Carlile Swimming vs Progressor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Carlile Swimming
This app provides resources and information for aquatic education, catering to swimmers of all levels from tentative beginners to competitive athletes. It's built on a legacy of sports science and coaching excellence, aiming to make children safer around water through award-winning teaching programs.
- Aquatic education for all levels
- Expert instructors
- Kid-designed pools
- Award-winning teaching program
- Focus on water safety
- Powered by iClassPro
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Whether you have a tentative swimmer or a tenacious competitor, Carlile Swimming has got it covered. Our team of highly qualified experts understand kids, our pools are designed for kids, underpinned by a long history of excellence in aquatic education. It started with our founders, Forbes and Ursula Carlile, legendary sports scientists and coaches. They pioneered modern swimming techniques – coaching Olympic champions and opening their first swim school in 1955. We’ve since continued to perfect our award winning teaching program, delivering quality and consistency in every lesson, and helping thousands of kids to be safer around water. Powered by iClassPro
Progressor
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Most workout apps just remember what you lifted. Progressor decides what you should lift next. Built for lifters who are done guessing, Progressor runs a real periodization engine under the hood — the kind a good coach charges hundreds a month for. Pick a program, train, and the engine auto-regulates your weights, reps, and progression across every 12-week cycle. Free to download, with a free plan that's yours to keep. WHY PROGRESSOR • Auto-regulated progressive overload — reads your performance set by set and decides when to add weight, push reps, or back off. • True periodisation — macro, meso, and micro cycles across power, strength, and hypertrophy phases. Not a random daily workout. • Smart deloads & stagnation detection — spots when you've stalled and manages fatigue before it manages you. • 48 expert programs, ready to go — 5×5, PPL, Upper/Lower, PHAT and more. Grab one and make it yours. • Log in seconds — clean set logging with RPE, rest timers, and instant 1RM estimates. Built for the gym floor. • Works offline — log every set with zero signal. Syncs when you're back. • Progress you can see — volume, estimated 1RM, PRs, and body weight over time. • Nutrition that fits your training — separate training-day and rest-day macro targets. WHO IT'S FOR Intermediate and advanced lifters who want progressive overload run systematically — not another notebook with a timer. Newer to structured training? Smart defaults guide you; advanced modes get out of your way. HOW IT WORKS Choose a program or build your own. Train — log weight, reps, and effort in seconds. The engine analyzes every set and writes your next session. Repeat for 12 weeks and watch the numbers climb. PRICING Download free and train on the free plan as long as you like: • 1 active program • Auto-regulation suggestions (read-only) • 30 days of analytics history Go Premium to unlock the full engine: • All 48 programs • Auto-regulation that actually drives your weights, reps, and deloads • Unlimited analytics history, PRs, and 1RM tracking Try Premium free for 14 days. Then $7.99/month or $49.99/year (save 48%). Cancel anytime. One engine. Every feature. Always Doing Better. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Terms: https://getprogressor.app/terms · Privacy: https://getprogressor.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Carlile Swimming at none against Progressor's 2. Progressor's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Progressor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Carlile Swimming asks for nothing beyond the download.
Carlile Swimming ships an update monthly, Progressor every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Carlile Swimming | Progressor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 15.8% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carlile Swimming | NYD Systems |
In-app purchases
Carlile Swimming
No in-app purchases
Progressor
- Progressor Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Progressor Pro Monthly$29.991 Year
Questions
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