Comparison

Progress Today vs Rituals

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Progress Today

This app helps you stay on track with ongoing goals that don't have a definitive end. It acts as a daily reminder to dedicate time to your priorities, focusing on consistent progress rather than task completion.

Highlights
  • Daily priority reminders
  • Time tracking for activities
  • Focus on daily progress
  • Simple, clean interface
  • Natural gesture navigation
  • Adjustable timers
Features
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"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Some activities aren't just a To Do. There's no "done." Studying a foreign language, learning the guitar, working fitness into your life... You make progress by doing, not by finishing one task and calling it complete. Every day is a new opportunity to make progress on the goals that are important to you. Every day is a new chance to spend time focused on the priorities you don't want to forget but which can so easily be pushed aside by the demands of every day living. Sometimes all you really need to stay "on track" is a reminder that you'd like to be spending time making progress on something. A reminder that what's important isn't whether or not you "finished" a task, but whether or not you made time in your day to do something -- even something small -- towards getting a little step closer to your goals. And that's where Progress Today can help. Tell the app what you'd like to not forget to make time for, and let the app be your "priority reminder" helping you remind yourself at a glance what you want to make time for today. The timers will show you what you've done, and whether or not you've reached your goal. Tomorrow, reset the timers and start again. Every day is a new chance to make progress. Progress Today intentionally doesn't keep a history or a "brag log" of what you've done in the past. The focus is on today. No matter what you did yesterday, or last week, or last month... today is a new opportunity to refocus on your commitments to yourself. Trying to learn French? Set up a goal of an hour a day of reading practice. Do you do freelance work and constantly "forget" to do the marketing work to find new clients? Set up a goal of spending 45 minutes a day writing proposals. Always wanted to learn to play the guitar? Spending 5 hours a day for a week and then never finding time to "get back to that" isn't going to work... But setting a plan of spending 20 minutes a day, then following through as often as you can will! With a simple, clean interface and natural gesture-based navigation, Progress Today lets you easily enter, revise and track your time on as many priorities as you care to enter. Best of all, you can easily add or subtract time from any event, for those times when you forget to start or stop the timer! Note: the app initially includes ads, but these can be removed in the Settings screen! ---- As a small, independent developer every five star review helps us to keep improving our apps, so if you find this app useful please consider a favorable review. Thanks and keep the feedback coming! info@7thCodex.com www.7thCodex.com/progresstoday

About

Rituals

Build meaningful daily habits with a beautifully designed routine planner. Track your progress and stay focused on completing tasks one by one. This app helps simplify your day and promote self-care.

Highlights
  • Routine building
  • Focus mode for single-task completion
  • Customizable themes
  • Progress and trend tracking
  • Repeatable list functionality
  • Data privacy focused
Features
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Super simple routines. A morning routine. An evening wind-down. A gym session. Rituals turns the things you want to do regularly into simple, repeatable checklists. Check off each step and start fresh automatically when your routine is due again. ANALOG LIST VIEW Check off tasks like on paper. Add and edit them right in your list, skip a step when you need to, and hide completed tasks to keep things clear. FOCUS MODE Take one task at a time. Swipe between steps, check them off, and move through your routine at your own pace. FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES Repeat daily, on selected weekdays, on dates or weekdays within a month, or once a year. You can also repeat a routine X days after you last completed it. Choose your reset time and set multiple reminders. LIVE ACTIVITIES Keep your current task on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Check it off from the Live Activity and advance to the next step. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Keep a routine within reach. Open its checklist or jump straight into Focus Mode from your Home Screen. TRENDS & HISTORY See fully completed and partly completed days in a simple calendar. Tap a day to see exactly what you finished, skipped, or left undone. MAKE IT YOURS Choose a color theme or create your own. Switch between light, dark, and system appearance. One ritual is free. Rituals Pro unlocks unlimited rituals with a yearly subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Yearly subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before renewal. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel in App Store settings. Privacy Policy: https://swift-atom-0be.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-aea15b4f6eab45c9aecddbc30717f362?pvs=4 Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Progress Today4 screens
Rituals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Progress Today at 5.0 against Rituals's 3.0. Progress Today also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). Rituals's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 19 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Rituals sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Progress Today asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Progress Today holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Progress Today ships an update every 19 months, Rituals every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Progress Today versus Rituals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgress TodayRituals
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDriftwood Studio Software LLCYANNIC JANIKE

Customer experience

Progress Today

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Rituals

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Progress Today

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Rituals

Subscriptions1
  • Rituals Pro Yearly$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Rituals Pro Lifetime$14.00

Questions

Is Progress Today free?
Progress Today is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rituals free?
Rituals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Progress Today or Rituals?
Progress Today is rated higher. Progress Today averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Rituals averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Progress Today or Rituals have ads?
Neither Progress Today nor Rituals shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Progress Today or Rituals?
Progress Today ships an update every 19 months, and Rituals every 2 months. Most recently, Progress Today was updated on November 1, 2026 and Rituals on November 7, 2026.

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