Comparison

Pushups Coach vs Align

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

Head to head
About

Pushups Coach

This app guides you through a structured plan to increase your pushup count, aiming for 100 consecutive reps. It tracks your progress, offers various pushup types, and allows for custom plans and reminders. Achieve your fitness goals in about 30 minutes per week.

Highlights
  • Structured pushup training plan
  • Progress tracking and calorie burn
  • Graphical training log
  • Customizable reminders
  • Introduction to pushup postures
  • Customizable exercise plans
  • Apple Watch 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 plan. ⁃ Track your pushups trainings and calories burned. ⁃ Graphical log of your each pushups and calorie burnt. ⁃ Music plays, make it more fun when you are doing pushups. ⁃ Ten types of pushups postures introduction by words and pictures. ⁃ Custom pushups reminder. ⁃ Support backstage running. ⁃ Passcode function. ⁃ Supports Face ID passcode. ⁃ Share your trainings with your friends. ⁃ Make your own exercise plan if you have finished the default plan or think they are too easy or too hard. ⁃ 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

Align

This app offers a gentle, daily approach to back care through guided exercises and check-ins. It focuses on building consistent habits with clear instructions and offline functionality. The app prioritizes user privacy by keeping data on the device.

Highlights
  • Daily check-ins
  • Guided core stability sessions
  • Browsable movement catalog
  • Habit building streaks
  • Offline functionality
  • Optional daily reminders
Features
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Align is a calm, daily companion for your back. Instead of a wall of exercises, Align gives you a gentle conversation — a coach that checks in, suggests a short session, and helps you keep a steady habit day after day. No accounts. No setup. It works fully offline the moment you open it. WHAT'S INSIDE • A daily check-in that meets you where you are • Guided sessions built around core stability movements • A browsable catalog of movements with clear, unhurried guidance • Streaks and a long-game view to keep gentle momentum • Optional daily reminders A GENTLE HABIT, NOT A PRESCRIPTION Align is designed to help you build a small, sustainable daily practice for your back — a few minutes, most days. It's about consistency and care, not intensity. PRIVACY BY DEFAULT Your check-ins, streaks, and notes stay on your device. Align collects only anonymous, aggregate usage data to improve the app — no advertising, no cross-app tracking, no personal identity. You can turn this off anytime in Options → Privacy → "Share anonymous usage data." NOT MEDICAL ADVICE Align offers general wellness and movement guidance. It is not a substitute for professional medical care, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have pain or symptoms that concern you, please talk to a qualified healthcare professional. Requires iOS 26.

Screenshots

Pushups Coach4 screens
Align4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Align at 5.0 against Pushups Coach's 4.0. Align also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Pushups Coach's advantage is ratings volume (128 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Align holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pushups Coach has 128 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pushups Coach versus Align: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPushups CoachAlign
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (128 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings128 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer倩 赵Dragon Loop Labs, LLC

Customer experience

Pushups Coach

All ratings128 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral7.8%
Negative19.5%
Written reviews230 reviews
Positive82.2%
Neutral5.2%
Negative12.6%

Align

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Pushups Coach

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App freezes at loading screen
  • App not compatible with latest iOS updates
  • App resets progress during workouts

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add camera to count push-ups automatically
  • Provide more guidance on how to use the app
  • Allow adjusting difficulty level more easily

Align

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pushups Coach

No in-app purchases

None

Align

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pushups Coach free?
Pushups Coach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Align free?
Align is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pushups Coach or Align?
Align is rated higher. Pushups Coach averages 4.0 out of 5 from 128 ratings, while Align averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pushups Coach or Align have ads?
Pushups Coach shows ads; Align does not.

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