Comparison

GoalsDiary vs ThinkWeave

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

Head to head
About

GoalsDiary

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Goals Diary is a goal management tool designed for individuals to set, break down, and track their goals, as well as record daily progress in the form of text and images, ensuring that every step of progress is clearly visible. 【Goal Decomposition】Supports infinite hierarchical goal decomposition, allowing your goals to be as detailed as possible. 【Pin to Homepage】Any goal can be pinned to the homepage, and sub-goals that are broken down can also become the focus individually. 【Goal Progress】Set quantifiable progress for any goal, making each goal's achievement clear and understandable. 【Goal Diary】Each time a new progress is achieved, it can be recorded in the form of a diary with pictures and text, ensuring that every step of your progress is documented and visible. --Pro User Benefits: Pro users can add up to 20 goals to the homepage tab and can create an unlimited number of goals, sub-goals, and journals; free users can add only up to 3 goals to the homepage tab and can create a maximum of 50 goals and sub-goals. --Subscription Price: The price will be shown during the subscription process. The recurring monthly price is $1.0 per month. --Cancellation of Subscription: To cancel your subscription, you must manually turn off auto-renewal in your iTunes/Apple ID settings at least 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. --Renewal: Your Apple account will be charged within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Upon successful payment, your subscription period will extend by one more subscription cycle. --Privacy Policy: https://tangible-paperback-98a.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-3b051832e9204b1f9979d6eedbda44ed?pvs=4 --Terms of Use: https://tangible-paperback-98a.notion.site/Terms-of-Use-c1feef02e7c645bc8ed5ea1f405bd5dd?pvs=4

About

ThinkWeave

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Your notes, tasks, and projects — woven together. ThinkWeave is a beautifully crafted productivity app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. It brings your ideas, to-dos, and work into one connected workspace, synced seamlessly across all your devices via iCloud. CAPTURE WITHOUT LIMITS Write rich-text notes with bold, italic, and underline formatting. Attach audio recordings with live, on-device transcription so you never lose a spoken idea. Extract text from images using built-in OCR. Link tasks directly inside your notes to turn thoughts into action. ORGANISE YOUR WAY Group work into projects, each with its own icon and priority. Apply tags universally across notes, tasks, projects, and recordings. Pin your most important items to a personalised dashboard and track your productivity with built-in analytics, writing streaks, and task-completion trends. ON-DEVICE AI — PRIVATE BY DESIGN Let built-in AI work quietly in the background. Summarise long notes, suggest relevant tags, extract actionable tasks, generate smart titles as you type, and clean up voice transcriptions — all processed entirely on your device. Your content never leaves your ecosystem. WORKS EVERYWHERE YOU DO • iPhone & iPad — full feature set with Spotlight search, Siri Shortcuts, and Home Screen quick actions. • Mac — native two-column layout, keyboard shortcuts, menu bar commands, and a dedicated inspector sidebar. • Apple Vision Pro — full data access with audio recording and playback support. BUILT FOR ACCESSIBILITY A clean, intuitive interface designed to be welcoming for everyone. Accessibility and ease of use are first-class priorities, without compromising on power or depth. START FREE, GROW UNLIMITED ThinkWeave is free to use with up to 10 notes, 10 tasks, 1 project, and 4 audio recordings. When you're ready, unlock unlimited everything with a single subscription — available monthly or annually. Your data. Your devices. Your way of thinking. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

GoalsDiary4 screens
ThinkWeave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GoalsDiary at every 3 weeks against ThinkWeave's every 5 months. GoalsDiary also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GoalsDiary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and ThinkWeave sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoalsDiary ships an update every 3 weeks, ThinkWeave every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
GoalsDiary versus ThinkWeave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoalsDiaryThinkWeave
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB12 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer子源 董Filtercode LTD

In-app purchases

2 purchases

GoalsDiary

Subscriptions1
  • MonthSubscription$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Permanent Purchase$9.99
2 purchases

ThinkWeave

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$2.991 Month
  • Annual Plan – Save 17%$29.991 Year

Questions

Is GoalsDiary free?
GoalsDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ThinkWeave free?
ThinkWeave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GoalsDiary or ThinkWeave have ads?
Neither GoalsDiary nor ThinkWeave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GoalsDiary or ThinkWeave?
GoalsDiary ships an update every 3 weeks, and ThinkWeave every 5 months. Most recently, GoalsDiary was updated on October 30, 2026 and ThinkWeave on November 8, 2026.

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