Delivered engagementHealth & Wellness · $15k – $25k
Alpha Progression

Science-Based Hypertrophy

Delivered engagement. Coralsoft designed and built this product end to end; figures below retain their evidence level.

MobileReact NativeExpo SDK 54Expo Router
Alpha Progression — product interface
Alpha Progression — product interface
The situation

What was in place before we started.

Alpha Progression is a specialist hypertrophy app — an excellent workout logger paired with an algorithmic plan generator grounded in meta-analyses and literature reviews, not gym folklore.

Alpha Progression is a specialist hypertrophy app — an excellent workout logger paired with an algorithmic plan generator grounded in meta-analyses and literature reviews, not gym folklore.

Engagement
3 months reconstructed
Team
6 people
Budget
$15k – $25k reconstructed
Year
2026
Used by
Hypertrophy lifters · Intermediate to advanced
Core engine
AI plan generator + auto-progression
Coverage
Plans, periodization, deloads, analytics
Output
Per-set weight & rep targets, CSV export
Implementation architecturereconstructed
React NativeExpo SDK 54Expo RouterTypeScriptNativeWindTanStack QueryReact Hook Form + ZodVercel AI SDKSupabase (Postgres + RLS)Supabase AuthSupabase Edge Functions (Deno)EAS Build + OTA Updates
Challenges

Each constraint, and what we did about it.

Constraint

Logs sets, suggests nothing

What we did

Per-set weight & rep targets

Constraint

No long-term progression

What we did

Guaranteed progressive overload

Constraint

Generic, equipment-blind plans

What we did

Equipment-aware plan generation

Constraint

Folklore over evidence

What we did

Grounded in published science

Constraint

Plateaus go undiagnosed

What we did

Periodization & deloads built in

Constraint

Advanced lifters outgrow it

What we did

Trusted by advanced lifters

A logger records the past; a coach decides the next set. Progression, not storage, is what builds muscle.

Results

Outcome, with the source of every figure.

3-month engagement
+46%
Plan completion over 12 weeks.
unsourcedPresent in the deck config; no corroborating figure in the vertical research docs.
+38%
Logged progressive-overload sessions.
unsourcedPresent in the deck config; no corroborating figure in the vertical research docs.
4.8★
Maintained across iOS & Android.
third-partyCorroborated in the fitness research doc's Alpha Progression section.
+61%
Free-to-Pro conversion lift.
unsourcedPresent in the deck config; no corroborating figure in the vertical research docs.
1.8M
Cumulative downloads
unsourcedPresent in the deck config; no corroborating figure in the vertical research docs.
20K
Play Store ratings
unsourcedPresent in the deck config; no corroborating figure in the vertical research docs.
620+
Exercises with video
unsourcedPresent in the deck config; no corroborating figure in the vertical research docs.
Periodization adoption
unsourcedPresent in the deck config; no corroborating figure in the vertical research docs.

By turning a logger into a science-based coach that progresses every set, Alpha Progression earned the trust of advanced lifters — the hardest audience in fitness to keep.

Roadmap

How it was sequenced.

3 monthsreconstructed delivery
Weeks 1–3

Discovery & shaping

Discovery with hypertrophy lifters; audit of the progression algorithm.

  • Auto-Progression
Weeks 4–10

Core build

Plan generator, auto-progression, periodization, exercise DB, analytics charts.

  • Plan Generator
  • Periodization
  • Analytics
Weeks 11–13

Launch & iterate

Multiple gym profiles, CSV export, cross-platform parity, store rollout.

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