When there's real money on the line, you want to know the count is honest. On Cadoo you set a pushup goal, bet on yourself and your friends, and start moving. Instead of tapping a number and hoping everyone was truthful, Cadoo watches you do the work with your phone's camera and AI pose tracking. Every rep is seen, counted, and scored, so the pushups that win the pot are pushups that actually happened.
How Cadoo counts your pushups
Cadoo's camera doesn't just film you, it follows your body. Using on-device AI pose tracking, it maps key points on your frame, like your shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, and watches them move in real time. For a pushup, it tracks your whole body lowering toward the ground and pressing back up, following your shoulders travelling down and then up again.
One clean down-and-up counts as one rep. Lower yourself, press back up to the top, and that's a pushup on the board. No manual tapping, no honor system, just your movement doing the counting.
Practice mode: get set before it counts
Before the real recording starts, Cadoo gives you a quick guided practice so nothing gets missed. You'll fit your body inside the on-screen outline, hold the position for a moment so Cadoo locks on, do one practice rep to confirm everything looks right, and then record for real.
Because the camera is the source of truth, how you frame up matters. Set your phone side-on so Cadoo can see your body travel down and up, get your full body in frame from head to heels, and give yourself decent light. Good framing means accurate counts.
How form scoring works (and why some reps don't count)
Every rep is graded on form, on a scale from 0 to 100 percent. Reps that fall below the quality bar (around 40 percent) don't count toward your goal. That's what keeps a game of sloppy half-reps from beating a game of clean ones.
For pushups, Cadoo looks at three things:
- Depth — you bend your elbows and lower far enough. A shallow half-rep won't count.
- Lockout — you push all the way back up to straight arms at the top of each rep.
- Body line — you hold a straight line from shoulders to heels. Sagging or piking your hips lowers your score.
After your set, you'll see your attempted reps (everything you tried), your credited reps (the ones that met the form bar and count toward your goal), and your average form score. It's an honest mirror, and a genuinely useful way to see your reps improving over time.
What this means for you
It means fair play, every time. Your counts are verified by the camera, not claimed by a tap. The pot is protected because only real, quality reps count toward winning. And everyone in the game plays on the same level field, held to the same standard. There's no "just trust me" on Cadoo, because the camera already confirmed it.
Tips to get every rep counted
- Film side-on so Cadoo can clearly see you go down and up.
- Get your whole body in frame, from your shoulders to your heels.
- Set up in good lighting so your movement reads clearly.
- Use a full range of motion on every rep: chest down, arms locked out at the top.
- Keep your phone steady on a stable surface so the view doesn't wobble mid-set.
Cadoo scores your other bodyweight moves the same honest way, including squats, situps, pullups, dips and plank.
Frequently asked questions
How does Cadoo count pushups?
Your phone's camera and AI pose tracking follow your body lowering and pressing back up. One full down-and-up counts as one rep.
Why didn't all my pushups count?
Every rep is form-scored from 0–100%. Reps that are too shallow, don't lock out at the top, or let the hips sag score low and aren't credited toward your goal.
Do I need any equipment?
No. Just prop your phone side-on in decent light so the camera can see your whole body.
