Comparison

Progress vs Nova community

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

Head to head
About

Progress

This smart fitness app provides personalized training plans and guidance to help users build muscle and lose weight effectively. It offers detailed exercise instructions, progress tracking, and load management based on user feedback.

Highlights
  • Customized training plans
  • Personalized guidance
  • Progressive overload tracking
  • Load management
  • Effective workouts and exercises
  • Muscle group focus
  • Progress tracking with graphs
Features
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Your Personalized and Smart Fitness Training App: Maximize your workout results. Grow muscle mass and achieve optimal weight loss with intelligent, professional, and personalized guidance that will lead you from one workout to the next, all the way to your goal. ●Customized training plan according to the trainee's level. ●Personal trainer to guide you from one workout to another. ●Progressive overload. ●Load management based on your effort level reports. ●The most effective workouts and exercises for every muscle in the gym. ●Focus on specific muscle groups. ●Division of workouts according to target muscles. ●Tracking progress. ●Photos and videos for every exercise. ●Instructions on how to perform the exercises. ●Daily body weight tracking. ●Progress graph. Main trainer: Erez Ben Yaakov, a natural bodybuilder and Mr. Israel 1 specialist in training and nutrition.  Owner of the PROGRESS company. @Erez_Ben_Jacob

About

Nova community

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Welcome to the Nova community members app! Download our app to plan and book your fitness classes. At the click of a button, you can view class schedules, sign up for classes and even invite a friend to join you! With the app, you’ll keep in touch with Nova community staff and coaches, receive notifications, news and reminders.

Screenshots

Progress4 screens
Nova community4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Progress at every 6 days against Nova community's every 3 months. Nova community's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Progress ships an update every 6 days, Nova community every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Progress versus Nova community: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgressNova community
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProgress WorkoutsArbox LTD

In-app purchases

None

Progress

No in-app purchases

None

Nova community

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Progress free?
Progress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nova community free?
Nova community is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Progress or Nova community have ads?
Neither Progress nor Nova community shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Progress or Nova community?
Progress ships an update every 6 days, and Nova community every 3 months. Most recently, Progress was updated on October 4, 2026 and Nova community on October 2, 2026.

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