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Alternatives to PushPress
23 fitness tools sit alongside PushPress in this directory. Below is what separates each from PushPress on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 11
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- PushPress starts at
- Free
Why people look past PushPress
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. PushPress has a free tier, and starts at Free against a category median of $17.5/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Your personal gym workout planner
- Starts $12.99 a month dearer, at $12.99/month.
- 2 tiers to PushPress's 3.
Workout tracker and gym log
- Starts $2.99 a month dearer, at $2.99/month.
- 2 tiers to PushPress's 3.
Guided workouts powered by Apple Watch
- No free tier, where PushPress has one.
- Starts $9.99 a month dearer, at $9.99/month.
Lose weight with your friends
- Starts $39.99 a year dearer, at $39.99/year.
5x5 barbell strength training app built around a fixed beginner programme, sold as a subscription
- Sold on a Free tier plus subscription model rather than subscription.
- 2 tiers to PushPress's 3.
Phone based sleep tracking app that uses the microphone or accelerometer to detect sleep phases and wake you in a light sleep window
- Sold on a Free with a Premium subscription model rather than subscription.
- 1 tier to PushPress's 3.
Every PushPress alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PushPress (this page) | Free | Subscription | 3 | |
| JEFITYour personal gym workout planner | Free, then $12.99/month | - | 2 | vs PushPress |
| HevyWorkout tracker and gym log | Free, then $2.99/month | - | 2 | vs PushPress |
| Apple Fitness+Guided workouts powered by Apple Watch | $9.99/month | - | - | vs PushPress |
| Lose It!Lose weight with your friends | Free, then $39.99/year | - | - | vs PushPress |
| StrongLifts | Free | Free tier plus subscription | 2 | vs PushPress |
| Sleep Cycle | Free | Free with a Premium subscription | 1 | vs PushPress |
| Nike Run Club | Free | Free, no subscription or in-app purchases | 1 | vs PushPress |
| Insight Timer | Free | Free with a Member subscription | 1 | vs PushPress |
| Cronometer | Free, then $4.99/month | - | 2 | vs PushPress |
| Gymdesk | Free, then $75/month | Subscription | 5 | vs PushPress |
| My PT Hub | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs PushPress |
| Fitbod | On request | Per user per month | 2 | vs PushPress |
| Zwift | On request | Per user per month | 2 | vs PushPress |
| Freeletics | On request | Per user per month, billed annually | 2 | vs PushPress |
| TrainerRoad | On request | Per user per month | 2 | vs PushPress |
| Daxko | On request | Quote | 1 | vs PushPress |
| Everfit | $16/month | Subscription | 4 | vs PushPress |
| Mariana Tek | $200/month | Subscription | 2 | vs PushPress |
| MacroFactor | $6.99/month | Subscription | 2 | vs PushPress |
| Future | $199/month | - | - | vs PushPress |
| Mirror | $39/month | - | 3 | vs PushPress |
| Eight Sleep | $19/month | Subscription | 1 | vs PushPress |
| Nike Training Club | Free | - | 1 | vs PushPress |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the PushPress badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (11)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- JEFIT , Free, then $12.99/month
- Hevy , Free, then $2.99/month
- Lose It! , Free, then $39.99/year
- StrongLifts , Free
- Sleep Cycle , Free
- Nike Run Club , Free
- Insight Timer , Free
- Cronometer , Free, then $4.99/month
What you would be giving up
PushPress is most often brought in for gym management, studio management, membership billing, fitness tracking, payment processing. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If PushPress is broadly right and the question is cost, the PushPress pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Fitness category lists everything the directory holds, and best fitness tools ranks them.
PushPress runs on not recorded. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about PushPress alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to PushPress?
- 23 other fitness tools are listed in this directory, led by JEFIT, Hevy, Apple Fitness+, Lose It!. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to PushPress?
- 11 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: JEFIT, Hevy, Lose It!, StrongLifts, Sleep Cycle.
- Is there a reason to switch away from PushPress?
- Nothing in the data flags one. PushPress has a free tier, and starts at Free against a category median of $17.5/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from PushPress?
- PushPress is most often brought in for gym management, studio management, membership billing, fitness tracking, payment processing. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to PushPress?
- None of the fitness tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these PushPress alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Fitness, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare PushPress against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against PushPress covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every fitness tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Fitness category, 23 tools beside PushPress. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.