5Goals vs Just Do Three
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
5Goals
This app helps you identify and focus on your most important life aspirations. Inspired by a famous productivity rule, it guides you through selecting your top 5 goals from a larger list and discarding distractions. Organize your priorities with a clear, tab-based interface and receive daily reminders.
- Wishlist creation up to 25 items
- Promote 5 wishes to top goals
- Discard non-essential items
- Tab-based interface for organization
- iOS Home Screen widget
- Cross-platform sync
- Daily goal reminders
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5Goals: Choose and Focus Inspired by Warren Buffett's famous 5/25 rule — the simplest way to find what truly matters in your life. Buffett once advised his pilot: write down 25 wishes, circle the top 5, and forget the rest. Those 5 become your life goals. Everything else is just a distraction. 5Goals turns this into 3 simple steps: STEP 1. Add your wishes — up to 25 things you want in life. STEP 2. Promote 5 wishes to your goals. STEP 3. Give up the rest and focus only on what matters. Organize everything with an intuitive tab-based interface — switch between Goals, Wishes, and Give-ups with a single tap. What's New in v2.0.0: - Completely rebuilt from the ground up - Bold Neo-Brutalism design - iOS Home Screen widget — see your top 5 goals at a glance - Sign in with Apple or Google to sync across your devices - Daily reminders — get notified of your goals at the time you choose - Smooth drag-and-drop reordering
Just Do Three
Focus on what truly matters by selecting three key priorities for the day. Once these are completed, the day is considered a success. This app offers a simple, clear, and achievable approach to productivity without overwhelming task management features.
- Select three daily priorities
- Focus on task completion
- Track progress and build momentum
- Schedule tasks up to a week ahead
- Import tasks from a file
- Productivity analytics
- Recurring tasks
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Trying to do everything means finishing nothing. Just Do Three helps you focus on what actually matters today. Instead of managing an overwhelming list of tasks, you choose three priorities for the day. That’s it. When those three things are done, the day is a success. Simple. Clear. Achievable. Just Do Three is designed for people who want a lightweight productivity tool without complicated systems, subscriptions, or endless task management features. How it works • Pick the three most important things you want to accomplish today • Focus on completing those tasks • Track your progress and build momentum Premium Features Upgrade to unlock powerful insights and planning tools: • Schedule tasks up to a week ahead • Import tasks from a file • Day, week, month, and year productivity analytics • Recurring weekly and monthly tasks • Stretch goal tracking • “Most Avoided Tasks” insights • Add tasks from a paper list or photo via OCR. • Add tasks to your iPhone calendar as tasks or calendar entries • Have a "work list" and a "personal list" and track them separately. • Export your list as a csv for use elsewhere. Built for simplicity • No clutter • No complicated productivity systems • No endless lists Just pick three things. And do them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: 5Goals at free against Just Do Three's freemium. 5Goals also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
5Goals ships an update fortnightly, Just Do Three every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 5Goals | Just Do Three |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seongmin Yim | Todd Vallie |
In-app purchases
5Goals
No in-app purchases
Just Do Three
No in-app purchases









