Most push-up counters want you to tap a button, or they read the accelerometer and count anything that jiggles. FitToll counts the way someone watching you would — by looking at your arms.
How the counter works
The camera feeds an on-device pose model — Apple Vision on iOS, ML Kit on Android — which returns where your joints are, many times a second. From that, FitToll works out the angle at your elbow and follows it.
A push-up is a shape the counter knows: arms straight at the top, bending past a threshold on the way down, bottoming out, then straightening back through the top. Complete that circuit and the number goes up. Angles are smoothed across recent frames, so one bad reading can’t nudge the count.
What counts as a rep
Half-reps don’t. Go partway down and come back up and the counter has watched you leave the top and return without ever reaching the bottom, so nothing lands.
There’s a form check at the bottom too. Your hip angle has to stay above a minimum, which is the difference between a push-up and a sag. Break form down there and FitToll says so instead of quietly banking the rep.
Three strictness levels
Your push-up and mine are probably not the same push-up. Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced move the thresholds — how far down counts as down, how straight counts as straight — so the counter can be honest without being discouraging. Pick the one that matches where you actually are.
Nothing leaves your phone
No video is recorded. Nothing is uploaded. The model runs locally, so frames stay on the device and are thrown away as they’re processed. It works in airplane mode, which is the shortest proof that nothing is going anywhere.
Using it on its own
You don’t have to block anything to use the counter. Test Exercise on the home screen starts a session by itself — handy for checking your framing, trying a strictness level, or just counting a set.
Where the counter came from
FitToll is an app blocker first. You pick the apps you lose time to, and when you open one, the exercise gate shows up instead. Reps are the toll. That’s why the counting had to be honest — a counter you can trick is a blocker you can walk through.
The same engine counts squats, and the technical side is in AI rep counter.
Does it count push-ups automatically?
Yes. Prop the phone up so your upper body is in frame and start a session. Pose detection tracks your joints and counts each rep as you finish it. There’s nothing to tap between reps.
Can I cheat it by shaking the phone?
No. The counter reads the angle at your elbow, not motion. Shaking the phone, waving at it, or tapping the screen doesn’t produce a rep, because none of that changes your elbow angle.
Do half-reps count?
No. A rep lands only after you’ve been all the way down and all the way back up. Stop halfway and the number doesn’t move.
Is my camera footage uploaded anywhere?
No video is recorded and nothing is uploaded. Detection runs on your phone, frames never leave it, and the whole thing works in airplane mode.
Do I need to block apps to use the counter?
No. Tap Test Exercise on the home screen and you get a counting session on its own, without blocking anything.
What does it cost?
FitToll is free to download and both exercises are included. Premium ($5.99/month or $29.99/year) lifts the one-app limit on blocking. It doesn’t gate the counter.