Comparison

GoalMap vs Prog

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

Head to head
About

GoalMap

This app helps you achieve your personal and professional objectives by organizing your goals and tasks. It provides tools for planning, tracking progress, and managing your time effectively to ensure you stay focused on what truly matters.

Highlights
  • Create goal and task plans
  • Daily and monthly calendar views
  • Desktop widgets for to-do lists
  • Daily accomplishment tracking
  • Task timing and progress recording
  • Dark mode support
Features
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The most extreme time management of contemporary people is to spend time on goals that are truly meaningful to them. Let’s get goals done! Apple Editor's Pick! Your go-to personal OKR management tool! Why should we do goal management? Are you accustomed to a full schedule, but you still doubt whether you are making progress in your heart; or are you keen on writing plans but are defeated by procrastination? Have you ever wondered why this is so? Perhaps what you lack is a meaningful goal. The goal will provide our actions with the most powerful motivation and the most firm guidance. Once our task has a goal, it will have a vivid context and full meaning. On the contrary, tasks and goals are like countless zeros and ones. If there is no one to persist in front of them, no matter how many zeros they are, they may be vanished. ————————— Help you become the person you want to be! ————————— GoalMap is a goal-oriented self-management App. Through the management of goals and tasks, it helps you to establish target thinking and plan time more scientifically. I hope that through the GoalMap, it can help you reduce unnecessary time consumption, keep your goals in mind, find the meaning of everything you do, and take control of your life. [Function Introduction] How does GoalMap help you achieve your goals? 1). Create Goal/Goal Plan. Example: Successful postgraduate entrance examination in November/3 months to lose weight 5 catties/reading plan in 2021 2). Create Task/Task plan. The things that need to be completed to achieve the goal are organized into tasks. Rich task types meet various scenarios. 3). Daily Calendar. Check the list of daily tasks. GoalMap automatically generate daily schedules for you according to your goal tasks. Everything in the schedule comes from your plan, and everything will provide value for the ultimate goal! 4). Monthly Calendar. View the tasks for a month. In this view, you will get an overall perception of the near-term planning, and adjust your goals and tasks according to your schedule to make everything more feasible! 5). Desktop Widgets! GoalMap supports desktop widgets. Putting the daily to-do on the desktop can increase your completion rate! 6). Daily data. Check your daily accomplishment. What goals have you worked hard for in the day? Come and take a look! You can also share it with your friends. 7). Task Timing. record the time you contribute to each goal every day, so that you can look back and organize, and adjust the direction in time! 8). Dark mode. More energy efficient and eye friendly. 9). ~~~More functions, please look forward to it! ~~~ Use GoalMap to keep your life on track - [Purchase and Subscription] Get the most full-featured support! Member functions include: -Unlock unlimited goals/tasks -Turn on task timing function -Unlock all types of desktop widgets and advanced settings -iCloud data synchronization -Unlock more recurring mission types We support the following 3 types of members: -$3.99 per month for monthly membership -$15.99 per year for annual membership (free one-week trial period) saved 66%! -$32.99 lifetime membership, pay once get all! (Apple Pay is not supported.) We offer two purchase methods: buyout and subscription. The price may vary depending on the region. The subscription service will be debited by the bank card associated with your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless you stop the automatic renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Once the current subscription is activated, it cannot be cancelled. After purchase, you can manage your subscription in the account settings of the App Store. When a user purchases a subscription service, any unused free trial period immediately expires. — Contact Us Feedback email: happydogteam@outlook.com Privacy Policy: https://www.goalmapapp.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.goalmapapp.com/agreements/terms-of-service.html

About

Prog

This task-based application helps you manage projects and study progress by breaking them down into manageable tasks. It includes a Pomodoro timer for focused work, to-do list management, and reminders to keep you on track. A detailed dashboard provides insights into your daily activity and completed tasks.

Highlights
  • Task breakdown and progress tracking
  • Pomodoro focus timer
  • To-do list creation and scheduling
  • Reminders and notifications
  • Detailed activity dashboard
Features
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Prog-Tracker is a task-based app to keep track of your projects and study progress. With Prog-Tracker, you break down your project or study course/subject into more approachable and manageable tasks and track their progress. - Pomodoro Timer With the Pomodoro focus timer, you stay focused and complete the tasks for studies or projects. - Todos Easily create, prioritise, and schedule your simple tasks and manage them. - Reminders & Notifications Get notified when it's time to focus or do your simple tasks. - Detailed Dashboard Easily track your daily activity and completed projects, study courses, and todos tasks. Try Prog-Tracker now for FREE and keep track of your study progress!

Screenshots

GoalMap4 screens
Prog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: GoalMap at 90% against Prog's 0%. GoalMap also leads on device support (5 vs 2). Prog's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GoalMap sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Prog asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoalMap ships an update weekly, Prog every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
GoalMap versus Prog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoalMapProg
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (283 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings283 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size177 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHangzhou North Gate Co., Ltd.INVALCRE (PRIVATE) LIMITED

Customer experience

GoalMap

All ratings283 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews159 reviews
Positive89.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative6.3%

Prog

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

GoalMap

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Subtask order cannot be changed on Mac version
  • Language setting doesn't work, stays in Chinese
  • Notification issues when there are too many tasks

Requested features

19 requests
  • Sync holiday data from calendar
  • Option to hide task symbols for a more minimalist look
  • Ability to create custom goal templates
  • Tags or folders to organize goals
  • Weighted tasks in progress tracking
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  • Daily reset for repeating tasks
  • Overall progress chart of all goals combined
  • Ability to quantify tasks for the final goal
  • Option to put tags
  • Mind map view for multitasking
  • Bigger font size option
  • Search and auto-sort functionality
  • Ability to mark key milestones on goal progress
  • Sync with Apple Calendar or Reminders
  • Add notes to tasks
  • Attach photos to goals and tasks
  • Pomodoro-style timer option
  • Ability to change font size and color
  • Link with iOS Calendar or Reminders

Prog

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

GoalMap

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Pro2 variants$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro7 Days trial$15.991 Year
  • Yearly Pro2 variants$15.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Premium (Anual Pro)$20.99
  • Lifetime Premium$32.99
None

Prog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GoalMap free?
GoalMap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Prog free?
Prog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GoalMap or Prog have ads?
Neither GoalMap nor Prog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GoalMap or Prog?
GoalMap ships an update weekly, and Prog every 3 days. Most recently, GoalMap was updated on October 18, 2026 and Prog on October 2, 2026.

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