Faro vs Lifetick

Faro is an iOS app for setting yearly goals and reflecting through journals and check-ins. Journal entries can be text, voice notes, or photos, and goals can have dated milestones with alerts for approaching or overdue dates. Guided weekly or monthly check-ins offer additional ways to record progress. AI reviews can turn journal entries and check-ins into a summary, themes, and a suggested next focus; Ask Faro lets users discuss habits, patterns, and goal progress using their journal entries as context. AI processing is off unless users explicitly consent, and consent can be withdrawn in Settings. Faro says it sends only relevant content for a requested AI feature and does not train AI models on journal content. The free plan allows up to three active goals, unlimited milestones, journals, check-ins, streaks and badges, and a Face ID lock. Pro costs $4.99 a month and adds Ask Faro, monthly, quarterly, and yearly AI reviews, smart reminders, a daily prompt, and unlimited goals. The service is licensed for personal, non-commercial reflection and journaling.

Lifetick helps people set and track goals using the S.M.A.R.T. methodology, with options to connect goals to personal core values. Users can organize work with due dates, reminders, repeating tasks, subtasks, notes, and flexible scheduling. Goals can be shared, tasks assigned, and supporters invited to view goals and encourage progress. A journal records thoughts and goal or task activity. Tracking supports descriptive, financial, numerical, binary, and count metrics, with charts and CSV export. Users can subscribe to a Lifetick calendar in apps such as iCal or Google Calendar, but those entries are view-only. Lifetick is available on the web and iOS. The Free Plan costs nothing and allows two S.M.A.R.T. goals, without subtasks, financial goals, or personalized trackers. Premium Plan is $29 a year and includes unlimited S.M.A.R.T. goals, subtasks, financial goals, and personalized trackers. Essentials is $4 a month with a five-user minimum; Professional is $9 a month with a 100-user minimum. Professional and Enterprise support SSO through 20+ identity providers. A free 14-day trial is offered through organization signup without a credit card upfront.