Comparison

SimpleToDo vs Goalo

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

Head to head
About

SimpleToDo

Organize your tasks, schedules, and memos with this efficient to-do list and calendar app. Features include tag classification, a four-quadrant view for prioritizing, and smart widgets for home screen access. Stay on track with persistent reminders and seamless iCloud synchronization.

Highlights
  • Tag Classification for organization
  • Four-Quadrant View for task prioritization
  • Calendar View for monthly task overview
  • Smart Widgets for home screen management
  • Progress Ring for task completion tracking
  • Persistent Reminders for important notifications
  • iCloud Auto Sync across devices
Features
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Your next task, right where you need it. SimpleToDo brings your to-do lists, calendar and priorities together, with interactive widgets that keep them in sight. Plan a workday, stay on top of classes or remember the groceries, then check things off as you go. DO MORE FROM YOUR HOME SCREEN Choose widgets for task lists, today's to-dos, weekly and monthly calendars, and your priority matrix. Complete tasks directly in supported widgets. Keep essentials on your Lock Screen and open frequently used features from Control Center. WORKS WITH APPLE REMINDERS Keep using Siri and Apple Reminders. Enable the connection to see your dated Apple reminders alongside your tasks in SimpleToDo's calendar and supported widgets. Mark a reminder complete here and the change is reflected in Apple Reminders. Continue creating and editing those reminders in Apple's app or with Siri. SEE YOUR WEEK. CHOOSE WHAT MATTERS. Organize work, study and everyday life with tags. Plan ahead in weekly and monthly calendar views, then use the Eisenhower matrix to sort tasks by urgency and importance. CAPTURE PLANS IN YOUR OWN WORDS Type an English phrase such as "tomorrow gym at 7pm" to turn a thought into a task with a reminder. Set recurring tasks for routines and regular commitments. REMINDERS ON YOUR TERMS Choose when you want to be reminded. For tasks that need extra attention, you can enable persistent reminders individually. Repeated notifications are optional. CHECK IN FROM YOUR WRIST View and complete tasks on Apple Watch. On supported iPhones, Live Activities keep tasks and progress visible at a glance. MAKE ROOM TO REFLECT Write daily and weekly reflections, revisit your progress, and make your workspace feel like yours with themes, custom backgrounds and widget styles. START WITHOUT A SEPARATE ACCOUNT No SimpleToDo account to create. Your tasks are stored on your device, with optional iCloud sync to keep them up to date across your iPhone and iPad. iCloud sync requires signing in to iCloud. Interactive widgets require iOS 17 or later; Control Center controls require iOS 18 or later. Feature availability varies by device and system version.

About

Goalo

This app helps you manage your to-do lists by focusing on one task at a time. It blurs out other tasks to minimize distractions and reduce anxiety, allowing you to concentrate on what's most important. An astronaut-themed narrative adds an engaging element to the goal-setting process.

Highlights
  • Task prioritization
  • Distraction blocking
  • Single-task focus
  • Visual task fading
  • Goal planning
  • Astronaut story integration
Features
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Goalo is a unique task management app that helps you block out distractions and focus on your top priorities. If your work and life are full of to-do tasks and you want to focus on them one by one, then Goalo is the right choice for you. --------------------- Goalo’s story setting: Laika is an astronaut, After a series of accidents, his spacecraft crash-landed on the planet code-named C511HU, He lost contact with the space agency, Fortunately, he was not injured. Unfortunately, before him are life and death issues. He told himself that he could not sit still, he needed oxygen, water, food, and he needed to tell his family that he was still alive... Laika sorted out all to-do tasks through Goalo and prioritized them. Goalo will automatically display the first task clearly, and other tasks will gradually fade out of view and become blurred, so that Laika can concentrate on completing the first task in front of him. After solving the first problem, the second problem will become the first, and so on, until all tasks are completed. Laika clearly knows that even in the face of the vast sea of ​​stars, he has only one goal: Back to EarthGoalo is a unique to-do list tool. Every day you make a lot of to-do lists, and then you hit them one by one according to your priorities. But do you find that most of them don't need your attention at the moment, but they are showing up in your to-do list, and every time you check the list you get distracted and even frustrated because you feel that there are too many tasks to finish. In fact, the first task you need to focus on is the first one, the other tasks should fade out of your view and don't need to be seen at this moment, so that you can reduce the visual burden and mental anxiety, and better complete the task at hand. That's what Goalo is designed to do, to help you block out distractions and focus on your primary task. To make Goalo even more interesting, we added astronaut stories that fit well with the original design. Laika is an astronaut, After a series of accidents, his spacecraft crash-landed on the planet code-named C511HU, He lost contact with the space agency, Fortunately, he was not injured. Unfortunately, before him are life and death issues. He told himself that he could not sit still, he needed oxygen, water, food, and he needed to tell his family that he was still alive... Laika sorted out all to-do tasks through Goalo and prioritized them. Goalo will automatically display the first task clearly, and other tasks will gradually fade out of view and become blurred, so that Laika can concentrate on completing the first task in front of him. After solving the first problem, the second problem will become the first, and so on, until all tasks are completed. Laika clearly knows that even in the face of the vast sea of ​​stars, he has only one goal: Back to Earth. ----------- Contact us: fb@ideatiny.com WeChat: 123511223

Screenshots

SimpleToDo4 screens
Goalo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SimpleToDo at none against Goalo's 3. SimpleToDo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Goalo's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Goalo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. SimpleToDo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SimpleToDo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of SimpleToDo's written reviews are positive against 79% of Goalo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpleToDo ships an update every 4 days, Goalo every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SimpleToDo versus Goalo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleToDoGoalo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (17 ratings) — better4.7 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews — better79.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1722 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShanghai Paitui Technology Co., Ltd.ideaTiny Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

SimpleToDo

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative6.7%

Goalo

All ratings22 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral7.0%
Negative14.0%

In-app purchases

None

SimpleToDo

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Goalo

One-time3
  • Advanced Detector$0.99
  • Ordinary Detector$0.99
  • Goalo Pro:Task focus$3.99

Questions

Is SimpleToDo free?
SimpleToDo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Goalo free?
Goalo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SimpleToDo or Goalo?
SimpleToDo is rated higher. SimpleToDo averages 5.0 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Goalo averages 4.7 from 22 ratings.
Do SimpleToDo or Goalo have ads?
Neither SimpleToDo nor Goalo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimpleToDo or Goalo?
SimpleToDo ships an update every 4 days, and Goalo every 2 weeks. Most recently, SimpleToDo was updated on September 23, 2026 and Goalo on September 19, 2026.

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