Comparison

Push Pull vs Build

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

Head to head
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.

About

Build

Log your weightlifting sets and reps using voice commands in seconds. Import workout routines from photos and track your progress with detailed charts and timers. Works offline and syncs across devices.

Highlights
  • Voice logging for sets and reps
  • Import routines from photos
  • Progress tracking charts
  • Rest timers with notifications
  • Plate calculator
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Build is the workout tracker you talk to. VOICE LOGGING Hold the mic and say "225 pounds, 5 reps." The set is logged before you rack the bar. IMPORT A ROUTINE FROM A PHOTO Photograph any program — a coach's sheet, a screenshot, a post you saved — and Build turns it into a routine you can train from. TRAIN WITH FRIENDS Follow your gym friends, react to their PRs, and set shared challenges. See who's training right now and lift alongside them. EVERYTHING ELSE • Full history, progress charts, and personal records • Routines you can organize into folders and reorder • Rest timers, plate math, and warm-up sets • 340+ built-in exercises with demos, or add your own • Goals, challenges, and a friends leaderboard • Apple Watch app, and workouts sync to Apple Health • Bring your history over from Strong with a CSV import BUILD PRO Build is free to use. Pro adds unlimited voice logging and unlimited photo imports, plus every future Pro feature: • $2.99 per month • $19.99 per year • $59.99 once, for lifetime access Subscriptions begin with a 3-day free trial and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store settings. The lifetime purchase is a one-time charge and does not renew. Privacy Policy: https://usebuild.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://usebuild.app/terms

Screenshots

Push Pull4 screens
Build4 screens

Verdict

The call

Push Pull and Build are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 and Build sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Push Pull against 5.0 for Build. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 21 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Push Pull ships an update every 5 days, Build every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Push Pull versus Build: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPush PullBuild
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings)5.0 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1021 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin ZlatinSawdust Ventures LLC

Customer experience

Push Pull

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Build

All ratings21 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
3 purchases

Build

Subscriptions2
  • Build Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Build Pro3 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Build Pro Lifetime$149.99

Questions

Is Push Pull free?
Push Pull is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Build free?
Build is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Push Pull or Build?
Push Pull and Build are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 10 and 21 ratings respectively.
Do Push Pull or Build have ads?
Neither Push Pull nor Build shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Push Pull or Build?
Push Pull ships an update every 5 days, and Build every 9 days. Most recently, Push Pull was updated on October 12, 2026 and Build on October 1, 2026.

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