Comparison

Goaly vs Eff Tracking

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

Head to head
About

Goaly

This app helps you achieve personal goals by intelligently scheduling them into your Google Calendar. It finds the optimal time for activities like reading or exercising, ensuring your priorities are met amidst a busy schedule. Track progress with visual aids and receive timely notifications.

Highlights
  • Integrates with Google Calendar
  • Smart algorithm for scheduling
  • Mark goals as completed
  • Progress tracking with graphs
  • Recommended goals for quick start
Features
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It can be hard to make time for your goals, whether you want to read more books, learn a new language, or work out regularly. One day you get called into a last-minute meeting. The next day a friend is in town. Before you know it, your goals have been delayed and forgotten, even when they really matter to you. Goaly fixes this in the most literal way possible. Add a personal goal, like "run 3 times a week", and Goaly looks at your Google Calendar, finds the free slots, and schedules your goal as real calendar events. When a meeting takes over your slot, Goaly quietly finds your goal a new time instead of letting it vanish. MISSING GOOGLE CALENDAR GOALS? When Google removed the Goals feature from Google Calendar, a lot of people lost the easiest way to make time for personal goals. Goaly brings it back and makes it better. One reviewer put it simply: it perfectly replaced Google Goals. WHY IT WORKS A goal without a time slot is a wish. Habit apps that live in a list are easy to ignore, but your calendar is the one place you already look every day. Goaly turns your goals into appointments with yourself, right next to everything else in your week. Your calendar stops being a record of other people's demands on your time and starts making room for yours: exercise, reading, talking with mom, a little me time. WHAT YOU GET • Automatic scheduling that respects your existing Google Calendar • A smart algorithm that adjusts to you and schedules each goal at just the right time • One-tap check-ins: mark a goal done with "Did it" right from your calendar • Progress graphs, charts and notifications that show your consistency building • Recommended goals to get started in under a minute • Vacation mode for when life needs a pause WHO IT IS FOR People who keep meaning to exercise, read, meditate, study, or practice, and keep watching the week fill up before they get to it. If structure helps you follow through, whether that is ADHD or simply a busy life, Goaly does the structuring for you. Download Goaly and give your goals a place on the calendar. The app uses standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA). Link to Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

Eff Tracking

Visualize your weekly progress by tracking everyday effort. Plan your day with saved activities, log your accomplishments, and monitor your goals with visual breakdowns and historical charts. Collaborate with others through shared circles for enhanced accountability.

Highlights
  • Weekly Eff targets
  • Saved Activities with Eff values
  • Today planning
  • Activity Logs and breakdowns
  • Week-over-week History charts
  • Partner and Group Circle sharing
  • Offline access
Features
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Eff helps you turn everyday effort into visible weekly progress. Create reusable Saved Activities, assign each one an "Eff" value -- short for Effort --, and plan what belongs on Today. As your week unfolds, complete to-dos, quick-log favorites, and save Activity Logs that show exactly where your effort went. Set a weekly Eff target and track completed versus remaining Effs. Review color-coded breakdowns, see week-over-week History charts, and understand your progress without overcomplicating your routine. Eff also supports Partner and Group Circles for shared progress, shared history, and Circle reminders. Use Circles to stay aligned with a partner, small group, or accountability circle. Features include: • Weekly Eff targets • Saved Activities with Eff values, categories, colors, favorites, and schedules • Today planning with reusable activities and one-time to-dos • Quick logging from the Today screen • Activity Logs and color-coded breakdowns • Week-over-week History charts • Partner and Group Circle sharing • Local notifications for planning, unfinished items, weekly pace, inactive days, Circle updates, and sync attention • Offline access after onboarding, with supported changes queued until sync is available Start small, stay consistent, and make your weekly effort visible. Terms of Use: https://efftracking.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://efftracking.app/privacy

Screenshots

Goaly4 screens
Eff Tracking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Eff Tracking at 5.0 against Goaly's 4.5. Goaly's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Goaly sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Eff Tracking sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Eff Tracking holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goaly has 31 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Goaly ships an update every 5 days, Eff Tracking every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Goaly versus Eff Tracking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoalyEff Tracking
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (31 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoav FrankoAtharva Fulay

Customer experience

Goaly

All ratings31 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral16.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%

Eff Tracking

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Goaly

Subscriptions3
  • Goaly Pro - Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Goaly Pro Yearly (50% Off)$9.991 Year
  • Goaly Pro - Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Goaly Pro - One Time Purchase$10.99
4 purchases

Eff Tracking

Subscriptions4
  • Partner Monthly2 Months trial$1.991 Month
  • Group Monthly2 Months trial$9.991 Month
  • Partner Annual2 Months trial$19.991 Year
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  • Group Annual2 Months trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Goaly free?
Goaly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Eff Tracking free?
Eff Tracking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Goaly or Eff Tracking?
Eff Tracking is rated higher. Goaly averages 4.5 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Eff Tracking averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Goaly or Eff Tracking have ads?
Neither Goaly nor Eff Tracking shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Goaly or Eff Tracking?
Goaly ships an update every 5 days, and Eff Tracking every 2 weeks. Most recently, Goaly was updated on November 3, 2026 and Eff Tracking on October 31, 2026.

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