Deadline App vs Progress
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deadline App
Easily create and manage all your important deadlines. Receive timely notifications to ensure you never miss a due date. Visually track the remaining time for each task.
- Create deadlines
- Set notifications
- Track time left
- Deadline management
- Task reminders
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Create deadlines Set notifications for them Track the time left
Progress
Break down large goals into manageable steps with this task management app. Track progress, set deadlines, and organize tasks into custom pages. Get notified about upcoming due dates to stay on track.
- Create tasks with subtasks
- Track task progress rates
- Set task deadlines
- Task due date notifications
- Drag and drop task organization
- Categorize tasks by page
- Multiple customizable pages
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This is a to-do application based on the concept of breaking down tasks into smaller pieces. Let's divide even big dreams into small challenges and make steady progress step by step. Features -You can create tasks and add subtasks to them. -You can check the progress rate of each task and the average of the subtasks. -You can slide tasks to complete them. -You can use the slider to set a detailed progress rate. -You can set due deadlines for tasks. -You can be notified when a task is due or a day before it is due. -You can drag and drop tasks to sort them or make them into subtasks. -You can categorize tasks by page. -You can create multiple pages and name them as you like.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Progress at 5.0 against Deadline App's 4.5. Progress also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (87% vs 62%). Deadline App's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (63 vs 3). On price 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. Deadline App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Progress asks for nothing beyond the download.
Progress holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deadline App has 63 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Deadline App's written reviews are positive against 87% of Progress's.
Deadline App ships an update every 3 weeks, Progress every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deadline App | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (63 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 63 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elena Maltceva | Yukihiro Kadono |
Customer experience
Deadline App
Progress
Bugs and requests
Deadline App
Reported bugs
14 issues- Widget not displaying deadlines on Mac
- App freezing when creating multiple tasks
- Synchronization failures between iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch
- Purchase restoration not working on all devices
- Incorrect deadline display (showing wrong remaining time)
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- Live activities not updating progress bar over time
- Widget showing blank on Intel Mac
- Notifications triggering incorrectly (wrong timing)
- App crashes and data loss
- Calendar write access permission issues
- Widget not syncing with app data
- Lagging when scrolling through many deadlines
- Live activities disappearing randomly
- Completed deadlines auto-deleting after 30 days without user control
Requested features
20 requests- Display deadlines in days format instead of percentage
- 12-hour time format option
- Task categories/organization by type
- Recurring/repeating deadlines
- Progress bar fill visualization
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- Overdue task indicators
- Share and copy to clipboard functionality
- Countdown mode without completion requirement
- Multiple widget selection options
- Automatic calendar integration
- Line break support in notes/descriptions
- Image attachment capability
- Lifetime purchase option
- Working days calculation (excluding weekends)
- Task deletion functionality
- Bidirectional time counting
- Family/shared task support
- Today button for quick start date setting
- Notification customization and frequency control
- Light mode theme option
Progress
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Deadline App
- Deadline Pro$1.991 Month
- Deadline Pro$9.991 Year
Progress
No in-app purchases
