The best free rep counter apps in 2026 (and what "free" actually gets you)
Every app in this roundup does something that still feels like a magic trick the first time: you prop your phone against a water bottle, start a set, and it counts your reps by watching you through the camera. No wearable, no tapping the screen between sets, no losing count at rep seventeen.
The trick has become common enough that the real question is no longer "can an app do this" but "which exercises does it count, on which phone, and what does free actually include". Those three questions separate this field fast, because most camera rep counters launch with four to six movements on one platform.
We build MyRepsCount, the first app below. Competitor details come from their App Store and Google Play listings as of August 2026. When one of them does something better than we do, we say so.
1. MyRepsCount
iPhone and Android. Rep counting is free. 60+ exercises.
The widest exercise library in this list by a distance: over sixty movements, including six pushup variations, pullups and chin-up variations, squats, lunges, deadlifts, kettlebell swings, cleans, thrusters, and a full set of core work, with left and right sides tracked separately on single-side movements. It is also a complete workout app around the counter: build routines in reps, time, Tabata, or AMRAP formats, compete on live leaderboards, and optionally block your social apps until you have trained (the Focus feature). Camera processing stays on your device, and video is never uploaded.
What we do not do: form scoring. A couple of the single-exercise specialists below critique your depth and form in ways we currently do not. If a coached pushup matters more to you than variety, read on.
2. Setshot
iPhone. Four exercises.
Setshot counts pushups, pullups, squats, and situps, hands-free, with everything processed locally on the phone. It is a clean, focused product and the local-only privacy stance matches ours. The library is the limitation: four movements covers a quick calisthenics session but not a full program, and there is no Android version.
3. RepStandard
iPhone. Four exercises plus gamification.
RepStandard counts pushups, squats, situps, and planks, and wraps the counting in adaptive daily sessions, voice cues, ranks, experience points, and streaks. If what gets you moving is leveling up a character sheet, it is the most game-like counter here and that is a legitimate reason to pick it. Same limits as Setshot: small library, iPhone only.
4. Repped
Android. Five exercises.
One of the better Android-side options: pushups, squats, Hindu pushups, burpees, and plank holds, counted in real time through the camera. The inclusion of burpees is notable because they are one of the harder movements to track reliably. Android only, and the library is still small.
5. Rapsy
Android. On-device processing.
Rapsy counts reps through camera pose detection with processing done on the device, the same privacy posture we take. It is a straightforward counter without much of a workout layer around it. Fine as a utility; thin as a training app.
6. GymCam
Android. Claims any exercise.
GymCam takes the opposite bet from everyone else: instead of supporting a fixed list, it claims to count reps for any repetitive movement. That generality is appealing for gym-machine work the rest of us do not cover. The tradeoff of the generic approach is that it cannot know what a good rep of a specific exercise looks like, which matters if you care whether a half squat counts.
What "free" gets you, side by side
| App | Platforms | Exercises counted | Beyond counting |
|---|---|---|---|
| MyRepsCount | iPhone, Android | 60+ | Workout builder, Tabata/AMRAP, leaderboards, app blocking |
| Setshot | iPhone | 4 | Minimal by design |
| RepStandard | iPhone | 4 | Ranks, XP, streaks, voice cues |
| Repped | Android | 5 | Basic tracking |
| Rapsy | Android | Small set | Basic tracking |
| GymCam | Android | Generic, any movement | Basic tracking |
How to choose
If you train one or two movements and want a coach for them, the specialists are good: RepStandard if gamification motivates you, Setshot if you want minimal and private. If you are on Android and want a simple utility, Repped is the pick. If you train actual programs, with legs and pulls and kettlebells and not just pushups, the sixty-exercise library is the whole argument for ours, and it costs nothing to check: App Store / Google Play. Or browse the free workout library to see what the counter can follow.