Comparison

Goalo vs Scientific Timer

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

Head to head
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

About

Scientific Timer

Features
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Scientific Timer helps researchers keep complex experiments on schedule. It breaks multi-step protocols into timer-tasks, so every incubation, wash and spin gets its own timer, in order, and you always know what comes next. Tired of juggling kitchen timers across the bench, or losing track of which tube went in the centrifuge when? Start from a curated protocol or build your own, then run as many timer-tasks in parallel as your experiments need. FEATURES PROTOCOLS AS TIMER-TASKS Each step of a protocol becomes a timer-task with its name, duration and position. Start, pause and reset each one on its own, and see its progress at a glance. CURATED PROTOCOLS, READY TO RUN 12 protocols with 211 timer-tasks, already set up: 10x Chromium Single Cell 3' Gene Expression v4 and 5' Gene Expression v3, 10x Xenium In Situ Gene Expression, ScaleBio Single Cell RNA Sequencing v1.1, Twist Library Preparation EF 2.0, Beckman Coulter SPRIselect left-side and double-sided size selection, Qiagen QIAamp DNA Micro, Qiagen RNeasy Midi/Maxi, NEB Ligation, immunofluorescence on frozen sections and trypsinization. Choose the ones you use when you first open the app, and change your selection later in Settings. YOUR OWN PROTOCOLS Create protocols and timer-tasks of your own, up to 24 hours each, as a countdown timer or a stopwatch. Put steps in the order you run them and mark your favorites. RUN MANY AT ONCE Run as many timer-tasks in parallel as you need, across several protocols. Timers keep counting while the app is closed, and a timer that passes its target keeps going, shown with a "+", so you know exactly how far over it is. QUIET NOTIFICATIONS A subtle notification on your iPhone tells you when a timer-task is done, instead of another alarm ringing across the lab. SEARCH Find a protocol by name in your library, or a timer-task by name within a protocol. BACK UP AND SHARE Export the protocols you created to a file, and import them again on another iPhone or share them with your lab. ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE Works with VoiceOver and Voice Control, adapts to the largest text sizes, supports Dark Mode, respects Reduce Motion, and does not rely on colour alone. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Scientific Timer collects no data. No account, no sign-in, no analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs. Your protocols and timers stay on your iPhone. LANGUAGES The app and its curated protocols in English, French, Spanish and Simplified Chinese. REQUIREMENTS iPhone with iOS 18 or later. Privacy Policy: https://elyzeo.com/apps/scientific-timer/privacy.html

Screenshots

Goalo4 screens
Scientific Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Goalo at Free against Scientific Timer's $0.99. Goalo also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 16 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Scientific Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Goalo is free to download; Scientific Timer costs $0.99 up front. Goalo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Scientific Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Goalo ships an update every 2 weeks, Scientific Timer every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Goalo versus Scientific Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoaloScientific Timer
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperideaTiny Co., Ltd.Stephane Boutet

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Goalo

One-time3
  • Advanced Detector$0.99
  • Ordinary Detector$0.99
  • Goalo Pro:Task focus$3.99
None

Scientific Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Goalo free?
Goalo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scientific Timer free?
Scientific Timer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Goalo or Scientific Timer have ads?
Neither Goalo nor Scientific Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Goalo or Scientific Timer?
Goalo ships an update every 2 weeks, and Scientific Timer every 16 months. Most recently, Goalo was updated on November 7, 2026 and Scientific Timer on November 8, 2026.

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