Goal Tracker Apps: 5 Options by What You Need to Record

By MYOHO Group LLCPublished October 9, 2026

Choose a goal tracker app by the record you need: Strides for a number by a date or milestones, Griply for a personal goal connected to tasks and habits, Todoist for assigned tasks, ClickUp for shared workspace goals, or DuoKeep for one daily action with two personal check-ins.

Goal tracker apps: finished results, assigned tasks and daily actions illustrated with the Chask penguin.

Published by MYOHO Group LLC, the maker of DuoKeep. Official product information checked on October 9, 2026. This is a documentation-based comparison; the example and trial steps are editorial proposals, not results from testing these five apps. How we write our guides.

Choose the record you need to update

A finished result, a completed task and a daily action can all count as progress. Decide which one your app must record. “Finish 12 drawings” needs a completed quantity; “Sam exports the files” needs an owner; “we each work for five minutes” needs two action reports.

If you mainly want a record of repeated habits, use our habit tracker app comparison. If the result or completion rule is still unclear, write it in the goal-setting worksheet before choosing software.

Goal tracker apps at a glance

Shortlist the option that matches your record, then check its starting limits and who can see or change it. These are useful routes through the five apps, not a ranking or an exhaustive feature list.

Start with	Useful record	Starting limits and access
Strides	A numeric Target by a date, or a Project with milestones.	Official FAQ: three free goals/habits; check the current Android allowance. Sharing currently requires Apple devices and iCloud.
Griply	A personal goal measured by a unit, completed tasks or subgoals.	Free: two goals, two habits, five projects and unlimited tasks. Subgoals and several planning views are Premium.
Todoist	Tasks with a named owner in a shared personal project.	Free: five personal projects, five people per personal project and one week of activity history. Invited collaborators can edit.
ClickUp	Workspace Goals with number, currency, true/false or task Targets.	Free Forever: 100 uses of Goals. A Goal is visible to the workspace by default; check roles and sharing permissions.
DuoKeep	Two people’s Done/Rest reports for the same daily action.	One active goal per pair free. Uses the goal creator’s time zone. Finished quantities need a separate record.

For one common daily action with someone you already know, DuoKeep gives each person their own check-in. Agree on the same completion rule before starting; choose a quantity tracker or task app above when that is the record you need.

DuoKeep · Habits for two

One goal. Two people.
Start together.

Build a daily habit with a friend or partner. Each person checks in separately, and each pair gets one active goal free.

iPhone & iPad Download on the App Store Android Get it on Google Play

Free to start. DuoKeep Plus is optional. Store availability and purchase prices vary by country.

One goal can have three different progress records

Consider this fictional goal: By November 30, 2026, export 12 line drawings as PNG files, each with a caption. Count a finished item only when its drawing, caption and exported PNG are all present. A subject idea or unfinished draft does not meet that rule.

The proposed milestones are: choose 12 subjects, create 12 drawings, add 12 captions and export all 12 captioned PNG files. These milestones involve different amounts of work, so counting one of four as complete is not a measure of effort.

Suppose Alex and Sam have chosen all 12 subjects and made six drafts, but finished no captioned PNG files. Each has also worked for five minutes today. All three records below can be accurate at the same time.

Record	Current value	What it means
Finished output	0 of 12 captioned PNG files	There are ideas and drafts, but no item meets the agreed completion rule.
Milestone checklist	1 of 4 milestones complete	The subject-selection milestone is done. A simple count is 25%; the four milestones are not equal in effort.
Today’s common action	Both report Done	Each reports five minutes of work. Their reports do not certify or count completed PNG files.

Later, two captioned PNG files are finished. Output is now 2/12, about 16.7%, while the “export all 12” milestone remains unfinished. If tomorrow’s action report is blank, the two files still exist; the blank tells you that tomorrow’s action has not been reported.

Those percentages are manual arithmetic for this example. They are not screenshots or claims about any app’s weighting or automatic calculation. The useful question is which record your next update should change.

Strides: a number by a date or a milestone project

Start with Strides when you need to track a numeric result against a date. Its Target format supports a target number and pace; its Project format tracks milestones, percentages and checklists. The official site describes these distinct formats.

For the drawing example, a proposed Target is 12 finished captioned PNG files by November 30. Update the quantity only after a file meets that definition. Use a Project if you want the four milestones visible; inspect how its displayed progress is calculated before treating it as a finished-file percentage.

The official FAQ describes three goals/habits on the free allowance, with Plus for unlimited tracking. Strides now has an Android listing as well as an Apple listing. Check the current Android plan screen rather than assuming its allowance matches an Apple subscription.

Strides also supports invited accountability views and collaborative goals. Its current sharing documentation requires Apple devices and iCloud. An Android download therefore does not establish that an iPhone/Android pair can share that goal. Check your intended sharing mode and plan before choosing it for two people.

Griply: a personal goal connected to tasks and habits

Start with Griply when you want a personal goal, the tasks or habits connected to it, and a deliberate choice of progress measure. Its progress documentation distinguishes unit goals, task-completion goals and subgoal-based goals.

For a finished-file target, choose a unit-based goal and update the number of completed PNG files. Griply documents both replacing the current total and adding progress. Completing a linked preparation task does not by itself establish that another file has finished; check which goal-measurement mode you selected. See how progress updates work.

The current free plan includes two goals, two habits, five projects and unlimited tasks. Subgoals, Habit Targets, Timeline and Dashboard are listed under Premium. The pricing page also announces an October 12 price change, so use the price and renewal terms shown when you actually subscribe.

