Goal Tracker vs Focus Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Goal Tracker
This all-in-one productivity app helps you manage goals, habits, tasks, notes, and finances. It offers SMART goal setting, habit tracking, calendar sync, to-do lists with prioritization, encrypted notes, and personal budgeting tools. Designed for simplicity and privacy, it works offline and syncs across devices.
- SMART goal setting with milestones
- Unlimited habit tracking with streaks
- Two-way calendar sync (Google, Outlook)
- To-do lists with Eisenhower Matrix
- End-to-end encrypted notes
- Personal budgeting and expense tracking
- Customizable tags for organization
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Illumtori is the ultimate all-in-one productivity app. It comes with a goal tracker, daily habit tracker, calendar, to-do list, notes, and personal budget. It also protects your privacy with encryption and allows you to work offline. With one app, you have everything you need to maximize your productivity! SMART GOAL TRACKER * Provides a guided template to help you set goals that are: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound. * Break down your goals by smaller milestones with deadlines that you set. * Keep motivated with a beautiful interface to track your progress. * Protect your privacy with end-to-end encryption ("E2EE"). No one can read your goals and why they are important, except you. DAILY HABIT TRACKER * Easily create and track unlimited habits across all your devices. * Designed for simplicity - quick to setup and effortless to maintain. * Stay motivated by tracking your streaks and building lasting habits! INTEGRATED CALENDAR * Two-way sync with Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook so you have everything in one place. * Never miss your upcoming events with reminders through push notifications. * Get a holistic view of your schedule by day, week, and month. TO-DO LIST * Organize your tasks with drag-and-drop that is synced across all your devices. * Utilize the Eisenhower Matrix, built into the app, to maximize your productivity. * Time block by creating events straight from your task list. * Separately track old tasks in an "overdue" category. No tasks will slip through the cracks. Notepad WITH E2EE * Protect your notes with end-to-end encryption. Only you know what you write in the app. * Focus on writing and nothing else because changes are saved and synced automatically across your devices. * Write down your ideas even when you are offline. The notes will sync up once you have connection again. PERSONAL BUDGET * Create your own personal budget to track your monthly income and expenses. * Use the app's various powerful analytical tools to gain insights into your finances. * Know your process at a glance with the app's beautiful UI. * Effortlessly budget each month by rolling forward your budget from the previous month. ORGANIZE WITH TAGS * Create as many tags as you need, add icons and color code them as you like, to help you stay organized. * The tag manager provides a holistic view of each tag and allows you to do focused work. TESTIMONIAL The developer built this app by himself with a prototype of Illumtori as his only productivity tool! All the tools were designed to be simple, powerful, beautiful, and work together. Enjoy all the benefits they bring without a learning curve. Download Illumtori and start your productivity journey today!
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.
- Customizable Pomodoro sessions
- Guided pre-work meditations
- Timely notifications and reminders
- Progress tracking for habits
- Personalized focus and break periods
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Focus Timer at none against Goal Tracker's shown. Goal Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (46 vs 5). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Goal Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 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.
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 46 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Goal Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, Focus Timer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goal Tracker | Focus Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (46 ratings) — better | 4.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BeaBea Lab Inc. | Mykola Mylashko |
Customer experience
Goal Tracker
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In-app purchases
Goal Tracker
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$9.001 Month
- Annual Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$72.001 Year
- Lifetime Subscription$229.99
Focus Timer
- Premium (1 Month)$2.991 Month
- Premium (1 Year)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$24.99









