GoalsDiary vs TimeSense
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | GoalsDiary | TimeSense |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 子源 董 | Huizhou Yangli Technology Co., Ltd |
In-app purchases
GoalsDiary
- MonthSubscription$0.991 Month
- Permanent Purchase$9.99
TimeSense
- 年度会员$9.99









