Comparison

GoalSteps | Goal Tracker vs Pomodoro Timer

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

Head to head
About

GoalSteps | Goal Tracker

This app helps you build and track positive habits to achieve your personal goals. It offers customizable goal creation, visual progress tracking, and reminders to keep you motivated and organized.

Highlights
  • Customizable goal creation
  • Visual progress charts
  • Home screen widgets
  • Personalized reminders
  • Data export and import
  • Privacy-focused local data storage
Features
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Take control of your habits and reach your goals with GoalSteps! Whether you want to exercise, read, learn a new skill, or build any positive habit, GoalSteps helps you stay consistent, motivated, and organized every day. Key Features: • Flexible Goal Tracking – Record completions with a simple tap or long press to enter custom values. Track multiple completions per day and go beyond your targets. • 4 Beautiful Goal Views – Choose the layout that fits your style and makes tracking your progress easier. • Personalized Goals – Add a goal name, habit, image or icon, color, category, priority, streak, reminders, and deadline. • Full Calendar Tracking – View your progress history and update completions directly from the calendar. • Home Screen Widgets – See your habits and streaks directly on your home screen. • Progress Insights & Charts – Track your habits with clear charts and insights. • Smart Reminders – Set personalized reminders to help you stay focused. • Motivation Phrases – Stay inspired with built-in motivational phrases or create and manage your own custom messages. • Share Your Goals – Show your progress to friends or inspire others. • Archive & Restore Goals – Keep your goals organized and restore them anytime. • Export & Import Data – Backup or move your goals safely without losing any information. • Bilingual Support – Use GoalSteps in English or Arabic with a fully localized experience. • Privacy First – All your data stays local on your device and never leaves your phone. Start building better habits today with GoalSteps and make every step count! Privacy Policy: https://monaalazz.github.io/GoalSteps-Privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://monaalazz.github.io/GoalSteps-Terms-of-Use/

About

Pomodoro Timer

Enhance your concentration and manage your time effectively with a customizable timer. Track your progress, utilize ambient sounds, and enjoy a distraction-free interface to build better focus habits.

Highlights
  • Adjustable focus and rest durations
  • Session analytics and insights
  • Ambient focus sounds
  • Productivity tracker with custom tags
  • Minimal, distraction-free interface
  • Dynamic Island and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Pomidor is a calm, simple pomodoro timer for studying and deep work. Plan your day, focus in timed sessions, take real breaks, and watch the hours add up. FOCUS YOUR WAY • Set your own focus and rest lengths, or count up with Timeless mode and stop when you're done • Name your sessions and organize them with tags • The screen stays awake while you focus, and sessions can pause automatically when you leave the app • A gentle notification tells you when a session or a break is over PLAN THE DAY, THEN WORK THE PLAN • Daily Focus Planner: list today's tasks and estimate how many pomodoros each one needs • Start a focus session straight from a task and watch its progress fill in • Move unfinished tasks to the next day with one tap • Task History: look back at any day and pull a past task into today SEE YOUR PROGRESS • Calendar, charts and a full session history, filtered by tag • A heatmap of your focus days • Insights: focus score, your best focus hours, weekly trends and session quality STAY IN THE ZONE • Ambient sounds that keep playing when your phone is locked • A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island keeps your timer in view • A home screen widget with your focus time, sessions and streaks MAKE IT YOURS • Themes and alternate app icons • Your sessions, tags and plan sync across iPhone and iPad with iCloud, and everything works offline Made for students, ADHD-friendly routines, writing, coding, homework and deep work: anyone who does their best work in focused sprints with real breaks. WHAT IS FREE, WHAT IS PRO Free: the focus and rest timer with your own lengths, the Live Activity, quick stats, one planned task a day, the piano ambient sound and iCloud sync. Pomidor Pro adds unlimited daily tasks with one-tap carry-over, Timeless mode, full analytics and insights, your own tags, every ambient and end sound, all themes and app icons, and the home screen widget's stats. Pro is an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly) or a one-time lifetime purchase; the price is shown in the app before you buy. Subscription payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal is charged within the 24 hours before it ends. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://doc-hosting.flycricket.io/pomidor-privacy-policy/24e82531-5536-4894-9bae-fdfa1228b0d9/privacy

Screenshots

GoalSteps | Goal Tracker4 screens
Pomodoro Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pomodoro Timer at 4.7 against GoalSteps | Goal Tracker's 4.2. Pomodoro Timer also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). GoalSteps | Goal Tracker's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 82%). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GoalSteps | Goal Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Pomodoro Timer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pomodoro Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 14 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of GoalSteps | Goal Tracker's written reviews are positive against 82% of Pomodoro Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoalSteps | Goal Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, Pomodoro Timer every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
GoalSteps | Goal Tracker versus Pomodoro Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoalSteps | Goal TrackerPomodoro Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)4.7 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better82.4% of reviews
Number of ratings514 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMona AlazzaniTigran Muradyan

Customer experience

GoalSteps | Goal Tracker

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pomodoro Timer

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.6%

Bugs and requests

GoalSteps | Goal Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Pomodoro Timer

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to adjust timer duration from main screen
  • Sync focus sessions to calendar
  • Integration with action button to start/pause session
  • Option to bypass session title screen

In-app purchases

3 purchases

GoalSteps | Goal Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Subscription Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Subscription Annual$10.991 Year
One-time1
  • GoalSteps Pro (Lifetime)$17.99
6 purchases

Pomodoro Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Pomidor Pro$2.991 Month
  • Pomidor Pro3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time4
  • One Coffee$0.99
  • Three Coffees$2.99
  • Five Coffees$4.99
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  • Lifetime Pro Access$24.99

Questions

Is GoalSteps | Goal Tracker free?
GoalSteps | Goal Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pomodoro Timer free?
Pomodoro Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GoalSteps | Goal Tracker or Pomodoro Timer?
Pomodoro Timer is rated higher. GoalSteps | Goal Tracker averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Pomodoro Timer averages 4.7 from 14 ratings.
Do GoalSteps | Goal Tracker or Pomodoro Timer have ads?
Neither GoalSteps | Goal Tracker nor Pomodoro Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GoalSteps | Goal Tracker or Pomodoro Timer?
GoalSteps | Goal Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pomodoro Timer every 2 days. Most recently, GoalSteps | Goal Tracker was updated on November 5, 2026 and Pomodoro Timer on November 5, 2026.

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