PodPower vs Air Workouts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PodPower
This app uses your AirPods motion sensors to automatically count your pushups, sit-ups, and squats hands-free. It provides real-time feedback on your form and tracks your progress over time to help you build strength with short, realistic home workouts.
- Hands-free rep counting with AirPods
- Automatic pushup, sit-up, and squat tracking
- Real-time form and depth feedback
- Progress tracking for reps, sets, and streaks
- Quick calibration for personalized tracking
- HealthKit integration
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PodPower turns your AirPods into a hands-free rep counter for pushups, sit-ups, squats, and lunges. HANDS-FREE REP TRACKING - Count reps automatically with AirPods motion - Start a quick set without holding your phone - Train pushups, sit-ups, squats, and lunges in one app FORM CUES THAT HELP - Get simple pace and range-of-motion feedback - Use quick calibration for better accuracy - Review clean set summaries after each workout PROGRESS THAT STICKS - Track reps, sets, and trends over time - Build consistency with a simple home-workout flow - HealthKit support keeps your stats connected PodPower is built for short bodyweight workouts at home, on breaks, or between classes. Optional posture nudges and hydration tracking are available, but the core experience is fast rep tracking that stays out of your way.
Air Workouts
This app uses AirPods motion sensors to track exercises like push-ups and sit-ups. It calculates calories burned and workout duration, providing daily and weekly statistics. Users can participate in challenges and sync data with Apple Health.
- AirPods motion sensor tracking
- Calorie and workout time calculation
- Daily and weekly statistics
- Workout challenges
- Apple Health integration
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Air Workouts is a workout app that records your exercises such as push-ups or sit-ups through AirPods' motion sensors. It calculates your burnt calories and time spent on workout. Returns you daily and weekly statistics. You can attend challenges and test yourself to see how many push-ups you can do in 2 minutes. Your workout data is shared with the Apple Health App. Only works with AirPods Pro, Max or 3rd Generation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PodPower at 100% against Air Workouts's 50%. PodPower also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8). Air Workouts's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 11 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. PodPower sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Air Workouts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PodPower holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of PodPower's written reviews are positive against 50% of Air Workouts's.
PodPower ships an update every 11 months, Air Workouts weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PodPower | Air Workouts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andreas Ink | Yasin Onur |
Customer experience
PodPower
Air Workouts
In-app purchases
PodPower
- Cheerful$0.99
- Power Pack$6.99
Air Workouts
- Lunges$0.99
Questions
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