Motivation vs Progress
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Motivation
This app helps combat procrastination by visually reminding you of the time passing in the year. It aims to boost productivity and encourage users to make the most of their valuable time.
- Time remaining visualization
- Procrastination reduction tool
- Productivity enhancement
- Motivation reminders
- Yearly progress tracking
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Use this app to remind you that time moves fast. Time is a priceless asset that we should not waste. Procrastination is one of the biggest problems that plagues our generation. This app aims to reduce procrastination by notifying you of how much time is left in the year. Increase your productivity, stay motivated, and don't let your time go to waste.
Progress
Easily track your progress and countdown to important dates. Set custom periods and visualize remaining days at a glance. Utilize home screen widgets for quick access to your progress updates.
- Set custom periods
- Display days remaining
- Home screen widgets
- Progress visualization
- Countdown timer
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【Check your progress !! 】 Progress is a simple application with only one function. You can display the current progress and the number of days remaining by setting the period. 【Check at a glance from the home screen】 You can also set Widget, which is a new feature from iOS14. This allows you to easily check your progress from the home screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Progress at 83% against Motivation's 25%. Progress also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). Motivation's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Motivation is free to download; Progress costs $3.99 up front. Motivation sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Progress asks for nothing beyond the download.
Motivation holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 30 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of Motivation's written reviews are positive against 83% of Progress's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Motivation ships an update every 3 months, Progress every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Motivation | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (10 ratings) — better | 4.0 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Don Bytyqi | Gaku Sakai |
Customer experience
Motivation
Progress
In-app purchases
Motivation
- Motivation Pro$2.99
Progress
No in-app purchases
