# Fitness Progress vs Pacer

The clearest difference is price: Fitness Progress at Free against Pacer's $3.99. Fitness Progress also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). Pacer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Fitness Progress is free to download; Pacer costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Fitness Progress against 5.0 for Pacer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fitness Progress has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Fitness Progress ships an update fortnightly, Pacer every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

## The numbers

| Metric | Fitness Progress | Pacer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | **Free** | $3.99 |
| Rating | [5.0 (5 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fitness-progress/id6483808567/reviews) | [5.0 (1 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pacer-hourly-step-tracker/id6763723953/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | **5** | 1 |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | **Fortnightly** | Every 2 months |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | **13.0** |
| Devices | iPhone | **iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch** |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Lucky Clan](https://appshunter.io/developer/294866851) | [Aditya Gupta](https://appshunter.io/developer/1895458282) |

## What reviewers say

### Fitness Progress

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fitness-progress/id6483808567)

Track your fitness progress with detailed stats, charts, and lists. Monitor daily activity, identify peak performance days, and analyze streaks. Supports Apple Health data for a comprehensive overview.

**Highlights:** Track steps, distance, calories burned, Monitor daily activity and streaks, Identify peak performance days, View total and average activity metrics, Detailed workout summaries, Unit conversion (kcal/kJ, km/miles)

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none


### Pacer

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pacer-hourly-step-tracker/id6763723953)

**Features:** Apple Watch app

**In-app purchases:** none


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Fitness Progress free?

Fitness Progress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Is Pacer free?

Pacer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Fitness Progress or Pacer?

Fitness Progress and Pacer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.

### Do Fitness Progress or Pacer have ads?

Neither Fitness Progress nor Pacer shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Fitness Progress or Pacer?

Fitness Progress ships an update fortnightly, and Pacer every 2 months. Most recently, Fitness Progress was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pacer on October 24, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*