Goal Tracker & Daily Planner vs Catalyst
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Goal setting process
- Daily planner and task manager
- Habit and routine creation
- Life reality assessment
- Morning routine preparation
- Journal and diary
- Data synchronization
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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
Catalyst
This app uses financial consequences to help users achieve their goals. Users commit money to a 30-day cycle, earning it back with a bonus for completion or losing it if they fail. Mastermind groups provide social accountability.
- Financial commitment for goals
- Daily reflection tracking
- 30-day goal cycles
- Mastermind accountability groups
- Consequence-based motivation
- Goal progress feed
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Catalyst is a social accountability platform for people who are serious about their goals. No confetti. No badges for showing up. A system built on the one thing that actually changes behavior: consequences. HOW IT WORKS Set a goal that matters. Catalyst breaks it into daily tasks. Then you prove your execution every day with a Daily Reflection: what you did, what you didn't, and what happens tomorrow. Your reflections become your track record. THE CYCLE When you're ready to make it real, start a 30-day Cycle: - Commit a Participation Fee — from $50 to $500. It's non-refundable. - Submit a Daily Reflection every day for 30 days. You get two lives — miss two days and the Cycle fails. - Complete all 30 days and you earn every dollar back as a Completion Bonus. - Quit or fail, and the money is gone. The only way to see that money again is to earn it. That's the point. THE MASTERMIND Every Cycle places you in a mastermind group of up to 10 people at your commitment level, in it at the same time as you. They see your reflections. They notice when you go quiet. Accountability you can't mute. THE FEED No influencers. No motivational wallpaper. A feed of real people doing real work, one day at a time — and posting proof. WHO IT'S FOR People with money on the line behave differently. If you need a gentle nudge, this isn't your app. If you're done negotiating with yourself — welcome. SUBSCRIPTION Catalyst requires an auto-renewing subscription: $49.99/month or $14.99/week. Payment is charged to your account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your account settings after purchase. Terms of Service: https://catalyst.life/docs/terms_and_conditions.html Privacy Policy: https://catalyst.life/docs/privacy_policy.html Community Guidelines: https://catalyst.life/docs/community_guidelines.html Cycle Agreement: https://catalyst.life/docs/cycle_agreement.html Support: support@catalyst.life
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Goal Tracker & Daily Planner at free with in-app purchases against Catalyst's subscription. Goal Tracker & Daily Planner also leads on ratings volume (3.2K vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). Catalyst's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Goal Tracker & Daily Planner sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Catalyst sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Catalyst holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goal Tracker & Daily Planner has 3.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Goal Tracker & Daily Planner ships an update every 10 days, Catalyst fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goal Tracker & Daily Planner | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.2K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 282 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Success Wizard, Inc. | BlackShift LLC |
Customer experience
Goal Tracker & Daily Planner
Catalyst
Bugs and 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
Catalyst
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Goal Tracker & Daily Planner
- 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
- Advanced Success Topics Upgrade2 variants$13.99
Catalyst
- Catalyst Weekly$14.997 Days
- Catalyst7 Days trial$49.991 Month
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