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In a nutshell

Progress helps you track the measurements and photos that show how your body is really changing, because the number on the scales isn’t the only one that matters.

We’ve been on the App Store since 2012. You can track 17 body measurements plus 10 of your own, keep progress photos side by side, see your BMI and waist to height ratio, and sync it all with Apple Health. Everything lives in your own iCloud.

Progress isn’t a diet plan and it isn’t a workout programme. It’s a measurement tool for people who find body change hard. No aspirational physiques, no shaming, no ads. Every body is welcome and every goal is valid.

Coming with iOS 27

These features are in development and will arrive in a free update alongside Apple’s iOS 27 release. If you’d like to try them before then, get in touch and we’ll sort you out with a build.

Log a measurement without picking up your phone

When you’re holding a tape measure, you don’t have a free hand for your phone. It’s the most common moment of friction in a body measurement app, and it’s never really had a good answer. Soon you’ll just say it.

You’ll say “Hey Siri, log my waist in Progress”, Siri will ask you for the value, you’ll answer “34 and a half”, and it’ll be saved without the app ever opening. It handles stone, pounds, kilograms, inches and centimetres, converting to whatever unit you prefer, and it reads the way people actually talk. “17 and three quarters” works. So does “32 and 13 sixteenths”, and “12.5 stone”.

Every action is a Shortcuts action too, so Progress will run from the Action button, Control Centre, the Lock Screen, Back Tap, an NFC tag on the bathroom scale, or a time or location automation. All of this is free. None of it will sit behind our paywall.

The whole Siri surface is localised, not just the app. On a French phone you’ll say “Afficher mes progrès dans Progress” and Siri will answer in French.

Onscreen awareness for Apple Intelligence

Progress will tell the system which measurement you’re looking at, so Siri understands what’s on screen without you having to name it in full. It shares the name of the measurement only, never the value.

Waist to height, and Apple Health

We’ve added waist to height ratio, worked out automatically from the measurements you already keep. The NHS publishes a waist to height calculator and NICE recommends it as a simple check to use alongside BMI, so it’s a number more people are being told to pay attention to. What’s been missing is somewhere easy to keep it.

A note for accuracy: waist to height is recommended alongside BMI, not as a replacement for it. NICE positions it as an additional measure for people with a BMI under 35.

We’re also one of the few apps that writes Waist Circumference to Apple Health, and we’ve supported Health since day one. Waist circumference itself has been in Progress since 2012.

Full features

Free

• Unlimited new entries, so you can track your changes as often as you like
• Progress charts that show your trends over time
• A weight goal to keep you focused
• BMI and waist to height ratio, worked out from what you’ve already entered
• Apple Health sync, in both directions
• Siri, Shortcuts and Spotlight, including hands-free logging, coming with iOS 27

Progress Pro

• Progress photos, front, side and back, so you can see the difference
• Unlimited entries across multiple measurement areas
• Past data, so you can tell the full story from the beginning
• Non-weight goals that actually reflect your journey
• Notes, to record how you’re feeling or what’s working
• Custom reports that show how far you’ve come
• Fitbit sync

What you can track

17 body measurements including weight, waist, hips, chest, arms, thighs, neck and body fat percentage, plus up to 10 custom measurements you name yourself.

Privacy

Your measurements and photos live in your own iCloud, not on our servers. Progress photos are end to end encrypted, so nobody but you can open them. There are no ads, and nothing is shared unless you choose to share it.

About Lewis

Progress is made by Lewis Smith, a full-time indie developer based in the UK, who has been building iPhone apps since 2012. He went full-time indie in 2017 and looks after development, design and marketing himself. Holly handles customer support, also from the UK.

Alongside Progress, Lewis makes World Clock Time Widget, which launched with iOS 8, has passed a million downloads and has been featured by Apple several times, and Emoji Countdown, (also featured by Apple) which counts down to the days you’re looking forward to, each one pinned to a favourite emoji.

You can find more at lewis42.me and on LinkedIn.