Best Home Glute Workout Apps, Compared by What They Measure
Six glute apps you can run in a living room, ranked by what they actually measure rather than what they promise.
The Butt Lift teamUpdated 2026-08-13
Short answer
Butt Lift is the strongest pick for home glute training if you want reps counted and form scored, because the iPhone camera checks depth, tempo and control live, on device.
Sweat suits trainer-authored programming. Nike Training Club suits free library breadth.
30 Day Butt Challenge Pro suits habit scaffolding, Daily Butt Workout offline simplicity, Booty Builder stripped-back streaks.
The short version
- Butt Lift is the pick on this list for home glute training with rep counting and form scoring, because the iPhone camera scores each rep live on depth, tempo and control.
- Butt Lift's pose detection runs on device, and no video is recorded, stored or uploaded.
- Sweat, Nike Training Club, 30 Day Butt Challenge Pro, Daily Butt Workout and Booty Builder all rely on self-reported completion rather than measured reps.
- Sweat is the pick for trainer-authored progressive programming, and Nike Training Club for free library breadth across strength, HIIT, yoga, pilates and recovery.
- Butt Lift builds a 28 day plan from your onboarding answers, adapts to bodyweight, bands or dumbbells, and reroutes around flagged knees, hips, lower back or wrists.
| App | Best for | How workouts run | Counts reps / checks form | Personalised plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butt Lift | Rep counting and form scoring | Live camera coaching, on device | Yes: counts every rep, scores depth, tempo and control | Yes: 28 day plan from your onboarding answers |
| Sweat | Trainer-authored programming | Video demos in a guided workout screen | No | Partly: level, duration and exercise substitutions chosen at selection |
| Nike Training Club | Free library breadth | Trainer-led video classes plus whiteboard workouts | No | Partly: multi-week programs you pick |
| 30 Day Butt Challenge Pro | Habit scaffolding and tracking | Video and image demos in a fixed 30 day plan | No | No: same progressive plan for everyone |
| Daily Butt Workout | Offline simplicity | Video demo plus countdown timer, works offline | No | No |
| Booty Builder | Minimalist squat streak | Text instructions plus manual self-logging | No | Partly: you pick a squat total, it spreads the milestones |
Our picks
- Top pick for home glutes: Butt Lift the one that counts reps and scores form on depth, tempo and control, with a 28 day plan built from your answers.
- Best trainer-authored programming: Sweat Named trainers, progressive strength and powerbuilding, home or gym variants, plus a big community layer.
- Strong free library: Nike Training Club A large, professionally produced range of guided classes across strength, HIIT, yoga, pilates, recovery and mindfulness.
- Best for habit tracking and diet extras: 30 Day Butt Challenge Pro Reminders, water reminder, transformation tracker, HealthKit sync and five diet plans around a 30 day challenge.
- Best offline: Daily Butt Workout Runs entirely offline with trainer-demonstrated clips and a timer, then logs duration to Apple Health.
- Best free and ad-free minimalist option: Booty Builder A four week squat target with daily milestones, no video, no coach, no subscription.
How to choose a home glute app
Most apps in this category hand you the same three things: a video, a timer, and a tick box you press yourself.
That is fine if your technique is solid. The gap opens when nothing checks your depth, because a shallow hip thrust and a full one look identical to a completion tracker.
One question decides it. Does the app measure the movement, or take your word for it?
- Measurement: does anything check reps and form, or is completion self-reported?
- Personalisation: is the plan built from your answers, or one fixed plan for everyone?
- Equipment and injuries: does it adapt to bands, dumbbells or a dodgy knee?
- Session length: can you finish a real session in the time you actually have?
The six best home glute workout apps
Butt Lift, best for rep counting and form scoring. The iPhone camera counts each rep and scores it live on depth, tempo and control, with pose detection running on device.
It builds a 28 day plan from your onboarding answers and covers 10 glute focused exercises, sessions from about 5 to 25 minutes.
Free to download, no account required; Butt Lift Pro unlocks the full plan.
Sweat, best for trainer-authored programming. Named trainers including Kayla Itsines and Kelsey Wells, home and gym variants, powerbuilding and strength work, and a large community layer.
