Tally vs X Progress
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tally
Easily track any count with a gesture-based interface. Manage habits, scores, inventory, and attendance with unlimited tallies and customizable resets. Syncs across devices and offers widgets for quick access.
- Gesture-based counting
- Unlimited tallies
- Natural language tally creation
- Customizable resets
- Widgets and Live Activities
- iCloud sync
- Apple Watch support
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Tally is the quick, easy way to keep track of any counts, from habit tracking and fitness, to scorekeeping, inventory, and attendance. Tally’s gesture-based interface keeps your eyes free while counting. ## COMMON USES ## * Scorekeeping - Board games or out on the pitch! * Habit Tracking - Keep up with your exercise, coffee intake, medications, whatever! Daily, weekly, monthly reset options. * Event Attendance * Inventory ## FEATURES ## * Easy gesture support. Tap to count up, swipe down to count down * Unlimited tallies * Quick tally set creation with natural language, just describe your set like "Score a game with Jim, Jill, and Jenn" * Each tally can count up or down and have a “step” increment -- to count by twos, fives, tens * Set targets on tallies to track progress * Create decimal (0.00) tallies * Event tracking histories for all tally changes * Configure daily, weekly, monthly resets * Visual, audio, and haptic feedback for counts * Quick reset to starting values for individual tallies or whole tally sets * Adjustment options to add, subtract, or set tallies to arbitrary values – great for scoring games with varied score values * Widgets! Add, subtract, or keep up with your favorite tallies and tally sets right on your Home or Lock Screen * Live Activities. Pin a tally set to your Lock Screen with Live Activity support * Shortcuts support. Extensive support for automation. Add to, subtract from, or reset counts–even create and query tallies and tally sets * Use Tally on your Apple Watch for easy updates on the go * Sync with iCloud across devices ## TALLY PRO ## Tally is always free to use, but you can get more out of Tally with a Tally Pro: * Tally for Apple Watch! * Unlimited tally sets * Customize accent colors and app icons * Choose alternate sound effects * Advanced automation with Shortcuts Tally Pro is available as a reasonable annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime unlock. ## SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS ## * Payment will be charged to your Apple account at confirmation of purchase * Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period * Automatic renewals will be charged at the same price you were initially charged for the subscription * Subscriptions can be managed or canceled by going to Account Settings on the App Store after purchase Have questions? Email support@agiletortoise.com. Terms: https://agiletortoise.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://agiletortoise.com/privacy-policy
X Progress
Visualize time's passage with customizable countdowns and count-ups. Track events, periods, and repeating moments with beautiful themes and live updates. Share progress with others and organize events with tags and secure hidden tabs.
- Count down to events or count up from memories
- Track daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and custom repeating events
- Visualize progress with percentage, days passed, or days left
- Customize events with themes, photos, and motion
- Live Activities for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
- Widgets for Home Screen and Lock Screen
- Share events and collaborate with others
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Time passes quietly. X Progress makes it visible. Count down to a trip. Count up from a memory. Watch a semester, a project, a year, or any chapter of life fill in. X Progress turns the moments that matter into beautiful, living progress you can understand at a glance. SEE TIME YOUR WAY • Track one-day moments, longer periods, repeating events, and the built-in progress of the year, month, week, and day. • Repeat events daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly, or set custom rules like every other week or the last day of the month. • Show days passed, days left, or a percentage. Count up, count down, or let Auto change direction as time moves. • Add all-day or timed dates, alerts, notes, and photos. • Organize with tags, search, pinned events, Archive, and a Hidden tab protected by Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode. MAKE EVERY EVENT YOURS • Choose from 50+ designer themes, from quiet gradients and pixel art to cozy animal crowds and animated worlds. • Use Photo Theme Studio to turn a photo or Live Photo into your own theme. • Customize backgrounds, subject cutouts, colors, gradients, fonts, text layouts, and motion. ALWAYS IN VIEW • Follow a countdown live on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island with Live Activities, drawn in your event's own theme. • Keep important events on your Home Screen and Lock Screen with widgets, or on your wrist with Apple Watch complications. JUST ASK SIRI • Tell Siri about an event in your own words, and it's created for you. • Ask Siri how far along an event is, or start a Live Activity without opening the app. • Find your events in Spotlight, each shown with its own theme. COUNT DOWN TOGETHER • Invite friends and family to view or edit an event. Changes stay synchronized through iCloud, with shared activity collected in one place. • Share any event as a photo, Live Photo, video, Instagram Story, or sticker. • Use ZEN with SharePlay to focus on a moment together over FaceTime. CREATE IN LESS TIME • Start from Ready to Go templates for working hours, paydays, trips, birthdays, and more. • With Smart Create, describe an event in a sentence, or share a photo to X Progress, and review the completed event before saving. ON EVERY SCREEN X Progress works on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, and it's ready for iPhone Duo: unfolded, folded, or half open, the layout adjusts automatically to fit the way you're using it. iCloud keeps your events, photo themes, and notes in sync across devices. You'll also find Date Gap for measuring the exact time between two dates, a calendar, public holiday events, reminders, search, and accessibility support for VoiceOver. Start free. X Progress Unlimited unlocks the complete designer theme gallery, Live Activities, and more. Smart Create, including creating events with Siri in your own words, requires a compatible device with Apple Intelligence. Availability may vary by language and region. Terms of Use: https://www.roczhang.com/x-progress/terms_and_conditions.html Privacy Policy: https://www.roczhang.com/x-progress/privacy_policy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Tally at 1.8K against X Progress's 87. Tally also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Tally sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and X Progress sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Tally against 4.7 for X Progress. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tally has 1.8K ratings behind it against 87, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of Tally's written reviews are positive against 57% of X Progress's.
Tally ships an update every 3 weeks, X Progress every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tally | X Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.8K ratings) | 4.7 (87 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.6% of reviews — better | 57.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 87 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 175 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Agile Tortoise | 鹏 张 |
Customer experience
Tally
X Progress
In-app purchases
Tally
- Tally Pro - Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Tally Pro - Lifetime$39.99
X Progress
- X Progress Unlimited Monthly3 Days trial$0.491 Month
- Turtle Theme$0.99
- WuFan Theme$0.99
- Snail Theme$0.99
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- The Color of Time Theme$0.99
- NUONUO Theme$0.99
- Full Moon Theme$0.99
- Expedition Theme$0.99
- Toby Likes Bone Theme$0.99
- X Progress Unlimited Lifetime$19.99









