Comparison

Iron Mind vs PushPass

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

Head to head
About

Iron Mind

Features
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You already know what this habit is costing you. The brain fog. The shame you carry alone. The hours you won't get back. The version of yourself you keep promising to become. You've probably tried to quit before. Maybe more than once. It didn't stick not because you're weak, but because you had the wrong system. IronMind: Redemption Arc is the 90-day protocol for men who are done with half-measures. HOW IT WORKS Every day, IronMind gives you a personalized roadmap of 3–5 tasks — built around your specific triggers, your schedule, and your severity level. Not generic content. Your program. Your daily tasks rotate across five categories: · LEARN — Bite-size lessons on dopamine science, discipline, and identity from real experts. 8–18 minutes. Evidence-based. · MOVE — Unconventional discipline drills. The food pause. Cold exposure. Physical challenges that prove you control your impulses. · CALM — Guided breathing exercises and meditation using techniques from neuroscience and performance psychology. Box breathing. 4-7-8. Body scan. · REFLECT — A daily check-in that tracks your energy, mood, urge intensity, and triggers. Over 30 days it builds your personal trigger map. · GUARD — Quiet hours and streak tracking that run automatically. Two tasks done for you every night. BUILT ON WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS IronMind is built on three clinically validated frameworks: Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) — men who completed MBRP-based programs reduced compulsive behavior days by 54% in peer-reviewed trials. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) — identifies the automatic thought patterns that lead to relapse and builds a decision point back in. Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) — teaches you to observe urges without acting on them, building the psychological flexibility that willpower never could. THE CRAVING TOOL The most important feature in IronMind isn't the lessons. It's what happens when the urge hits. One tap opens the Craving Tool — a 3-minute guided intervention available any time. Choose from urge surfing, 4-7-8 breathing, or 5-4-3-2-1 grounding. These aren't generic coping strategies. They're the exact techniques clinical researchers use to interrupt compulsive behavior at the neurological level. —— YOUR PROGRESS, TRACKED LIKE PERFORMANCE IronMind tracks your mental health the way athletes track physical performance. Weekly reviews analyze your mood, energy, sleep, anxiety, motivation, and urge patterns across the week. You see exactly which days were hardest, which triggers appear most often, and how your numbers move over time. Your Mental Strength Score — a composite metric updated weekly — shows your trajectory in a single number. Watch it climb. —— YOUR PROGRAM, YOUR PACE Answer 11 assessment questions during setup. IronMind maps your emotional triggers, life impact areas, physical baseline, support system, phone habits, and commitment level. The result is a 90-day program structured in three phases: Phase 1: Break the Pattern (Days 1–30) Phase 2: Rewire the Brain (Days 31–60) Phase 3: Become the Man (Days 61–90) Every lesson, every exercise, every intervention is selected for where you are — not a generic user. —— WHO THIS IS FOR IronMind is for men who want to be held accountable, not coddled. If you're looking for a gentle app that congratulates you for showing up, this isn't it. If you're ready for a program that treats you like the capable man you are and gives you the exact system to prove it — start today. —— WHAT'S INCLUDED · Personalized 90-day daily program · In-the-moment craving intervention tool · Guided breathing and meditation sessions · Daily check-in and trigger pattern tracking · Weekly mental health review and progress score · Discipline drills and physical challenges · Quiet hours and streak tracking Privacy: Your data is yours. IronMind does not sell, share, or monetize your personal information. All mental health data is local https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PushPass

This app helps you break free from distracting apps by requiring you to do pushups to unlock them. It uses on-device AI to count your reps accurately, turning your screen time into a fitness routine. Reclaim your focus and build discipline with every workout.

Highlights
  • AI pushup counter with pose detection
  • Real app blocking via Screen Time API
  • Customizable pushup-to-minutes rate
  • Streak tracking and usage statistics
  • On-device processing for privacy
  • Block any app of your choice
Features
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Earn your scroll. PushPass blocks your most distracting apps and unlocks them only when you do pushups — counted in real time by your camera, entirely on your device. Stuck in a doomscrolling loop? PushPass turns the urge to scroll into a reason to move. Every pushup earns unlock minutes. No pushups, no scroll. HOW IT WORKS Pick the apps to block — Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, your call Try to open one and PushPass steps in with a lock screen Do pushups — on-device AI watches through your camera and counts every rep Each rep earns unlock minutes, then you're back in You set the exchange rate. Want 10 pushups for 10 minutes of Instagram? Make it gentle or make it brutal. PushPass keeps the tradeoff honest. WHY IT WORKS Willpower alone doesn't beat an app engineered to keep you scrolling. A small physical cost does. Over days and weeks that cost turns into hundreds of pushups and hours of reclaimed time. You build discipline and muscle from the same habit you were trying to break. KEY FEATURES AI pushup counter — pose detection through your camera checks form and ignores half reps, so only real pushups earn time Real app blocking — built on Apple's Screen Time API, the same system-level controls iOS itself uses Your rules — block any apps, edit the list anytime, set your own pushups-to-minutes rate Streaks and stats — daily pushups, minutes earned, minutes used, weekly trends Private by design — pushup detection runs entirely on-device; no camera footage is ever recorded or uploaded, and your blocked list stays on your phone WHO IT'S FOR Anyone who wants to stop doomscrolling Students and professionals fighting phone distraction during work or study Fitness beginners who want a built-in reason to do more pushups every day Anyone chasing a digital detox that actually sticks A FOCUS APP AND A FITNESS APP IN ONE Most screen time apps just block. PushPass blocks and builds. Every distraction becomes a rep. Every rep becomes a stronger body and a clearer head. Turn your worst phone habit into your best fitness habit. Download PushPass and start earning your scroll. Terms of Use (EULA): https://sites.google.com/view/pushpass-eula/terms Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/pushpass-privacy-policy/privacypolicy Support: https://sites.google.com/view/pushpass-eula/terms

Screenshots

Iron Mind4 screens
PushPass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Iron Mind at none against PushPass's 3. Iron Mind also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. PushPass sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Iron Mind asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Iron Mind ships an update every 3 weeks, PushPass every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Iron Mind versus PushPass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIron MindPushPass
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB95 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperRadiance OkuzorGautam Singh Rathor

In-app purchases

None

Iron Mind

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

PushPass

Subscriptions2
  • PushPass Monthly$4.991 Month
  • PushPass Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • LifeTime Plan$19.99

Questions

Is Iron Mind free?
Iron Mind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PushPass free?
PushPass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Iron Mind or PushPass have ads?
PushPass shows ads; Iron Mind does not.
Which is updated more often, Iron Mind or PushPass?
Iron Mind ships an update every 3 weeks, and PushPass every 2 weeks. Most recently, Iron Mind was updated on October 13, 2026 and PushPass on October 25, 2026.

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