Item: My Exercise⁢
Rating: 90
Author: Dinsun

Our Expert Score

90/100

My Exercise is unlike anything else on the App Store. It is a wonderfully weird, charming, and oddly moving game about doing sit-ups. You control a young boy performing exercises alongside his chubby dog, and that’s essentially the whole game. However, the magic is in the details. As you tap to perform sit-ups, the world around you reacts in increasingly surreal and heartwarming ways. Animals join in, the environment shifts, and the simple act of exercising becomes a celebration of movement and companionship.

The art style is clean and expressive, reminiscent of indie animation, and the sound design is pitch-perfect. It’s a short experience, but it’s one that sticks with you because of its sincerity and humor. There are no levels to beat in the traditional sense, and no competitive leaderboards—just a pure, artistic expression of a simple activity. It’s a 'small' game that feels huge in its emotional impact. If you want something that will make you smile and perhaps feel a bit more connected to the world, 'My Exercise' is a beautiful little gem.

Dinsun reviewed on: Wed Feb 25 2026

The Game

Available on: iPhone, iPad, iPod

1370091274

$3.99 4+★5 41 reviews

Author : Playables

Pubish Date : Wed Aug 26 2020

Last Update Date : Mon Aug 11 2025

Support Languages : English

Genres :

Version 1.1.3Mon Aug 11 2025

bug fixes
Let's do sit-ups!
Let a chubby boy do his exercise and sink into a dog's body. Maybe animals will come to cheer him up.
My Exercise is a festival of private comforts. Subtle secret elements are hidden delicately.
My Exercise is the first game by award-winning animation filmmaker Atsushi Wada. This short game was developed in collaboration with independent Japanese developer Ryoya Usuha and the Playables team.
Play time: between 15 – ∞ minutes
Works on all iOS devices launched after 2015.
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Let's do sit-ups!
Let a chubby boy do his exercise and sink into a dog's body. Maybe animals will come to cheer him up.
My Exercise is a festival of private comforts. Subtle secret elements are hidden delicately.
My Exercise is the first game by award-winning animation filmmaker Atsushi Wada. This short game was developed in collaboration with independent Japanese developer Ryoya Usuha and the Playables team.
Play time: between 15 – ∞ minutes
Works on all iOS devices launched after 2015.

Ratings & Reviews

5 out of 5 with 41 Counts

★★★★★

Age Rating 4+

My Exercise is a unique, artistic game developed by Playables. The premise is deceptively simple: tap the screen to help a boy do sit-ups with his dog. As you continue your workout, the experience transforms into a surreal journey where various animals and objects interact with the duo. It is a minimalist, rhythmic, and humorous exploration of a single physical movement, praised for its charming animation and quirky atmosphere.

Features

Simple one-tap controls

Surreal and humorous animation

Heartwarming interactions with animals

Meditative and rhythmic gameplay

Short, high-quality artistic experience

Tips

Finding Your Rhythm

The game reacts to the speed and rhythm of your taps. Try varying your pace to see how the dog and the environment react. There is no 'wrong' way to play—the goal is to see how many sit-ups you can do and what surprises occur along the way.

Promotion Videos

My Exercise – Trailer - YouTube

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Gameplays

Discovering Surprises

As you hit certain milestones of sit-ups, new characters will appear and join the exercise. Keep going to unlock the full 'story' of the workout and enjoy the bizarre, heartwarming interactions that follow.