Comparison

Progress vs ActivAI

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

ActivAI

Features
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Gym workouts planned around the other sports you do. Log your surf, padel, runs or rides, and the AI coach plans today's gym session around them. Or paste a plan you already have and train it set by set, with exercise guidance, set tracking and rest timers. MAKE YOUR PLAN USEFUL Create a single session or a multi-day program for your goals, available equipment and training routine. Import a plan from a chat or your notes. Review its exercises, rep ranges, rest times and instructions before you train. Add a program to Workouts without activating it, then activate it with Pro when you are ready. TRACK WHAT YOU COMPLETE Log sets, reps and weight during your gym or home workout. See your last recorded weight and reps for exercises with matching names, even across programs. A weight specified in your plan takes priority. Adjust targets with simple buttons or reset them to the plan. Open available step-by-step technique guides from the exercise screen. KEEP YOUR TRAINING MOVING Use rest timers, timed exercises and the interval timer for work/rest rounds. Pause and resume your session. Follow active timers on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. With Pro, use Apple Watch to complete sets and control workout timers from your wrist; a paired iPhone is required. Home Screen widgets show your next workout and let you log an activity in one tap. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Keep your workout history and review completed sessions. Log other sports and activities so the coach can take recent training into account. Optional Apple Health integration lets you import activities and save completed workouts. FREE AND PRO Free includes activity logging, workout tracking, timers and history, with 5 coach messages per day and up to 3 saved workouts. ActivAI Pro adds more coaching and unlimited workout saves, multi-day program activation, exercise progress charts, weekly coach reports and Watch workout controls. Cloud coaching requires an internet connection and your permission to send the request and relevant fitness context to the selected AI service. Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription. Prices, billing periods and any eligible introductory offer are shown before purchase. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple account settings. Privacy Policy: https://aleksandrdas.github.io/activai-privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Progress4 screens
ActivAI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Progress at none against ActivAI's 2. Progress also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). 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. ActivAI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Progress asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Progress ships an update every 4 days, ActivAI every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Progress versus ActivAI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgressActivAI
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIan FarrAleksandrs Dascinskis

In-app purchases

None

Progress

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ActivAI

Subscriptions2
  • ActivAI Pro Monthly$11.991 Month
  • ActivAI Pro Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Progress free?
Progress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ActivAI free?
ActivAI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Progress or ActivAI have ads?
Neither Progress nor ActivAI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Progress or ActivAI?
Progress ships an update every 4 days, and ActivAI every 10 days. Most recently, Progress was updated on October 30, 2026 and ActivAI on October 31, 2026.

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