Comparison

X Progress vs Assistant+

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

Head to head
About

X Progress

Track progress for any event, from daily to custom intervals. Set reminders, add notes, and utilize auto-repeat. View progress on your Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Apple Watch with customizable themes and widgets. Share progress with friends using Zen Mode and SharePlay.

Highlights
  • Customizable event tracking (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
  • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Zen Mode with SharePlay integration
  • Multiple designer themes
  • iCloud syncing across devices
  • iPad optimized with Split View
Features
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Time passes quietly. X Progress makes it visible. Count down to a trip. Count up from a memory. Watch a semester, a project, a year, or any chapter of life - fill in. X Progress turns the moments that matter into beautiful, living progress you can understand at a glance. SEE TIME YOUR WAY • Track one-day moments, longer periods, repeating events, and the built-in progress of the year, month, week, and day. • Show days passed, days left, or a percentage. Count up, count down, or let Auto change direction as time moves. • Add all-day or timed dates, alerts, notes, and photos. • Organize with tags, search, pinned events, Archive, and a Hidden tab protected by Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode. MAKE EVERY EVENT YOURS • Choose from 40+ designer themes, from quiet gradients and pixel art to animated worlds. • Use Photo Theme Studio to turn a photo or Live Photo into your own theme. • Customize backgrounds, subject cutouts, colors, gradients, fonts, text layouts, and motion. • Keep important events visible with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets or Apple Watch complications. COUNT DOWN TOGETHER • Invite friends and family to view or edit an event. Changes stay synchronized through iCloud, with shared activity collected in one place. • Share any event as a photo, Live Photo, video, Instagram Story, or sticker. • Use ZEN with SharePlay to focus on a moment together over FaceTime. CREATE IN LESS TIME • With Smart Create, describe an event in a sentence, or share a photo to X Progress, and review the completed event before saving. • Ask Siri to create an event or check its progress. ON EVERY SCREEN X Progress works on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. iCloud keeps your events, photo themes, and notes in sync across devices. You’ll also find Date Gap for measuring the exact time between two dates, a calendar, public holiday events, reminders, search, and accessibility support for VoiceOver. Start free. X Progress Unlimited unlocks the complete designer theme gallery. Smart Create requires a compatible device with Apple Intelligence. Availability may vary by language and region. Terms of Use: https://www.roczhang.com/x-progress/terms_and_conditions.html Privacy Policy: https://www.roczhang.com/x-progress/privacy_policy.html

About

Assistant+

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Assistant+ provides a Share Location function which you can select a place on a Map app, share it to Assistant+ and use Infotainment System for guidance.

Screenshots

X Progress4 screens
Assistant+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Assistant+ at none against X Progress's 10. Assistant+ also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). X Progress's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price and ads 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. X Progress sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Assistant+ asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

X Progress ships an update every 2 months, Assistant+ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
X Progress versus Assistant+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterX ProgressAssistant+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (87 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings87 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size154 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer鹏 张CARMAX CO., LTD.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

X Progress

Subscriptions1
  • X Progress Unlimited Monthly3 Days trial$0.491 Month
One-time9
  • Turtle Theme$0.99
  • WuFan Theme$0.99
  • Snail Theme$0.99
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  • The Color of Time Theme$0.99
  • NUONUO Theme$0.99
  • Full Moon Theme$0.99
  • Expedition Theme$0.99
  • Toby Likes Bone Theme$0.99
  • X Progress Unlimited Lifetime$19.99
None

Assistant+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is X Progress free?
X Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Assistant+ free?
Assistant+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do X Progress or Assistant+ have ads?
Neither X Progress nor Assistant+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, X Progress or Assistant+?
X Progress ships an update every 2 months, and Assistant+ every 3 weeks. Most recently, X Progress was updated on October 12, 2026 and Assistant+ on October 6, 2026.

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