Comparison

Modo vs GoalForest

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

Head to head
About

Modo

A fast, aesthetic notepad and calendar planner designed for instant thought capture without clutter or ads. Offers a clean interface with customizable notes, a smart camera scanner, and on-device voice recording. Syncs with Google Drive for seamless data backup and migration.

Highlights
  • Instant quick capture and offline speed
  • Aesthetic sticky notes with customization
  • Dual home views: Feed vs. Quick View Grid
  • On-device camera scanner for documents
  • Crystal-clear voice memos with on-device cleaning
  • Google Drive cloud sync
  • Hardware AES-256 vault and biometric lock
  • Markdown support and bi-directional WikiLinks
Features
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Tired of bloated note apps with complex menus and ads? Modo is a fast, aesthetic notepad, calendar planner, and widget companion built to capture thoughts with zero delay. No sign-ups, no tracking, zero clutter. Pure, intuitive productivity for daily elegance. === WHY YOU'LL LOVE MODO === 1. Instant Quick Capture & Offline Speed Open and write immediately. Powered by an instant offline-first engine with zero lag, Modo ensures you never lose sudden inspiration. 2. Aesthetic Sticky Notes & Memo Studio - Beautiful sticky card views with versatile typography and customizable card frames. - Versatile formats: Post-it notes, square memo cards, structured lists, and aesthetic styles. - Customize background tones, opacity, borders, and font scale (70%-200%) in Memo Studio. 3. Dual Home Views: Feed vs. Quick View Grid - Standard Feed: Clean masonry feed with greeting headers, search, and pin. - Quick View Grid: 2-column card layout with floating Speed Dial and quick filters. - Batch Actions: Long-press to color, pin, lock, share, or delete multiple notes. 4. Smart Camera Scanner for Books & Receipts (On-Device) - Complete Privacy: Runs locally on-device with zero data sent to external servers. - All-in-One Viewfinder: Capture books, documents, receipts, and book ISBN barcodes. - Smart Formatting: Reconnects broken line wraps into smooth paragraphs. - Scan-to-Note: Formats receipts and expenses into clean Markdown tables. 5. Crystal-Clear Voice Memos & Voice Clean - On-Device Voice Clean: Cuts background rumble & boosts vocals for crisp speech. - Live Equalizer Wings: Dynamic audio wave visualization dancing to your voice. - 2-Row Wide Waveform Player: Dedicated scrubbing controls and separate timing. - Multi-Audio Sync: Attach multiple recordings with lossless cloud streaming. 6. Google Drive Cloud Sync & Media Streaming - Zero Lock-in: Sync directly to your private Google Drive app storage. - Lossless Audio & Image Sync: Complete bidirectional sync for notes & media. - Background Session Recovery: Smooth, automatic session reconnects after restarts. - 1-Tap Device Migration: Seamlessly transfer your entire notebook to a new phone. 7. Hardware AES-256 Vault & Biometric Lock - On-device AES-256 encryption backed by hardware KeyStore / Keychain. - Biometric Security: Lock private notes with Fingerprint, Face ID, or PIN. - 100% Offline: Full security with zero internet connection required. 8. Markdown Power, Caret Popover & WikiLinks - Caret Popover (/): Type "/" to insert headings, checklists, quotes, or timestamps. - Bi-directional WikiLinks ([[ ]]): Interlink notes to build your knowledge web. - Smart Paste: Turns copied links into rich cards and table data into Markdown. 9. Integrated Calendar, Checklist & D-Day Milestones - Unified Calendar: Browse notes and tasks organized neatly by date. - Interactive Checklists: Strike through completed to-dos with a tap. - D-Day Countdowns: Track exams, birthdays, and deadlines with widget badges. 10. Daily Inspiration & Mindful Wellness Cards - Daily Inspiring Quote: Fresh curated wisdom delivered midnight with 1-tap save. - Health & Mind Advice: Practical lifestyle tips to bring calm to your day. 11. 8 Curated Background Tones & True Dark Mode - Paper White, Warm Kraft, Calming Sage, Deep Indigo, E-Ink Monochrome, etc. - Eye-friendly True Dark Mode crafted for comfortable night reading. === IDEAL FOR === - Thinkers & writers wanting a clean, distraction-free markdown scratchpad. - Professionals organizing meetings, daily agendas, and receipts. - Students needing voice memos, camera scanning, and exam countdowns. - Aesthetic enthusiasts who appreciate clean, beautifully styled minimalist apps. - Privacy-conscious users valuing 100% offline data ownership. Download Modo today and experience the purest, fastest way to organize your world!

About

GoalForest

Features
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Most goals don't fail from lack of effort. They fail because "get fit" was never a plan. GoalForest turns what you want into what you'll actually do tomorrow morning. Say your goal in a sentence — out loud or typed — and it builds the rest: milestones, daily steps sized to the time you really have, and a coach that adjusts when life gets in the way. Every goal you're growing becomes a tree. Show up, and your forest fills in. A PLAN, NOT A BLANK CHECKLIST Other trackers hand you an empty grid and wish you luck. GoalForest starts by asking what you want, then does the hard part — breaking a vague ambition into milestones and into today's first small step. Something you can finish before work. MEET WISHI Your coach lives in the app. Ask what to do today. Tell it you're stuck, or that this week got away from you. You get a straight answer in a sentence or two, not a lecture and not a wall of text. STREAKS THAT FORGIVE Miss a day and recovery mode helps you rebuild, instead of resetting you to zero. Everyone misses days. An app that punishes you for it is an app you delete in February. WHAT'S INSIDE • Goals broken into milestones and daily tasks, generated from one sentence • A visual forest — progress you can see, not a percentage bar • Daily check-ins that take about thirty seconds • Streaks with a recovery path when you slip • Weekly reviews that reshape the plan around the week you actually had • Tribes — join a small group working toward the same thing, or keep everything private • Badges and levels for the milestones that genuinely took something out of you HOW IT WORKS 1. Say what you want. One sentence is enough. 2. Get your plan — milestones, daily steps, a realistic finish date. 3. Check in. Each day you show up, your tree grows. 4. Adjust. Weekly reviews keep the plan honest about your real life. BUILT TO BE KIND No guilt-trip notifications. No leaderboard telling you you're behind everyone else. No streak you're terrified to break. The forest grows at the pace you actually move. GOALFOREST PREMIUM Premium unlocks the AI coach, several goals growing at once, daily reminders, and weekly plan adjustments. You can use GoalForest free for as long as you like with one goal. Subscriptions are available weekly, monthly, or yearly and are billed to your Apple Account. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://goalforest.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://goalforest.com/privacy Terms of Use(EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Start with one goal. Plant one tree. See where you are in thirty days.

Screenshots

Modo4 screens
GoalForest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: GoalForest at none against Modo's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Modo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GoalForest sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Modo versus GoalForest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterModoGoalForest
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB38 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEUNGJIN KIMD-bug Station Limited

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Modo

One-time1
  • Modo Pro Lifetime$3.99
3 purchases

GoalForest

Subscriptions3
  • Goal Forest One Week Premium$4.997 Days
  • One Month Premium GoalForest3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • One Year Premium GoalForest3 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Modo free?
Modo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GoalForest free?
GoalForest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Modo or GoalForest have ads?
Modo shows ads; GoalForest does not.

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