Comparison

Push For Better vs Plank

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Push For Better

Track your push-ups during a challenge event, learn daily mental health facts, and connect with your team. Earn achievement badges and work towards collective goals while staying informed about event resources.

Highlights
  • Bank daily push-ups
  • Daily mental health facts
  • Individual achievement badges
  • Team goals and progress
  • Event-wide progress overview
  • Access event resources and FAQs
Features
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Through The Push-Up Challenge event app you can bank your push-ups, learn about mental health and see how your mates are going too. Some features include: · See the daily mental health facts · Bank your push-ups on each day of the event · Receive individual achievement badges If you’re in a team, you can also: · Work towards team based goals · See how your team mates are going You can also see how the event is going as a whole and get easy access to event features, including FAQs, resources, tips and your event settings.

About

Plank

Features
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Thirty seconds today, a little more tomorrow. Plank takes you from a 0:30 hold to five minutes in thirty days — then keeps going with harder plank shapes instead of ever-longer holds. Every target comes with its reason. Hold it clean and tomorrow moves up. Mark a hold as hard and it repeats. Stop early and the app records what you held and starts from there — stopping honestly is part of the plan, not a failure. - Today: your target in a ring, the line explaining it, and one button to start - The hold: near-black and eyes-off, with a voice coach, haptics, and tap twice to stop - After day 30: five shapes, from long-lever to side plank, each starting lower and climbing again - Record: the 30 days, every day since, and the shape ladder - Streaks that count prescribed rest days, with one earned mend a week for a missed day - Widgets and Live Activity: today's target, your streak, and the hold on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - A daily reminder that names your target No account, no tracking, no data collected. Everything stays on your iPhone.

Screenshots

Push For Better4 screens
Plank4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Push For Better at every 10 days against Plank's every 12 months. Push For Better also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Push For Better ships an update every 10 days, Plank every 12 months. Both last shipped on October 11, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Push For Better versus Plank: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPush For BetterPlank
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB6 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperThe Push for Better FoundationOcuNecu

Bugs and requests

Push For Better

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Circle dial scrolling is inaccurate and unresponsive
  • App crashes when reaching 100% daily push-ups
  • White/blank screen on launch preventing app access
  • Login errors despite correct credentials
  • Password reset functionality not working
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  • Team leaderboard scrolling locks up
  • Cannot navigate away from certain pages (X button unresponsive)
  • Glitch adding incorrect push-up counts (4100+ errors)
  • App not recognizing challenge start date
  • Freezing when banking push-ups
  • Navigation issues jumping back to current day unexpectedly
  • Donation error appearing on opening page
  • Time zone not adjusting for international users

Requested features

15 requests
  • Quick buttons for common push-up amounts (10, 20, 30, 40, 50)
  • Real-time team leaderboard updates
  • Optional notifications when teammates log push-ups
  • Widget support showing daily target and progress
  • Ability to bank more push-ups than daily limit
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  • Year-round app availability for continuous tracking
  • In-app team messaging and chat functionality
  • Apple Health integration for workout syncing
  • Ability to donate directly through the app
  • Time zone auto-detection and adjustment
  • Overall challenge progress tracking (not just daily %)
  • Flexible rest day scheduling
  • Ability to view future challenge days in advance
  • Source citations for mental health facts
  • Secondary team tracking for different groups

Plank

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Push For Better

No in-app purchases

None

Plank

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Push For Better free?
Push For Better is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plank free?
Plank is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Push For Better or Plank have ads?
Neither Push For Better nor Plank shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Push For Better or Plank?
Push For Better ships an update every 10 days, and Plank every 12 months. Most recently, Push For Better was updated on October 11, 2026 and Plank on October 11, 2026.

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