Comparison

One Year vs Progress

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

Head to head
About

One Year

Capture a daily memory with text and an image, which then grows into a unique hand-drawn plant. Over a year, these plants form a personalized digital garden, making journaling visual and easy to maintain. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience with cross-device sync.

Highlights
  • Daily memory capture with text and image
  • Hand-drawn plant grows for each entry
  • Visual garden forms over the year
  • Private and ad-free journaling
  • Cross-device sync (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro)
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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A daily journal that grows into a garden. Write a few lines, snap a photo, record a voice note, or doodle your day. Every memory becomes a hand-drawn plant, and over the year your entries grow into a memory garden that's all yours. One Year makes journaling feel light, visual, and easy to keep up with. "This is the first time I've actually stuck with journaling every day." Why One Year • Truly remember each day of your year • Write as much or as little as you want • No pressure, no streaks • Built for consistency, not perfection Journal your way • Write: a few words or a whole page • Talk: record a voice note and your day is saved • Snap: take photos with digicam, film and black & white looks • Doodle: draw your own flower, then hear it play • Feel: color each flower to remember your mood Find any memory, just ask • Search your whole year by what happened, not just by date • Look up a feeling, a place, or a moment, like "happy summer days" • Results bring back your words, photos and voice notes together • Revisit any day, any moment Your garden • Every day you add a memory, a new plant grows • 365 hand-drawn plants and animals, one for each day (no AI) • Watch the year grow day by day, and scroll through the whole thing • Option to show plants only on days you wrote Share your day • Turn any day into a little story • Share it as a video or a still, with your words, drawing, photos and music Widgets & sync • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Quick camera access from the Lock Screen • Full garden view or simple progress dots • Works across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro, including your garden and today side by side on iPhone Duo • Everything stays in sync Your privacy comes first • Private by default • Stored on your device and encrypted in the cloud • No feeds • No ads Use One Year for free • Write about any day • Some of the widgets • The Doodle Clock in landscape mode • Multiple devices and syncing Get One Year Full Access • Add up to 5 photos to every day • Voice notes • The Doodle Camera for in-app photos • Daily mood tracking • All the widgets • Available as a subscription or lifetime purchase Every day counts. Support & feedback: hi@wndn.studio Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Progress

This app helps you plan and track your strength training workouts with a clean interface. Log sets, reps, and weight, and visualize your progress with personal records and charts. Stay consistent and motivated on your fitness journey.

Highlights
  • Workout planning
  • Session tracking
  • Set, rep, and weight logging
  • Personal records
  • Progress charts
  • Weekly summaries
  • Widgets and Live Activities
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Progress is a premium workout planner and tracker designed to help you train with clarity and consistency. A workout companion that helps you show up, log your training, and see the wins add up. Create workout plans, start a session in seconds, and record sets, reps, and weight with a clean, distraction-free interface. Watch your progress build with personal records, charts, and weekly summaries. Track distance-based workouts, and keep your momentum going with widgets and Live Activities. Whether you’re just getting started or already deep into your routine, Progress keeps things simple and encouraging — so you can move more, feel stronger, and stay consistent. Privacy: https://prog.ress.co/privacy Terms of Use: https://prog.ress.co/terms EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

One Year4 screens
Progress4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Progress at 100% against One Year's 61%. Progress also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). One Year's advantage is ratings volume (505 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. One Year sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Progress sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Progress holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: One Year has 505 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of One Year's written reviews are positive against 100% of Progress's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

One Year ships an update every 4 weeks, Progress every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
One Year versus Progress: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOne YearProgress
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (505 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings505 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB62 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperWind Down Studio, LLCEff Corp

Customer experience

One Year

All ratings498 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral2.6%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews227 reviews
Positive61.2%
Neutral7.9%
Negative30.8%

Progress

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

One Year

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Cannot download on iOS 16.3.1
  • Flower version set as default, no option to choose black dot

Requested features

4 requests
  • Adapt to Chinese language
  • Add dark mode and dark icons
  • Smaller widget size option
  • Add garden widget or zoom in feature

Progress

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

One Year

Subscriptions8
  • One Year Weekly3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • One Year Monthly$2.991 Month
  • One Year Monthly7 Days trial2 variants$2.991 Month
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  • One Year Monthly$3.991 Month
  • One Year Monthly$4.991 Month
  • One Year Annual$24.991 Year
  • One Year Annual7 Days trial2 variants$24.991 Year
  • One Year Annual$34.991 Year
One-time2
  • One Year Lifetime$49.99
  • one year lifetime$69.99
4 purchases

Progress

Subscriptions4
  • English14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • English14 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • English14 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • English14 Days trial$150.001 Year

Questions

Is One Year free?
One Year 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, One Year or Progress?
Progress is rated higher. One Year averages 4.6 out of 5 from 505 ratings, while Progress averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do One Year or Progress have ads?
Neither One Year nor Progress shows ads.
Which is updated more often, One Year or Progress?
One Year ships an update every 4 weeks, and Progress every 3 days. Most recently, One Year was updated on October 28, 2026 and Progress on October 24, 2026.

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