Every push-up, counted. Here is how all of it works.
Put your phone on the floor and PushFit counts your reps with the front camera, no hands and no wearable required. This guide walks through every screen, every setting and every number in the app, from your first rep to the day your streak survives a week off.
- 0Taps mid-workout
- 7Themes, everywhere
- 21Languages
- 15Chapters below
The short version
Put the phone on the floor, screen up. Press the circle. Lower your face toward the screen and PushFit counts the rep, out loud if you want it to, and again on every rep after that until you stand up.
Everything else in the app hangs off that one loop. Your reps become a day on the calendar, a bar on a chart, a ring on your wrist, a number on a widget, a place on a leaderboard, and, if you want, the reason your social apps unlock. Nothing you do mid-workout requires touching the phone.
Here is the whole thing, recorded on an iPhone: the home screen, the countdown, the count climbing rep by rep, the confetti the moment the daily goal lands, and the rest timer starting on its own.
Nothing in that clip needed a second tap. The reps in it were counted by the front camera on a real device, and the same run finishes on the celebration screen.
It counts without hands
The front camera measures how far your face is from the screen. Every trip down and back up is one rep. No video is recorded and nothing leaves the phone.
It keeps the whole history
Every rep carries a timestamp and, when the camera measured it, a depth. That is what makes the charts, the records and the form graphs real rather than estimated.
It forgives rest days
Training banks recovery. A day off spends it instead of breaking your streak. You never plan anything and the streak only ends when the balance runs out.
Your first minute
PushFit's first run is not a tour. It is one circle and four beats, and the push-up you do during it is real: counted, saved, and part of your history from then on.
After that you pick your colour, turn on hands-free counting if your iPhone can do it, and the counter you have been pressing flies into place as the home screen's Start button. Skip is always in the corner, and nothing you skip is lost: it is all in Settings afterwards.
The chapters
- 01Counting your repsFace detection, counting by tap, push-up bars, duplicate prevention, auto pause and the countdown.
- 02The workoutSets and rests, the rest timer, counting sounds and the voice, haptics, music and what the screen does.
- 03Goals, streaks & rest daysFour goal periods, rings or bars, the celebration, and the recovery model behind the streak.
- 04Calendar & statisticsThe month grid, day detail, The Climb, Form and Heart Rate charts, records and every stat explained.
- 05Apple WatchCounting from the wrist, live metrics, the voice coach, the week screen and five complications.
- 06Widgets & Live ActivityThree widgets across seven sizes, Lock Screen accessories, the Dynamic Island and Log 10.
- 07Siri, Shortcuts & SpotlightThree App Intents, zero-setup phrases, the Action Button and what PushFit puts in search.
- 08The LockoutBlocking distracting apps behind push-ups, with Screen Time doing the blocking and nothing leaving the phone.
- 09Apple HealthWhat PushFit reads, what it writes, how sets become workout activities and where calories come from.
- 10Leaderboards & friendsGame Center sign-in, invite links, five time scopes, and sharing a workout as a video.
- 11Themes & personalisingSeven colours that recolour the app, the icon, the widgets and the watch. Plus your name, photo and reminders.
- 12Your data & privacyiCloud sync, exporting, the server backup, deleting everything, and exactly what is sent where.
- 13AccessibilityVoiceOver, Dynamic Type, Reduce Motion, Increase Contrast, Audio Graphs and Voice Control.
- 14Free & ProWhat each app includes, why Pro is a separate app, and how your history moves across.
Most asked
The questions that arrive by email most often, and where they are answered.
How to read this
Paths through the app are written like this: SettingsCountingFace Detection. Settings is the round button in the top corner of the home screen.
Anything marked Pro lives in PushFit Pro, the separate paid app. Everything else is in both. Screens shown here are from an iPhone in the blue theme; your colour will differ, because the theme repaints all of it.