Comparison

Strides vs Progress

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

Head to head
About

Strides

This app helps you organize your habits, routines, and goals in a single to-do list. Track progress with reminders and charts, and choose from over 150 templates or create your own. Get organized and build your perfect routine.

Highlights
  • Habit and goal tracking
  • Customizable trackers
  • 150+ templates
  • Progress reports and charts
  • Reminders
  • Daily checklist
Features
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Imagine having all of your most important habits, routines and goals together in one simple to do list. Now you can! With Strides, you can track good or bad habits, SMART goals, and more. Keep up with reminders to hold you accountable and charts to keep you motivated. Explore new ways to manage your life with over 150 templates and the ability to create your own trackers. Get organized with a daily checklist to help create your perfect routine. Keep up with what you’ve accomplished with progress reports that compile your goals, projects and progress all in one place. Set up reminders and add notes to ensure you’re on track and on task. Track anything you want with four types of trackers. Streak calendars let you keep up with your success rate, and milestone calendars help you to keep up with project timelines. Want to keep track of a repeating number? Check out the Average tracker. Looking to hit a goal by a specific date? Give the Target tracker a try. Start keeping track of your habits and goals anywhere you go. Download today to get organized and create the perfect routine with Strides. TRACKERS: - 150+ templates to choose from, or create your own customized tracker - Progress Reports with everything in one place - View charts with history, streak, success rate and more - Unlimited reminders to set yourself up for success ADDITIONAL FEATURES: - Integration with Apple Health - Sync between iPhone, iPad & Mac - Add notes to logs and trackers - Reminders to keep you on track SEE WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING: "I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU! Strides is one of the most useful apps out there. Nowadays, I can't even imagine myself without it :)” ~Leyla "Amazing app. The sheer amount of flexibility with what you can track with Strides is amazing." ~Carlo "My life has become so much more organized and fulfilled since I started using your app. I really appreciate it!” ~Micah "Best tracking app. I love, love, love this app! This is exactly what I've been looking for for two or three years. I can track multiple goals and see them all on one screen. Perfect!" ~Kate – Strides is free forever to track what's most important to you. If you want to get even more out of it and support development, you can upgrade to Strides Plus with a monthly or annual subscription - or with a one-time purchase of the lifetime plan - to unlock all premium features, including Unlimited Trackers, sync between iPhone, iPad & Mac, Tags & Filters, Today List, Export Data, Goal Notes and more. Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes Account when you confirm the initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be identified. You may manage your subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. – Read our full Privacy Policy / Terms of Use: https://www.stridesapp.com/privacy.html https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Keep making strides!

About

Progress

This app helps you monitor your progress towards personal goals, from financial targets to fitness achievements. Visualize your journey with historical data and projected completion dates. It offers a beautiful design, customizable widgets, and Siri shortcuts for seamless tracking across your devices.

Highlights
  • Track distance, money, time, weight, and more
  • History charts and projected completion dates
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
  • Automatic tracker resets (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.)
  • Cross-device syncing (iOS & macOS)
Features
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Progress is an app for iOS & macOS designed to help keep track of progress towards goals. Progress is perfect for tracking almost anything - distance, money, time, weight, and more! Stay on target with history charts showing your recent trends! ◆ Beautiful Design Intuitive layout puts progress tracking right at your fingertips ◆ Widgets Powerful widgets available right on your Home Screen or Lock Screen ◆ Shortcuts Siri shortcuts integration to unlock even more possibilities ◆ History See trends over time and projected completion dates ◆ Automatic Reset Set trackers to reset every day, week, month, quarter, or year ◆ Quick Actions Customizable quick actions for each tracker ◆ Smart Formatting Intelligent formatting for currencies, times, weights, and distances ◆ Categories Sort your trackers into lists ◆ Multiple Device Support Available for iOS & macOS devices with seamless syncing The free version of Progress allows for tracking up to 5 items at a time. To remove this limitation & all advertising within the app, we offer our premium upgrade. Premium is available as an auto-renewing subscription or a one time lifetime purchase. Progress premium subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime by going to your account settings in the App Store. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see our privacy policy & terms of use: https://www.shayesapps.com/policies

Screenshots

Strides4 screens
Progress4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Strides at none against Progress's shown. Strides also leads on ratings volume (19K vs 871) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Strides sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Progress sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Strides against 4.8 for Progress. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strides has 19K ratings behind it against 871, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 81% and 80% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strides ships an update fortnightly, Progress every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Strides versus Progress: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStridesProgress
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (19K ratings)4.8 (871 ratings)
Positive reviews81.1% of reviews — better80.2% of reviews
Number of ratings19K — better871
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoals LLCShayes Apps LLC

Customer experience

Strides

All ratings19,162 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews1,164 reviews
Positive81.1%
Neutral5.0%
Negative13.9%

Progress

All ratings871 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.1%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive80.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative13.5%

User reviews

Strides

From 19K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Flexible and customizable
  • 📊 Detailed progress tracking
  • 🔄 Helpful for building habits
  • 🎯 Effective for achieving goals
  • 🤖 Seamless integration with Apple Watch

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🔒 Limited free version features
  • 🐛 Syncing and notification issues
  • 🕰️ Lack of time-tracking capabilities
  • 🗂️ Difficulty organizing multiple habits

Progress

From 871 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Well-designed and functional
  • 🚀 Easy and flawless to use
  • 💡 Helps with motivation and accountability
  • 👍 Simple, elegant, and aesthetically pleasing
  • 👍 Customizable and personalized

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription for full features
  • 🐛 Widget issues and inconsistencies
  • 💰 Overcharging for a simple app

Bugs and requests

Strides

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes after iOS 14.8 update
  • Incorrect data logging and display issues
  • Notification bugs showing outdated information

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow more than 3 habits in free version
  • Add time tracking and time-based goals
  • Improve syncing and notification reliability
  • Introduce more customization and organization options
  • Provide a one-time purchase option instead of subscription

Progress

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Widgets not working as expected
  • App crashing on launch

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add pages/word count tracking
  • Implement daily/weekly/monthly goal tracking and statistics
  • Ability to reorder and view multiple trackers on widgets
  • Automate progress updates based on schedule
  • Increase font and UI element sizes
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  • Add negative goal tracking (e.g., body fat percentage)

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Strides

Subscriptions6
  • Strides Plus$4.991 Month
  • Strides Plus$7.991 Month
  • Strides Plus$9.991 Month
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  • Strides Plus7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Strides Plus7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Strides Plus1 Month trial$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • Strides Plus$39.99
  • Strides Plus$99.99
  • Strides Plus$149.99
3 purchases

Progress

Subscriptions2
  • Progress Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Progress Premium7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$19.99

Questions

Is Strides free?
Strides is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Progress free?
Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Strides or Progress?
Strides and Progress are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 19K and 871 ratings respectively.
Do Strides or Progress have ads?
Progress shows ads; Strides does not.
Which is updated more often, Strides or Progress?
Strides ships an update fortnightly, and Progress every 5 weeks. Most recently, Strides was updated on September 24, 2026 and Progress on September 21, 2026.

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