Overload vs Progressive Overload
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Overload
This app helps you track your weightlifting progress by logging sets, reps, and bodyweight exercises. It provides insights into your performance compared to previous workouts, allowing for a personalized and efficient training experience without unnecessary features.
- Log sets and reps
- Track bodyweight exercises
- Compare to previous sets
- Customizable features
- Zero-fluff interface
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Overload was designed with one purpose in mind: to help you lift more. Stop forgetting previous sets, and keep track of your lifts and body weight exercises with a light-weight tool that doesn't get in the way. Add your workout group, add your workout, log your workout... that's it! We took the journal notes and spreadsheets we used to make and organized them digitally into Overload. And unlike your journal, the Overload app will let you know how you're doing compared to previous sets! Our goal was to create something simple that adapted to your workouts, and not the other way around. Disable/enable features and make the app work for you! Fully customizable, zero fluff. Lift. Log. Overload.
Progressive Overload
This app automates progressive overload in your workouts. It calculates your estimated one-rep max and provides structured guidance on how to increase weight or reps, removing guesswork and confusion from your training.
- Calculates and tracks estimated 1RM
- Guides weight vs. rep increases
- Encourages consistent progressive overload
- Structured and measurable progression
- Removes guesswork from training
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Progressive overload shouldn’t be guesswork. Most lifters understand the principle: lift more over time. But when it comes to execution, it gets confusing. Should you increase weight and drop reps? Add reps at the same weight? How do you know what actually pushes adaptation without stalling? I built this app because I was tired of bouncing between e1RM calculator websites before and after workouts. I’d plug in numbers, test a weight, adjust the next session, and repeat through trial and error. It broke focus and slowed progress. This app removes that friction. It automatically calculates your estimated one-rep max (e1RM) and helps guide intelligent progression. Instead of guessing what to lift next, you get structured guidance based on your performance. No spreadsheets. No switching between calculator tabs. No random weight jumps. Just clear, data-driven progression. What it does: • Calculates and tracks your estimated 1RM • Helps determine when to increase weight vs. reps • Encourages consistent progressive overload • Keeps your progression structured and measurable If you’re serious about getting stronger, this turns progressive overload from theory into a system. Train with intention. Progress with clarity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Overload at 4.8 against Progressive Overload's 4.4. Overload also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 67%). Progressive Overload's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Overload holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Overload's written reviews are positive against 67% of Progressive Overload's.
Overload ships an update weekly, Progressive Overload every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Overload | Progressive Overload |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (10 ratings) — better | 4.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Andronick Martusheff | GAVIN PETER OBRIEN |
Customer experience
Overload
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In-app purchases
Overload
No in-app purchases
Progressive Overload
No in-app purchases





