Comparison

Progressive vs Protein Ring

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

Head to head
About

Progressive

This app helps you track your strength training progress with a focus on progressive overload. It allows you to log sets, reps, and weight, visualize trends, and maintain clarity during workouts. Built for consistent, trustworthy progress.

Highlights
  • Progressive overload tracking
  • Log sets, reps, and weight
  • Exercise history review
  • Track top set weight, volume, reps
  • Visualize strength trends
  • iCloud data sync
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Progressive is a workout tracker designed for progressive overload. Train with focus and keep your progress grounded in real sessions. Progressive helps you stay oriented during training and turn completed effort into clear, per-exercise progress—so you always know where you are and what to improve next. With Progressive, you can: • Stay oriented during training with clear, up-to-date context • Capture sets, reps, and weight naturally as you train • Review complete history for every exercise • Track top set weight, total volume, and total reps separately • Visualize strength trends over weeks and months • Sync your data securely with iCloud Built for lifters who want clarity, consistency, and progress they can trust.

About

Protein Ring

Features
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Protein Ring turns a plain sentence about what you ate into an honest protein number. Type what you actually ate, like "2 eggs, oats, and a protein shake". In seconds you see your protein, calories and the nutrients you're low on. Check the estimate, change what's wrong, and watch the ring fill. No photos, no barcodes, no food search. Key features: - A protein target sized from your goal, your training week and your body details, with Apple Health import if you want it. - Meal logging in your own words, typed or dictated. - Every estimate is shown for you to check before it counts. Change the words and it is estimated again. - Log again: repeat a meal you have had, with last time's estimate. - Insights over your last 28 days: how often protein reached its target, macros against your plan, and which nutrients fall short of the daily reference. - Apple Health, if you allow it: import body details, and add saved meals to Health. - Apple Watch: dictate a meal on your wrist and review it on your iPhone. - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and a Live Activity while the estimate works. - At most one reminder a day, and only if you turn it on. The weekly and yearly plans renew until you cancel; Apple shows the price before you confirm. Estimates can be incomplete or wrong; you check them before they count. Protein Ring is for general wellness and is not medical advice. LEGAL & SUPPORT Privacy Policy: https://proteinring.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://proteinring.com/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://proteinring.com/support

Screenshots

Progressive4 screens
Protein Ring4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Progressive at none against Protein Ring's 2. Protein Ring's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Protein Ring sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Progressive asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Progressive ships an update weekly, Protein Ring every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Progressive versus Protein Ring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgressiveProtein Ring
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVignesh IyerTypedream LLP

In-app purchases

None

Progressive

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Protein Ring

Subscriptions2
  • Protein Ring Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Protein Ring Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Progressive free?
Progressive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Protein Ring free?
Protein Ring is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Progressive or Protein Ring have ads?
Neither Progressive nor Protein Ring shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Progressive or Protein Ring?
Progressive ships an update weekly, and Protein Ring every 2 weeks. Most recently, Progressive was updated on October 30, 2026 and Protein Ring on November 5, 2026.

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