Comparison

Progress vs Workout Guy

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

Workout Guy

This app automatically adjusts your workout reps and weights based on your performance feedback. It supports weight training and bodyweight exercises, allowing you to build custom routines and track your progress seamlessly.

Highlights
  • Automatic rep and weight adjustments
  • Per-exercise progression settings
  • Weight and bodyweight training support
  • Custom routine building
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Live session updates
Features
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Workout Guy: Progression Stop guessing what to do next. Workout Guy tracks your performance and automatically adjusts your reps and weights based on your feedback. Your next workout is always one step ahead. AUTOMATIC PROGRESSION After every exercise, you get a quick check-in. Crushed it? Your reps or weight go up next time. Struggled? The app holds you there until you're ready. No spreadsheets. No manual updates. Just show up and train. BUILT AROUND YOUR TRAINING • Flexible, per-exercise progression settings tailored to your style • Supports both weight training and bodyweight progressions • Build custom routines with any exercise order • Progression updates apply live to your session and are reflected in your full history ON YOUR WRIST Apple Watch integration lets you train without ever touching your phone. Full session flow with ordered sets, rest timers, and feedback right from your wrist.

Screenshots

Progress4 screens
Workout Guy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Progress at every 6 days against Workout Guy's monthly. Progress also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Progress against 5.0 for Workout Guy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Progress ships an update every 6 days, Workout Guy monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Progress versus Workout Guy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgressWorkout Guy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProgress WorkoutsGuy Barsky

Customer experience

Progress

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Workout Guy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Progress

No in-app purchases

None

Workout Guy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Progress free?
Progress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Workout Guy free?
Workout Guy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Progress or Workout Guy?
Progress and Workout Guy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Progress or Workout Guy have ads?
Neither Progress nor Workout Guy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Progress or Workout Guy?
Progress ships an update every 6 days, and Workout Guy monthly. Most recently, Progress was updated on October 4, 2026 and Workout Guy on October 5, 2026.

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