Comparison

PRGRES vs FormCheck+

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

Head to head
About

PRGRES

This app helps users meticulously log their weightlifting sessions, track personal records, and visualize strength gains. It offers custom workout plan creation and a muscle map to monitor training focus. The application operates entirely offline with no subscriptions or ads.

Highlights
  • Log exercises with sets, reps, weight, and RPE
  • Build and save unlimited custom workout plans
  • Automatic personal record detection
  • Strength progress charts and 1RM estimates
  • Muscle map for training focus
  • Rest timer with Live Activity
  • Workout history with session stats
Features
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PRGRES is a free workout tracker for iPhone with unlimited custom workouts and plans, no account, no ads and no data collection: the App Store privacy label reads “Data Not Collected”. Log sets, reps and weight in seconds, catch new PRs automatically, and see when it is time to add weight. There are no limits on plans, workouts, exercises or history, and every feature in the app is free. LOG FAST - Sets, reps, weight and optional RPE, with suggested weights from your last session - Quick Log: type or dictate "bench 3x5 100kg" and PRGRES fills in the sets - Warm-up, drop set and AMRAP sets; timed holds, cardio and bodyweight exercises each get the right inputs - Assisted pull-ups and dips log your bodyweight minus the assist - 400+ exercises, or create your own mid-workout - Rest timer with a Live Activity on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island TRAIN WITH A PLAN - Unlimited custom plans, plus 7 built-in programs to start from, including 5×5, GZCLP, push/pull/legs and upper/lower splits - Rep ranges for double progression: reach the top of the range on every set and the next session starts heavier - Progressive overload suggestions that also flag stalled lifts - Plate, warm-up and 1RM calculators - Share a plan by link with friends who use PRGRES SEE YOUR PROGRESS - Automatic PRs for estimated 1RM, heaviest weight and best session volume - Estimated 1RM charts for every lift - Muscle map with weekly set targets per muscle - Daily readiness check, plus insights on your volume, consistency and muscle balance - A dashboard you arrange yourself, and 5 Home Screen widgets: today's workout, your streak, your next PR target, a training heatmap and your muscle split LEVEL UP - XP and levels for every workout, 56 achievements, and daily and weekly challenges - Strength Leagues: your bench press, squat and deadlift tier, from Iron to Grandmaster, based on your estimated 1RM relative to your bodyweight BRING YOUR HISTORY - Import the CSV export from Strong, Hevy, Boostcamp or WorkIt, or a generic CSV - A summary shows your workouts, date range, top lifts and the level your history adds up to - Export your full history to CSV at any time YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS - No account, no sign-up, no ads - Your workouts are stored on your iPhone, and logging works offline - Apple Health only if you allow it: save finished workouts on iOS 26 or later, and let the readiness check use your sleep and heart-rate data - Weights in kg or lbs; light, dark or system appearance. The app is in English. QUESTIONS Is PRGRES free? Yes. Every feature in the app is free, with no limits on plans, workouts, exercises or history. Do I need an account? No. Open the app and log a workout. Does PRGRES collect my data? No. The App Store privacy label reads “Data Not Collected”, and your workouts are stored on your iPhone. Can I bring my workouts from another app? Yes. PRGRES imports CSV exports from Strong, Hevy, Boostcamp and WorkIt, and a generic CSV. Does it work offline? Yes. Logging, the rest timer and your history all work without a connection. More at prgrs.app

About

FormCheck+

This app provides AI-powered analysis of your workouts and form, offering corrective exercises and safety feedback. Track progress with photos, measurements, and PRs, and receive personalized workout plans and insights into muscle engagement.

Highlights
  • AI verbal analysis and corrective exercises
  • Progress photo and body measurement tracking
  • Fitness goal checklist and PR dashboard
  • Cardio and workout logging
  • AI coaching chat for analysis breakdown
  • Technique checklist and gear suggestions
  • Muscle dashboard and smart training calendar
Features
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More than just checking your form and your lifts. With FormCheck+ you can upload progress photos, monitor body weight and body measurements, track your fitness goals with a checklist and PR dashboard, log cardio and workouts, and receive comprehensive verbal AI analysis feedback that includes corrective exercises to improve your lifts, areas for improvement with safety concerns and risk assessment, AI coaching chat to further break down your analysis and decipher why you received a certain score, technique checklist to hone in on lifting cues, and recommended lifting gear suggestions to enhance your performance. Whether you're a powerlifter, bodybuilder, CrossFit enthusiast, avid runner, just into general fitness, a beginner, intermediate, or advanced lifter, this app is for you. It checks all the boxes and offers something for everyone. Other app features include: -Earn points and badges for tracking and milestone achievements - Generate AI workout plans catered to your training goals - Transformation photo progress with AI feedback - Side-by-side video and photo comparison analysis - View neglected muscle groups and overworked body parts on the muscle dashboard - Utilize the smart training calendar for suggested muscle groups and rest days - No more math calculations to determine how to load the bar with plates with the built-in plate calculator in workout tracking - Record and track personal records, 1 rep maxes, and form analysis progression - Community challenges - Create a workout schedule for the week - Don't guess your warm-up, plan a 5-minute warm-up routine before attempting compound lifts to avoid injury - Generate, download, and print an ebook analysis with a comprehensive breakdown of your data and progress over time Privacy and Security Your data and numerical input will be processed by third-party AI services like OpenAI from the Base44 system that the app was created from to produce and generate your responses in the app. Data is shared with this provider for processing only and cannot be accessed by other users, the app's creator/admin, or any other entity or person. Your data, photos, and video analysis, as well as any other information you generated or uploaded, remain private, protected, and secure, and viewable only in your creator or user account. Should you choose to delete your account, all of your data will be permanently deleted. You may permanently delete your user account in settings located at the top right corner of the home page. The full privacy policy for FormCheck+ can be viewed and read here: https://doc-hosting.flycricket.io/formcheck-privacy-policy/22961b0a-a3d1-46db-88cb-4d9ed6a71950/privacy

Screenshots

PRGRES4 screens
FormCheck+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PRGRES at Free against FormCheck+'s $1.99. PRGRES also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). FormCheck+'s advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

PRGRES is free to download; FormCheck+ costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PRGRES against 5.0 for FormCheck+. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PRGRES versus FormCheck+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPRGRESFormCheck+
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB194 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBaris YakaliDana Hallock

Customer experience

PRGRES

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FormCheck+

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PRGRES

No in-app purchases

None

FormCheck+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PRGRES free?
PRGRES is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FormCheck+ free?
FormCheck+ costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PRGRES or FormCheck+?
PRGRES and FormCheck+ are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do PRGRES or FormCheck+ have ads?
Neither PRGRES nor FormCheck+ shows ads.

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