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A push-up game. Out now on iOS and Android.

The push-up game where every rank is earned.

Your phone's camera counts every push-up on the device, with a haptic pulse on each rep. Clear a dojo campaign, climb from Ashigaru to Daimyo, and rank in seasons nobody can buy their way through.

  • Out now on the App Store and Google Play.
  • Free to download and free to play.
  • The camera counts on the device. Frames never leave your phone.
  • Rank is earned, never bought.

What Workout Samurai is

Workout Samurai is a push-up game for iOS and Android, out now on both stores. Your phone’s camera counts every rep on the device, so no video ever leaves the phone. It is a workout game in the literal sense: verified reps clear a dojo campaign, raise your samurai title, and rank you in a season nobody can buy their way through.

The four gates

One movement, taken seriously

Everything in Workout Samurai is built on a rep the phone can actually verify.

The counter

Stand your phone up and start. Pose detection counts each push-up automatically, with a haptic pulse per rep. No wearable, no equipment, nothing to tap.

The dojo

A winding map of levels grouped into chapters, each chapter its own biome. You clear levels with verified reps, fighting yokai and chapter bosses.

Clans

Form a clan, fund a shared vault, upgrade the town hall, and take on a shared clan boss raid every week. A clan never disbands.

Titles and seasons

Lifetime reps raise your samurai title from Ashigaru to Daimyo. Season reps place you in a division from Bronze to Master. Both are earned.

The counter

A counter you can trust. A camera that stays private.

Workout Samurai counts the one thing that matters: your push-ups. The camera feed is processed entirely on your device. No video, image, or frame is ever uploaded or stored. Only the rep count is submitted, and the server checks it so rank stays earned.

  • Pose detection counts every push-up automatically, with haptic feedback.
  • The camera feed is processed entirely on-device. No video or frame ever leaves your phone or is stored.
  • Only the rep count is submitted. The server validates it, so rank stays earned.
  • No equipment. Stand your phone up and go.

It counts standard push-ups. It does not identify or score variations, and it is a rep counter rather than a form grader.

How it works

Four steps from the floor to a rank

No sign-up wall, no equipment, no guessing at your own numbers.

  1. 1

    Install it and stand your phone up

    Free on the App Store and Google Play. Prop the phone where the camera can see you. No sign-up wall: your account starts anonymous and follows you if you link it later.

  2. 2

    Do the reps

    The camera counts each push-up on the device, with a haptic pulse per rep. Only the count leaves the phone, never the video. Decline the camera and you claim reps by hand instead.

  3. 3

    Clear the dojo

    Take the level and beat the yokai standing on it. Each chapter is its own biome and ends with a boss worth the walk.

  4. 4

    Rise through the ranks

    Verified reps raise your samurai title, move your season division, and feed your clan's weekly boss raid. Progress you can point to.

The whole loop is on the push-up game page, and the counter itself on the push-up counter page.

Inside the dojo

What you get, in full

Every part of the game runs on reps a server has checked.

On-device rep counter

Point the camera at yourself and train. Pose detection counts each rep with haptics. Frames are processed on your phone and are never uploaded or stored. Only the count is submitted.

The dojo campaign

A winding map of levels grouped into chapters, each chapter its own biome. Clear levels with verified reps, beat back yokai, and take down the chapter boss.

Samurai titles

Lifetime reps become XP, XP becomes levels, and levels earn titles: Ashigaru, Ronin, Bushi, Samurai, Hatamoto, Champion, Daimyo. Nothing in the shop moves that ladder.

Clans that never disband

Train async with your clan, fund a shared vault, upgrade the town hall, and fight a shared clan boss raid each week. If a leader leaves, leadership passes to the longest-tenured member.

Ranked seasons and leaderboards

Compete across Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, and Master. Every ranked session is server-issued and server-validated, so the top of the board stays honest.

Clan boss raids

Every week your clan faces a shared boss together. Everyone's verified reps land on the same fight, so a clan of people in four time zones can still swing at the same target.

Two ladders

A title you keep, a division you defend

Lifetime reps earn a samurai title that never resets. Season reps place you in a division that does. Both are scored on verified push-ups only.

Samurai titles

Reps pay XP, XP raises your level, and levels earn titles. Clearing campaign levels pays XP on top, so the rep numbers below are a floor and not a target.

  1. 1Ashigarufrom rep one
  2. 5Rōnin160+ reps
  3. 10Bushi810+ reps
  4. 20Samurai3,610+ reps
  5. 35Hatamoto11,560+ reps
  6. 55Champion29,160+ reps
  7. 80Daimyō62,410+ reps

Season divisions

Every season starts Unranked until you have posted enough verified reps to be placed. Division thresholds are set on the server and are not published, so the board is the answer, not a number on this page.

  1. BronzeThe forging ground
  2. SilverTempered steel
  3. GoldThe gilded ranks
  4. PlatinumRarefied air
  5. DiamondUnbreakable
  6. MasterThe summit
Clans and seasons

A leaderboard that means something

Every ranked session is issued and validated by the server. Physically impossible input is rejected, suspicious sessions are flagged for review, and rank can never be purchased.

