Comparison

GoalsDiary vs TimeSecond

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

TimeSecond

Features
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TimeSecond — Review and improve efficiency: Designed for students and professionals, quickly record your daily time allocation. Supports post-hoc review to help you allocate time wisely and boost productivity. Ultra-simple operation — easy to use from the start! Core Features 1. Quick Logging - Manual entry: No typing — slide tags to input duration - Auto-timer: Start with one tap, auto-calculates duration when finished - One-click copy of previous day's data 2. Flexible Tag System - Supports sub-tags (e.g., Work — Meeting / Study — Reading) - Mark "effective time" to analyze time allocation efficiency - Set default daily recording duration to avoid repeated entry 3. Daily Notepad Quickly record important events of the day — timeline and event log linked together. 4. Rich Statistics Views Pie charts, trend lines — see at a glance where your time goes, effective ratio, and efficiency changes. 5. Secure Data Backup One-click backup & restore — never lose data when changing devices. Three Key Features - Clean, ad‑free interface - Extremely low learning curve — ready to use immediately - No real‑time check‑ins required — focused on fast, efficient logging Target Users - Students (postgraduate exams, college entrance exams, test prep) - Professionals (boost output, reduce unnecessary overtime) - Anyone who wants to understand where their time goes

Screenshots

GoalsDiary4 screens
TimeSecond4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TimeSecond at none against GoalsDiary's 2. On price, update cadence, ads 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. TimeSecond asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoalsDiary ships an update every 3 weeks, TimeSecond every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
GoalsDiary versus TimeSecond: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoalsDiaryTimeSecond
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.016 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB4 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer子源 董洋 谢

In-app purchases

2 purchases

GoalsDiary

Subscriptions1
  • MonthSubscription$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Permanent Purchase$9.99
None

TimeSecond

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GoalsDiary free?
GoalsDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeSecond free?
TimeSecond is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GoalsDiary or TimeSecond have ads?
Neither GoalsDiary nor TimeSecond shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GoalsDiary or TimeSecond?
GoalsDiary ships an update every 3 weeks, and TimeSecond every 9 days. Most recently, GoalsDiary was updated on November 8, 2026 and TimeSecond on November 9, 2026.

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