PRGRS Is Now Free: The Whole App, No Price Tag, No Catch

Short version: PRGRS is now free. Not a free trial, not a stripped-down "Lite" version, not a free tier that nags you to upgrade. The whole app — every feature that has ever shipped — for €0.

If you already paid for PRGRS: thank you, genuinely. You helped get a solo project off the ground, and nothing about your app changes. If you've been on the fence, the fence is gone. Download it and start logging.

What changed: the price, and nothing else

There are no tiers, no "Pro" unlock, and no paywall hiding the good parts. The live workout timer, the 50+ exercise library, progress charts powered by Swift Charts, XP and achievements, strength leagues, Live Activities on your lock screen and Dynamic Island, CSV import/export from Strong and Hevy — all of it is included, the same as it always was. The only thing that moved is the number on the App Store, and it moved to zero.

The honest reason why

PRGRS has no servers. Everything runs on your device using SwiftData, so there are no cloud bills, no per-user storage costs, and nothing that a monthly subscription would need to cover. When the running cost of an app is genuinely zero, charging a recurring fee for it is hard to justify — that was always the argument behind PRGRS, and free is simply the most honest version of it.

The other reason is reach. A workout tracker is only useful if you actually open it every session, and a price tag — even a small one — is friction at the exact moment someone is deciding whether to bother. I'd rather have PRGRS in as many lifters' hands as possible than protect a few euros of revenue. So I took the price away.

What hasn't changed

Free does not mean "free, but now we sell your data." The privacy stance is exactly the same, because it was never the thing paying the bills:

• Zero data collection — no analytics SDKs, no crash reporters phoning home, no advertising frameworks.
• No account, ever — there's no sign-up because there's no server to sign up to.
• Fully offline — your workouts, history, charts, and gamification all work without Wi-Fi or cellular.
• Your data stays yours — it lives on your device, and you can export it as a CSV any time.
• Bi-weekly updates — new features and fixes every two weeks, the same cadence as before. All free.

"Okay, so what's the catch?"

Fair question — "free" usually has fine print. Here it doesn't. There are no ads, because ads mean trackers and a worse experience. There's no data being sold, because there's no data leaving your phone to sell. There's no "Pro" tier waiting to lock your charts behind a subscription later — if a feature is in PRGRS today, it's free and it stays free. The business model is simply that there isn't one beyond building something people want to use.

How a free app like this stays alive

Honestly: you. PRGRS is a solo passion project with no investors, no ad revenue, and no subscription income. What keeps it going is the stuff that costs you nothing — a rating on the App Store, a recommendation to a training partner, a bug report or feature idea sent through the feedback form. That's the whole exchange. Use the app, and if it helps, tell one person.

Start tracking

If you've been paying for a subscription — anywhere from €5 to €15 a month — just to log sets and reps, this is your exit. PRGRS does the same job, faster and more privately, and now for nothing. Download it, point it at your next session, and let the numbers do the rest.