Goally vs Sci
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Goally
This app allows parents to manage their child's tablet, creating routines, reminders, and checklists. It helps children build life skills and reduces parental nagging by organizing daily activities.
- Create routines and reminders
- Build checklists for daily activities
- Customize tablet content
- Promote life skills development
- Reduce parental nagging
- Manage multiple children
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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.
Sci
Explore STEM concepts and problem-solving skills through hands-on activities tied to real-world locations. Search activities by site, STEM field, or curriculum standards. Activities are categorized for pre-visit, during-visit, and post-visit engagement.
- Hands-on STEM activities
- Location-based exploration
- Searchable by site name
- Filter by STEM field
- Curriculum standard alignment
- Pre/during/post visit activities
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This Sci-Map app encourages the exploration of STEM concepts right in your own community and promotes the practice of problem-solving skills. It is an efficient tool for educators, parents, or anyone seeking a guide to explore the world . The hands-on activities are searchable by name of the real-world site, by type of activity (sorted by STEM field and name of the activity) or by Florida Curriculum standards associated with the concepts or skills used in the hands-on activity. The activities are also sorted by whether they are useful while you are visiting the site (to guide you in your exploration) or if they are introductory activities (to prepare you before you visit) or extension activities (to further investigate after you visit and have explored the site).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sci at 5.0 against Goally's 4.2. Sci also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). Goally's advantage is ratings volume (283 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sci holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goally has 283 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Goally ships an update every 2 weeks, Sci every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goally | Sci |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (283 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 283 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Goally Inc. | Hands On Gainesville Inc |
Customer experience
Goally
Sci
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
Sci
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Goally
No in-app purchases
Sci
No in-app purchases
