account management
Barbell
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PushPress Members
No in-app purchases
Barbell
No in-app purchases
Questions
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