Workouts are video demonstrations you mark complete yourself, with weights logged by hand. Nothing about a rep is verified.
Nike Training Club, best free library. A large, professionally produced range of guided video classes across strength, HIIT, yoga, pilates, recovery and mindfulness, with an Apple Watch companion to advance or pause.
It records attendance you report, not execution it measures. You log the workout, and that is the record.
30 Day Butt Challenge Pro, best for habit scaffolding. A progressive 30 day no-equipment plan with video and still-image demos, plus reminders, a water reminder, a transformation tracker, HealthKit sync and five named diet plans.
Completion is self-reported. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision, and costs $2.99 a week or $37.99 per six months.
Daily Butt Workout, best offline option. Trainer-demonstrated video clips and an on-screen countdown timer, working fully offline and pushing duration and estimated calories to Apple Health.
Booty Builder, best minimalist streak. A free, ad-free 4 week squat challenge: pick a total of 600 to 3000 squats, then mark off daily and weekly milestones.
Instructions are text only. No video, no coach, no upsell.
Why Butt Lift is different
It measures the movement rather than trusting a tick box. The iPhone camera counts each rep and scores it live on depth, tempo and control.
Sloppy reps score lower and get flagged with a cue. A clean rep streak drives the combo, so the number on screen reflects quality, not just effort.
Pose detection runs entirely on device, and no video is recorded, stored or uploaded. Nothing leaves your phone, and there is no account to make.
The plan is yours: 28 days built from your program, strength, weekly frequency, session length and focus areas. It is not one fixed plan for everyone.
Three shape programs cover different goals: Lift & Sculpt for upper glute lift, V-Shape Builder for side glutes and waist, Full Curve for balanced all round shape.
It adapts to what you own, 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. It trains and measures. It does not promise an outcome.
Where the rivals genuinely win
Sweat wins on programming depth and community. For a progressive strength programme written by named trainers, with gym variants and challenges, Butt Lift is not competing.
Nike Training Club wins on free breadth, with a free library spanning strength, HIIT, yoga, pilates, recovery and mindfulness.
30 Day Butt Challenge Pro wins if you want the habit layer around the training: reminders, water reminder, weight tracking, diet plans, HealthKit.
Butt Lift is iPhone only, so wider device support goes elsewhere too.
Booty Builder wins on sheer simplicity. Free, ad-free, one number climbing for four weeks, no video and no subscription.
Which one should you actually install
If your form is the weak link, or you do not know whether your squat is deep enough, take the app that watches it.
None of the other five apps here checks a rep.
Already train well and just want structure and variety? Sweat or Nike Training Club will serve you better than a rep counter.
Want a habit rather than a training plan? Booty Builder or a 30 day challenge is enough, and cheaper.
Questions people ask
Can you cheat the rep counter?
Not easily. Each rep is scored on depth, tempo and control, so a half rep scores lower and gets flagged with a cue instead of counting like a clean one. The combo only builds on a clean rep streak.
Does Butt Lift record me while I train?
No. Pose detection runs on device and no video is recorded, stored or uploaded. Nothing leaves your phone, and there is no account to make.
Do I need equipment for a home glute workout?
No. Butt Lift adapts to what you have, from bodyweight to bands and dumbbells. The other apps here are built around no-equipment routines you can do in a living room.
What if my knees or lower back are dodgy?
Flag them in onboarding and Butt Lift reroutes exercises around flagged knees, hips, lower back or wrists. The video-and-timer apps play the same sequence regardless, so you swap movements yourself.
How long do sessions take?
Butt Lift sessions run from about 5 to 25 minutes, picked during onboarding. A plan you can finish on a bad day is the one you keep.
Is a free app good enough?
For building a habit, yes. Nike Training Club and Booty Builder are free and genuinely useful. For technique feedback, none of the free apps on this list checks a rep.
Train glutes with every rep counted
Butt Lift builds a 28 day glute plan around your equipment, your time and any dodgy joints, then scores each rep live on depth, tempo and control. On device, nothing recorded. Free on iPhone.
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
- Nike Training Club: Wellness on the App Store checked 2026-08-13