Comparison

Mini Progress vs How Long

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

Head to head
About

Mini Progress

Features
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Most apps want your attention. They have streaks, badges, and notifications designed to keep you in the app. Mini Progress is different. It wants you to hit your number and get on with your life. Just the Progress Bar No complex dashboards. No "engagement" tricks. Just a simple, beautiful way to track your goals right on your Home Screen. Key Features: - Home Screen Widget: Your goals at a glance. - One-Tap Updates: Increment progress instantly. - Pure Monochrome: A clean, industrial aesthetic. - Privacy First: 100% local data + iCloud sync. No Gamification. No Guilt. Missed a day? Who cares. There are no streaks to break, no badges to lose. It’s a tool, not a game. Pick it up when you're ready.

About

How Long

Automatically track time spent at important locations like the gym or office using geofencing and Wi-Fi. Set weekly goals, view detailed statistics, and receive smart suggestions for new places. Enjoy battery-friendly background tracking.

Highlights
  • Automatic location time tracking
  • Geofencing and Wi-Fi detection
  • Weekly goal setting and progress tracking
  • Detailed visit statistics
  • Smart place suggestions
  • Battery-friendly background operation
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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How Long answers one question: how much time do you actually spend at the places that matter? Save your gym, office, coffee shop, or a friend's house, and How Long quietly notices when you arrive and leave. No check-ins, no timers. FOR FAMILIES, WITHOUT THE TRACKING Know when your kid gets to school, when Grandma is home again, when your partner has left the office. Share just the places that matter with the people who matter, and they'll see arrivals and departures there and nothing else. No live map, no history of everywhere someone went. One Pro purchase covers your whole family through Family Sharing. BUILT TO BE TRUSTED • Detects arrivals and departures with geofencing, Wi-Fi, and Apple's visit monitoring, then double-checks before recording anything • Always watches the places closest to you and keeps that up to date as you move • Battery friendly: no constant GPS polling SEE WHERE YOUR TIME GOES • Total hours, visit counts, average session, and streaks for every place • Charts by day, week, month, or year, switchable between places and categories • A heatmap of which hours and days you tend to be there • Year in Review and Trip Recap cards you can share GOALS AND REMINDERS • Weekly goals: specific days or a number of visits per week, with streaks • Reminders when you've been somewhere longer than you meant to • Nudges when it's been too long since your last visit ORGANIZE • Categories for anything: Home Town, Paris 2024, Clients • Notes, ratings, and photos on every place • Smart suggestions for places you visit often but haven't saved • Share places or whole categories with a link FRIENDS (optional) • Share a place with a friend and see when they arrive and leave • A widget showing where a friend is right now • Everything goes through your own iCloud account; we never see it WIDGETS • Streak and weekly progress widgets for any place • Friend status widget HOW LONG PRO (one-time purchase, Family Sharing included) • Unlimited places (3 are free) • Travel Mode: automatically saves restaurants, trails, and sights you spend time at on a trip, with a photo you took there • Hiking detection for places you wander through without stopping • Place photos, and browse your photo library by place • Smart cadence reminders • iCloud backup and CSV export • Automations: send arrivals and departures to Zapier, IFTTT, or Home Assistant PRIVACY Your places and visits are stored on your device. Backup and friend sharing are optional and use your own iCloud account. We do not collect personal information, run analytics, or sell data. How Long needs "Always" location access to detect visits while it is in the background.

Screenshots

Mini Progress4 screens
How Long4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: How Long at fortnightly against Mini Progress's every 2 months. 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. Mini Progress sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and How Long sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mini Progress ships an update every 2 months, How Long fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Mini Progress versus How Long: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMini ProgressHow Long
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB9 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPeerasak UnsakonGDW Entertainment, LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mini Progress

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$3.99
4 purchases

How Long

One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
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  • How Long Pro$5.99

Questions

Is Mini Progress free?
Mini Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is How Long free?
How Long is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mini Progress or How Long have ads?
Neither Mini Progress nor How Long shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mini Progress or How Long?
Mini Progress ships an update every 2 months, and How Long fortnightly. Most recently, Mini Progress was updated on October 9, 2026 and How Long on October 7, 2026.

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