PushFit vs Force Fit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Automatic push-up counting
- Workout progress tracking
- Detailed graphs and calendars
- Game Center leaderboards
- Apple Health integration
- Customizable themes and reminders
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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.
Force Fit
This fitness app offers a six-week challenge designed by the New Zealand Defence Force. It includes running and home exercises suitable for beginners and advanced users, with routines as short as 15 minutes daily. Track progress, watch instructional videos, and prepare for basic fitness tests.
- Six-week beginner and advanced programs
- Instructional warm-up, exercise, and cool-down videos
- Timed and mapped runs with beep test option
- Progress tracking with stats and graphs
- Unlockable trophies
- Exportable training data
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Force Fit is a simple way to get fit – anywhere, anytime. Designed by the New Zealand Defence Force to help prepare new recruits for their fitness test, this tried and tested programme is now available to help anyone get into a great routine in just six weeks. The app covers a Six Week Challenge that involves a mixture of running and simple exercises you can do at home. The choice of both beginners and advanced programmes means you’ll be able to work your way up from a level that suits you – with routines from just 15 minutes a day (with a few rest days along the way too). Not only will it help you get in shape, but by the end of it, you’ll also be prepared to meet the basic fitness requirements for joining New Zealand’s Navy, Army or Air Force. It could be the start of your journey to becoming part of a team who need to be in peak physical condition to perform their jobs, every day. Make fitness your mission today. - Select from either a beginners or advanced six week programme. - Watch instructional warm up, exercise and cool down videos. - Time and map runs, or challenge yourself to a beep test. - Track and analyse your progress with stats and graphs – and unlock trophies along the way. - Export your training data easily – so you can easily share your progress with fitness professionals. - Pit yourself against the actual Recruit Test Requirements needed to join the Navy, Army and Air Force. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: PushFit at 2.4K against Force Fit's 1. Force Fit's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Force Fit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PushFit has 2.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of PushFit's written reviews are positive against 64% of Force Fit's.
PushFit ships an update every 3 months, Force Fit every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PushFit | Force Fit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.4K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.1% of reviews | 64.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ben Humphries | New Zealand Defence Force |
Customer experience
PushFit
Force Fit
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
Force Fit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PushFit
No in-app purchases
Force Fit
No in-app purchases
Questions
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