Comparison

Progress vs DwellTick

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

Head to head
About

Progress

Features
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Progress is an idea manager that takes you from planning an idea, through iteration, all the way to putting it into practice. Good ideas are rarely clear the first time. In Progress, you jot an idea down, then add a progress note every time you have a new thought, find something useful or try something out. With each iteration the idea settles and your thinking gets clearer. When it finally makes sense, mark it as started and go do it. Review regularly and see which things your attention has really gone to. Capture text, photos or voice; every step stays on a timeline, and the ideas you iterate on most rise to the top. Reminders are off by default and only appear when you ask for them. Your ideas sync through iCloud, no account needed. Privacy Policy: https://jdi-app.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-cdb1be6b87f64c06b7dbea6ffbbad83f Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DwellTick

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A little care. A lasting home. DwellTick brings your home maintenance plan and service history together. Remember the small jobs, the part number you always forget, and what you did last time. MAKE ROOM FOR ROUTINE Add care tasks for your appliances, heating and cooling, garden and the rest of your home. Choose your own interval and due date. Repeat from the day you finish, or keep a fixed calendar rhythm. KEEP THE USEFUL DETAILS Save part numbers, locations and notes with each task. Log the completion date, optional cost and a note for next time. Search your journal when you need to remember what happened. A FREE JOURNAL THAT STAYS USEFUL Create care tasks and keep your service history without a paid task-count tier. Use due-date reminders, export service records as CSV, and save or restore a full backup. Your records remain available if a Pro subscription ends. GO A LITTLE FURTHER WITH PRO Optional DwellTick Pro adds cost summaries by year and category, estimated annual care budgets based on your recorded costs, a printable care report for supported journal sizes, and advance reminders before a task comes due. AT HOME ON YOUR DEVICE No account, address lookup or advertising. Your journal works offline. Data stays on your device unless you export it or your device backup settings include it. Save a backup to a separate location to protect your records. Automatic cross-device sync is not included. DwellTick Pro offers monthly and annual auto-renewing subscriptions with the same features. Prices are displayed in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled. Apple generally requires cancellation at least 24 hours before renewal; applicable consumer rights still apply. Manage or cancel through your Apple Account settings. No introductory trial is offered at launch. Reminders depend on your iOS notification settings. The next 60 future notifications are queued when you use the app. PDF reports support up to 2,000 combined tasks and records and 200,000 text characters; full JSON/CSV export remains available within the journal’s documented storage safeguards. Follow your equipment's care guide when choosing maintenance intervals. Budget estimates use your entries and are not service quotes. Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ DwellTick Terms of Use: https://fricksproductions.com/dwelltick/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://www.fricksproductions.com/dwelltick/privacy/

Screenshots

Progress4 screens
DwellTick3 screens

Verdict

The call

Progress and DwellTick are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Progress sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and DwellTick sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Progress versus DwellTick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgressDwellTick
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size9 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer笛 姜BRENDON JAMES FRICK

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Progress

Subscriptions1
  • Progress Pro Yearly3 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Progress Pro Lifetime$8.99
2 purchases

DwellTick

Subscriptions2
  • DwellTick Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • DwellTick Pro Annual$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Progress free?
Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DwellTick free?
DwellTick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Progress or DwellTick have ads?
Neither Progress nor DwellTick shows ads.

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