Comparison

5Goals vs Just Do Three

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Read full description

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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

5Goals3 screens
Just Do Three4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
5Goals versus Just Do Three: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter5GoalsJust Do Three
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeongmin YimTodd Vallie

In-app purchases

None

5Goals

No in-app purchases

None

Just Do Three

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 5Goals free?
5Goals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Just Do Three free?
Just Do Three is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 5Goals or Just Do Three have ads?
Neither 5Goals nor Just Do Three shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 5Goals or Just Do Three?
5Goals ships an update fortnightly, and Just Do Three every 3 weeks. Most recently, 5Goals was updated on October 7, 2026 and Just Do Three on October 5, 2026.

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