The official downloads include iPhone, Android, web, Mac and Windows. Syncing your personal account across devices does not establish what a separate person can see or edit. If your goal requires shared access, verify that particular feature before adopting it.

Todoist: assign the actions that need an owner

Start with Todoist when the immediate job is deciding who does each task and when. Its friends-and-family guide explains shared personal projects and invitations; a recipient can create a free account.

For the drawing example, create “Alex captions drawings 1–2” and “Sam exports drawings 1–2,” with ordinary due dates. Mark each task complete when its own work is done. Keep the finished-output count tied to the file definition, since a completed preparation task may produce no finished PNG.

A task has one assignee. If both people must complete the same action independently, use two tasks with separate owners. One person completing a shared task is not two personal check-ins.

The Beginner plan lists five personal projects, five people per personal project and one week of activity history. Shared personal-project collaborators receive editing access, including tasks, comments and files. They can complete tasks too; this is not an owner-only private record. Use it when that shared editing is acceptable.

ClickUp: shared Goals and Targets in a workspace

Start with ClickUp when several people need workspace goals tied to measurable Targets or assigned work. Its Goal guide lists Number, True/False, Currency and Task Targets. Goal progress updates from its Targets.

For the drawing example, a Number Target could record finished captioned PNG files. A Task Target could track specific production tasks or a list. Choose what each Target means before combining them; task completion and finished-file quantity can move at different times. This comparison does not establish ClickUp’s weighting for unequal Targets.

The documented Free Forever allowance is 100 uses of Goals, with unlimited uses on Unlimited and higher plans. That wording is not 100 active Goals. The read documentation does not explain the exact counting or reset rule; check the in-app allowance or ask ClickUp before relying on it for repeated use.

A Goal is visible to the whole workspace by default. The sharing guide explains invitations and permissions; inviting someone outside it brings them into the workspace. Check the intended person’s role, edit rights and any cost. A guest with Edit access can edit Targets and add accessible tasks or lists, but cannot create or delete Goals.

DuoKeep: one daily action with two personal reports

Start with DuoKeep when two people already know each other and want to report the same daily action. Each records Done or Rest for the shared goal date. One person’s Done does not complete the other person’s report.

For Alex and Sam, a proposed common rule is “Work on an illustration or its caption for five minutes.” Each person can apply that same rule to their own part of the project. They record finished-file quantities elsewhere; DuoKeep does not time the work, inspect files or total completed drawings.

Agree on the same action and what counts as Done. Choose a goal deadline.
One person creates the goal and shares its code or QR. The other joins; invitation codes expire after 24 hours.
Each records their own result for the goal date. A blank is unreported, so discuss it rather than treating it as proof of a skipped action.

The goal date uses its creator’s time zone. Both people need Done for that date to continue the shared streak; Rest does not preserve that streak. If your work is weekly or you need different rules for each person, choose a record format that reflects those requirements. The two-person habit setup guide explains the common-rule agreement.

One active goal per pair is free. Plus is optional; a subscriber expands active-goal capacity for their pairs, while ad removal applies to the subscriber. Check the current App Store or Google Play listing for your country and device. Internet access is required.

Check one meaningful update before choosing

Enter one small real goal in your shortlisted app, then check what changes. For shared work, look from the other person’s account as well. These are proposed checks; this guide has not run a five-app trial.

Finish one actual unit. Update it and check that the displayed quantity matches your total. In Griply, distinguish adding one from replacing the total with one.
Complete a preparation task without finishing another unit. Check whether the result count changes, and whether that matches the measurement mode you wanted.
Leave an action unreported. Check whether you can distinguish an unknown report from an explicit rest or completed action. Keep existing finished-output records intact.
Invite the intended second person if sharing is required. Have them open the same item and inspect their view and edit rights; compare the actual plan and devices.

Write down what you observed, what requires payment and what remains unknown. Keep the app if those observations meet your need. If a required field, date range or permission is missing, compare the relevant alternative rather than relying on a generic star rating.

For two personal check-ins, agree beforehand on what support you want when a report is missing. Our accountability partner guide helps set that expectation.

Common questions about goal tracker apps

What is the best free goal tracker app?

Choose by your record and capacity. Strides documents three free goals/habits, Griply two goals, Todoist five personal projects and ClickUp 100 uses of Goals. DuoKeep offers one active goal per pair for a common daily action. Check the platform, sharing and measurement conditions above; these allowances count different things.

Can I use these goal setting apps on Android?

All five have Android options, including current Strides and Griply listings. A listing does not verify your device, country or needed sharing feature. Strides’ current sharing condition still specifies Apple devices and iCloud.

How is a goal tracker different from a habit tracker?

A goal can need a result total and deadline, while a habit needs a record of repeated actions. You may want both. In the example, working for five minutes each day and finishing 12 captioned PNG files are separate records, even when the daily work contributes to the result.

Which app should two people choose?

Use Todoist or ClickUp when you need assigned work and accept the relevant shared permissions. Consider Strides’ documented sharing if both use the required Apple/iCloud setup. Choose DuoKeep for the same daily action with separate personal reports; it does not find a partner or replace a task board. Verify any separate-person Griply access you require.

How this comparison was prepared

We used current official product, pricing, help and store pages linked in each section, with product details checked on October 9, 2026. DuoKeep’s reporting behavior was also checked against its developer-owned source and store description. That source review is not a live two-device customer trial.

The 12-drawing project, suggested app setups and arithmetic are fictional editorial examples. We did not install or subscribe to the competing apps for this guide, and do not claim that one app produces better goal outcomes. Recheck current limits and permissions during your own first use.

If your choice is one daily action with someone you know, agree on its completion rule and use DuoKeep for each person’s report.