Comparison

Raise The Bar vs Goal Tracker & Daily Planner

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

Head to head
About

Raise The Bar

This app helps you track progress towards your goals and manage tasks with a visual, bar-based system. It offers time tracking, to-do lists, custom reminders, and statistics to help you stay focused and motivated. "Level up" different aspects of your life by tracking your achievements.

Highlights
  • Visual goal progress bars
  • Active time tracking
  • To-do lists
  • Customizable reminders
  • Daily/weekly statistics
  • Gamified XP system
  • Repeatable goals
Features
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Raise the Bar is a Productivity, Goal Tracking, and ToDo List app. Simply put: use bars to track things. Visually observing progress helps us to feel invested in completing our goals. The short and long term interaction with these goals can help build and maintain focus as well as increase development of solidified habits, all through reminders, statistics, and rewarded progression. We created RTB to have a fun way to "Level Up" different aspects of our lives.You can use it seriously, for important Goals you want to keep track of, or you can use it playfully, for anything you can think up. Simply make a new bar and start Tracking the amount you do something, start a timer to automatically track the time you spend doing it, or make a List of ToDo's to check off what you've done! What are you waiting for? Go Level Up your life!! Features • Active Time Tracking • Set Goals to Achieve • To-Do Lists • Custom Reminders for Goal/List • Unlimited Goals! • Color Your Lists and Goal Bars! • Daily/Weekly Stats • Time/Amount Tracking • Level Up by tracking Experience Points (XP) • FAQ section for help • Setup repeatable goals to repeat on your schedule • Force touch on a goal to peek into your goals edit page • Reorder your bars to fit your needs RTB Premium Subscription: • No Banner Ads • Unlimited Reminders • Unlimited Repeatables • Exclusive access to new pro features • 1 year subscription for only $4.99 renews automatically. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period • Privacy Policy can be found here http://www.afewguys.com/privacy • Terms of Service can be found here http://www.afewguys.com/terms How does it work? 1. Name the activity to track. (Be creative!) 2. Pick category of bar: Level-Up or Achieve Goal (more information in FAQ) 3.You choose the type: Time spent or # of "reps." (Activities can often be tracked with either type, so choose freely!) Examples: Time Spent • Running • Reading • Drinking • Sleeping • Violin • Chemistry • Halo/COD/BF4/WoW/TF2/Minecraft/etc. • Dog Walking • Parachuting Amount (#) • Calories Eaten • Miles Ran • Books Read • Beers Drank • Hours Slept • Pull-Ups • Peaks Climbed • Cities Visited • Hotdogs Eaten To-Do List Examples: • Groceries • Workouts • Christmas Shopping • Homework • Errands Email: support@afewguys.com Please send us feedback so we can make the app even better! Your comments/questions help us make a better game for EVERYONE!! (And seriously, we'll probably implement most things you ask us to...so just ASK!!) http://www.facebook.com/RTBapp http://www.afewguys.com http://www.twitter.com/afewguysapps

About

Goal Tracker & Daily Planner

This app helps you discover, plan, and achieve your personal and professional goals. It offers a step-by-step goal-setting process and daily planning tools to boost productivity and help you accomplish your dreams. Gain clarity, direction, and a sense of fulfillment.

