Goally vs FirstWork
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.
FirstWork
This platform offers digital Discrete Trial Instruction (DTI/DTT) with thousands of ABA and SPED learning goals. It provides innovative rewards and deep customization for personalized learning programs, trusted by professionals.
- Thousands of ABA and SPED learning goals
- Matching, Receptive Identification, FFC
- Expressive Language and Phonics activities
- Customizable spelling and counting exercises
- Progress monitoring and export features
- Focus Mode to limit distractions
- Digital reward system with app access
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FirstWork is the most popular digital Discrete Trial Instruction(DTI/DTT) platform featuring the most common ABA and SPED learning goals, thousands of targets, innovative rewards, and deep customization options. FirstWork is trusted by thousands of ABA and SPED professionals for their personalized learning programs. Our Learning Categories - featuring thousands of targets for: Matching: Boost cognitive skills by pairing related items. Receptive Identification: Enhance understanding through auditory and visual prompts. Feature, Function, and Class (FFC): Develop categorization and critical thinking skills by identifying objects based on their attributes, roles, and classifications. Expressive Language: Practice vocal responses with instructor-scored expressive language lessons. Letter Sound Matching: Strengthen phonics with interactive letter-sound activities. Spelling: Improve spelling with dynamic and customizable exercises. Counting: Build foundational math skills through counting tasks. Arithmetic: Advance numeracy with a variety of arithmetic challenges. Key Features: Progress Monitoring: Easily graph and monitor learning progress with our intuitive view and export features, helping you stay informed of your learner’s development. Customizable Lessons: Adapt the app to suit your learner’s specific needs with various lesson modifications. Lesson Sharing: Send a copy of your lesson to other FirstWork users, such as colleagues. Focus Mode: During lessons, you can limit access to distracting apps on your device making it an environment more suitable for learning. Reward System: You can grant time on your learner’s favorite apps as a reward, after their time is up, they’ll be brought back to FirstWork for another lesson. It’s ideal for remote learning, learning at home, or learners who enjoy digital rewards. Whether you're a parent, teacher, or ABA professional, FirstWork makes learning easy and enjoyable. Terms of Use: https://firstworkapp.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://firstworkapp.com/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FirstWork at 100% against Goally's 52%. FirstWork also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.2). Goally's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (261 vs 14). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. FirstWork sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per month. Goally asks for nothing beyond the download.
FirstWork holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goally has 261 ratings behind it against 14, 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 100% of FirstWork's.
Goally ships an update every 11 days, FirstWork every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goally | FirstWork |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (261 ratings) | 4.7 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 261 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Goally, Inc. | FirstWork LLC |
Customer experience
Goally
FirstWork
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
FirstWork
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Goally
No in-app purchases
FirstWork
- Base$12.991 Month









