Comparison

GoalsDiary vs TimeSense

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

TimeSense

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TimeSense: Master Your Time, Effortlessly. Do you ever reach the end of a busy day and wonder, "Where did all my time go?" TimeSense is a minimalist, ad-free time tracking and planning tool built for deep focus. It's not just about logging hours; it's about understanding your time so you can reclaim it. Why TimeSense? Real-Time Incremental Sync Unlike other apps that require painful manual cloud uploads, TimeSense uses smart incremental sync. Your data stays perfectly consistent across all your devices - phone, tablet, and desktop - lightning fast. Overlapping Time Tracking Real life isn't linear. You might commute while listening to a podcast, or wait for a build while replying to emails. TimeSense allows events to overlap. Our block, week, and day views are completely redesigned to visualize your true, parallel timeline. Seamless Todo & Timer Integration Your tasks and your time are finally connected. Create lists, tags, reminders, and infinite subtasks. But the magic happens on the timeline: drag to create tasks directly on your Day, Week, or Block views, and watch them sync perfectly with your running timers. Infinite Nested Plans From yearly goals to daily actions, TimeSense supports infinite levels of sub-plans. Assign weight or percentage to each sub-plan, and watch your progress bar automatically fill up as you complete tasks and track time. Designed for Deep Focus - Zero Ads. Zero Clutter. - Custom Theme Colors. - Global Start of Week/Day settings. - Home Screen Widgets for one-tap tracking. Our Philosophy TimeSense is built by an independent developer who believes time tracking shouldn't be a chore. It should be a mindful habit. Join us and make every minute count.

Screenshots

GoalsDiary4 screens
TimeSense4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TimeSense at every 4 days against GoalsDiary's every 3 weeks. TimeSense also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). 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 TimeSense sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoalsDiary ships an update every 3 weeks, TimeSense every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
GoalsDiary versus TimeSense: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoalsDiaryTimeSense
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer子源 董Huizhou Yangli Technology Co., Ltd

In-app purchases

2 purchases

GoalsDiary

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

TimeSense

One-time1
  • 年度会员$9.99

Questions

Is GoalsDiary free?
GoalsDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeSense free?
TimeSense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GoalsDiary or TimeSense have ads?
Neither GoalsDiary nor TimeSense shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GoalsDiary or TimeSense?
GoalsDiary ships an update every 3 weeks, and TimeSense every 4 days. Most recently, GoalsDiary was updated on October 7, 2026 and TimeSense on October 6, 2026.

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