6 Apps for Planning Your Goals

The Ultimate App Guide for Goal Planning

Typically we think that to-do list apps and note-takers are our drivers for productivity. But without a goal, there’s a struggle.

Goal planning is somewhat overlooked in the productivity space.

Setting a goal and plotting the actions around completion is one of the most personal and complex experience, but there are plenty of apps that offer this.

Spending time exploring these apps will help you choose the best option for you. We’ve categorised them to help you select which might work for you.

STRUCTURED

Structured apps are more fixed in their approach to goal settings. Most of them set rules to stick by as you get started. This is great for beginners to goal setting as it’ll help you to get the ball rolling.

• GoalsOnTrack — Easy to get started with GoalsOnTrack provides a nice dashboard to store and locate new goals and activities.
• LifeTick — Comes highly recommended, LifeTick takes goal tracking a step further providing a way to track goals for you, teams and even family too.

CREATIVE

Creative goal planners help to plot your goals and create your own workflow and layout around that. Best used on desktop, these tools are more for those comfortable with goal planning and want canvas to plan those targets.

• Milanote — A canvas for plotting tasks, Milanote is a gorgeous space to add tasks, add vision boards and so much more creative elements.
• Notion — Flexible in structure, use any style of tool within Notion. Famed for its ability to host documents, wikis and tasks, all in one spot!

MIXED

Not specifically creative, neither structured, these resources are great for mobile goal tracking but provide a hub for all your goals and targets.

• Strides — Dead simple goal tracker. Available on most devices, Strides is one of the best cross-platform options for keeping an eye on the goals.
• Coach.me — Perfect spot to track goals and habits in one place. A popular service for productivity fans to host their goals/missions.

We recommend trying these out on desktop, as they’ll create a more of a focused experience on these experiences. Goal planning tends to be a very personal experience, so make sure to find the best resource for you out of these options recommended above!

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