Comparison

Plates vs PRGRS

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

Head to head
About

Plates

Log your weightlifting sessions with ease, track sets, and create custom workouts. Analyze your progress with detailed analytics and muscle heatmaps to optimize your training journey.

Highlights
  • Create workouts from scratch or templates
  • Log sets with weight and reps
  • Pre-made and custom exercises
  • Muscle heat-map analytics
  • Track volume and trends over time
  • Workout templates for efficiency
Features
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Plates is a workout log for weightlifting. A 7-day free trial is included. Access to all features requires a Lifetime Unlock (one-time purchase). It's made for people who are serious about weightlifting and love going to the gym. Start a workout from scratch, or from a template you’ve already built. Add exercises, log sets, tick them off as you go, and finish the session. That’s it. After that, Plates does the boring part for you: it turns your logged sessions into analytics you can use to advance quicker in your weightlifting journey. Logging that's simple and elegant: • Create workouts fast (empty or template-based) • Track sets with weight + reps (and more when needed) • Adjust on the fly mid-workout • Templates (optional, but worth it) If you train the same structure each week (which you probably do), templates save a ton of time: • Add exercises and sets beforehand (it will automatically update the weight you used) • Re-use your common sessions (PPL, upper/lower, full body, etc.) Exercises: • Plates comes with 250+ pre-made exercises (free-weight, machine, cardio, and isometric). • You can easily create custom exercises and configure them according to their function. Plates shows what your training has looked like recently: • Muscle heat-map based on recommended volume • Total volume per session, best weight, best duration, etc. • Trends across time • Most trained muscle groups in the past 30 days

About

PRGRS

Features
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PRGRS is a minimalist workout tracker with a single job: show your progress and get out of the way. No social feed, no leaderboards, just today's workout, a fast log, and numbers that climb week after week. It's built around three things: start faster, log with less friction, and review your progress. START IN SECONDS Open the app and today's session is already on screen — your active program, the right weekday, and every movement on one compact card. Nothing to dig for. LOG WITHOUT FRICTION Tap a weight, set your sets and reps, and move on. Numbers use tabular figures so they never jitter. Swap in an alternative movement with a single tap. It all works offline and syncs the moment you're back online. A LITTLE MORE EACH WEEK PRGRS is built for progressive overload. Mark each movement to go lighter, hold, or push heavier next week and last week's numbers carry forward, so you always know your target. KEEP YOUR STREAK ALIVE Finish a workout and your streak grows. Complete every session in a week and earn a perfect-week bonus. A quiet nudge to keep showing up no badges to farm, no guilt trips. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Total workouts, average days per week, and total weight lifted, plus tappable charts of your volume and top weights over time. Activity heatmap shows your consistency at a glance. YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS Your data syncs to the cloud, so it's safe if you switch phones or reinstall. Sign in with email, Apple, or Google. Delete your account and everything in it anytime, right from the app. Set up your program and start today.

Screenshots

Plates4 screens
PRGRS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PRGRS at none against Plates's 2. PRGRS also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). Plates's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads 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. Plates sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. PRGRS asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plates ships an update every 3 days, PRGRS every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Plates versus PRGRS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlatesPRGRS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperToms BurgmanisBerat Safran

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Plates

One-time2
  • Free TrialFree
  • Lifetime$19.99
None

PRGRS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plates free?
Plates is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PRGRS free?
PRGRS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Plates or PRGRS have ads?
Neither Plates nor PRGRS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plates or PRGRS?
Plates ships an update every 3 days, and PRGRS every 3 weeks. Most recently, Plates was updated on November 5, 2026 and PRGRS on November 5, 2026.

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