Comparison

Progress vs RandomTimer

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

Head to head
About

Progress

This app helps you monitor your progress towards personal goals, from financial targets to fitness achievements. Visualize your journey with historical data and projected completion dates. It offers a beautiful design, customizable widgets, and Siri shortcuts for seamless tracking across your devices.

Highlights
  • Track distance, money, time, weight, and more
  • History charts and projected completion dates
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
  • Automatic tracker resets (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.)
  • Cross-device syncing (iOS & macOS)
Features
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Progress is an app for iOS & macOS designed to help keep track of progress towards goals. Progress is perfect for tracking almost anything - distance, money, time, weight, and more! Stay on target with history charts showing your recent trends! ◆ Beautiful Design Intuitive layout puts progress tracking right at your fingertips ◆ Widgets Powerful widgets available right on your Home Screen or Lock Screen ◆ Shortcuts Siri shortcuts integration to unlock even more possibilities ◆ History See trends over time and projected completion dates ◆ Automatic Reset Set trackers to reset every day, week, month, quarter, or year ◆ Quick Actions Customizable quick actions for each tracker ◆ Smart Formatting Intelligent formatting for currencies, times, weights, and distances ◆ Categories Sort your trackers into lists ◆ Multiple Device Support Available for iOS & macOS devices with seamless syncing The free version of Progress allows for tracking up to 5 items at a time. To remove this limitation & all advertising within the app, we offer our premium upgrade. Premium is available as an auto-renewing subscription or a one time lifetime purchase. Progress premium subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime by going to your account settings in the App Store. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see our privacy policy & terms of use: https://www.shayesapps.com/policies

About

RandomTimer

This app gamifies focus time by randomly setting concentration intervals. Earn rewards for staying focused or face randomized punishment games if you lose concentration, making work more engaging.

Highlights
  • Randomized concentration time intervals
  • Customizable reward settings
  • Configurable punishment games
  • Timer end notifications
  • Background timer operation
Features
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You can't concentrate just by setting the timer normally. I'm used to it. I want more gameplay. It is an application that can be recommended for those who have such troubles. With this app, the time to concentrate on work is randomly determined, and if you can concentrate, you will be rewarded, and if you cannot concentrate, the punishment game will be randomly determined, so you will be thrilled and thrilled. --App functions --- 1. Select a randomly selected range of concentration time. (Example: 10 to 30 minutes) 2. Reward settings. (Example: "Watch a movie", "Read a manga", "Play a game for an hour", etc. It is possible not to set a reward.) 3. Punishment game settings. (Example: "Push-ups 20 times", "Smartphone 2 hours prohibited", "Today's sweets prohibited", etc. It is possible not to set a punishment game.) 4. Notify you of the end of the timer. 5. The timer continues even if the app is closed. --- Students who are about to take the exam. Working people who want to concentrate on their work. I hope I can help everyone who is studying hard to improve my skills.

Screenshots

Progress4 screens
RandomTimer1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Progress at 80% against RandomTimer's 33%. Progress also leads on ratings volume (871 vs 3). RandomTimer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads 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. Progress sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. RandomTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RandomTimer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Progress has 871 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Progress's written reviews are positive against 33% of RandomTimer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Progress ships an update every 5 weeks, RandomTimer every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Progress versus RandomTimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgressRandomTimer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (871 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.2% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings871 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShayes Apps LLCriku miyamoto

Customer experience

Progress

All ratings871 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.1%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive80.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative13.5%

RandomTimer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Progress

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Widgets not working as expected
  • App crashing on launch

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add pages/word count tracking
  • Implement daily/weekly/monthly goal tracking and statistics
  • Ability to reorder and view multiple trackers on widgets
  • Automate progress updates based on schedule
  • Increase font and UI element sizes
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  • Add negative goal tracking (e.g., body fat percentage)

RandomTimer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Progress

Subscriptions2
  • Progress Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Progress Premium7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$19.99
None

RandomTimer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Progress free?
Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RandomTimer free?
RandomTimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Progress or RandomTimer?
RandomTimer is rated higher. Progress averages 4.8 out of 5 from 871 ratings, while RandomTimer averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Progress or RandomTimer have ads?
Both Progress and RandomTimer show ads.
Which is updated more often, Progress or RandomTimer?
Progress ships an update every 5 weeks, and RandomTimer every 5 days. Most recently, Progress was updated on October 6, 2026 and RandomTimer on October 6, 2026.

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