Best Workout Apps That Count Your Reps
One app on this list watches you move. The other five ask you to tick a box.
The Butt Lift teamUpdated 2026-08-13
Short answer
Butt Lift counts your reps: the iPhone camera counts each one and scores it live on depth, tempo and control.
Fitbod, Nike Training Club, Sweat, 30 Day Butt Challenge Pro and Daily Butt Workout are good apps, and none of them counts reps automatically. You tap a set as done. That is a log, not a count.
The short version
- Butt Lift is the one app in this comparison that counts reps automatically: the iPhone camera scores every rep live on depth, tempo and control.
- Fitbod, Nike Training Club, Sweat, 30 Day Butt Challenge Pro and Daily Butt Workout all rely on you logging sets or ticking a workout complete.
- Butt Lift builds a 28 day plan from your onboarding answers on program, strength, weekly frequency, session length and focus areas, and reroutes around flagged knees, hips, lower back or wrists.
- Pose detection runs on device in Butt Lift: no video is recorded, stored or uploaded, and no account is required.
- Fitbod is the stronger pick for loaded barbell and dumbbell programming, Nike Training Club for a free video library, and Sweat for trainer-authored programmes for women.
| 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 | Yes. Every rep counted and scored live on depth, tempo and control | Yes. A 28 day plan built from your onboarding answers |
| Fitbod | Gym strength training with the programming decided for you | A generated list of exercises, sets, reps and weights that you log yourself | No. You tap or type the sets and reps | Yes, algorithmic, from your logged data and edits |
| Nike Training Club | A large free library of guided video workouts | Trainer-led video classes, whiteboard workouts, multi-week programs | No. You log the workout as complete | Partly. Structured multi-week programs, not per-user adaptation |
| Sweat | Trainer-authored programmes for women | Written descriptions, demo videos, timed circuits | No. You mark workouts complete and log weights by hand | Programme choice with home or gym variants |
| 30 Day Butt Challenge Pro | A ready-made 30 day no-equipment glute plan | Video and still-image demos inside a fixed 30 day plan | No. You mark the day done | No. One fixed progression for everyone |
| Daily Butt Workout | Short offline at-home glute routines | Trainer-demonstrated clips with an on-screen countdown | No. The timer runs whether or not you do | No. Fixed routines |
Our picks
- Best for automatic rep counting and form scoring: Butt Lift The camera counts each rep and scores it live on depth, tempo and control, inside a 28 day plan built from your answers.
- Best for gym barbell and dumbbell programming: Fitbod Non-linear periodization and an adaptive model that learns from your edits pick the muscles, the weight and the reps.
- Strong free library: Nike Training Club A large, properly produced range of guided video workouts across strength, HIIT, yoga, pilates and recovery.
- Best trainer-authored programmes for women: Sweat Credible progressive programmes from named trainers, home or gym variants, and a big community layer.
- Best offline option: Daily Butt Workout Runs fully offline with a demo video and a timer. No signal, no subscription.
- Best plug-and-play 30 day plan: 30 Day Butt Challenge Pro A fixed no-equipment progression with reminders, a water reminder, weight tracking and a transformation tracker.
What "counts your reps" actually means
Nearly every app here is a logbook with videos bolted on. Watch the demo, do the work, tell the app you did it.
So the completion tick measures your honesty, not your effort. A half-depth squat and a perfect one look identical in the data.
Counting is a different job. Something has to watch the movement and decide whether it happened.
On iPhone that means the camera plus on-device pose detection. Everything else is self-report.
The six apps, and what each one actually does
Butt Lift counts every rep with the iPhone camera and scores it live on depth, tempo and control.
It is free to download. Butt Lift Pro unlocks the full plan, and no account is required.
Fitbod picks the programming for you: which muscles, what weight, how many reps, across over 1000 exercises with multi-angle demos.
You log every set by hand.
Nike Training Club is a large free library of trainer-led video classes, whiteboard workouts and multi-week programs, with an Apple Watch companion.
Completion is self-logged.
Sweat runs trainer-authored progressive programmes from named coaches including Kayla Itsines and Kelsey Wells, home or gym.
Sets are self-reported.
30 Day Butt Challenge Pro is a fixed 30 day no-equipment plan with HealthKit sync, diet plans and a transformation tracker.
Nothing about the exercise itself is measured.
Daily Butt Workout is video plus timer, fully offline, every exercise demonstrated by a certified personal trainer.
The timer runs whether or not you do.
Why Butt Lift is different
The phone counts the rep instead of you. Pose detection runs on device, and no video is recorded, stored or uploaded.
Every rep is scored live on depth, tempo and control. Sloppy reps score lower and get a cue, and a clean rep streak drives the combo.
The plan is built, not decorative: a 28 day plan from your onboarding answers on program, strength, weekly frequency, session length and focus areas.
There are 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 bodyweight, bands or dumbbells, and reroutes around flagged knees, hips, lower back or wrists.
Sessions run from about 5 to 25 minutes, chosen in onboarding.
Coach voice comes in Sweet, Sassy and Savage, with streaks and session ranks. Butt Lift trains and measures; it does not promise an outcome.
Where the rivals genuinely win
Fitbod owns gym barbell and dumbbell programming. Non-linear periodization and recovery tracking beat anything camera-based for a loaded barbell session.
Nike Training Club owns free breadth. Strength, HIIT, yoga, pilates, recovery and mindfulness, produced properly, at no cost.
Sweat owns trainer-authored programme depth for women, with named coaches, progressive structure and a large community.
Train offline, or refuse subscriptions? Daily Butt Workout is the pragmatic answer, and it is honest about being a timer.
Which one should you download
Barbell work in a gym, with the programming solved for you: Fitbod.
Variety on a zero budget: Nike Training Club. A coach-authored programme with a community behind it: Sweat.
Glutes specifically, with proof that each rep was actually performed to depth, on a plan shaped around your equipment, injuries and available minutes: Butt Lift.
If your last plan stalled because nothing checked your form, a bigger video library will not fix that.
Questions people ask
Can you cheat the rep counter?
Not easily. A shallow or rushed rep scores lower on depth, tempo and control, gets flagged with a cue, and breaks your clean rep streak.
Does Butt Lift record video of me?
No. Pose detection runs on device. No video is recorded, stored or uploaded, and nothing leaves your phone.
Do any of the other apps count reps?
No. Fitbod has you enter sets and reps yourself. Nike Training Club, Sweat, 30 Day Butt Challenge Pro and Daily Butt Workout rely on you marking a workout complete, or on a timer running out.
Do I need equipment?
No. Butt Lift adapts to what you have, from bodyweight to bands and dumbbells.
The ten exercises are 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 are dodgy?
Flag them in onboarding. Butt Lift reroutes exercises around flagged knees, hips, lower back or wrists. Sessions run from about 5 to 25 minutes, so pick a length you will actually finish.
Is there an Android version?
No, Butt Lift is iPhone only. On Android, Fitbod is the honest recommendation for structured strength training.
See what your reps actually score
Free to download, no account required. Point the camera, do a set, watch the score.
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
- Fitbod: Gym & Fitness Planner on the App Store (subtitle: AI Personal Trainer & Workouts) checked 2026-08-13
- Nike Training Club: Wellness on the App Store checked 2026-08-13
- Sweat: Fitness App For Women 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