BeastieChallenge a friend
to a push-up battle
Group-chat push-up challenges die the same death every time: nobody believes anybody’s number. Beastie fixes the believing part. Pick a move, set a number, send the link — and both phones referee with the camera, counting only the reps that reach depth.
your phone
No honor system. That’s the feature.
Works for push-ups, squats and jumping jacks · your friend needs no account to accept
A number and a deadline.
The phones do the rest.
Call someone out
Do your reps first or set a target cold — either way it goes out as a link that works in any chat. The preview does the trash talk for you.
They accept, wherever they are
Same city or another continent — each of you performs in front of your own camera, any time before the deadline. Same rules, same referee, both sides.
- The link opens without the app installed
- No account needed to accept
- Their camera counts them, yours counts you
Settle it with receipts
Both of you get the same verdict: clean reps, form score, best streak. Then rematch with one tap, roles reversed — that’s how rivalries start.
Go head to head live,
or on your own time
Same minute, two cameras
You start together, each in front of your own phone, and your rival’s count runs beside yours the whole way. Most clean reps when the clock stops wins. They get five minutes to join — if they can’t make it, it turns into a sent challenge instead.
Best when they already have Beastie and you’re both free right now.
Set the number, send the link
Do your set first so they know exactly what to beat, or send it cold and let them set the pace. They get seven days to answer, whenever suits them — before work, after the gym, the other side of the world.
Best when they don’t have Beastie yet. Seven days is plenty of time to get it.
A fair fight,
whoever’s stronger
In a push-up battle with friends, the one who does 60 and the one who does 15 can still have a real fight. Pick the rules when you send the challenge; they see them before they accept.
Beat my number
Most clean reps wins. The classic, and the only rule a live duel uses.
Give a spot
Sending to someone who can’t match you yet? Your own count is cut by anything from 5% to 50% at the verdict. Theirs stands in full.
Beat your best
Whoever adds the most reps to their own record wins. A beginner who adds five beats a veteran who adds two.
Want something riding on it? Add a stake: loser picks the next exercise, loser does the winner’s number plus five, or loser posts the L card. No money involved — just the thing you’ll both remember.
Three ways to run one
The office push-up challenge
Pairs, a bracket on the whiteboard, and a camera that settles every round.
The couples push-up challenge
Same room or different time zones. You name the stakes; the camera decides who pays.
Push-up competition rules
What counts as a rep, and the arguments those rules end before they start.
A push-up duel app,
minus the video game
A lot of push-up duel apps are built like games: matchmaking with strangers, health bars, XP and a rank ladder. Beastie keeps the one part that matters between two friends — a count you both believe.
- Whoever you sent the link to — nobody from a queue
- Only clean reps, counted the same way on both phones
- Push-ups, squats or jumping jacks
- A verdict with both receipts, then a one-tap rematch
- Report and block, if you ever need them
- Matchmaking with strangers
- XP, gems, levels or a rank ladder
- Health bars
- A chat box — just a taunt you pick from a list
- Video leaving your phone — only the numbers do
Weighing it up against a game-style app? See how Beastie compares with Push Up Arena.
Before you call someone out
Does my friend need the app to accept a challenge?
They need the app to do their reps — that’s the referee — but not to receive the challenge. The link works anywhere you can paste it, shows them who called them out and what the number is, and walks them into the duel from there. No account is needed to accept.
What if we’re in different cities?
That’s the normal case. Each of you does your reps in front of your own phone, whenever suits you before the deadline. Both attempts are counted the same way, by the same rules, and the verdict shows both receipts: clean reps, form score, best streak.
How do I know they didn’t cheat?
Because neither phone takes anyone’s word for it. The camera counts only reps that reach full depth with honest form, on both sides. A shallow rep doesn’t score for you, and it doesn’t score for them — that’s the whole point of a camera referee.
Can we do a live push-up duel?
Yes. A live duel is 60 seconds, both of you at once, each in front of your own phone, with both counts on screen as you go. Most clean reps wins. Your friend has five minutes to join. If they can’t make it, it becomes a normal challenge with seven days to answer.
Will I be matched against strangers?
No. Beastie has no matchmaking and no public queue. Every duel starts from a link you send, so the only person you can face is whoever opens it. If a rival ever crosses a line, you can report or block them from the duel.
What if my friend is much stronger than me?
Pick different rules when the challenge is sent. With Give a spot, the sender’s count is cut by 5% to 50% at the verdict. With Beat your best, whoever improves most on their own record wins, so a beginner can beat a veteran. Live duels are always a straight count.
Is a challenge free?
Accepting your first full duel is free, and the solo counter is free every day. Unlimited duels come with Beastie Pro, an optional subscription.
Someone out there reckons they’d beat you.
Settle it properly. Set a number, send the link, and let both cameras referee — the link opens even if they don’t have the app yet. The worst case is you find out they were right.
- Free — no card, no trial to cancel
- No account needed to try it
- Video never leaves your phone
- Counts with no signal
your phone
One set takes about a minute. If the number disappoints you, nobody else ever sees it.
Someone owes you a rematch.
Not sure what number to open with? Take the push-up test and see where you rank first.