Comparison

CHALK IT PRO vs Gains in Progress

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

Head to head
About

CHALK IT PRO

This app provides a comprehensive platform for gym owners, personal trainers, and athletes to create, track, and manage workouts. It supports multi-level programming, community engagement, and revenue generation through private tracks.

Highlights
  • Multi-level workout programming
  • Workout tracking and results recording
  • Private tracks for revenue generation
  • Community engagement features
  • Workout database
  • Athlete and client management
  • Data import from other apps
Features
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Chalk It Pro is the best software solution to create and track single and multi-level workouts for gym owners, personal trainers and athletes. Provide a smart, socially engaging and tailored workout experience for all your athletes! Brought on by the need to treat members and athletes individually. We allow and encourage multi-level programming on a daily basis. There is a giant need in the group/class training marketplace to make sure all clients are receiving a personalized approach. Program your daily workouts with up-to 10 levels to effectively reach all of your clients skill levels. Private tracks make it simple for gym owners to add different revenue streams and track everything from one easy to navigate dashboard. Run challenges, boot camps, skills clinics, points of performance classes and more, all while keeping them all separated and totally organized. High fives, comments, GIF's, and a daily forum allows your community to easily communicate with each other. Build a strong support group for all of your members, even those that still refuse to get on social media. Chalk It Pro & Affiliates: • Multi-Level WOD programming options for all your memebrs • Program from your PC or on-the-go • Searchable and tag-able workout database for easy cataloging and reference • Custom leader-boards through shareable private CHIP codes • Record and track WOD results, lifts and body composition history • Track and communicate with your athletes through your CoachBoard - Attendance, PR's and more... • Revenue generating Private Tracks • Community engagement though daily filterable leader-boards (high fives, GIF's, comments, Chalk Talk) • Remote programming import and distribution • Import data from other tracking apps you may have used in the past for seamless integration onto your gym. Chalk It Pro & Athletes: • Simple WOD creation and sharing tool • Import your remote coaches programming • Import your WOD history from your old tracking program • Searchable workout database for easy reference based on Name/Date/Movement Types/Etc... • Custom leader-boards through shareable private CHIP codes - Train/Compete/Compare with anyone in the world • Record and track WOD results, lifts and body composition history Chalk It Pro & Personal Trainers: • Private Tracks for each client to keep you organized and your clients set up for success • Easily copy and share programming between tracks • Program from your PC or on-the-go • Create events and groups for your clients to be involved within • Track your client results for instant coaching feedback and best of services practices A Chalk It Pro account is required. If you're downloading this app, you've chosen to subscribe to the most well rounded programming and tracking app on the market.

About

Gains in Progress

Features
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Gains in Progress tells you exactly what to lift, and how, for the goal you have today. BUILD A FULL WORKOUT Pick your time (20, 30, 45 or 60 minutes), your training style (Strength, Hypertrophy or Endurance), a body part and your equipment. You get a complete session: warm-up, main lifts and accessories, with sets, reps, rest and an estimated session length. FIND THE RIGHT LIFT Building strength, building muscle, losing fat, improving mobility, training for sport, or just staying healthy? Answer a couple of questions and get the 2-3 lifts that matter most, plus alternates. 50 WORKOUT GOALS From your first pull-up to a 225 bench, pick a goal and get a plan built to reach it. LOG EVERY SET Track weight and reps as you go, check off finished sets, and use the built-in rest timer. Switch between lb and kg anytime. KNOW HOW TO DO EVERY LIFT A library of 200+ lifts. Tap any exercise to see how to perform it and which muscles it works. BUILT-IN SAFETY Heavy squats and deadlifts stay at lower reps in every style and progress by adding weight, never by chasing high reps. If your equipment can't fill the time you picked, the app tells you honestly instead of padding the workout. GAINS IN PROGRESS PRO An optional one-time purchase. No subscription. Everything above is included without it. - Per-lift progress graphs and the one-rep max chart - Workout calendar of lift and rest days, color-coded by body part - Progress tracking for all 50 goals, with one pinned to your Home screen - Unlimited saved custom workouts (1 included without Pro) - Add your own

Screenshots

CHALK IT PRO4 screens
Gains in Progress4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CHALK IT PRO at none against Gains in Progress's 1. CHALK IT PRO also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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. Gains in Progress sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CHALK IT PRO asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CHALK IT PRO versus Gains in Progress: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCHALK IT PROGains in Progress
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (54 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings54 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreen Monster StudiosDane Bonnigson

In-app purchases

None

CHALK IT PRO

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Gains in Progress

One-time1
  • Gains in Progress Pro$9.99

Questions

Is CHALK IT PRO free?
CHALK IT PRO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gains in Progress free?
Gains in Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CHALK IT PRO or Gains in Progress have ads?
Neither CHALK IT PRO nor Gains in Progress shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CHALK IT PRO or Gains in Progress?
CHALK IT PRO ships an update every 6 days, and Gains in Progress every 6 days. Most recently, CHALK IT PRO was updated on November 7, 2026 and Gains in Progress on November 6, 2026.

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