Comparison

Strength Direct vs Push Pull

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

Head to head
About

Strength Direct

This app offers a straightforward and private way to log gym workouts, track progress with insightful data, and generate AI-ready summaries. It's designed for consistency and real improvement without ads or distractions.

Highlights
  • Fast and effortless set/rep logging
  • Actionable progress insights and trends
  • AI-ready training data summaries
  • 100% private, data stays on device
  • Lightweight and reliable offline functionality
  • Minimalist design for focus
Features
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Focus on your lifting. Free forever. No ads. No subscriptions. No tracking. No account required. Works offline. Strength Direct is a gym workout tracker with the tools you need to train consistently: previous-workout comparisons, reusable routines, automatic rest timers, and clear progress charts. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF See your previous weights and reps beside each set, so you know what to aim for today. Build your own workout templates, start with Push, Pull, or Full Body routines, or repeat a workout from your history. YOUR ROUTINE. YOUR WAY. Choose built-in exercises or create your own. Organize supersets, warm-ups, and drop sets. Add notes, technique reminders, and optional reps in reserve. Track weights and reps, bodyweight exercises, timed holds, cardio, and loaded carries. REST WITHOUT WATCHING THE CLOCK Enable automatic rest timers for working sets and supersets. For supersets, the countdown starts after you log a working set on the final exercise. Customize rest times for each exercise, follow the countdown on your Lock Screen or Dynamic Island on supported devices, and enable notifications for an alert when it’s time for your next set. SEE YOUR WORK PAY OFF Track your training volume and estimated one-rep max over time with clear progress charts. Review individual exercises, strength trends, logged cardio, and body weight. Browse your workout calendar and edit past entries when needed. KEEP CONTROL OF YOUR DATA Your workout history is stored locally. Back up and restore your workout data. For another perspective on your training, copy a structured summary into your preferred AI assistant for feedback. You choose what to share. Log your next workout. Keep progressing.

About

Push Pull

This app helps users log workouts, plan strength training, and track progress with AI-powered programming and community motivation. It offers features like exercise logging, custom routines, and performance analytics, with an Apple Watch companion app for on-the-go tracking.

Highlights
  • Log unlimited workouts with 800+ exercises
  • Create custom workout routines and templates
  • Track sets, reps, and weight with progressive overload
  • AI-generated workouts tailored to goals
  • Muscle group balance insights and analytics
  • Social squads and accountability with friends
  • Apple Watch companion app
Features
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Push Pull: Workout Tracker Push Pull is a social workout log and strength training planner built for lifters who want real structure, real progress, and real accountability. With AI-powered programming, community motivation, and a clean, intuitive interface, Push Pull helps you train smarter and stay consistent—whether you lift at the gym or train at home. Now with an Apple Watch companion app. View workouts, track sessions, and stay connected to your training right from your wrist. What You Get with Push Pull • Log unlimited workouts with 800+ strength and cardio exercises • Create unlimited workout routines, templates, and custom exercises • Track sets, reps, and weight with progressive overload support • Smart Swap — instantly replace exercises with intelligent alternatives • AI-generated workouts tailored to your goals and experience level • Recovery and fatigue indicators for smarter strength training • Personalized progression recommendations • Muscle group balance insights and performance analytics • Progress photos to visually track your transformation • Social squads, activity feeds, and accountability with friends • Detailed workout history, streaks, and training trends Subscription Pricing • Monthly: $6.99 • Annual: $49.99 (save ~40%) Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in Account Settings. Terms of Use: https://push-pull.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://push-pull.app/privacy Built by lifters, for lifters. Push Pull focuses on consistency, clear progress, and a community that lifts together—without clutter or distractions.

Screenshots

Strength Direct4 screens
Push Pull4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Strength Direct at none against Push Pull's 4. Strength Direct also leads on ratings volume (111 vs 11). Push Pull's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Push Pull sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Strength Direct asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Strength Direct against 5.0 for Push Pull. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strength Direct has 111 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Strength Direct's written reviews are positive against 100% of Push Pull's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strength Direct ships an update every 9 days, Push Pull every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Strength Direct versus Push Pull: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrength DirectPush Pull
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (111 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews97.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings111 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArnaud FloesserBenjamin Zlatin

Customer experience

Strength Direct

All ratings112 ratings
Positive99.1%
Neutral0.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive97.3%
Neutral2.7%
Negative0.0%

Push Pull

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Strength Direct

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Push Pull

Subscriptions4
  • Push Pull Pro Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Push Pull Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Push Pull Pro Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • Push Pull Pro Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Strength Direct free?
Strength Direct is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Push Pull free?
Push Pull is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Strength Direct or Push Pull?
Push Pull is rated higher. Strength Direct averages 4.9 out of 5 from 111 ratings, while Push Pull averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Strength Direct or Push Pull have ads?
Neither Strength Direct nor Push Pull shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strength Direct or Push Pull?
Strength Direct ships an update every 9 days, and Push Pull every 3 days. Most recently, Strength Direct was updated on October 28, 2026 and Push Pull on October 28, 2026.

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