Best Apps for a Rounder Butt, Compared
Six glute apps compared on the thing that matters: whether anything checks the rep you just did.
The Butt Lift teamUpdated 2026-08-13
Short answer
Butt Lift is the pick for most people. The iPhone camera counts each rep and scores it live on depth, tempo and control, then builds a 28 day glute plan from your onboarding answers.
Sweat wins on trainer-authored programmes and community. Fitbod wins on gym strength programming. Daily Butt Workout is best for short offline routines, and Booty Builder for a plain squat streak.
The short version
- Butt Lift is the pick for most people who want their glute work checked as they do it: the iPhone camera counts each rep and scores it live on depth, tempo and control.
- Of the six apps compared, Butt Lift is the one that measures the movement; the other five log time passed or a tapped checkbox.
- Butt Lift's pose detection runs on device, and no video is recorded, stored or uploaded.
- Sweat is the stronger choice for trainer-authored programmes and community, and Fitbod for gym strength programming, including on Android, where Butt Lift is not available.
- Butt Lift builds a 28 day plan from your onboarding answers and reroutes exercises around flagged knees, hips, lower back or wrists.
| App | Best for | How workouts run | Counts reps / checks form | Personalised plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butt Lift | Personalised glute training with automatic rep counting and form scoring | Live camera session, on device pose detection, coach voice in Sweet, Sassy or Savage | Yes. Every rep scored on depth, tempo and control, sloppy reps flagged with a cue | Yes. A 28 day plan built from your onboarding answers |
| 30 Day Butt Challenge Pro | A ready-made 30 day challenge with habit extras | Video and still demos, you mark the day done | No | No. Fixed 30 day plan |
| Daily Butt Workout | Short offline routines with no setup | Trainer video clips plus a countdown timer | No | No |
| Booty Builder | A pure squat streak with zero clutter | Pick a squat target, log progress yourself | No | No. You choose a total, it splits the milestones |
| Sweat | Trainer-authored programmes and a big community | Guided workout screen with video demos, you mark sets complete | No | Partly. Level, duration and exercise swaps at selection time |
| Fitbod | Gym strength training with the programming decided for you | Generated session list, you log each set manually | No | Yes, algorithmically, but not glute specific |
Our picks
- Top pick, and best for rep counting and form scoring: Butt Lift the one here where the camera counts each rep and scores depth, tempo and control, on device, on a 28 day plan built from your answers.
- Best trainer-authored programmes and community: Sweat Named trainers, home and gym variants, virtual challenges, an in-app forum. Nothing else here matches it for breadth and authorship.
- Best for gym strength programming: Fitbod Non-linear periodization and an adaptive model that learns from your edits. It picks your weights and reps.
- Best for short offline routines: Daily Butt Workout Runs fully offline, every exercise demonstrated by a certified personal trainer, and it pushes duration and estimated calories to Apple Health.
- Best no-frills habit streak: Booty Builder Free, ad-free, no video, no upsell. Pick a four week squat target and watch the number climb.
- Best ready-made challenge with habit extras: 30 Day Butt Challenge Pro HealthKit sync, five diet plans, water reminders and a transformation tracker wrapped around a conventional 30 day plan.
What actually separates these apps
Strip the branding off most glute apps and you get the same three things: a video, a timer, a tick box.
The dividing line is whether anything verifies the rep you just did.
Most of this list verifies nothing. They log that time passed, or that you tapped done.
That is a record of intention, not effort.
Judge on three things: does it count and score reps, does it build a plan around you, does it fit the equipment and joints you actually have.
The six apps, and who each one is really for
Butt Lift is for personalised glute training with automatic rep counting and form scoring.
Ten glute focused exercises, sessions of about 5 to 25 minutes, three shape programs.
Sweat suits women who want a credible trainer-authored programme with home or gym variants and a large community, and don't mind self-tracking.
Fitbod is for gym-goers who want the programming decided for them. Glutes are served indirectly, through muscle-group targeting and exercise filters.
30 Day Butt Challenge Pro hands you a no-equipment 30 day plan with HealthKit sync, diet plans and a transformation tracker. Completion is self-reported.
Daily Butt Workout is the simplest of the six. Trainer-demonstrated clips, a countdown timer, fully offline, Apple Health on completion.
