Comparison

Goally vs Visual Schedule

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

Head to head

Goally

Manage your Kid's Tablet

Free

📚 Education

★ 4.3279 ratingsView app →

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

Visual Schedule

Features

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Visual Scheduler is a simple visual routine app designed to help children understand and follow daily schedules. The app uses clear visual cards to represent activities such as getting ready, school, meals, and bedtime. This helps reduce anxiety around transitions and supports routine-building in a calm, predictable way. The app is designed to work fully offline and does not require any login or account. No personal data is collected. Visual Scheduler is suitable for parents, caregivers, and educators looking for a straightforward visual scheduling tool. Created by Myra Jhawar as a student-led project.

Screenshots

Goally4 screens

Visual Schedule3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Goally at every 11 days against Visual Schedule's every 3 months. Goally also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Goally ships an update every 11 days, Visual Schedule every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level

Goally versus Visual Schedule: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Goally	Visual Schedule
Price	Free	Free
Rating	4.3 (279 ratings) — better	—
Positive reviews	51.7% of reviews	—
Number of ratings	279 — better	—
Update frequency	Every 11 days — better	Every 3 months
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Monetization	Free	—
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS	13.0 — better	15.0
Further details — not scored
Size	111 MB	6 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Goally Inc.	Pushpa Jhawar

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

Visual Schedule

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Goally

No in-app purchases

None

Visual Schedule

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Goally free?

Goally is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is Visual Schedule free?

Visual Schedule is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do Goally or Visual Schedule have ads?

Neither Goally nor Visual Schedule shows ads.

Which is updated more often, Goally or Visual Schedule?

Goally ships an update every 11 days, and Visual Schedule every 3 months. Most recently, Goally was updated on October 26, 2026 and Visual Schedule on October 25, 2026.