Comparison

Tally vs Progress

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tally

This app helps you track anything, from habits and medications to spending and moods. It offers customizable trackers, detailed statistics, and helpful reminders to identify patterns and achieve your goals. Integrates with Apple HealthKit for automatic tracking.

Highlights
  • Track anything (habits, money, symptoms, etc.)
  • Customizable trackers (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Progress statistics and pattern analysis
  • Reminders and notifications
  • Widget and Apple Watch support
  • HealthKit integration
Features
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TALLY is a simple tool to help you track absolutely anything. Some uses for TALLY: • Tracking habits • Tracking medications / vitamins • Daily planner / to-do list • Tracking daily/weekly/monthly spending • Budgeting or saving money • Pain journal • Symptom tracking • Mood tracking • Finding patterns in your life Whether you’re trying to track how many times you ate vegetables this week, how many cups of coffee you drank, or whether or not you took your vitamins today, TALLY can help you get where you want to go. With its simple and encouraging interface, logging activity is a delight. Each TALLY box will tell you the current tracker count and how long it's been since you last logged activity. Each tracker is fully customizable. Set your tracker to reset every day, week, month, year or never. Use TALLY's charts, calendars, and notes to analyze activity and detect any progress or patterns. The main screen will display all of your trackers. You can use a filter to display your trackers in a way that makes sense to you. TALLY is FREE for up to 3 trackers. For more than 3, upgrade to the Premium Version or subscribe to the Growth Bundle. TALLY Features: • Quick logging with a Widget and Apple Watch app • Enter custom values • Tracking on a daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or never basis • Easily view progress with statistics • Multiple reminders for each tracker • Fun color options let you customize your list • Easy to edit activities in the past • Backup to Dropbox and iCloud • Shortcuts and Siri Integration TALLY also integrates with Apple HealthKit. This lets you set and track tallies automatically based on your activity. Ex. if you want to track how many steps you take every day, our HealthKit integration will help you with this by attributing your steps data from HealthKit directly in the app. Building amazing new habits has never been easier! TALLY contains optional annual subscription. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, for the chosen plan's price. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your iTunes/App Store Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://kodeon.ai/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://kodeon.ai/terms-of-use

About

Progress

This app helps you monitor your progress towards personal goals, from financial targets to fitness achievements. Visualize your journey with historical data and projected completion dates. It offers a beautiful design, customizable widgets, and Siri shortcuts for seamless tracking across your devices.

Highlights
  • Track distance, money, time, weight, and more
  • History charts and projected completion dates
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
  • Automatic tracker resets (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.)
  • Cross-device syncing (iOS & macOS)
Features
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Progress is an app for iOS & macOS designed to help keep track of progress towards goals. Progress is perfect for tracking almost anything - distance, money, time, weight, and more! Stay on target with history charts showing your recent trends! ◆ Beautiful Design Intuitive layout puts progress tracking right at your fingertips ◆ Widgets Powerful widgets available right on your Home Screen or Lock Screen ◆ Shortcuts Siri shortcuts integration to unlock even more possibilities ◆ History See trends over time and projected completion dates ◆ Automatic Reset Set trackers to reset every day, week, month, quarter, or year ◆ Quick Actions Customizable quick actions for each tracker ◆ Smart Formatting Intelligent formatting for currencies, times, weights, and distances ◆ Categories Sort your trackers into lists ◆ Multiple Device Support Available for iOS & macOS devices with seamless syncing The free version of Progress allows for tracking up to 5 items at a time. To remove this limitation & all advertising within the app, we offer our premium upgrade. Premium is available as an auto-renewing subscription or a one time lifetime purchase. Progress premium subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime by going to your account settings in the App Store. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see our privacy policy & terms of use: https://www.shayesapps.com/policies

Screenshots

Tally4 screens
Progress4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Progress at 80% against Tally's 33%. Progress also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Tally's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (4.1K vs 871). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tally sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Progress sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Progress holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.1K and 871 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Tally's written reviews are positive against 80% of Progress's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tally ships an update every 2 months, Progress every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tally versus Progress: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTallyProgress
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (4.1K ratings)4.8 (871 ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.6% of reviews80.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.1K — better871
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKodeon, Inc.Shayes Apps LLC

Customer experience

Tally

All ratings4,102 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral4.1%
Negative12.6%
Written reviews420 reviews
Positive32.6%
Neutral13.6%
Negative53.8%

Progress

All ratings871 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.1%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive80.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative13.5%

User reviews

Tally

From 4.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Simple and easy to use
  • 🔑 Customizable tallies
  • 📊 Helpful tracking and visualization
  • ⏱️ Timestamps for entries
  • 🎨 Clean and aesthetically pleasing design

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and unreliable
  • 🔒 Lack of support and unresponsive developers
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🔄 Removal of previously available features
  • 🗓️ Inaccurate time and date tracking

Progress

From 871 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Well-designed and functional
  • 🚀 Easy and flawless to use
  • 💡 Helps with motivation and accountability
  • 👍 Simple, elegant, and aesthetically pleasing
  • 👍 Customizable and personalized

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription for full features
  • 🐛 Widget issues and inconsistencies
  • 💰 Overcharging for a simple app

Bugs and requests

Tally

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App freezing and crashing
  • Tallies not syncing correctly across devices
  • Timestamp issues and incorrect date/time display
  • Inability to restore previous purchases
  • Broken or non-functional support/feedback channels

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to edit or remove individual tallies
  • Improved Apple Watch integration and complications
  • Export options for data backup and analysis
  • More color and customization options
  • Easier navigation and organization of tallies

Progress

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Widgets not working as expected
  • App crashing on launch

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add pages/word count tracking
  • Implement daily/weekly/monthly goal tracking and statistics
  • Ability to reorder and view multiple trackers on widgets
  • Automate progress updates based on schedule
  • Increase font and UI element sizes
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  • Add negative goal tracking (e.g., body fat percentage)

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Tally

Subscriptions9
  • Tally Growth Bundle: Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$14.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription1 Year trial$14.991 Year
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  • Tally Growth Bundle: Yearly$18.991 Year
  • Tally Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Tally Premium - Yearly1 Year trial2 variants$29.991 Year
  • Tally Growth Bundle: Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Tally Premium - Yearly1 Year trial2 variants$59.991 Year
  • Tally Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • One-Time Upgrade$6.99
3 purchases

Progress

Subscriptions2
  • Progress Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Progress Premium7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$19.99

Questions

Is Tally free?
Tally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Progress free?
Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tally or Progress?
Progress is rated higher. Tally averages 4.4 out of 5 from 4.1K ratings, while Progress averages 4.8 from 871 ratings.
Do Tally or Progress have ads?
Progress shows ads; Tally does not.
Which is updated more often, Tally or Progress?
Tally ships an update every 2 months, and Progress every 5 weeks. Most recently, Tally was updated on September 22, 2026 and Progress on September 21, 2026.

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