Comparison

Goal Plan Schedule vs Smart Tasks

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

Head to head
About

Goal Plan Schedule

Organize your daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly plans to effectively manage your time. Distinguish between work and personal tasks, allocating your time and energy for optimal productivity. This app helps you plan accurately and reduce variability in your schedule.

Highlights
  • Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly planning
  • Distinguish work and life matters
  • Accurate time allocation
  • Energy management
  • Reduce schedule variability
Features
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According to the day, week, month, year to distinguish the agenda, distinguish between work and life matters. Plan accurately and allocate time and energy reasonably. What is time management: 1.Time management is to effectively use time and reduce variability. 2.The purpose of time management is to decide what should be done and what should not be done. 3.The most important function of time management is to use advance planning as a reminder and guidance.

About

Smart Tasks

This app helps you organize tasks, reminders, and daily checklists with a clean, interactive layout. Plan your week, manage deadlines, and stay productive with features like color-coding, widgets, and Apple device integration.

Highlights
  • Color-coded task organization
  • Weekly planner view
  • Home screen widgets
  • Apple device integration
  • Apple Watch app
  • Drag & drop organization
  • Smart notifications
Features
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Featured in App Store's "Hot This Week" for multiple weeks. Welcome to Smart Tasks: a simple, yet powerful way to get things done! See your whole week in a minimalistic and interactive design. Write down everything from your time-sensitive work to things you just don’t want to forget about. Keep yourself from worrying about what you have to do and start getting things done. Simple. Fast. Intuitive. Built for you! FEATURES • Simple and highly interactive design • Drag and drop to quickly add, reorder, delete, and import tasks • Swipe on any task, category, or date to access quick actions to get things done quicker • Choose between 42 aesthetically pleasing colors for categories • Home screen quick actions • Export/import tasks and categories APPLE SPECIFIC FEATURES • Widgets • Siri AI • Dark mode • Notification quick actions • Add, edit, delete, and view Apple Calendar events • Import reminders from the Apple Reminders app • Control Center and Action Button controls support • Device Handoff when adding tasks and categories • Full VoiceOver support • Smart Notifications • Dynamic font support • App Shortcuts PREMIUM FEATURES • iCloud sync • Reminders in tasks • Daily, weekly, monthly, and after completion routines • Notes in tasks • Week layout • Unlimited categories • Change app’s icon color • Special configuration options • Custom swipe actions • Duplicating tasks • Prioritize today • Link, email, and phone number detection in titles and notes iPad SPECIFIC FEATURES • Multiple window support for categories and tasks • Keyboard Shortcuts • Right-click for quick actions • Drag and drop task files for quick importing • Drag and drop multiple task files SUBSCRIPTION Smart Tasks has a subscription service for premium features. No sign-up needed. Upgrade anytime to Smart Tasks +. Without Smart Tasks +, users will only have access to a limited amount of features. Subscriptions from Smart Tasks + will be charged to your card connected to your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription in your account settings after purchase. Any unused time left in a given free trial will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription. For more details please look at: Privacy Policy: https://smarttasksapp.com/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://smarttasksapp.com/terms/ Thank you for using Smart Tasks! I'm constantly updating the app to make it better.

Screenshots

Goal Plan Schedule4 screens
Smart Tasks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Smart Tasks at 4.7 against Goal Plan Schedule's 3.0. Smart Tasks also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 50%) and ratings volume (4.5K vs 5). Goal Plan Schedule's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Goal Plan Schedule sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Smart Tasks sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smart Tasks holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Tasks has 4.5K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Goal Plan Schedule's written reviews are positive against 79% of Smart Tasks's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Goal Plan Schedule versus Smart Tasks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoal Plan ScheduleSmart Tasks
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (5 ratings)4.7 (4.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews79.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings54.5K — better
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer春华 李Francesco Prospato

Customer experience

Goal Plan Schedule

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Smart Tasks

All ratings4,515 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews390 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral6.7%
Negative14.1%

Bugs and requests

Goal Plan Schedule

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Smart Tasks

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Syncing issues causing tasks to reorder or disappear
  • Subscription cancellation problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to display completed tasks
  • Ability to delay or snooze tasks
  • Integration with more calendar/reminder apps
  • Monthly view for tasks
  • Keyboard shortcuts for quick task entry

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Goal Plan Schedule

One-time1
  • Close AD Permanent$0.99
5 purchases

Smart Tasks

Subscriptions5
  • Smart Tasks +$1.991 Month
  • Smart Tasks + (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Smart Tasks +$9.996 Months
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  • Smart Tasks +$11.991 Year
  • Smart Tasks + (Annual)1 Year trial$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Goal Plan Schedule free?
Goal Plan Schedule is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smart Tasks free?
Smart Tasks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Goal Plan Schedule or Smart Tasks?
Smart Tasks is rated higher. Goal Plan Schedule averages 3.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Smart Tasks averages 4.7 from 4.5K ratings.
Do Goal Plan Schedule or Smart Tasks have ads?
Neither Goal Plan Schedule nor Smart Tasks shows ads.

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