Goally vs Hello, It's Me
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Hello, It's Me
This app helps individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) learn, connect, and build friendships. It offers interactive stories to practice skills and a community to meet others with shared interests. Users can also access relationship coaching.
- Interactive stories for skill practice
- Connect with friends and join interest groups
- Relationship coaching
- Community building
- Decision-making practice
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Welcome to Hello, It's Me! Hello, It's Me is made for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) to learn, connect, and have fun. We want to help you make friends and join a community that understands you. What You Can Do: - Stories: Read and make choices in interactive stories. These help you practice skills like talking, solving problems, and making decisions. - Make a Friend: Meet new friends and join chat groups with people who like the same things as you. - Relationship Coaching: Talk with trained coaches to learn how to make and keep friends. Subscriptions: - Stories: Full access to all interactive stories. - Make a Friend: Say "Hello, it's me" to new people and chat in groups with similar interests. Links: - [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/) - [Privacy Policy](https://hello-itsme.com/privacy-policy) With Hello, It's Me, you can practice important skills, make friends, and join communities that share your interests. Enjoy exploring and connecting with others!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Goally at none against Hello, It's Me's 10. Goally also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (279 vs 4). Hello, It's Me's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.3). On price 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. Hello, It's Me sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. Goally asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hello, It's Me holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goally has 279 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Goally ships an update every 11 days, Hello, It's Me every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goally | Hello, It's Me |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (279 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 279 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Goally Inc. | FOCUS EDUSOLUTIONS INC. |
Customer experience
Goally
Hello, It's Me
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
Hello, It's Me
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Goally
No in-app purchases
Hello, It's Me
- Monthly$24.991 Month
- Monthly- 1-Week Free7 Days trial$24.991 Month
- Quarterly$54.993 Months
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- Grow Plan$97.991 Month
- Yearly$143.991 Year
- Monthly- Flourish Thrive plan$174.991 Month
- Monthly- Therapy plan$359.991 Month
- Half hour session$39.99
- Hour and a half session$94.99
- Hour session$109.99
Questions
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