Comparison

Progress vs Focus Fast

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

Focus Fast

Features
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Focus Fast – Boost Focus and Productivity with Sound + Science If your mind feels scattered or you struggle to concentrate, Focus Fast helps you sharpen your attention and power through tasks with ease. This energizing audio experience is designed to stimulate BETA brainwaves and guide your brain into a focused, productive state — using subtle, science-backed sound techniques. Our dynamic tracks use binaural beats tuned to support the BETA brainwave state, the frequency linked to alertness and mental clarity. Features: ◑ Clear, minimalist audio to enhance concentration ◑ Binaural beats to guide brain activity into focus mode ◑ Loop option for continuous playback ◑ Adjustable session timer (5–120 minutes) with smooth fade-out ◑ No ads, no distractions — just pure focus Stay sharp. Work faster. Get more done.

Screenshots

Progress4 screens
Focus Fast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Progress at Free against Focus Fast's $1.99. Focus Fast's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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

Progress is free to download; Focus Fast costs $1.99 up front. Progress sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Focus Fast asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Progress versus Focus Fast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgressFocus Fast
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.8 (884 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings884 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShayes Apps LLCINFINITE STATE, LLC

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)

Focus Fast

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

Focus Fast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Progress free?
Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Fast free?
Focus Fast costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Progress or Focus Fast have ads?
Progress shows ads; Focus Fast does not.

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