Comparison

Play vs Progress

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

Head to head
About

Play

Features
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■ Concept "Grow with the dragon in the real world!" ■ Overview ・Helps you make your effort a habit. ・Records your effort like the play time of a video game. ■ About Quests and Dragons ・In this app, what you want to work hard on is called a "Quest." ・You can create quests freely. The time you play a quest becomes the dragon's experience points. ・When the dragon evolves and reaches its final form, you should be just as strong! ■ Features ・You can set a timer for each quest. ・You can turn quest timer completion notifications ON / OFF. ・The Story feature lets you group quests by category. ・You can freely comment on quests. Try keeping track of your daily progress and insights. ・Consecutive play days and the number of attempts are also recorded to promote habit formation. ・Apple Watch — You can now start and stop quests from your wrist. ・Shortcuts — You can control quests from Siri and the Shortcuts app. ・Calendar — Registers your quest activity history to the calendar. Useful for looking back. ・Scheduled Notifications — Reminds you to start quests at set times. ・Webhook — You can use quest start and end as triggers. ・HealthKit — Activity time for quests designated as workouts is automatically recorded in Health. ・Data Backup — You can now export/import data. ・Dashboard — You can view daily play time in graphs. ・LiveActivity — You can check the remaining timer time on the Lock Screen. ・Don't-Do Quests — Now supports habits you want to quit, such as smoking and drinking. ■ Why I Made This ・I noticed my game play time exceeded 100 hours in a single month.  I thought if I could put the same effort into studying and sports, I could grow like a game character, so I created this app. ■ Character Design  Name: Zui  Twitter: https://twitter.com/zui_0

About

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.

Highlights
  • Set custom periods
  • Display days remaining
  • Home screen widgets
  • Progress visualization
  • Countdown timer
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Play4 screens
Progress4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Play at Free against Progress's $3.99. Play also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Progress's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On device support 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

Play is free to download; Progress costs $3.99 up front. Play sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Progress asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Play ships an update every 2 weeks, Progress every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Play versus Progress: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlayProgress
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating—4.0 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—30 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMIYASHI APPSGaku Sakai

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Play

One-time1
  • Ad-free$0.99
None

Progress

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Play free?
Play is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Progress free?
Progress costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Play or Progress have ads?
Play shows ads; Progress does not.
Which is updated more often, Play or Progress?
Play ships an update every 2 weeks, and Progress every 2 days. Most recently, Play was updated on October 26, 2026 and Progress on October 29, 2026.

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