Comparison

Progress vs Goals

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

Goals

Features
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Save $5,000. Read 12 books. Run 300 kilometers. Make your first $1,000 on the side. Whatever you're working toward, Goals shows you exactly how far you've come and whether you'll make it on time. If you can count it, you can track it. Stop wondering if you're getting anywhere. See it. TRACK ANYTHING MEASURABLE Set a starting point, a target, and a date. Dollars, pages, kilometers, pounds, hours. If it's a number that matters to you, Goals turns it into a clear progress bar. STAY ON PACE Every goal gets a chart that compares your actual progress against the pace you need. Know instantly whether you're ahead or behind, and by how much. LOG PROGRESS IN ONE TAP Quick actions remember your usual amounts, so updating a goal takes one tap: +$50 saved, +10 pages read, +5 km run. Log it the moment it happens. REMEMBER YOUR WHY Every goal keeps one line about why it matters. On the days motivation dips, it won't be the number that pulls you back. WIDGETS ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Keep your goals in sight with Home Screen widgets. Progress at a glance, motivation all day. NEVER START FROM SCRATCH Not sure where to begin? Browse starter goals across eight areas of life, from meditating more to calling home to earning your first $100 on the side. Each one is sized to be finished and comes with a ready-made why you can make your own. SYNC WITH ICLOUD Your goals stay in sync across all your devices automatically via iCloud. UNLOCK EVERYTHING Goals is unlocked with a subscription: unlimited goals, pace charts, and Home Screen widgets. Go weekly, or go yearly and try it free for 7 days. --- Terms of Use: https://rickwinapps.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://rickwinapps.com/privacy

Screenshots

Progress4 screens
Goals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Goals at none against Progress's shown. Progress's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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 Goals sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Progress versus Goals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgressGoals
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (871 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings871 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShayes Apps LLCRicky Winata

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)

Goals

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
2 purchases

Goals

Subscriptions2
  • Goals Weekly Plan (1 Week)$0.997 Days
  • Goals Yearly Plan (1 Year)7 Days trial$6.991 Year

Questions

Is Progress free?
Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Goals free?
Goals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Progress or Goals have ads?
Progress shows ads; Goals does not.
Which is updated more often, Progress or Goals?
Progress ships an update every 5 weeks, and Goals every 5 weeks. Most recently, Progress was updated on October 1, 2026 and Goals on October 1, 2026.

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