Gola - Structured Goals

I love this app! It’s probably one of my favorite apps on my phone. I have been looking for an app that helps me keep track of my goals, and honestly, this is the perfect solution. However, I have been facing an issue: every time I update my goals, it resets my progress to what it was before. I have to try at least 3-4 times before it registers my progress. Is there anything that I’m doing wrong?

I really want this app to work. If it didn’t have so many bugs, didn’t erase progress entered, and the widget synced correctly the app would be great. Unfortunately, it only works about 1/3 of the time and I have to constantly re-add the progress I inputted because it doesn’t save.

It’s a great app and a very reasonable price for all the features. The only thing that I need to make it 5 stars would be reoccurring goals. For example I have goals that I want to accomplish every week and some for every day but I can’t actually complete them all because I don’t want to pull them out of the archive every time I do. If we could get a goal that clears and resets on a set day or days that would be fantastic. But that’s just a small issue and I plan on continuing to use this to keep track of what I have to do. Thank you for making this wonderful app.

Updated 9/17/2024: Performance issues eliminated after last update. Thank you. 🙏 Now the app is quite usable, and worthy of the final star. I still hope we will see some new updates following the iOS 18 rollout and a few new enhancements/features that we can look forward to. 🤞 Unique take on tasks management. Helps you turn your todo list into a goal list. I do like the UI and the pleasing themes on the eye. There are some areas I could suggest improvement. It appears the Performance level wanes the more info you add to its database. Scrolling becomes sluggish and unresponsive at times. If you delete a goal sometimes the app freezes. Search is a nice feature but you can’t find more than 2 goals at a time. It completely hides additional goals with the same search terms. It does search in both title and notes. I have tested. But still only finds the first two at most in the search results. Those basics need to be fixed before it can become a daily staple on your phone. Even still I want to use the app because it’s so cool and different. I would also suggest the sub-goals be renamed as tasks. Or let sub-goals be broken down into tasks for another layer or organization. The URL attachment is a nice feature and it even works with Callback URLs / deep links (so few apps allow tappable links to callback URLs). This lets you link to a Bear note for example to hold further details or resources for your goal / project. I love that you can add an icon or emoji to each Goal. I would like a simple habit tracking / task option for regular recurring tasks, habit or routines. It would allow you to consolidate your habit and recurring activities into one app. System Calendar integration would be icing on the cake — so you could see your day’s schedule while making your goal plan for the day. A calendar view that you could assign goals you want to work on for the day, week or month. And a log view — a way to see the progress as you check off items on your goals in one place — not just goals fully completed but those you took action on for the day. You checked off a subgoal or added a value to another goal, etc. Image attachments for goals — because a picture would provide added motivation and help you visualize the fruition of your goal. A scratch pad for time-stamped notes and ideas nestled neatly under the goal — a place for important notes about the goal, that you want to reference — that go beyond the scope of the goal description. Loads of

Best app to keep track of goals If I could only add 1 thing, it would be a timer for every action

This is simple, displays your goals well, no need for stock image or motivational mumbo jumbo. You set your goals, and you get to see them as widgets. - I would love to see some more patches for minor bugs and more features. But this is soooo good! No nonses, just VALUE.

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I swear I can have so many ideas and then it comes time to write them down and my brain switches into duuuuuuuhhhhh mode and I can’t think of a single thing to write! The templates are so helpful for a starting point and then expanding from there!! Loving this app so far!

The syncing issues are really prominent. It constantly forgets when I update my goals, and the icloud sync status is bugged. It always says it’s synced, when it clearly is not. The home and especially lock screen widgets are also pretty ugly in my opinion

This app is so based for tracking habits and setting goals! If you have ADHD sometimes even just remembering to brush ur teeth can funk you up but anything you wanna set a goal for can be tracked and rewarded and the interface is absolutely beautiful (hello vapor wave icon 😍) The dev is a solid dude and I’m excited to use it with the Structured Pro app. $8 is a bargain for lifetime access, how much have you spent on notebooks and planners?! 🥲🤣 Jus do it!