Comparison

Progress vs QuickLift

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 automates workout progression and provides AI-driven training and nutrition plans. It offers detailed exercise tracking, personalized program generation, and progress visualization. Seamlessly syncs with Apple Watch and Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Automated progressive overload
  • AI program and workout builder
  • Personalized AI nutrition plans
  • Detailed workout logging
  • Strength progress charts
  • AI coach for advice
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Progress your way. Progress tracks your workouts, automates your progression, and takes the guesswork out of your training — so you can focus on lifting. WORKOUT TRACKING Log every set, rep, and weight with a clean, distraction-free interface. Built-in rest timers keep you on pace. Exercise notes keep your cues close. ADVANCED TRAINING Automatic progressive overload — set a weight increment per exercise and the app adds it after every successful session. No spreadsheets. No manual tracking. Pyramid sets — assign each set its own weight and rep target. The app sequences through automatically and the plate calculator updates for each set. Supersets — group exercises back-to-back with a live display of what's next so you never lose your place. Plate calculator — built into every exercise. Shows exactly which plates to load, updated for every set. Full exercise customisation — control weight type, sets, reps, rest time, and progression settings per exercise. AI PROGRAM BUILDER Answer a few questions about your goals, experience, available equipment, and any injuries or constraints. The AI builds a complete multi-week training program tailored to you. Not a template. Ask the AI to adjust it if anything isn't right. AI WORKOUT BUILDER Need a single session? Generate a workout built around your goals and equipment in minutes. AI NUTRITION PLANS Tell the AI your goals and dietary preferences — it generates a personalised nutrition plan with calorie targets, macros, and meal guidance. Export it as a PDF to keep on hand. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Every lift you log builds your history. Per-exercise charts show your strength trends over time — weight moved, estimated 1RMs, and personal records in one view. AI COACH Ask the built-in AI coach anything — form tips, program adjustments, recovery advice. It knows your history and gives answers based on your actual data, not generic advice. APPLE WATCH Leave your phone in your bag. Track full workouts from your wrist with heart rate monitoring and a live rest timer. LIVE ACTIVITY & DYNAMIC ISLAND Your rest timer lives in the Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen — always know when it's time for the next set. iCLOUD SYNC Your workouts, programs, and history sync automatically across your iPhone and Apple Watch. APPLE HEALTH Progress writes your completed workouts to Apple Health, keeping all your fitness data in one place. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from four themes — Forest, Ocean, Bloom, and High Contrast — and set your preferred weight units. Download Progress and start training your way.

About

QuickLift

Features
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Spend less time tracking. Spend more time lifting. QuickLift is a fast, focused workout tracker for lifters who want measurable progress without accounts, ads, or social noise. Log each set in seconds, see your last performance, and know what to aim for next. FAST WORKOUT LOGGING • Record weight, reps, RPE, RIR, tempo, notes, distance, and duration • Mark warm-up, working, drop, skill, and failure sets • Use exercise-specific rest timers with Live Activities and Dynamic Island • Log strength sets directly from Apple Watch CLEAR PROGRESSION • Compare every exercise with your previous performance • Get transparent progression, hold, recovery, and deload guidance • Detect PRs for load, reps, volume, estimated 1RM, duration, and distance • See consistency, muscle balance, volume, and strength trends PLANS THAT FIT YOUR TRAINING • Choose from 30 starter plans or build your own routines • Create templates, supersets, and complete training programs • Swap exercises while keeping your workout context • Track kg or lb and kilometers or miles STRENGTH AND CARDIO TOGETHER • Track running, walking, cycling, rowing, swimming, and more • Record live heart rate, distance, pace, and active energy on Apple Watch • Keep strength, cardio, and mixed sessions in one history • Sync completed workouts with Apple Health when you choose YOUR DATA, YOUR CONTROL • No account required • Local-first storage with optional iCloud backup • Optional Apple Health integration • Import workout history from supported CSV exports • Export CSV data or create a complete JSON backup • No advertising and no social feed QuickLift is built for focused training - from your first structured plan to your next all-time PR. Health and calorie values are estimates unless recorded by a compatible sensor. QuickLift does not provide medical advice.

Screenshots

Progress4 screens
QuickLift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Progress at every 4 days against QuickLift's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Progress ships an update every 4 days, QuickLift fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Progress versus QuickLift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgressQuickLift
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB14 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperIan FarrJoshua Burgge

In-app purchases

None

Progress

No in-app purchases

None

QuickLift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Progress free?
Progress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is QuickLift free?
QuickLift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Progress or QuickLift have ads?
Neither Progress nor QuickLift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Progress or QuickLift?
Progress ships an update every 4 days, and QuickLift fortnightly. Most recently, Progress was updated on October 7, 2026 and QuickLift on October 9, 2026.

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