Comparison

HiCoffee vs Progress

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

Head to head
About

HiCoffee

Track your daily caffeine intake with this app, which offers data for many beverages and a calculator for homemade drinks. It personalizes your daily limit based on sensitivity, helping you boost productivity and improve sleep. It also analyzes heart rate and sleep data to reveal caffeine's health impact.

Highlights
  • Log daily caffeine intake
  • Caffeine Calculator for homemade drinks
  • Personalized daily caffeine limits
  • Analyze heart rate and sleep data
  • Interactive widgets and Apple Watch app
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Offline functionality
Features
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HiCoffee is a powerful caffeine tracker that makes it easy to record your daily caffeine intake. It includes data for more than 2,500 branded coffee products, and its Caffeine Calculator can estimate the caffeine in homemade drinks such as espresso and pour-over coffee. HiCoffee can set a caffeine limit based on your sensitivity and give you personalized suggestions. It helps you enjoy coffee when you need focus, while reducing the chance that too much caffeine gets in the way of your sleep at night. HiCoffee can also look at your long-term resting heart rate and sleep duration, helping you understand how caffeine may be affecting your health. HiCoffee works beautifully across the Apple ecosystem, with rich widgets, excellent Apple Watch support, Shortcuts, Health data sync, and more. Reliable iCloud sync lets you use HiCoffee with confidence on multiple devices. HiCoffee also supports Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and other accessibility features for a comfortable, smooth experience. --- ** Recognition ** - Featured by the App Store multiple times, including App of the Day, Fresh Apps, Interactive Widgets, and accessibility-focused collections. - Mentioned during Tim Cook's 2023 visit to China and covered by several media outlets. - Appeared in the WWDC 2023 and WWDC 2024 keynotes. - Featured by well-known coffee creator James Hoffmann on his channel. - Recommended multiple times by creator Nikias Molina. - Reviewed by German tech publication t3n. - Recommended by SSPAI as a dynamic caffeine monitoring tool worth watching. --- ** Premium Membership and Subscription ** HiCoffee's premium features can be unlocked in the app through a one-time purchase or a subscription. You can find the purchase options in the app's Settings page. If you choose to unlock premium features with a subscription, payment will be charged automatically to your App Store account within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. After subscribing, you can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in HiCoffee's Settings page or in your App Store account settings. To cancel, please do so at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period, otherwise the App Store will renew the subscription automatically. ** A Note from the Developer ** I'm Gong Zhang, the developer of HiCoffee. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact me from Settings > Contact and Support > Email in the app, or email me directly at hicoffee@gongzhang.zendesk.com. If you enjoy using HiCoffee, a rating or review on the App Store would help me improve it faster. Privacy Policy: https://gongzhang.io/app/hicoffee/en/privacy Terms of Use: https://gongzhang.io/app/hicoffee/en/terms

About

Progress

Features
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Progress is the clean, no-nonsense workout logger built for getting stronger. No bloated features. No subscription paywalls. Just a fast, focused tool that gets out of your way and lets you train. LOG EVERY SESSION Track sets, reps, and weight for any weighted exercise. Log timed holds? Covered. Progress adapts to how you actually train, not the other way around. STAY ORGANIZED Build the structure that fits your routine. Create exercises, group them into folders, and drag to reorder everything exactly how you want it. Jiggle mode makes rearranging your list feel just like rearranging apps on your home screen. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Every exercise has a built-in volume chart showing your training history over time. Color-coded line segments make it instantly clear when you pushed heavier (yellow), dropped weight (red), or held steady (purple) — no digging through logs required. REVIEW YOUR HISTORY The built-in calendar gives you a full picture of every session. Tap any day to see exactly what you logged — every exercise, every set, every rep. Your entire training history, always a tap away. BUILT FOR CONSISTENCY Progress syncs your data securely so it's always there when you need it. Sign in with Google, pick up where you left off, and keep building. No ads. No subscriptions. Just your data. Download Progress and start building.

Screenshots

HiCoffee4 screens
Progress4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Progress at none against HiCoffee's 3. Progress also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). HiCoffee's advantage is device support (5 vs 1). 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. HiCoffee sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Progress asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HiCoffee ships an update every 10 days, Progress weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HiCoffee versus Progress: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiCoffeeProgress
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (843 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings843 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer弓 张Albertazzi Labs LLC

Bugs and requests

HiCoffee

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widgets not updating
  • Watch app not syncing properly
  • Caffeine data truncation when adding custom drinks

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add more beverage options (energy drinks, regional brands, etc.)
  • Ability to track caffeine from non-beverage sources (pills, chocolate, etc.)
  • More customization options for homemade coffee
  • Easier way to add custom drinks
  • Extend sleep time range beyond current limits
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  • Add caffeine calculator for AeroPress method
  • Include caffeine content for different coffee roast levels

Progress

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

HiCoffee

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Permanent Unlock$8.99
None

Progress

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HiCoffee free?
HiCoffee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Progress free?
Progress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HiCoffee or Progress have ads?
Neither HiCoffee nor Progress shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HiCoffee or Progress?
HiCoffee ships an update every 10 days, and Progress weekly. Most recently, HiCoffee was updated on October 21, 2026 and Progress on October 18, 2026.

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