Booty Builder is a 4 week squat challenge at 4.6 MB. Pick 600 to 3000 squats and log your own progress. No video, no upsell.
Why Butt Lift is different
The iPhone camera counts each rep and scores it live on depth, tempo and control. None of the other five compared here measures the movement.
Pose detection runs on device. No video is recorded, stored or uploaded.
Sloppy reps score lower and get flagged with a cue. A clean rep streak drives the combo, so completion means work performed, not a box tapped.
The plan comes from your onboarding answers: program, strength, weekly frequency, session length and focus areas. A real 28 day plan, not one fixed plan for everyone.
Three shape programs: Lift & Sculpt for upper glute lift, V-Shape Builder for side glutes and waist, Full Curve for balanced all round shape.
It adapts to your kit, from bodyweight to bands and dumbbells, and reroutes exercises around flagged knees, hips, lower back or wrists.
Coach voice comes in three tones, Sweet, Sassy and Savage, with streaks and session ranks on top.
Butt Lift trains and measures. It does not promise an outcome.
Free to download, no account required. Butt Lift Pro unlocks the full 28 day plan.
Where the rivals genuinely beat Butt Lift
On Android, Butt Lift is not an option. It is iPhone only, and Fitbod is the credible cross-platform choice.
If you want named trainers and a community, Sweat wins outright. Kayla Itsines, Kelsey Wells, Britany Williams and Cass Olholm, plus challenges and an in-app forum.
Nothing else in this comparison matches it for breadth and authorship.
If you train with barbells in a gym, Fitbod is the better brain. Non-linear periodization and an adaptive model beat a bodyweight-first glute plan for heavy loading.
Want zero technology and one habit? Booty Builder is free, ad-free and collects no data.
How to choose in thirty seconds
Want to know your reps are real? Take Butt Lift. Of the six here, it is the one that scores what you actually did.
Want a programme and a crowd? Take Sweat. Want gym strength maths done for you? Take Fitbod.
Want something on the mat in ten seconds? Take Daily Butt Workout, or Booty Builder if squats are the whole ask.
The mistake is buying breadth when your problem is technique. More workouts do not fix a shallow hip thrust. Feedback does.
Butt Lift costs nothing to try and needs no account. Do one session, see your reps scored, then decide.
Questions people ask
Can you cheat the rep counter?
Not easily. Half reps and rushed tempo score lower and get flagged with a cue, and a clean rep streak is what drives the combo. Completion reflects work performed, not a tapped checkbox.
Does Butt Lift record video of me?
No. Pose detection runs on device. No video is recorded, stored or uploaded.
Do I need equipment?
No. Butt Lift adapts to what you have, from bodyweight up to bands and dumbbells.
The 10 exercises: glute bridge, hip thrust, squat, sumo squat, lunge, donkey kick, fire hydrant, curtsy lunge, single-leg bridge and step-up.
What if my knees or lower back play up?
Flag them in onboarding. The app reroutes exercises around flagged knees, hips, lower back or wrists. It trains and measures; it does not diagnose or promise an outcome.
Is there an Android version?
No, Butt Lift is iPhone only. On Android, Fitbod is the credible option here, though its glute work is indirect, via muscle-group targeting rather than a glute programme.
How long are the sessions?
About 5 to 25 minutes. You choose in onboarding, along with weekly frequency and focus areas.
See what a scored rep feels like
Free to download, no account required. Point the camera, do a set, watch the reps count themselves.
Free to download. No account needed. Nothing is recorded or uploaded.
Sources
App features change. Each competitor detail below was checked against a current source on the date shown.
- Butt Lift: Glute Workouts on the App Store checked 2026-08-13
- 30 Day Butt Challenge Pro on the App Store (developer: Rumble) checked 2026-08-13
- Daily Butt Workout - Booty on the App Store (Daily Workout Apps, LLC) checked 2026-08-13
- Booty Builder on the App Store (developer: Adam Lewis Hunt, v1.4.0, 4.6 MB) checked 2026-08-13
- Sweat: Fitness App For Women on the App Store checked 2026-08-13
- Fitbod: Gym & Fitness Planner on the App Store (subtitle: AI Personal Trainer & Workouts) checked 2026-08-13