Checkie! vs Goally
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checkie!
This app helps users remember essential items with visual cues and a simple checklist interface. It's designed to assist children, adults, and seniors in managing their belongings, making self-management fun and accessible.
- Visual item reminders
- Image-based checklists
- Simple touch interaction
- List preparation for events
- Promotes self-management
- Assists users with ADD/ADHD
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◇◇◇Kids Design Award 2017◇◇◇ Let us hear what other items you wish for Checkie! in the app. Items that are often left behind when leaving home, such as a schoolboy’s handkerchief, grocery items, baby wipes, etc. etc… Checkie! helps you remind those items with fun! Everybody’s busy. So the timer directly starts the app and images are used instead of text so you can see and know what it is at a glance. All you have to do is touch the item when it’s ready. For the events that you don't know when to happen, such as outing with a baby, an irregular business trip, just prepare lists of them ready at hand! What you can enjoy the most of Checkie! is when preparing a list so that even a little kid gets interested in the process, which helps her/him aware of self management of the belongings. Users of Checkie! say it helps not only kids, adults and seniors who often leave something behind, but also people with ADD and ADHD.
Goally
This app allows parents and caregivers to manage a child's tablet experience. Create custom routines, set reminders, and build checklists to help children develop life skills and reduce nagging during daily activities.
- Create routines
- Set reminders
- Build checklists
- Customize tablet settings
- Manage daily activities
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This is the app to manage your Goally kids Tablet. This app for is for parents and the rest of the kids team to make create routines, reminders, and checklists. Customize everything on a Goally kids tablet via this app. Goally help kids build life skills and help parents stop nagging their kids through daily activities. To purchase a Goally tablet go to getgoally.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Goally at none against Checkie!'s 7. Goally also leads on ratings volume (261 vs 8). Checkie!'s advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 52%) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 13.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Checkie! sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Goally asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Checkie! against 4.2 for Goally. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goally has 261 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Checkie!'s written reviews are positive against 52% of Goally's.
Checkie! ships an update every 2 weeks, Goally every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Checkie! | Goally |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (8 ratings) | 4.2 (261 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better | 51.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 261 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Enfani Inc. | Goally, Inc. |
Customer experience
Checkie!
Goally
Bugs and requests
Checkie!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Goally
Reported bugs
17 issues- Tablet doesn't automatically turn on when charging
- Missed launches due to charging issue
- Cannot launch after another launch starts
- Screen broken on arrival
- Cannot sign in
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- Setup screen freezes
- App crashes when editing routines
- Uploads pictures with 'file not found' error
- Loads to a blank screen
- App crashes repeatedly
- Setup prompt appears every time
- Routines disappear from parent app but stay on tablet
- Goally care team app doesn't work
- Web portal being shut down
- Notifications open app without direct link
- Cannot see child's activities without manual check
- Device is sluggish and slow to respond
Requested features
9 requests- Make app more seamless
- Improve routine creation ease
- Fix app crashes
- Ensure routines sync correctly between parent and child devices
- Improve device durability
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- Clarify app usage and setup instructions
- Make app more intuitive for new users
- Provide more specific notification details
- Keep web portal active
In-app purchases
Checkie!
- Unlimited Checklists$0.99
- Food & Travel$0.99
- Computer & Tools$0.99
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- Various & Locations$0.99
- Elementary School$0.99
- Kids at Home$0.99
- Kids To Do$0.99
Goally
No in-app purchases
