Comparison

Goals vs Return Reminder

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

Head to head
About

Goals

This app provides a simple, flexible, and visually motivating way to track habits and goals. It uses science-backed methods to help users grow at their own pace, focusing on well-being, personal development, career advancement, and financial security without added stress.

Highlights
  • Visual goal and habit tracking
  • Customizable with colors and photos
  • Science-backed habit-building methods
  • Progress tracking with streaks
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Calming design with light/dark modes
Features
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Most goal apps are lists. Goals is a coach. Meet the Growth Coach — a new kind of AI coach that doesn't just talk. It builds with you: share what you're working toward and the coach creates the goal, breaks it into steps, designs tiny habits around it, sets reminders, checks you in, and tracks your pace — all from conversation, always yours to confirm. And it coaches the way the best books do. The coach knows 16 research-backed methods and applies the right one to your situation: • Atomic Habits & Tiny Habits — start small, stay consistent • CBT thinking tools — for the thoughts that get in the way • Deep Work & Flow — protect and train your focus • Getting Things Done & SMART goals — get organized for real • Stoic practice, Self-compassion, Grit, The ONE Thing, and more READ THE METHOD, THEN PRACTICE IT The Practice Library is a shelf of beautiful, magazine-style guides — each method's key idea drawn as a real figure, its moving parts, golden lines from the authors, worked examples, and a "try this now" you can hand straight to your coach. TRACK WHAT MATTERS • Goals with progress, pace per day, and a projected finish • Habits with rings, streaks, and live routines you can run step by step • Your own life areas, colors, and photo backgrounds • A calendar of everything — including the days you worked with your coach PRIVATE BY DESIGN Coach chats are saved on your device, not in your account. Your history shows how much you practiced — never what you said. IN YOUR LANGUAGE Fully localized in 17 languages. The coach speaks yours. Free to start: up to 20 goals and 8 habits. Pro removes the limits. Every account includes free coach messages. Start with what's on your mind — and build from there.

About

Return Reminder

Features
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KeepOrReturn helps you organize the dates that come with everyday purchases and services. Add an item, choose a deadline, and set optional reminders before the date arrives. Use it for return windows, trial end dates, rental returns, warranty follow-ups, and other personal deadlines. Your deadline list is stored on your device. No account is required. Free includes 5 active deadlines and 1 reminder per item. Lifetime Unlock is a one-time $6.99 purchase that removes the active deadline limit and allows multiple reminder lead times per item. KeepOrReturn is a reminder and organization tool. It does not process returns, submit warranty claims, contact retailers, or decide whether an item qualifies for return. Users are responsible for checking dates, terms, and requirements with the relevant merchant, service, or provider. Reminder delivery depends on device notification settings, focus modes, and system conditions.

Screenshots

Goals4 screens
Return Reminder3 screens

Verdict

The call

Goals and Return Reminder are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Goals sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Return Reminder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Goals ships an update every 10 days, Return Reminder every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Goals versus Return Reminder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoalsReturn Reminder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (266 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews67.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings266 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTakeOnePiece LLCShawn White

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Goals

Subscriptions7
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Mindful Goals Monthly$3.991 Month
  • AI Coach — Basic$6.991 Month
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  • AI Coach — Premium$13.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • AI Coach — Basic7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • AI Coach — Premium7 Days trial$119.991 Year
One-time1
  • Life Time Access$39.99
1 purchases

Return Reminder

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$6.99

Questions

Is Goals free?
Goals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Return Reminder free?
Return Reminder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Goals or Return Reminder have ads?
Neither Goals nor Return Reminder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Goals or Return Reminder?
Goals ships an update every 10 days, and Return Reminder every 2 weeks. Most recently, Goals was updated on October 29, 2026 and Return Reminder on October 24, 2026.

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