Comparison

Pushups Coach Pro vs Stew Smith's Push

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

Head to head
About

Pushups Coach Pro

This app offers structured training plans to help users increase their push-up count and build upper body strength. It caters to all fitness levels with customizable plans, progress tracking, and reminders. Achieve your fitness goals with guided workouts and detailed exercise instructions.

Highlights
  • Structured push-up training plans
  • Three fitness levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced)
  • Track training progress and calories burned
  • Graphical logs of workouts
  • Customizable push-up reminders
  • Introduction to ten push-up postures
  • Multi-user support
Features
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Pushups is a great upper body and easy to do exercise, it will train your muscles in the chest, shoulders, triceps, back, abs and the legs. If you make your decision to increase your strength, if you want to break your records of pushups, if you want to do 100 consecutive pushups, follow Pushups Coach, this app is to help you achieving the goal. No matter what level you are in at this moment, just follow Pushups Coach’s plan, do step by step, and only take about 30 minutes a week, you will become the hero of yourself after six weeks. Key Features: ⁃ Well designed pushups plans. ⁃ Three levels are available, beginner, intermediate and advance. ⁃ Track your pushups trainings and calorie burnt. ⁃ Graphical log of your each pushups and calorie burnt. ⁃ Multi-users, the whole family can involve in doing pushups. ⁃ Custom pushups reminders. ⁃ Support backstage and lock screen running. ⁃ Ten types of pushups postures introduction by words and pictures. ⁃ Passcode function. ⁃ Supports Face ID passcode. ⁃ Music plays, make it more fun when you are doing pushups. ⁃ Share your trainings with your friends. ⁃ Make your own exercise plan if you have finished the default plans and found they are too easy. ⁃ Supports WiFi backup & restore. ⁃ Supports Dropbox backup and restore. ⁃ Supports Apple Watch version. ⁃ Supports universal version. If you have any question or suggestion, please send email to our support userfeed@vip.tom.com.

About

Stew Smith's Push

This 14-day program uses a proven method to double your pushup count in just two weeks. Developed by a former Navy SEAL, it offers daily routines, video guidance on proper form, and automatic reminders for consistent progress.

Highlights
  • 14-day pushup progression
  • Proper pushup form videos
  • Daily routine chart
  • Automatic workout reminders
  • Suitable for all fitness levels
Features
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Pushup Push is a proven two-week training program designed to increase your pushups by 50% to 100%. Created by former Navy SEAL Lieutenant Stew Smith, this simple daily routine delivers fast, measurable strength gains for any fitness level. Originally developed to help candidates prepare for the Navy SEAL Physical Screening Test, the Pushup Push method has been used for over 20 years by military recruits, police applicants, athletes, and anyone looking to dramatically improve their pushup performance. What’s Inside • Step-by-step videos from Stew Smith explaining proper pushup form and how the program works • Daily routine and workout chart guiding you through the full 14-day progression • Automatic reminders to help you stay consistent and complete each day’s session Real User Results • “I went from a max of 60 pushups to 103. It worked great!” • “Jumped from 55 to 82 on my test. This program delivers.” About Stew Smith Stew Smith is a former Navy SEAL Lieutenant, U.S. Naval Academy graduate, and certified strength coach. He has trained thousands for Navy SEAL, Special Forces, SWAT, FBI, and police fitness tests. His work has been featured in Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Sports Illustrated, and National Geographic’s Fight Science.

Screenshots

Pushups Coach Pro4 screens
Stew Smith's Push4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pushups Coach Pro at 83% against Stew Smith's Push's 32%. Pushups Coach Pro also leads on update cadence (every 8 months vs every 31 months) and ratings volume (32 vs 1). Stew Smith's Push's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Pushups Coach Pro costs $0.99 and Stew Smith's Push $3.99 up front. Pushups Coach Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Stew Smith's Push asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stew Smith's Push holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pushups Coach Pro has 32 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Pushups Coach Pro's written reviews are positive against 32% of Stew Smith's Push's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pushups Coach Pro ships an update every 8 months, Stew Smith's Push every 31 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Pushups Coach Pro versus Stew Smith's Push: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPushups Coach ProStew Smith's Push
Price$0.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.5 (32 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.0% of reviews — better32.0% of reviews
Number of ratings32 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 months — betterEvery 31 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#181 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer倩 赵Shred Apps, LLC

Customer experience

Pushups Coach Pro

All ratings32 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews159 reviews
Positive83.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative10.1%

Stew Smith's Push

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive32.0%
Neutral16.0%
Negative52.0%

Bugs and requests

Pushups Coach Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when moving the progress slider past certain weeks
  • Incompatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Workout details not displaying correctly on some devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more push-up variations and exercise types
  • Allow for more customization of workout plans
  • Improve integration with Apple Watch and other fitness trackers
  • Provide more detailed progress tracking and analytics
  • Include warm-up and cool-down recommendations

Stew Smith's Push

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pushups Coach Pro

Subscriptions3
  • Premium - 1 month7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium - 6 months1 Month trial$5.496 Months
  • Premium - 1 year3 Months trial$9.991 Year
None

Stew Smith's Push

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pushups Coach Pro free?
Pushups Coach Pro costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Stew Smith's Push free?
Stew Smith's Push costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pushups Coach Pro or Stew Smith's Push?
Stew Smith's Push is rated higher. Pushups Coach Pro averages 4.5 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Stew Smith's Push averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pushups Coach Pro or Stew Smith's Push have ads?
Neither Pushups Coach Pro nor Stew Smith's Push shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pushups Coach Pro or Stew Smith's Push?
Pushups Coach Pro ships an update every 8 months, and Stew Smith's Push every 31 months. Most recently, Pushups Coach Pro was updated on October 15, 2026 and Stew Smith's Push on October 1, 2026.

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