Simple Goals vs Punch In
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Goals
Easily set and track your most important goals with this intuitive application. It provides a straightforward way to manage your aspirations and monitor your progress.
- Goal setting
- Progress tracking
- Intuitive interface
- iOS compatibility
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Simple Goals is a a goal setting app that allows you to easily set and track your most important goals.
Punch In
This efficient work timer helps you track your work time seamlessly. It runs quietly in the background, allowing you to focus on tasks while managing projects, clients, and time entries with ease. Easily archive, lock, or delete projects as needed.
- Background time tracking
- Project and client management
- Easy time entry adjustments
- Project archiving and locking
- Customizable notifications
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Use Punch In to make time tracking less time consuming. A simple and efficient worktimer made to help you keep track of your work. Punch In runs smoothly in the background, notifies you if you wish, while you focus on what you do best. Combine projects with clients, easily add or remove time, ability to change start date, archive, lock or delete your projects in a breeze. Less really is more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Punch In at Free against Simple Goals's $0.99. Punch In also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Punch In is free to download; Simple Goals costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Punch In holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Simple Goals's written reviews are positive against 100% of Punch In's.
Simple Goals ships an update every 67 months, Punch In every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Goals | Punch In |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 67 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Motivate America, Inc | Kidpilot |
Customer experience
Simple Goals
Punch In
In-app purchases
Simple Goals
No in-app purchases
Punch In
No in-app purchases









