Comparison

ProgressDash vs Clock Rings

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

Head to head
About

ProgressDash

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ProgressDash is an app for iOS & macOS designed to help keep track of progress towards goals IN A GENTLE WAY. ProgressDash is a perfect app to set deadlines for your goals, track the time progress and record your daily work. • Simple UI Light blue-white theme & Easy access to your target page ProgressDash is an app for iOS and macOS designed to help you track progress toward your goals in a gentle and motivating way. It’s the perfect tool to set deadlines, monitor time progress, and record your daily work. Features: • Simple UI Enjoy a light blue-white theme with easy access to your target pages. • Subtask System & Mind Map Automatically maps multi-level subtask systems into a mind map, offering a more intuitive and convenient way to manage your tasks. • Widgets Place powerful widgets on your Home Screen or Lock Screen (Menu Bar for macOS). • Categories Organize tasks into four categories: Not Started, In Progress, Completed, and Trash. • Daily Record Keep a detailed record of your daily work, actual progress, and time spent. • Multiple Device Support Available for iOS and macOS with seamless syncing across devices. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Contact Us: polarcat1991@gmail.com

About

Clock Rings

This app displays both decimal and standard time side-by-side, ideal for shift workers. It allows for easy time tracking of tours, breaks, and end-of-shift, with detailed reports on hours and pay estimates. Proactive alerts help manage overtime and missed clock-ins.

Highlights
  • Decimal and standard time display
  • Shift and break tracking
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly reports
  • Pay estimate with custom rates
  • Overtime and missed clock-out alerts
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Clock Rings shows your shift at a glance — a dual clock with decimal hours and standard time side by side, built for postal and shift workers who live on a decimal-hour timecard. The whole core is free; an optional one-time Clock Rings Pro unlock adds autopilot and the payroll tools. CLOCK & RINGS • Decimal and standard time together on a clean ring face • Home and Lock Screen widgets, and Apple Watch faces & complications • Live Activities on the Lock Screen, the Dynamic Island, and CarPlay • Your accent color, light/dark, bold, and adjustable text size TRACK YOUR TOUR • Punch Begin Tour, Out/In to Lunch, breaks, and End Tour • Punch from anywhere — Live Activity buttons, widgets, Control Center, the Action Button, or your Apple Watch (even with your phone stowed) • Edit or backfill any punch — forgot to clock out, or clocked in late? Fix it after • Syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch through your own iCloud AUTO CLOCK RINGS — AUTOPILOT (Clock Rings Pro) • Let the app punch your whole tour for you — Begin Tour, lunch, and End Tour at your scheduled times, exactly as if you'd tapped them • Follows your Weekly Plan, and only on your scheduled workdays — never a day off, holiday, leave day, or while Time Off is on • Punch, edit, or delete anything by hand anytime KNOW YOUR HOURS & PAY • Reports by day, week, pay period, month, and year — overtime broken into regular, overtime, and penalty, your way (8h/10h/40h or weekly-only) • Pay Estimate (Pro): enter YOUR rates (the app never assumes a number) for an estimated gross from your tracked hours, plus Deductions for an estimated take-home • Earnings Statement Compare (Pro): paste your statement from ePayroll and check it against what you tracked — hours, gross, net, every deduction, and leave balances • Export reports and build a custom PDF (Pro); basic on-screen totals stay free • Leave & balances — Annual, Sick, and more, with optional accrual; the federal holidays count automatically OPERATIONS (Clock Rings Pro) • Clock your tour against TACS operation numbers and move between operations mid-tour • See where your hours went in the Operations Report • Look up what any operation covers — the full text of USPS Handbook M-32, Appendix A (April 2026), searchable by number, title, or any word STAY AHEAD • Proactive overtime alerts before you cross 8h, 10h, or your weekly threshold • Forgot-to-clock-out reminder, plus alarms for every part of your tour • Pause alarms for leave, holidays, and scheduled days off — and they turn back on by themselves • Ask Siri your hours and overtime forecast, plus Shortcuts actions ON YOUR TERMS • Your data stays on your devices and your private iCloud — no account, no ads, no tracking • Backup & Restore — export everything to a file and bring it back • Reconcile with your USPS Virtual Timecard by pasting it in — nothing is uploaded Clock Rings Pro is a one-time purchase (no subscription) and is Family Sharing–ready. Clock Rings is independent and is not affiliated with the United States Postal Service.

Screenshots

ProgressDash4 screens
Clock Rings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Clock Rings at weekly against ProgressDash's every 14 months. ProgressDash's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and 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

Both are free to download. ProgressDash sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Clock Rings sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ProgressDash ships an update every 14 months, Clock Rings weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ProgressDash versus Clock Rings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgressDashClock Rings
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer逊 刘Eric Rogers

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ProgressDash

Subscriptions1
  • VIP$0.991 Month
One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • A cup of Coffee$1.99
5 purchases

Clock Rings

One-time5
  • Quick$0.99
  • Nice$1.99
  • Great$4.99
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  • Amazing$9.99
  • Legendary$19.99

Questions

Is ProgressDash free?
ProgressDash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clock Rings free?
Clock Rings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ProgressDash or Clock Rings have ads?
Neither ProgressDash nor Clock Rings shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ProgressDash or Clock Rings?
ProgressDash ships an update every 14 months, and Clock Rings weekly. Most recently, ProgressDash was updated on September 27, 2026 and Clock Rings on October 1, 2026.

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