Top Pushup

Top Pushup is a push-up counter and coach for iPhone and iPad from Robust AI LLC. It watches a workout through the device camera, counts each push-up done in correct plank form, and gives audio feedback on form as the set is performed. It is intended for beginners, intermediate exercisers and calisthenics coaches who want counting and form correction without a trainer present.

The phone is placed on the floor, facing the user's side view so that head to feet are in frame. Top Pushup asks the user to adjust distance, background or lighting when it cannot see the body keypoints. Each push-up is then analysed live: a correct plank push-up is counted aloud, flared elbows are counted with a reminder to tuck them, and half push-ups or out-of-plank form are not counted while the coach says what to improve.

The form analysis detects plank, sag and pike positions and other out-of-plank form, as well as halfway-up and halfway-down push-ups and flared elbows; sagged, piked, sideways and upside-down push-ups are not counted. Top Pushup also works as a tracker, keeping a history of sessions so there is no need to count in the head or enter workouts by hand, and it offers multilingual support.

Top Pushup is free, uses only the device camera with no extra equipment, and needs no sign-up. It requires iOS 12.0 or iPadOS 12.0 or later, runs on iPod touch, on a Mac with an Apple M1 chip under macOS 11.0 or later, and on Apple Vision. The download is 104.3 MB, the interface is in English, and the developer states that no data is collected from the app.

Use cases

• Counting push-ups during a set without a manual tally
• Correcting push-up form with live coaching
• Logging push-up workouts over time