Squat counter: count clean reps with depth, tempo and symmetry checks

Squats are easy to count and easy to cheat. As the set goes on, they get shallower and faster. TouchTally counts every rep and tells you how many of them went all the way down.

Set up the squat counter

Squats are one of the free drills, with no limit on live counting.

Side on matters. From the side, the camera can see how far your knees bend; from the front, depth is much harder to judge. If you cannot fit your whole body in the picture, the app suggests switching to 0.5×. Our guide to setting up the camera for rep counting has more on placement.

What makes a clean squat

Each scored rep starts at 100 and loses points for each fault:

Missing depth costs the most. The session FORM SCORE is the average of all the scored reps.

A clean rep is a rep with full depth. A rep that is a little fast or uneven still counts as clean, but its score is lower. The result screen shows CLEAN REPS as a fraction, such as "33 / 37", so you can see how many of your reps reached depth.

During the set

The live screen has a small chip at the top with your running score, for example "FORM 92 · CLEAN 11/12 · ↓0.9s ↑0.7s". The arrows show how long the last rep took going down and coming up. The chip turns amber if the score falls below 70. Below the count, BODY MOTION — Joint angle draws your knee angle as a wave, and the stats bar shows PACE (reps per minute), REP INTERVAL and TIME.

Symmetry, cues and fatigue (Pro)

Pro adds a closer look at each rep.

• Left/right difference. The Rep quality card on the result shows how many degrees apart your two knees were on average. If one side keeps doing less work, this is where it shows.
• Form view. A KNEE angle readout during the set, and a count that changes colour with the last rep's score.
• Spoken cues. If the same fault appears on 2 reps in a row, you get a banner and a short cue: "Go deeper", "Slow down" or "Keep both sides even". Cues are at least 4 seconds apart.
• Fatigue alert. After at least 6 reps, TouchTally compares your last 3 reps with your first 3. If they have become clearly slower or shorter, it says once: "Your form is slipping. Take a short rest?"
• Form per rep. A bar for every rep in its form colour. Tap a bar to jump to that rep in the replay.

Without Pro, the result still shows the Rep quality card with your average Tempo down / hold / up and a count of each fault, plus a locked Symmetry and fatigue card.

Train with a tempo

Slow, controlled squats are a classic way to build strength, and TouchTally can pace them. In Session setup (the sliders button on the Train screen), choose the Metronome mode. For Squats you can pick:

• Steady beat: one click per rep at your chosen BPM
• Tempo 3-1-1: 3 seconds down, 1 second hold, 1 second up
• Tempo 2-0-2 or Tempo 4-0-1

With a tempo, a rep should finish as the next "down" click sounds. The live screen shows a line such as "TEMPO 3-1-1 · ON TIME 80%", and the On the beat card on the result gives your on-time percentage and average offset. The Metronome mode is part of Pro; see rhythm stats and the metronome for how the click works.

Pro also has Sets and rest: pick 1–10 sets, 1–100 reps per set and 10–300 seconds of rest. Each set ends at the rep target, then the rest starts by itself.

Track squats over time

Every session goes into your history with the reps, the time and the form score. You can earn the Clean form badge with a form score of 90 or more over at least 10 reps, and with Pro, your records include Best form score, Most in 30 s and Most in 60 s. See training history and records.

Doing push-ups too? The push-up form score works the same way with elbow depth and a hip line check. For a static hold, try the plank timer.