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PRGRS is now free

PRGRS is now a free download on the App Store, with no ads and no account. Why I dropped the price, and where the optional AI Coach fits in.

By , who builds PRGRS

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PRGRS came out in March 2026 as a paid app. In June I made it free without removing anything: the free app is the same one people paid for. Everything in PRGRS today is free and will stay free.

If you bought PRGRS before it went free: thank you. You backed a one-person project in its first three months, and nothing in your copy changes.

What's in the free app

  • Sets, reps and weight with an optional RPE column. Each set gets a Suggested target based on the matching set from your last session and the RPE you logged.
  • A rest timer, plus a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island while you train.
  • Quick Log: type or dictate “squat 5x5 @ 140kg RPE 8” and it becomes five logged sets of 140 kg × 5.
  • 400+ exercises, unlimited custom plans and 7 built-in programs, including StrongLifts 5×5, GZCLP and nSuns 5/3/1 LP.
  • Estimated 1RM charts, weekly sets per muscle against MEV and MRV, PR detection and 5 Home Screen widgets.
  • XP, 56 achievements and strength leagues for bench, squat and deadlift.
  • Import from Hevy, Boostcamp and WorkIt exports, and export of every workout to one CSV file.

If you're coming from one of those apps, import your history before your next session so your charts and PRs include it. How to move your Hevy workouts to PRGRS walks through the Hevy export step by step.

Active Push A workout in PRGRS: bench press with two warm-up sets marked W, a Suggested column showing 82.5 × 8, a first working set of 82.5 kg × 8 at RPE 8 marked PR, a 1/10 sets this week chip, and a rest timer with −15s, +15s and Skip
A bench session. The Suggested column (↑ 82.5 × 8) comes from the matching set last session, adjusted for the RPE you logged.

Why I made it free

I don't run a server for the tracker. Your workouts are stored on your iPhone and there's no account system, so PRGRS costs me the same to run for ten users or ten thousand. That's why it was never a subscription: charging you every month to log sets on your own phone didn't make sense to me.

The other reason is reach. Any price, even a small one, is a reason to skip an app from a developer you haven't heard of. I'd rather have more lifters using PRGRS than make a little from each download.

The AI Coach

An optional AI Coach is coming soon. It will be the only paid part of PRGRS. If you never use it, nothing about the tracker changes.

It will be paid because, unlike the tracker, it will cost me money every time someone uses it.

Privacy didn't change

Going free didn't add ads or analytics, and the App Store privacy label still says Data Not Collected. I wrote up where your workout log lives, including how backups, Apple Health and CSV export work.

How you can help

  • Rate or review PRGRS on the App Store, where it's listed as PRGRES. A few lines about how you use it help other lifters decide whether to try it.
  • Tell a training partner who still logs in a notes app or a notebook.
  • Send bugs and feature requests through the feedback form on the About page.

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I build PRGRS, a free workout tracker for iPhone and iPad.

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