Comparison

Progress vs Drift

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

Head to head
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/

About

Drift

A minimalist journaling app focused on simple writing, drawing, and photo entries. Entries gradually fade over time, encouraging users to let go. It features optional shared prompts for community interaction without personal profiles.

Highlights
  • Simple text, drawing, and photo entries
  • Entries fade over time
  • Touch to restore entries
  • Shared prompts for community thoughts
  • Private by default, journal stays on device
  • No streaks, reminders, or mood tracking
Features
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Drift is the most minimal journal app. It doesn't ask you to build anything. Simple journaling. · Write up to 120 characters. Add a drawing. Attach a photo. That's it. · No streaks, no reminders, no mood tracking, no AI, no ads. Just write and let go. Entries fade over time. · Text softens. Drawings lose their edges. Photos grow faint. · Touch and hold any entry to bring it back. · Nothing is deleted without your permission. Private by default. · Your journal stays on your device. We never see it. Drift is for people who want less. Featured on Product Hunt — #5 Product of the Day Tell us what you think hi@letitdrift.com EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Progress4 screens
Drift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Progress at every 3 days against Drift's every 6 weeks. On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Progress sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Drift sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. 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 — 5.0 for Progress against 5.0 for Drift. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Progress ships an update every 3 days, Drift every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Progress versus Drift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgressDrift
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEff CorpNORILAB Inc.

In-app purchases

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
1 purchases

Drift

Subscriptions1
  • Drift Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Progress free?
Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drift free?
Drift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Progress or Drift?
Progress and Drift are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Progress or Drift have ads?
Neither Progress nor Drift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Progress or Drift?
Progress ships an update every 3 days, and Drift every 6 weeks. Most recently, Progress was updated on October 24, 2026 and Drift on October 14, 2026.

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