Highlights
  • Goal setting process
  • Daily planner and task manager
  • Habit and routine creation
  • Life reality assessment
  • Morning routine preparation
  • Journal and diary
  • Data synchronization
Features
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Turn meaningful goals into daily progress Goals Wizard is a personal growth planner that helps bring structure, clarity, and consistency to the areas of life that matter most. Set meaningful goals, break them into milestones, build supportive habits and routines, plan each day with intention, and stay connected to real progress over time. Whether the focus is career, health, finances, relationships, or personal growth, Goals Wizard helps turn long-term vision into practical action. Designed for more than simple task management, Goals Wizard combines goal planning, daily structure, habits, routines, journaling, and reflection in one guided system. - Set meaningful goals with clarity - Break big goals into manageable steps - Build habits and routines that support progress - Plan days and weeks with more intention - Stay focused, organized, and consistent - Reflect, reset, and keep moving forward FEATURES > Create long-term goals with milestones, tasks, habits, routines, notes, and reflections > Choose from ready-made templates, AI-assisted setup, or manual planning > Organize one-time and recurring tasks in a clear daily planner > Build stronger consistency with habit tracking and routine planning > Use weekly planning and calendar views to stay aligned with priorities > Capture thoughts, lessons, and ideas with notes and journaling > Stay intentional with reflection tools and guided check-ins > Sync seamlessly across iPhone, iPad, and Web ***** Progress does not come from good intentions alone. It comes from having a clear plan and following through, one day at a time. Goals Wizard helps create that structure, making it easier to stay focused, build momentum, and make meaningful progress in everyday life. Download Goals Wizard and start building better habits, clearer plans, and stronger follow-through. ***** Goals Wizard is free to download and use. Goals Wizard Premium unlocks enhanced features and functionality, including unlimited goals, habits, and routines. Premium also includes full access to the complete Goals Wizard experience across all supported platforms. Our Terms of Use: https://www.goalswizard.com/terms Our Privacy Policy: https://www.goalswizard.com/privacy

Screenshots

Raise The Bar4 screens
Goal Tracker & Daily Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Goal Tracker & Daily Planner at 4.7 against Raise The Bar's 2.8. Goal Tracker & Daily Planner also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ratings volume (3.2K vs 12). Raise The Bar's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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. Raise The Bar sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year and Goal Tracker & Daily Planner sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Goal Tracker & Daily Planner holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goal Tracker & Daily Planner has 3.2K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Raise The Bar's written reviews are positive against 72% of Goal Tracker & Daily Planner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Raise The Bar ships an update every 3 weeks, Goal Tracker & Daily Planner every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Raise The Bar versus Goal Tracker & Daily Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRaise The BarGoal Tracker & Daily Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (12 ratings)4.7 (3.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.7% of reviews72.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings123.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB282 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developerafewguys AppsSuccess Wizard, Inc.

Customer experience

Raise The Bar

All ratings12 ratings
Positive41.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive67.7%
Neutral6.5%
Negative25.8%

Goal Tracker & Daily Planner

All ratings3,238 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews347 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative21.0%

Bugs and requests

Raise The Bar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Goal Tracker & Daily Planner

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes on open
  • Syncing issues
  • Data loss
  • Notifications not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add widget support
  • Improve sync and data management
  • Simplify the user interface
  • Add more customization options
  • Improve the productivity timer

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Raise The Bar

Subscriptions1
  • Raise The Bar Premium$4.991 Year
17 purchases

Goal Tracker & Daily Planner

Subscriptions16
  • Goals Wizard Premium$4.991 Month
  • Advanced Success Topics$6.991 Month
  • Goals Wizard Premium$6.991 Month
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  • Goals Wizard Pro$6.991 Month
  • Advanced Success Topics$9.991 Month
  • Goals Wizard Premium$9.991 Month
  • Goals Wizard Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Goals Wizard Premium7 Days trial$48.996 Months
  • Advanced Success Topics$49.991 Year
  • Goals Wizard Premium$59.996 Months
  • Goals Wizard Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Advanced Success Topics$69.991 Year
  • Goals Wizard Premium7 Days trial2 variants$69.996 Months
  • Goals Wizard Premium$69.996 Months
  • Goals Wizard Premium6 Months trial$69.996 Months
  • Goals Wizard Premium7 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • Advanced Success Topics Upgrade2 variants$13.99

Questions

Is Raise The Bar free?
Raise The Bar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Goal Tracker & Daily Planner free?
Goal Tracker & Daily Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Raise The Bar or Goal Tracker & Daily Planner?
Goal Tracker & Daily Planner is rated higher. Raise The Bar averages 2.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Goal Tracker & Daily Planner averages 4.7 from 3.2K ratings.
Do Raise The Bar or Goal Tracker & Daily Planner have ads?
Neither Raise The Bar nor Goal Tracker & Daily Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Raise The Bar or Goal Tracker & Daily Planner?
Raise The Bar ships an update every 3 weeks, and Goal Tracker & Daily Planner every 10 days. Most recently, Raise The Bar was updated on June 9, 2026 and Goal Tracker & Daily Planner on September 23, 2026.

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