Comparison

Goal Tracker vs Focus Timer

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

Head to head
About

Goal Tracker

This app helps you set, track, and achieve your personal and professional goals. Organize objectives into custom categories, monitor progress with check-ins, and add notes for motivation. Securely sync your data with iCloud.

Highlights
  • Customizable goal categories
  • Progress check-ins with rating
  • Goal motivation and step outlining
  • Notes and milestone tracking
  • iCloud data synchronization
  • Goal achievement insights
Features
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Elevate your goal-tracking experience with Goal Tracker, a dynamic app designed to enhance your pursuit of balance across various life domains. Tailor your journey by categorizing goals into distinct areas such as Work, Health, Relationships, and Habit Formation. Customize these areas to align with your aspirations or choose from our predefined categories, ensuring a targeted and harmonized approach to achieving your objectives. Embrace the unique Check-In feature in Goal Tracker, a tool that not only guides you in discovering new goals but also provides insights into your progress. Rate your alignment on a scale of 1-10 in specific areas like Health, body, mind, and physical well-being during Check-Ins. Monitor your Check-In history to witness personal growth and use it as a foundation for setting new, meaningful goals. Crafting a purposeful goal has never been easier with Goal Tracker. Simply choose an area, articulate your goal, outline the steps for achievement, and clarify your motivation. This streamlined process ensures that each goal you create holds significance and contributes to your overall well-being. Track your journey effortlessly by adding notes to your goals, recording milestones, and monitoring progress. These features serve as motivational checkpoints, keeping you focused and inspired on your path to goal accomplishment. Experience seamless data security and continuity with iCloud integration in Goal Tracker. Your goals, Check-Ins, and other essential information are securely backed up, providing peace of mind as you navigate your goal-driven lifestyle. For enhanced features, consider upgrading to Goal Tracker Pro. Take advantage of a free trial within the app, and unlock a wealth of capabilities to supercharge your goal-setting and habit-tracking journey. Monthly Subscription: $2.99 Yearly Subscription: $29.99 Lifetime Access: $69.99 Review our terms and conditions at: https://innovativedigitaltechnologies.software/GoalTracker/terms Your privacy matters to us. Read our Privacy Policy at: https://innovativedigitaltechnologies.software/GoalTracker/privacypolicy

About

Focus Timer

Enhance productivity and well-being with focused work sessions and guided meditations. Customize your workflow with adjustable focus and break periods, and track your progress to optimize your daily routine.

Highlights
  • Customizable Pomodoro sessions
  • Guided pre-work meditations
  • Timely notifications and reminders
  • Progress tracking for habits
  • Personalized focus and break periods
Features
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Focus deeply, rest fully. Focus Timer is a calm Pomodoro timer with guided meditations, tasks, and ambient sounds – built to beat procrastination and make deep work feel sustainable. Most productivity apps just push you harder. Focus Timer works with your brain instead: focused sprints, real breaks, and short meditations to recharge in between – so you stay concentrated all day without burning out. POMODORO FOCUS TIMER - Classic Pomodoro cycles with fully customizable focus and break intervals - Ambient sounds that help you concentrate - Gentle notifications keep the cycle going – no babysitting the timer A MEDITATION FOR EVERY MOOD - Calm pre-work meditations, midday energy boosts, and after-work wind-downs - Library includes Focus & Clarity, Deep Relaxation, Energy Activation, Gratitude Practice, Grounding, and more ONE TASK AT A TIME - Plan your day as a simple task list and attach focus sessions to each task - Weekly statistics for focus flows and meditations - Mindfulness minutes sync automatically to Apple Health ADHD-FRIENDLY BY DESIGN A visual timer, one-task focus, and built-in recovery breaks give your day external structure – a rhythm many people with ADHD find easier to stick with than willpower alone. Whether you're studying for exams, doing deep work from home, or just trying to stop procrastinating, Focus Timer helps you build a daily focus habit. Focus Timer Premium unlocks the full meditation library. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be cancelled anytime in Settings. Privacy Policy: https://telegra.ph/Privacy-Policy-07-24-38

Screenshots

Goal Tracker4 screens
Focus Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Focus Timer at every 9 days against Goal Tracker's every 6 weeks. Goal Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 5). On price, rating, 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. Goal Tracker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Focus Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 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 — 4.7 for Goal Tracker against 4.6 for Focus Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goal Tracker has 30 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Goal Tracker ships an update every 6 weeks, Focus Timer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Goal Tracker versus Focus Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoal TrackerFocus Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (30 ratings) — better4.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperINNOVATIVE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDMykola Mylashko

Customer experience

Goal Tracker

All ratings30 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral66.7%
Negative0.0%

Focus Timer

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Goal Tracker

Subscriptions4
  • Goal Tracker Pro$2.991 Month
  • Goal Tracker Pro3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Goal Tracker Pro$29.991 Year
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  • Goal Tracker Pro$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Goal Tracker Pro$69.99
3 purchases

Focus Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (1 Month)$2.991 Month
  • Premium (1 Year)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$24.99

Questions

Is Goal Tracker free?
Goal Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Timer free?
Focus Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Goal Tracker or Focus Timer?
Goal Tracker is rated higher. Goal Tracker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Focus Timer averages 4.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Goal Tracker or Focus Timer have ads?
Neither Goal Tracker nor Focus Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Goal Tracker or Focus Timer?
Goal Tracker ships an update every 6 weeks, and Focus Timer every 9 days. Most recently, Goal Tracker was updated on October 7, 2026 and Focus Timer on September 22, 2026.

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