Comparison

Happy Goals vs Forward

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

Head to head
About

Happy Goals

This app helps you achieve your goals with a simple, gesture-based interface. Track progress on your goals and habits without complex navigation or due dates. Easily update progress and manage your objectives.

Highlights
  • Add and edit goals or habits
  • Gesture-based progress tracking
  • Simple, single-screen interface
  • 3D Touch for quick goal adding
  • Customizable target and stepper values
  • Colorful and beautiful UI
Features
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*** Best New App in 32 Countries *** *** Best New App in Productivity category in the US! *** *** One of the Top Paid Apps in the Productivity Category *** *** One of the apps featured in Build Good Habits in the AppStore! *** Download now! Happy Goals - the goal of this app is simple - to help you achieve your goals! With its simple yet elegant interface that utilizes gestures, you can track your progress in achieving your goals. No due dates! No complex stuff! No complex screen navigation! Just the info that you need. FEATURES - *NEW* 3D Touch on Home Screen for quickly adding new goals - Can add new Goals or Habits to track - Can edit Goals anytime (name, target value, current value, and stepper value) - Beautiful and colorful UI - Easily determine progress using the % display - Utilizes gestures to perform tasks such as: ** Swipe to increase or decrease progress ** Long press on a goal then drag to reorder ** Shake to trigger edit mode - 1 screen only, gets rid of navigation headaches! TIPS - List all your goals at the start - Add Goals as new ones come to mind - Update progress by swiping - Add iOS emoji in the Goal name to make it prettier - Sample goals to get you started: ** Study Hours (target: 100, stepper: 1) ** Local Travel (target: 50, stepper: 1) ** International Travel (target: 100, stepper: 1) ** Donate Money $ (target: 50, stepper: 1) ** Create Mobile Apps (target: 1000, stepper: 1) NOTES - This app is available for iPhones only (for now). Please feel free to email us if you think that an iPad version would be good too. RATE Please show your love to the app by rating as 5 stars. SUPPORT If you have any feedback, suggestions, or questions, we'd love to hear from you! You can reach us at feedback@happyteamlabs.com. Thank you, and we hope you'll enjoy using Happy Goals.

About

Forward

This app helps you build and maintain healthy routines and achieve your personal goals. It offers a simple interface to set daily, weekly, or monthly tasks and track your progress over time. Stay motivated and focused on your personal growth journey with customizable habits and reminders.

Highlights
  • Set daily, weekly, monthly goals
  • Track habit streaks
  • Customize habits with colors
  • Set reminders for tasks
  • Visualize progress over time
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Forward App is designed to live up to its name - to keep you going forward towards your goals! With stylish yet simple interface and only necessary features, you can set healthy routines, goals and tasks for daily, weekly and monthly basis. You can also decide if you do your goals and to do’s multiple times in a day. It has never been more easier to create habits that stick! The more you use it - the better you see your progress in in the streak page. Stay motivated and focused with your personal goals! Productivity is sometimes hard to achieve but Forward is here for you and your personal growth journey. Forward is ideal for you if you: • have hard time keeping a habit or quit one • you have too many to do’s at once and cannot prioritize them • sometimes loose focus on your personal goals and targets • feel unmotivated and can’t see the progress of your goals Forward is FREE TO USE without annoying ads! The free version of Forward allows you to create 3 habits/goals. For more than 3, you can either choose a wallet friendly Forward Premium or unlike most other apps, purchase 1 goal at a time without any other commitments. Forward free allows you to: • set and track goals on a daily, weekly or monthly basis • set a task to be repeated multiple times a day • customize your habits from a range of colors - visualize your targets! • edit and delete your list of tasks • set a reminder for each habit • see your progress over time with each goal/task • log and see habit activity with seamless Apple Watch integration Forward PREMIUM offers: • unlimited amount of goals ===All your ideas, feedback and suggestions are always welcome=== Contact: forward@todoo.fun Privacy policy: https://todoo.fun/forward-privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://todoo.fun/forward-tos/

Screenshots

Happy Goals4 screens
Forward3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Forward at Free against Happy Goals's $0.99. Forward also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 16 months) and device support (4 vs 2). Happy Goals's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Forward is free to download; Happy Goals costs $0.99 up front. Forward sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Happy Goals asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Happy Goals against 4.2 for Forward. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Happy Goals's written reviews are positive against 75% of Forward's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Happy Goals ships an update every 16 months, Forward fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Happy Goals versus Forward: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHappy GoalsForward
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (9 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHappy Team LabsSebastian Kumor

Customer experience

Happy Goals

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral2.4%
Negative19.0%

Forward

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Happy Goals

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Forward

Subscriptions2
  • Forward - monthly premium$1.491 Month
  • Forward - yearly premium$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Forward - extra goal$0.99

Questions

Is Happy Goals free?
Happy Goals costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Forward free?
Forward is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Happy Goals or Forward?
Happy Goals is rated higher. Happy Goals averages 4.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Forward averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Happy Goals or Forward have ads?
Neither Happy Goals nor Forward shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Happy Goals or Forward?
Happy Goals ships an update every 16 months, and Forward fortnightly. Most recently, Happy Goals was updated on October 24, 2026 and Forward on October 19, 2026.

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