  • Form a clan, fund a shared vault, and upgrade the town hall together.
  • Take on a shared clan boss raid every week, on your own schedule.
  • A clan never disbands. If a leader leaves, leadership passes to the longest-tenured member.
  • Seasons soft-reset and pay out in cosmetics, never in rank.
Free and Premium

Free to download, free to play

The counter, the campaign, clans, titles and ranked seasons cost nothing. Dojo Premium is an optional subscription that removes waiting, never earning.

Free to play

No account wall. No time limit.

  • The on-device camera rep counter
  • The full dojo campaign, chapter by chapter
  • Coins, chests and the cosmetic gear they buy
  • Clans, the shared vault and the weekly clan boss raid
  • Samurai titles, season divisions and both leaderboards

Dojo Premium adds three things

An optional subscription. Your store listing shows the current pricing.

  • Unlimited energy, so the campaign never makes you wait
  • Rest insurance every week, so a week off never breaks your streak
  • Back-to-back clan boss raids instead of waiting on the meter

And never unlocks

  • Leaderboard rank, which is earned and free for everyone
  • Titles or divisions
  • Verified reps, which only your own push-ups produce

In the app’s own comparison table, leaderboard rank reads “Earned” in both columns. That is deliberate.

A note from the maker

I kept starting push-up challenges and quietly quitting them. I wanted a counter I couldn't argue with, a reason to do the next set that wasn't willpower, and a rank that meant something because I did the reps to get it. So the camera counts your push-ups on your own phone, the dojo gives you somewhere to spend them, and every title and division stays out of the shop. A coach can't do your push-ups for you, and neither can your wallet. What the app offers is an honest floor to start from.

Questions

Straight answers about the push-up game

The things people ask before they point a camera at themselves on the floor.

Is there a push up game that counts your reps?

Yes. Workout Samurai is a push-up game for iOS and Android whose camera counts your reps for you, using pose detection that runs on the phone. The reps are the input: they clear levels in a dojo campaign, raise your samurai title, and place you in a ranked season. Nothing is counted for you by tapping a screen.

Is Workout Samurai out on the App Store and Google Play?

Yes. Workout Samurai: Push-Ups is available now on both the App Store and Google Play, for iPhone and Android. It is free to download and free to play, and it ships in English, Spanish, German, Japanese, Korean and Brazilian Portuguese.

Is Workout Samurai free?

Yes. The app is free to download and free to play: the camera rep counter, the dojo campaign, clans, samurai titles and ranked seasons all cost nothing. Dojo Premium is an optional subscription that removes waiting, and gems can be bought for cosmetics. Neither one buys rank, a title or a division.

Is there a workout game that actually makes you exercise?

That is the whole design here. In most fitness apps the workout is a form you fill in afterwards. In this workout game the push-up is the input device: the camera counts each rep as you do it, and the count is what clears the next level, feeds your clan's weekly boss raid and moves your season standing.

How does a phone camera count push-ups?

A pose-detection model tracks your joints frame by frame and watches your body move through the rep. Elbow flexion, shoulder and head descent, and apparent scale all change together as you lower and press. Workout Samurai fuses those signals into one rep-progress value and counts a rep when a genuine descent and ascent complete.

Does the app record or upload my camera video?

No. Every camera frame is processed on your device and then discarded. No video, image or individual frame is transmitted, uploaded or stored. The only thing that leaves your phone from a session is the resulting rep count, which the server validates so leaderboard rank stays earned.

What is energy in Workout Samurai?

Energy paces how often you start campaign levels, and it refills on its own. It has nothing to do with rank: titles and divisions come from verified reps and are free for everyone. Dojo Premium removes the wait.

What are the samurai titles, and how do you earn them?

Titles come from your level, and your level comes from lifetime XP, which reps pay into. The ladder runs Ashigaru, Ronin, Bushi, Samurai, Hatamoto, Champion, Daimyo. Because clearing campaign levels pays extra XP on top of reps, the rep counts published on this site are a floor rather than a target, and most players arrive sooner.

How do the season divisions work?

Seasons rank you on verified reps across six divisions: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond and Master. You begin a season Unranked until you have posted enough verified reps to be placed. The exact thresholds are set on the server and are not published, so the division you hold reflects the season you are in.

Can you buy a higher rank in Workout Samurai?

No. Gems buy cosmetic armour, helmets and weapons only, and Dojo Premium buys convenience: training without waiting, weekly rest insurance and back-to-back clan boss raids. Every ranked session is issued and validated by the server, physically impossible input is rejected, and suspicious sessions are flagged for review. Your wallet cannot do a push-up for you.

Can I play if I do not give camera permission?

Yes. If you decline the camera permission the game still works: you claim your reps manually instead of having them counted automatically. You lose the hands-free convenience, not the game, and you can change the permission at any time in your device settings.

Does the push-up game work offline?

You can do push-ups anywhere, but a ranked session needs a live connection because the server issues and verifies it, and that is what keeps the leaderboards honest. Reps done fully offline may not count toward your season total until you reconnect.

18 more answers live on the full FAQ, and the training itself is covered in the guides.

Step onto the floor.

Workout Samurai is out now on iOS and Android, free to download and free to play. Count your first honest rep, clear the first chapter of the dojo, and start the climb from Ashigaru.

English, Spanish, German, Japanese, Korean and Brazilian Portuguese. Device requirements and what to expect.

Workout Samurai provides general fitness information, not medical advice. Consult a physician before beginning a new exercise program.