Comparison

Progress vs Frugal

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

Frugal

This app helps you set, track, and achieve your financial goals with a user-friendly interface. Visualize progress, get motivational tips, and collaborate with others on shared savings objectives. Export your data for easy record-keeping and sharing.

Highlights
  • Create and organize financial goals
  • Daily inspirational quotes and tips
  • Visualize progress with graphs and charts
  • Customize themes and reminders
  • Collaborate on shared savings goals
  • Export data in PDF or Excel
  • Personalized recommendations
Features
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Frugal is a savings tracker for the things you want to save for. Build an emergency fund, plan a vacation or set money aside for a new laptop. Create a savings goal, record the amounts you put aside and see how close you are to your target. A DIGITAL PIGGY BANK FOR YOUR PLANS Give each goal a name, target amount and date. Choose a currency and a category, then personalize it with a color and a motivational message. Keep several savings goals organized in one place. TRACK MONEY YOU SET ASIDE Enter contributions and withdrawals manually. Frugal updates your saved amount, remaining amount and completion percentage. Your savings history keeps the dates and amounts of your entries together. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Review progress charts, savings statistics and calendar entries. Keep an emergency fund separate from a vacation fund or a planned purchase, and follow the progress of each goal. REMIND YOURSELF TO SAVE Set a one-time or recurring reminder that fits your routine. Stay connected to the reason you started saving and keep your next contribution in mind. CHOOSE YOUR CURRENCY Select a currency for each goal. Use USD, EUR, TRY or another supported currency, and choose how currency information is displayed. GOAL TRACKING WITHOUT A BANK CONNECTION Your goal records are stored locally on your device. You do not need a bank login to record your savings. Frugal tracks the amounts you enter; it does not hold money or transfer funds. MORE OPTIONS WITH PREMIUM Premium includes unlimited goals, an ad-free experience, detailed goal analysis, custom categories, goal images, frequently used amounts, additional motivational messages, and PDF and Excel export. Some features shown in the screenshots require Premium. The free version contains ads and has feature limits. Start with one clear money goal and keep track of the steps you take toward it. Privacy Policy: https://moocsoft.blogspot.com/2022/12/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: moocsoft@gmail.com

Screenshots

Progress4 screens
Frugal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Progress at 4.8 against Frugal's 3.7. Progress also leads on ratings volume (896 vs 3). Frugal's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Frugal sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Progress holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Progress has 896 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Progress ships an update every 4 weeks, Frugal every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Progress versus Frugal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgressFrugal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (896 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews80.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings896 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShayes Apps LLCHuseyin Sahinli

Customer experience

Progress

All ratings884 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive80.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative13.5%

Frugal

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
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)

Frugal

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
4 purchases

Frugal

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Premium (1 Month)$4.991 Month
  • Premium (1 Year)$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Goal Tracker (Lifetime)$39.99

Questions

Is Progress free?
Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Frugal free?
Frugal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Progress or Frugal?
Progress is rated higher. Progress averages 4.8 out of 5 from 896 ratings, while Frugal averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Progress or Frugal have ads?
Progress shows ads; Frugal does not.
Which is updated more often, Progress or Frugal?
Progress ships an update every 4 weeks, and Frugal every 5 weeks. Most recently, Progress was updated on October 29, 2026 and Frugal on October 24, 2026.

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