Pockity vs Goaley
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pockity
This app offers a privacy-focused approach to personal budgeting and expense tracking. It encourages real-time data entry through habit formation and provides features like recurring expense management and currency conversion. Advanced features require a one-time purchase.
- Privacy-focused, on-device data storage
- Real-time expense and budget tracking
- Automatic recurring expenses
- Lockscreen & Homescreen widgets
- Siri Shortcuts integration
- Receipt scanning
- Currency conversion for 20+ currencies
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Pockity is a privacy focused, simple, and personal budgeting and expense tracking app designed for iOS and iPadOS. Pockity is designed to use a habit forming pattern so users can track expenses and budgets in real-time, instead of doing bulk imports of data. Pockity+ is a one time purchase, required to create multiple accounts, categories, ledgers, and repeating entries. - automatic recurring expenses and one-day advance notifications - privacy focused, all your data is strictly stored on device and is only synced across devices via iCloud - Lockscreen & Homescreen widgets - Siri Shortcuts - Intuitive and delightful UI - Daily reminder notifications for adding expenses - **iPadOS** - Supports multi-window in split-view mode - Fully featured Stage Manager support - Trackpad and Keyboard support - Automatic Backups - Export data to CSV and JSON formats - Automatic Backups - Receipt scanning for quickly creating expense entries - Currency conversion across 20+ supported currencies. Exchange rates are updated thrice a day for accurate conversions. Policies: - Privacy: http://pockity.app/privacy/ - Terms: http://pockity.app/terms/
Goaley
This app helps you track your financial progress and achieve your money goals with an intuitive interface. Easily add contributions, monitor progress, and manage multiple savings objectives for financial freedom.
- Track financial progress
- Manage multiple goals
- Add contributions easily
- View progress widgets
- Mark goals as completed
- Intuitive user interface
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Turn what’s left into a savings plan you can follow. Goaley shows what to save next, records every contribution, and keeps each goal’s progress clear—without connecting to your bank. PLAN YOUR NEXT SAVE • Set a target and deadline for each savings goal • Split the remaining amount into weekly, every two weeks, or monthly contributions • See the next amount, full dated schedule, and whether you’re on track • Save or snooze a planned contribution from its notification MAKE PROGRESS ANYWHERE • Add the next planned contribution from your Home Screen widget • Use Siri and Shortcuts for Quick Save • Record a custom contribution in seconds • Review contribution history by date and account SEE THE WHOLE GOAL • Track multiple savings goals and accounts • See saved, target, percentage complete, time left, and amount remaining • Follow progress charts, savings pace, and on-device insights • Choose a photo and mark completed goals KEEP YOUR FINANCES PRIVATE • No bank connection required • Work in any of 37 supported currencies • Your goal data stays under your control GOALEY PRO Goaley Pro unlocks unlimited goals, contributions, accounts, and savings plans, deeper charts, widgets, customization, and an ad-free experience. Available as a weekly, monthly, or yearly subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Goaley at 100% against Pockity's 17%. Goaley also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Pockity sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Goaley sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Goaley holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Pockity's written reviews are positive against 100% of Goaley's.
Pockity ships an update every 9 days, Goaley every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pockity | Goaley |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nikhil Nigade | Swapnanil Dhol |
Customer experience
Pockity
Goaley
In-app purchases
Pockity
- Monthly Tip$0.991 Month
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$1.99
- Large Tip$2.99
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- Pockity+ Family Upgrade$5.99
- Pockity+$14.99
- Pockity+$19.99
- Pockity+ for Family$24.99
- Pockity+ Family$25.00
Goaley
- Goaley Pro Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Goaley Pro Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Goaley Pro Lifetime$14.991 Year
- Mini Tip$4.99
- Mega Tip$9.99
- Goaley Pro Lifetime$14.99
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- Goaley Pro Lifetime$19.99
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