Comparison

Ideas Pool vs GoalWall

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

Head to head
About

Ideas Pool

Features
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Ideas Pool is a minimal yet powerful idea manager designed for visual Thinkers, creators and lifelong learners. Capture every spark the moment it appears, organize it with tags and statuses, and turn it into real projects when the timing is right. Features: 1. Visual Idea Presentation - Say goodbye to vertical text lists, embrace visual layouts - Each idea has its own unique avatar (choose preset characters or custom emoji/images) - Gracefully floating in the idea pool, clear at a glance - The perfect tool for visual thinkers 2. Lightning-Fast Gesture Controls - Quick sort mode: Swipe cards for fast decisions - Progress dragging: Long-press avatars to adjust completion - Toggle between three view modes (list/grid/pool view) 3. iOS Widget Quick Recording - Add ideas directly from your home screen, no need to open the app - Support for both text and voice input - Automatically syncs to the idea pool - Even more convenient with lock screen widgets 4. Custom Goals, Zero Pressure - Set your own goal values, no-pressure design - Choose from three weekly goal types - Visual progress bars for a sense of achievement 5. Customizable Idea Avatars - Five adorable preset characters - Support custom emoji as avatars - Upload your own images as profile pictures - Automatically detect and set idea representative icons from content 6. Smart Title Recognition - Spaces automatically recognized as title separators - Easy editing, modify anytime - Free categorization with tag system

About

GoalWall

Visualize your progress by building a "wall" of bricks, each representing a completed goal. This gamified approach encourages consistent habit building without the pressure of streaks, offering a private and satisfying way to track your life's growth.

Highlights
  • Visualize goal completion with brick building
  • Gamified progress tracking
  • No streaks or guilt mechanics
  • Customizable themes
  • Private, on-device data storage
  • Satisfying animations
Features
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GoalWall turns your habits into something you can see. Build your life one brick at a time: finish a goal, lay a brick, and watch your week grow into a wall you're proud of. It's like a little game: - Drag a brick from the bottom of the screen and lay it on the day you completed a goal - Lay a brick and feel the buzz, with satisfying animations on every drop - No streaks, no guilt: building a life is a marathon. Miss a brick or two? Just keep building - Make it yours with customizable themes - Swipe between weeks to watch your progress stack up Private by design: - No sign-in - No server sync - All your data stays on your device, always Start building. One brick at a time.

Screenshots

Ideas Pool4 screens
GoalWall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ideas Pool at every 4 days against GoalWall's fortnightly. Ideas Pool also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ideas Pool ships an update every 4 days, GoalWall fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ideas Pool versus GoalWall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdeas PoolGoalWall
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTing Yu LinBaurzhan Abenov

In-app purchases

None

Ideas Pool

No in-app purchases

None

GoalWall

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ideas Pool free?
Ideas Pool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GoalWall free?
GoalWall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ideas Pool or GoalWall have ads?
Neither Ideas Pool nor GoalWall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ideas Pool or GoalWall?
Ideas Pool ships an update every 4 days, and GoalWall fortnightly. Most recently, Ideas Pool was updated on October 31, 2026 and GoalWall on November 5, 2026.

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