CounterUps vs PushupChamp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CounterUps
This app offers personalized home workout plans, including push-up challenges and custom training based on your metrics. Track your progress, sync data with Apple Health, and stay motivated with reminders to achieve your fitness goals.
- Personalized workout planner
- Push-up challenges
- Distance sensor for exercise counting
- Heart rate data stats
- Sync with Apple Health
- Customizable fitness goals
- Reminder and notification system
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CounterUps counts your push-ups for you. Put your iPhone on the floor under your chest, screen up. On Face ID iPhones the front camera watches each rep, so you don't have to tap. # Train to earn screen time Block the apps that distract you and unlock them with push-ups. Requires iOS Screen Time. Pro can change how many seconds each rep is worth. # Automatic counting - Front camera / TrueDepth (recommended on Face ID iPhones) - Proximity sensor as an alternative - Sound and haptics, so you don't need to watch the screen - Manual tap and voice counting always available You can also place your iPhone in landscape beside your body: it films a side view, counts automatically, and saves a training video. # Five workout modes - Reps: set a number and finish it - Time: train for a set duration - Calories: keep going until you hit your target - Intervals: sets and rest you define - Free: no cap, just count # Eight 30-day programs Eight progressive 30-day tracks, from an absolute-beginner track to a daily 30-rep track. Three are free. Pick the weekdays that work for you, and the app builds the calendar. # Progress - Workout history and achievements - Workouts can sync calories to Apple Health - Apple Watch counting with motion sensors - Full statistics, strength curves, and the yearly calendar are Pro # Free and Pro Free includes automatic counting, all five modes, screen-time exchange, achievements, and three 30-day programs. Pro unlocks the other five programs, full statistics, the training calendar, deeper analysis, iCloud sync, custom scheduling, an adjustable exchange rate, and more app icons (2 free, 4 with Pro). Some subscription plans include a free trial. Price and trial eligibility are shown in the app before you confirm a purchase. # Links FAQ: https://github.com/chenhuaizhe/FAQ/blob/master/pushups_faq.md Terms of Use: https://www.bigbeefit.com/counterups/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.bigbeefit.com/counterups/privacy We use the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
PushupChamp
This app uses your phone's camera to count your pushups, helping you track and improve your fitness. It offers various modes like progressive stages, personal records, timed challenges, and custom workouts.
- Camera-based pushup counting
- 5 distinct workout modes
- Progressive difficulty stages
- Personal record challenges
- Timed workout modes
- Customizable workout sets
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Push your home workout to the next level with PushupChamp. PushupChamp works like no other pushup app by counting pushups with Apple's Vision Framework. Simply place your phone in a stand or against the wall and start pushing up. Work on your fitness with 5 different modes. --- Stages --- Each stage contains 20 pre defined levels. These levels are slowly increasing in difficulty. The goal is to complete all levels in a stage and advance to the next stage. --- Record --- Beat your own record by doing as many pushups as you can without taking a break. 5 Seconds without pushup ends the game. --- 30 Days --- The goal of 30 days is to steadily increase the amount of pushups you can do. The amount of pushups per day are based on the amount of pushups you do on day 0. --- Time Attack --- Select a time and challenge yourself to beat the record. You can take as many breaks as you want and there is no 5 second rule in this mode. There are some challenging records already set for you to beat. --- Custom --- Want to finish off your chest workout by doing 3 sets of 20 reps with 1 minute rest in between? Or maybe you would like to do 10 sets of 10 reps with 30 seconds rest? Build your own level in this mode to fit your skill level. Keep on pushing! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mood-maze/back-to-you License code: T4COLMFV2CSYBDRH
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CounterUps at 4.9 against PushupChamp's 4.3. CounterUps also leads on ratings volume (30 vs 6). PushupChamp's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (83% vs 55%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. CounterUps sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and PushupChamp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CounterUps holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CounterUps has 30 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of CounterUps's written reviews are positive against 83% of PushupChamp's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CounterUps ships an update every 8 days, PushupChamp weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CounterUps | PushupChamp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (30 ratings) — better | 4.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.2% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 源 陈 | Nicolaas CorneIis Antonius Vertelman |
Customer experience
CounterUps
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In-app purchases
CounterUps
- Push-up weekly subscription$2.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Pushups Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
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- Push-up annual subscription$14.991 Year
- Push-up training subscription7 Days trial$24.996 Months
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Premium Plus Bundle$24.991 Year
- Pushups Annual Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- CounterUps Pro$39.99
PushupChamp
- Champion$1.99
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