Comparison

Progress vs Forge Habit Builder

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

Forge Habit Builder

Features
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Forge helps you build real habits through daily accountability. Pick a goal: running, reading, meditation, or create your own — set a target (21 to 365 days), and check in each day with an optional photo. HOW IT WORKS • Choose from preset habits or create a custom goal • Check in daily to build your streak • 3 automatic freezes protect you if you miss a day • Pause once per goal if life gets in the way • Track your momentum score and progress percentage WALL OF PROOF Every check-in photo becomes part of your visual album — a wall of proof that you showed up. STAY FOCUSED Focus Mode limits your active goals so you don't spread yourself too thin. WIDGETS Home screen and lock screen widgets keep your goals visible throughout the day. PRIVACY FIRST Your data stays on your device. Optional anonymous analytics are fully opt-in and never shared with third parties.

Screenshots

Progress4 screens
Forge Habit Builder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Forge Habit Builder at none against Progress's 3. Forge Habit Builder also leads on ads (none vs shown). Progress's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price 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

Both are free to download. Progress sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Forge Habit Builder asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Progress versus Forge Habit Builder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgressForge Habit Builder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (896 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings896 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShayes Apps LLCRENU REDDY KASALA

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)

Forge Habit Builder

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

Forge Habit Builder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Progress free?
Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Forge Habit Builder free?
Forge Habit Builder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Progress or Forge Habit Builder have ads?
Progress shows ads; Forge Habit Builder does not.

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