Progress vs Talk Pacer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
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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
Talk Pacer
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Speakers rarely run long overall. They run long in one section, then rush the ending. Talk Pacer knows your outline. It budgets every section, and during delivery it shows you at a single glance whether you're on pace right now. BUILT FOR THE PODIUM The pace verdict is readable from arm's length in a dim room. Four states, four colors, no math: - On pace — green, keep going - Drifting — amber, you're spending more than this section's budget - Act now — red, you need to move - Banked — ice blue, you're ahead and you can slow down Your screen stays awake for the whole delivery. No unlocking mid-sentence. BUILD THE OUTLINE, BUDGET THE TIME Enter your sections and give each one a time budget. Talk Pacer tells you when the outline is fully allocated, so you know your plan adds up before you stand up. REHEARSAL HISTORY THAT FINDS YOUR PATTERN Every run is recorded. Over time Talk Pacer surfaces the sections you habitually overrun, which is the thing you cannot see from inside a talk. Most speakers discover they have exactly one problem section and have had it for years. WHO IT'S FOR Preachers and homilists working a fixed slot. Toastmasters members. Lecturers and instructors. Conference and keynote speakers. Sales teams rehearsing a pitch. Anyone who speaks from an outline rather than a script. YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE No account. No sign-in. No cloud. No analytics. No tracking of any kind. Talk Pacer collects nothing, because it doesn't need to. FREE AND PRO The free version never expires and is not a trial. You get one saved talk with the complete pacing experience. Talk Pacer Pro unlocks unlimited talks and full rehearsal history with habitual-overrun analysis. Available as a yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Questions or ideas? Email support@talkpacer.com and the developer will reply. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://talkpacer.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Talk Pacer at none against Progress's shown. Talk Pacer also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 weeks). Progress's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Progress sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Talk Pacer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Progress ships an update every 4 weeks, Talk Pacer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Progress | Talk Pacer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (896 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 896 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shayes Apps LLC | Bruce Ikard |
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)
Talk Pacer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Progress
- Progress Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Progress Premium7 Days trial$7.991 Year
- Lifetime Unlock$19.99
Talk Pacer
- Talk Pacer Pro — Yearly$19.991 Year
- Talk Pacer Pro — Lifetime$34.99









