Comparison

Progressive Overload Workout vs Heroic

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

Head to head
About

Progressive Overload Workout

Log your gym reps and weights to track progress and know when to increase intensity for muscle growth. Integrates with the Health app to log workout sessions. Requires an Apple Watch to complete exercises.

Highlights
  • Track reps and weight
  • Progressive overload guidance
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Health app logging
  • Supports linear fitness programs
Features
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Keep track of your gym progress by entering the reps and weight used at every exercise. This will tell you when to increase the weights to progressively overload your muscles. Works well with linear fitness programs like PHUL and PHAT. You will need an Apple Watch to complete exercises. This app integrates with the Health app by logging your workout sessions.

About

Heroic

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You picked your exercises. You walked into the gym. Now what weight goes on the bar? Heroic is a strength-training coach that handles the calculations for you. Log your reps and Heroic figures out the rest — next week's working weights, warmup loads rounded to real plate increments, deloads when a lift stalls, and a clear progression for every exercise in your program. Spend your time training, not doing math between sets. WHAT HEROIC DOES FOR YOU • Calculates next week's weights based on this week's reps • Generates warmup sets rounded to plate increments • Applies deloads when a lift stops progressing • Estimates your 1-rep max for every main lift • Tracks bodyweight and strength trends with charts TWO COMPLETE PROGRAMS Men's Program : a progressive-overload plan built around the major compound lifts: squat, bench press, deadlift, overhead press, and row, with carefully chosen accessory work. Women's Program :built around lower-body strength,glute and hip development, and a pressing progression that moves week over week. BUILT FOR THE WAY YOU TRAIN • Native iOS app designed for one-handed logging between sets • Syncs across your iPhone and iPad through iCloud • Works offline at the gym and syncs when you reconnect Heroic works with the Apple Health app on iPhone. Bodyweight measurements are read from the Health app to seed your starting weight, and your completed strength workouts are written back to Health so your training history stays in one place. You can change this anytime in Settings > Apple Health. PRIVACY Heroic stores your training data in your private iCloud. No account sign-up is require

Screenshots

Progressive Overload Workout1 screens
Heroic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Progressive Overload Workout at none against Heroic's 1. Progressive Overload Workout also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 18.0). Heroic's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 34 months). 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. Heroic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Progressive Overload Workout asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Progressive Overload Workout ships an update every 34 months, Heroic daily. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Progressive Overload Workout versus Heroic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgressive Overload WorkoutHeroic
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 34 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.3 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnthood ABAhmet Adem

In-app purchases

None

Progressive Overload Workout

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Heroic

One-time1
  • Get in shape: Heroic PRO$19.99

Questions

Is Progressive Overload Workout free?
Progressive Overload Workout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Heroic free?
Heroic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Progressive Overload Workout or Heroic have ads?
Neither Progressive Overload Workout nor Heroic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Progressive Overload Workout or Heroic?
Progressive Overload Workout ships an update every 34 months, and Heroic daily. Most recently, Progressive Overload Workout was updated on June 10, 2026 and Heroic on September 13, 2026.

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