Comparison

Goally vs Tiny Courses

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Create routines
  • Set reminders
  • Build checklists
  • Customize tablet settings
  • Manage daily activities
Features
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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.

About

Tiny Courses

Offers over 1,000 gamified courses for children aged 2-12, created by experts. Topics range from enrichment and practice to interests and creative play, providing an alternative to passive screen time.

Highlights
  • Expert-led courses for various age groups
  • Over 1,000 topics including enrichment and practice
  • Gamified step-by-step learning with interactive games
  • Lifetime access to purchased courses
  • Personalized audio feedback and illustrative visuals
  • Diploma upon course completion
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COURSES FOR KIDS, BY EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS *** Tiny Courses offers lessons by experts to answer any of your child's specific needs, interests, or wants - at any level! *** 1,000+ COURSES ACROSS A VARIETY OF TOPICS Is your child struggling with grammar? Perhaps they're bored in their math class? Or maybe, they’re eager to learn more about space? Tiny Courses enable your child to explore, progress, improve and advance in any topic. LESSONS YOU CAN FIND IN TINY COURSES (for ages 2-4, 5-8, 9-12) – Enrichment Courses: Topics that your child won’t find at school, such as Dinosaurs, Wonders of the World, Greatest Inventions, Greek Mythology – Practice Courses: Subjects that your child may need to improve in, such as Counting & Numbers, Fractions, Learn the Alphabet, Pre-reading – Interests Courses: Answers to questions your child has, such as Life Under the Water, My Body, Earth & Space, Origami – ‘Instead of TV’ Courses: Replacing passive screen time with a valuable one, by enjoying Nursery Rhymes, Interactive Puzzles, Bedtime Stories, Music Instruments, Brain Teasers and more. LIFETIME ACCESS TO YOUR CHOSEN COURSE Once a course is enrolled, you get lifetime access to play the course on any device at any time. You can always add more courses to your Tiny Courses app by going to tinytap.com STEP BY STEP LEARNING Using a step-by-step structure of interactive games, each course ensures your child's progress in the chosen subject. In this active learning exprience, they’ll get to practice until they master their skills and even get a diploma. A GAMIFIED LEARNING EXPERIENCE All Tiny Courses include illustrative visuals and teacher guidance throughout the course. Activities have personalized audio feedback in each task to build your child's confidence and keep them motivated every step of the way. MADE BY WORLDWIDE EXPERTS All courses are created by our community of teachers, speech therapists, education specialists, and educational brands from all over the world. Each of them are experts in their own field. TERMS & CONDITIONS By signing up, you agree to the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and applicable notices below. If you have any issues, please contact our Support team at help@tinytap.com Privacy Policy: https://www.tinytap.it/site/privacy/ Terms & Conditions: https://www.tinytap.it/site/terms_and_conditions

Screenshots

Goally4 screens
Tiny Courses4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Goally at every 11 days against Tiny Courses's every 3 months. Goally also leads on review sentiment (52% vs 33%) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Goally holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goally has 261 ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Goally's written reviews are positive against 33% of Tiny Courses's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Goally ships an update every 11 days, Tiny Courses every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Goally versus Tiny Courses: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoallyTiny Courses
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (261 ratings) — better4.0 (34 ratings)
Positive reviews51.7% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings261 — better34
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB221 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoally, Inc.TinyTap Ltd.

Customer experience

Goally

All ratings244 ratings
Positive77.0%
Neutral7.4%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive51.7%
Neutral13.8%
Negative34.5%

Tiny Courses

All ratings34 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral14.7%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and 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

Tiny Courses

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Goally

No in-app purchases

None

Tiny Courses

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Goally free?
Goally is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tiny Courses free?
Tiny Courses is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Goally or Tiny Courses?
Goally is rated higher. Goally averages 4.2 out of 5 from 261 ratings, while Tiny Courses averages 4.0 from 34 ratings.
Do Goally or Tiny Courses have ads?
Neither Goally nor Tiny Courses shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Goally or Tiny Courses?
Goally ships an update every 11 days, and Tiny Courses every 3 months. Most recently, Goally was updated on October 1, 2026 and Tiny Courses on September 16, 2026.

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