Push-Up Counter App: Count Every Push-Up Automatically With Your Camera

Why count push-ups with your camera instead of a wearable?

Other push-up counters work differently. Some count a rep when your nose taps the screen or your face nears the phone, some smartwatches count reps from your wrist's movement, and plenty of apps leave you to log sets by hand, remembering a number while your arms are shaking.

A camera-based counter watches your whole body instead, so there's nothing to touch or wear, and it works for wall and knee push-ups too. Hughie's on-device pose detection maps landmarks across your shoulders, elbows, wrists, and hips and follows the movement — down, press back up, one rep, counted and logged automatically. Hughie is built to count every honest rep, not to police your depth. He still measures how deep each rep goes and learns your usual depth, so over a few sessions you can see how your depth changes.

How to count push-ups automatically in Hughie

1. Set up your phone. Prop it up in portrait or landscape where the camera can see you: from the front for push-ups, knee push-ups, and wide push-ups, or from the side for wall push-ups. Hughie tells you if you need to move so he can see you clearly, and a reasonably lit room helps.
2. Choose how you want to work out. Start a program, or track a free-form workout in live mode and pick your push-up.
3. Get in position and go. Hughie checks he can see you, counts down, and counts your reps as you move, with voice coaching along the way. Each set is hands-free.
4. Let the workout run. In a program, Hughie takes you through each exercise and rest on his own, so you just start the workout and save it at the end. You can still tap in anytime to skip a rest or save a set before its goal. In a free-form workout, save each set, then pick your next exercise and whether to track it live or log it by hand.
5. Save and review. Your workout is saved with each set's reps and time, and you'll see a calorie estimate. On Pro, you also get coach notes on how it went.

From wall push-ups to full push-ups

Counting is only half the job — progression is the other half. Hughie builds programs around your level (one free program to try, more with Pro): wall or knee push-ups if you're starting out, then standard push-ups as you get stronger. Wide push-ups aren't the next step after standard ones; they're a different challenge. Wider hands shift more of the work to your chest, so advanced programs can use them alongside standard push-ups.

On Pro, your targets rise as you keep hitting them, up to about 20–25 reps a set. Past that, more reps mostly build endurance rather than strength, so Hughie suggests a step up instead: another round, a level-up, or the next harder version (knee push-ups after wall push-ups, then standard push-ups). Across rounds, a workout can still add up to 50 push-ups or more. Daily challenges give you a reason to show up ("20 push-ups today"), and hitting your weekly goal keeps your streak — and your puppy — happy.

Count your first set in the next five minutes

Hughie is free to download with live push-up tracking included — no wearables, no tapping, no losing count.

Push-up counter FAQ

Does it work for knee push-ups?

Yes. Hughie tracks standard, knee, wall, and wide push-ups with the camera, all free with no limit, so you can start with wall or knee push-ups and work up to standard ones.

Do I need to touch my phone during the set?

Not during the set — counting is fully hands-free once you start. In circuit programs run in live mode, even moving between exercises is hands-free — the workout auto-advances; in free-form workouts you tap to choose each next exercise.

Is my camera feed recorded?

No. Pose detection on your phone finds points on your body in the video, and Hughie works only from those points. The video itself is never recorded or uploaded. What Hughie saves is your workout, like your reps and how deep each rep went.