Comparison

PushFit vs Push For Better

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

Head to head
About

PushFit

Automatically count and track your push-up workouts using your device's proximity sensor. Visualize your progress with detailed graphs and calendars, and compete with friends. Customize your experience with themes and motivational photos.

Highlights
  • Automatic push-up counting
  • Workout progress tracking
  • Detailed graphs and calendars
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Apple Health integration
  • Customizable themes and reminders
Features
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You do push-ups. PushFit counts. Place your iPhone on the ground beneath you and start pushing. The front camera tracks your face and counts every rep automatically. It even measures how deep each one goes. No tapping, no equipment, no excuses. Work out at home or anywhere. Join 475,000+ people building strength one push-up at a time. Free to use, with no subscription, ever. APP FEATURES ▶ Automatic rep counting with the front camera: face tracking measures your distance from the phone, so only real reps count ▶ Streaks that survive rest days: training banks recovery, so a Monday, Wednesday, Friday routine keeps its streak with nothing to schedule ▶ Apple Watch app that counts reps from your wrist, no iPhone needed, with a haptic tick every rep, heart-rate zones, a voice coach and five complications ▶ Live Activity with reps, sets, rest countdown, and heart rate on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island ▶ Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, including a one-tap button that logs ten push-ups without opening the app ▶ "Hey Siri, start my push-ups" to start, log, and check your count hands-free, no setup required ▶ Compete with friends and family on daily, weekly, monthly, yearly and all-time leaderboards, with friends added by a link you send ▶ Charts drawn from every single rep: your climb over time, the depth of each rep, and your heart rate through the workout ▶ A calendar of every day you trained, with the depth, consistency, stamina and rest behind each one ▶ Share a workout as a five-second video, made for Stories and Reels ▶ Records workouts in Apple Health with heart rate and calories ▶ Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly goals, drawn as rings or bars, set straight from the home screen ▶ Your music keeps playing, with the controls right on the workout screen ▶ Lifetime record of push-ups, sets and personal bests ▶ Workout reminders to keep the habit going ▶ Customizable themes with matching app icons, your own display name, plus your favorite photo for motivation ▶ Built for everyone: VoiceOver rep announcements and audio graphs for every chart THE CAMERA NEVER RECORDS Face tracking measures one thing: how far your face is from the screen. No photo or video is ever saved, and no face data ever leaves your iPhone. THE PERFECT EXERCISE The push-up is simple, functional, and scales to any fitness level. Perfect whether you're chasing your first push-up or your hundredth. PushFit slots into any routine. Push-ups target: ▶ Chest (pectorals) ▶ Shoulders (deltoids) ▶ Arms (triceps) ▶ Core (abdominals and serratus anterior) Why push-ups? ▶ Burn calories ▶ Improve cardiovascular health ▶ Strengthen the shoulder joint ▶ A real workout with zero equipment LOVE PUSHFIT? PushFit Pro is the ad-free version, with the full calendar and statistics, and The Lockout, which keeps your distracting apps locked until you do your push-ups. One purchase, and Pro is yours on every device on your Apple Account, forever.

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.

Screenshots

PushFit4 screens
Push For Better4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Push For Better at every 10 days against PushFit's every 3 months. Push For Better also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 58%). PushFit's advantage is ratings volume (2.3K vs 21) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, ads, 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

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

PushFit holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PushFit has 2.3K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of PushFit's written reviews are positive against 74% of Push For Better's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PushFit ships an update every 3 months, Push For Better every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PushFit versus Push For Better: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPushFitPush For Better
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.3K ratings) — better4.4 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews57.9% of reviews74.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.3K — better21
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBen HumphriesThe Push for Better Foundation

Customer experience

PushFit

All ratings2,329 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.7%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews190 reviews
Positive57.9%
Neutral12.1%
Negative30.0%

Push For Better

All ratings21 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral9.4%
Negative16.4%

User reviews

PushFit

From 2.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Helpful for tracking progress
  • 💡 Motivating for fitness goals
  • 🔓 Free app with no subscription required

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent push-up detection
  • 🔍 Requires precise phone positioning
  • 🔍 Face/proximity detection not always reliable
  • 🔍 Manually logging reps can be tedious

Push For Better

From 21 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-use interface
  • 💪 Motivating and engaging user experience
  • 🎯 Clear progress tracking and visualization
  • 👥 Team leaderboard and social features
  • 📚 Valuable mental health information and facts

Room to improve

  • 🎚️ Circular dial for banking push-ups is clunky and difficult to control
  • 📊 Daily push-up limits prevent flexible tracking and compensation
  • 🔄 Team leaderboard updates slowly and lacks real-time functionality
  • 📱 Frequent crashes and freezing issues
  • 🔐 Login and authentication problems

Bugs and requests

PushFit

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or stops counting reps
  • Syncing issues with Apple Health
  • Proximity sensor not working on newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for other exercises (pull-ups, sit-ups, etc.)
  • Ability to customize/edit workout history
  • Improved friend/leaderboard functionality
  • More detailed workout analytics and progress tracking

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

In-app purchases

None

PushFit

No in-app purchases

None

Push For Better

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PushFit free?
PushFit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Push For Better free?
Push For Better is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PushFit or Push For Better?
PushFit is rated higher. PushFit averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.3K ratings, while Push For Better averages 4.4 from 21 ratings.
Do PushFit or Push For Better have ads?
Neither PushFit nor Push For Better shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PushFit or Push For Better?
PushFit ships an update every 3 months, and Push For Better every 10 days. Most recently, PushFit was updated on September 24, 2026 and Push For Better on August 1, 2026.

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