Comparison

Progress vs Clock Rings

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

Head to head
About

Progress

Features
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Progress was developed to make you aware of the passage of time and to help you think more efficiently about things in your daily life! You can check it anytime by placing the Widget on your home screen or lock screen, as well as in the app. Be aware of the passage of time and live efficiently!

About

Clock Rings

This app displays both decimal and standard time side-by-side, ideal for shift workers. It allows for easy time tracking of tours, breaks, and end-of-shift, with detailed reports on hours and pay estimates. Proactive alerts help manage overtime and missed clock-ins.

Highlights
  • Decimal and standard time display
  • Shift and break tracking
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly reports
  • Pay estimate with custom rates
  • Overtime and missed clock-out alerts
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Clock Rings shows your shift at a glance — a dual clock with decimal hours and standard time side by side, built for postal and shift workers who live on a decimal-hour timecard. The whole core is free; an optional one-time Clock Rings Pro unlock adds autopilot and the payroll tools. CLOCK & RINGS • Decimal and standard time together on a clean ring face • Home and Lock Screen widgets, and Apple Watch faces & complications • Live Activities on the Lock Screen, the Dynamic Island, and CarPlay • Your accent color, light/dark, bold, and adjustable text size TRACK YOUR TOUR • Punch Begin Tour, Out/In to Lunch, breaks, and End Tour • Punch from anywhere — Live Activity buttons, widgets, Control Center, the Action Button, or your Apple Watch (even with your phone stowed) • Edit or backfill any punch — forgot to clock out, or clocked in late? Fix it after • Syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch through your own iCloud AUTO CLOCK RINGS — AUTOPILOT (Clock Rings Pro) • Let the app punch your whole tour for you — Begin Tour, lunch, and End Tour at your scheduled times, exactly as if you'd tapped them • Follows your Weekly Plan, and only on your scheduled workdays — never a day off, holiday, leave day, or while Time Off is on • Punch, edit, or delete anything by hand anytime KNOW YOUR HOURS & PAY • Reports by day, week, pay period, month, and year — overtime broken into regular, overtime, and penalty, your way (8h/10h/40h or weekly-only) • Pay Estimate (Pro): enter YOUR rates (the app never assumes a number) for an estimated gross from your tracked hours, plus Deductions for an estimated take-home • Earnings Statement Compare (Pro): paste your statement from ePayroll and check it against what you tracked — hours, gross, net, every deduction, and leave balances • Export reports and build a custom PDF (Pro); basic on-screen totals stay free • Leave & balances — Annual, Sick, and more, with optional accrual; the federal holidays count automatically OPERATIONS (Clock Rings Pro) • Clock your tour against TACS operation numbers and move between operations mid-tour • See where your hours went in the Operations Report • Look up what any operation covers — the full text of USPS Handbook M-32, Appendix A (April 2026), searchable by number, title, or any word STAY AHEAD • Proactive overtime alerts before you cross 8h, 10h, or your weekly threshold • Forgot-to-clock-out reminder, plus alarms for every part of your tour • Pause alarms for leave, holidays, and scheduled days off — and they turn back on by themselves • Ask Siri your hours and overtime forecast, plus Shortcuts actions ON YOUR TERMS • Your data stays on your devices and your private iCloud — no account, no ads, no tracking • Backup & Restore — export everything to a file and bring it back • Reconcile with your USPS Virtual Timecard by pasting it in — nothing is uploaded Clock Rings Pro is a one-time purchase (no subscription) and is Family Sharing–ready. Clock Rings is independent and is not affiliated with the United States Postal Service.

Screenshots

Progress3 screens
Clock Rings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Progress at none against Clock Rings's 5. Progress also leads on iOS requirement (17.4 vs 26.4). Clock Rings's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Clock Rings sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Progress asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Progress versus Clock Rings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgressClock Rings
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.4 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmotional BloomEric Rogers

In-app purchases

None

Progress

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Clock Rings

One-time5
  • Quick$0.99
  • Nice$1.99
  • Great$4.99
Show 2 more
  • Amazing$9.99
  • Legendary$19.99

Questions

Is Progress free?
Progress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clock Rings free?
Clock Rings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Progress or Clock Rings have ads?
Progress shows ads; Clock Rings does not.

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