Comparison

Goal Sprinter vs NellyList

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

Head to head
About

Goal Sprinter

Break down large objectives into manageable weekly sprints, daily tasks, and habits. This app provides a structured approach to achieving goals without feeling overwhelmed, focusing on consistent execution and visible progress.

Highlights
  • Set short-term and long-term goals
  • Break goals into milestones
  • Plan focused weekly sprints
  • Create supportive habits
  • Add daily tasks and actions
  • Track completion and consistency
  • AI-powered planning
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Turn big goals into clear weekly action. Goal Sprinter helps you break big goals into achievable milestones, focused weekly sprints, daily tasks, and habits—so you can stop feeling overwhelmed and start making real progress. Most productivity apps are built around endless to-do lists. Goal Sprinter is built around meaningful goals and consistent execution. Whether you want to get fit, learn a skill, build a project, or create a better routine, Goal Sprinter helps you stay focused on what matters most and move forward one step at a time. With Goal Sprinter, you can: 1. Set short-term and long-term goals 2. Break goals into milestones 3. Build timelines for long-term progress 4. Plan focused weekly sprints 5. Create habits that support progress 6. Add daily tasks and actions 7. Prioritize what matters most 8. Track completion and consistency 9. Build momentum over time 10. Use AI to plan faster and think more clearly How it works: Set a goal. Break it down into milestones. Plan your sprint. Take action today. Review your week. Repeat consistently. Goal Sprinter gives you a structure for turning ambition into execution—without the chaos of overloaded task lists. Plan smarter with AI: Use AI planning to turn vague ambitions into clearer next steps, structured goals, and more actionable weekly plans. Build goals through timelines and milestones Map bigger goals over time, define meaningful milestones, and create a path that feels achievable instead of overwhelming. Stay engaged week after week Goal Sprinter is built around a weekly sprint loop that helps you reset, refocus, and keep moving forward with clarity. Why people use Goal Sprinter: 1. To feel less overwhelmed 2. To get clarity on what to do next 3. To stay consistent 4. To make visible progress every day 5. To connect daily actions to bigger goals Private by design Your data stays on your device. Goal Sprinter does not rely on ads, and no personal data is sent to a server. Pro version Goal Sprinter Pro unlocks unlimited goals, sprints, and AI usage to help you plan, stay focused, and make faster progress. Questions or suggestions? Contact: goals.sprints@gmail.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Goal Sprinter Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/goalssprinter/privacy-policy

About

NellyList

This app helps you capture, organize, and manage your thoughts, tasks, plans, and goals into usable lists. It allows for custom list creation or AI-generated lists, with features like reminders, recurring tasks, and sharing capabilities.

Highlights
  • AI-generated lists
  • Custom list creation
  • Siri integration for adding items
  • Reminders and recurring tasks
  • List sharing
  • Note-taking and planning
Features
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THE LIST YOU FINISH TOGETHER We should see all 63 national parks. Watch every Best Picture winner. Read 100 books this year. You've said it — and right now the count lives in a Note on one phone, a spreadsheet nobody opens, or someone's head. NellyList is the life-list app for the two of you: pick the pursuit, put both your names on it, and watch the count grow. NOW ON IPAD Every list, with room to breathe: your lists in a sidebar, the details right beside them. Make a list live and it stays in step across iPhone and iPad — check something off on one, see it on the other. PICK A PURSUIT AND FINISH IT All 63 national parks. 100 books this year. Every Best Picture winner. Countries visited, state parks, the breweries, the 40 restaurants you keep meaning to try. Import a ready-made list from the free List Library in one tap, or build your own. The activity feed shows who updated the list, so the count stays straight without anyone rebuilding a spreadsheet — and the leaderboard makes finishing the fun part. WHY NOT JUST A NOTE OR A PLAIN CHECKLIST A plain checklist forgets that two of you are doing this. NellyList keeps one count you can both see, on iPhone or iPad, shows who updated the list, and makes the finish worth celebrating — so nobody has to ask "wait, did we already do that one?" RANK IT AND SETTLE IT Ranked and comparison lists for the arguments worth having: the pizza places, the Bond films, the beaches. And when nobody can decide what's for dinner, spin the wheel. RUN THE WEEK TOO Live Lists are real-time to-do lists that stay in sync across your iPhones and iPads. Errands, the trip packing, the weekend, the school stuff, the chores nobody remembers. Someone adds an item from the aisle and it's on everyone else's screen straight away — no one has to agree to a "system" first. CREATE WITH NELLY Describe what you need in plain English — "packing list for three days in Lisbon with a toddler" — and Nelly builds the whole list in seconds. SPLIT A LIST INTO GROUPS One "Summer Vacation" packing list, a group for each person. Or a trip list split day by day. Each group is its own card: collapse it out of the way, tap its name to rename it, long-press to drag it into order, and spin the wheel on just that group. Checked-off items stay in their group, so everyone can see what's theirs — and when you share the list, the groups come with it. ALSO INSIDE * A free List Library of ready-made pursuits and checklists you can import in one tap * Labels to keep your own lists sorted on the My Lists screen * Reminders and recurring items for the things that come round again * Add items with Siri * Ordinary private lists too — not every list needs to be Live * Local-first: your lists live on your device and keep working with no signal WHO IT'S FOR Couples and pairs already mid-pursuit: the two of you with a parks map you're slowly filling in, a watchlist you're working through, a bucket list you've never actually written down. Families welcome too — the weekend, the trip, the packing, split by person. MADE FOR HOUSEHOLDS, NOT OFFICES No streaks. No guilt. No productivity scoring, no sprint boards, no work project management. NellyList is for personal life — the things you actually want to finish, with the people you want to finish them with. For everything you've ever said "we should do that" about: make the list, do it together, finish it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.nellylist.com/privacy

Screenshots

Goal Sprinter4 screens
NellyList4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Goal Sprinter at none against NellyList's shown. Goal Sprinter also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). NellyList's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Goal Sprinter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and NellyList sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Goal Sprinter against 5.0 for NellyList. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Goal Sprinter ships an update every 5 weeks, NellyList every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Goal Sprinter versus NellyList: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoal SprinterNellyList
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladislav StepanovArron Joseph

Customer experience

Goal Sprinter

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

NellyList

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Goal Sprinter

Subscriptions2
  • Goal Sprinter Pro$9.991 Month
  • Goal Sprinter Pro Annual$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • All access$4.99
2 purchases

NellyList

Subscriptions2
  • NellyList Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • NellyList Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Goal Sprinter free?
Goal Sprinter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NellyList free?
NellyList is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Goal Sprinter or NellyList?
Goal Sprinter and NellyList are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Goal Sprinter or NellyList have ads?
NellyList shows ads; Goal Sprinter does not.
Which is updated more often, Goal Sprinter or NellyList?
Goal Sprinter ships an update every 5 weeks, and NellyList every 3 days. Most recently, Goal Sprinter was updated on November 3, 2026 and NellyList on October 31, 2026.

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