{"id":1206170,"date":"2023-11-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1206170"},"modified":"2023-11-25T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T15:00:00","slug":"the-best-apps-to-track-progress-on-your-new-years-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1206170","title":{"rendered":"The Best Apps to Track Progress on Your New Year's Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

With 2024 fast approaching, it\u2019s about that time to set some New Year\u2019s resolutions, which you\u2019ll then spend the next 12 months trying to stick to. Writing down your goals<\/u><\/a> is a key part of achieving them, so start there, but the \u201cwriting\u201d part is a little broader than you might think. A pen and paper are great, but so is an app\u2014as long as it works well for you and can function for the long-term goal setting a new year demands. Choosing the right app can be a little tricky, since there are so many out there for setting and tracking goals, so here are some of the best ones and what they do.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you use SMART goals: Strides\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

SMART (or rather, specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound) goals are popular for individual workers and students, as well as groups and teams of collaborators because they make goals and results easy to describe. Strides<\/u><\/a> is an app that makes them just as easy to track<\/em>. It tracks your progress on SMART goals while using streaks to motivate you and reminders to help you build habits. The plain version is free, but if you want unlimited trackers and the ability to see progress reports, you\u2019ll pay $4.99 per month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you need to break down complex goals: Todoist<\/h2>\n

Arguably one of the most famous apps on the list, Todoist<\/u><\/a> is popular<\/u><\/a> for a reason: It helps you break down complex projects into smaller ones, collaborate with teammates, and track progress easily, whether you\u2019re working collaboratively or on your own. There\u2019s a Kanban<\/u><\/a> board built in so you can track your goals from the early stages through completion, too. For free, you can load in five personal projects and view one week of activity history, but if you want more long-term tracking and up to 300 projects, you\u2019ll need to pay $4 per month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re extra busy: TickTick<\/h2>\n

TickTick<\/u><\/a> is designed for people who have a lot <\/em>going on. You can set \u201cannoying alerts\u201d to remind you of urgent or high-priority responsibilities multiple times a day and can use a voice-to-text feature to dictate your to-do lists, because who has time to type all that out? You can also set pop-up reminders that are location-based, so when you go to work, anything you need to do there will come up. When you complete your tasks, you earn points toward an achievement score\u2014and when you don\u2019t, your score goes down. Your score helps you level up (or, again, down) which gamifies it a little, helping you keep track of progress. It\u2019s free, but there is a premium version for $35.99 per year that allows you to set tasks as high, medium, or low priority and import your third-party calendars. The premium offering also allows you to track progress more, giving you access to historical statistics that allow you to see how far you\u2019ve come in completing your goals.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re serious about keeping a schedule: Clockify<\/h2>\n

Clockify<\/u><\/a>, which offers almost all of its best individual features for free, is best known as a timesheet app. But it\u2019s also stellar for goal tracking, since it\u2019s so schedule-based. You can track exactly how much time you spend on all of your tasks, which is helpful if you\u2019re trying to figure out how much to allocate to certain responsibilities when timeboxing<\/u><\/a> or using another productivity scheduling method<\/u><\/a>. Your dashboard will show you your personal stats and trends as they relate to your working time and goals, so you can start organizing your day around what takes the most time and when you\u2019re most productive. You can view reports on your progress\u2014at varying levels of granularity\u2014and it even has a built-in Pomodoro<\/u><\/a> timer.\u00a0The best core features are free; you’ll only be charged $3.99 if you need to be the administrator of someone else\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

If you want to gamify your goals: Habitica<\/h2>\n

Habitica<\/u><\/a> encourages you to \u201cgamify your life\u201d in your quest to achieve your goals. You get a little avatar that grows and is rewarded when you complete your real-life tasks, but is punished when you don\u2019t, so you can track progress just by looking at how well your little avatar is thriving. You\u2019ll earn in-game currency that you can redeem for rewards and there\u2019s even a social component through which your avatar can join forces with others\u2019 to play games.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you crave simplicity: Joe\u2019s Goals<\/h2>\n

Joe\u2019s Goals<\/u><\/a> is arrestingly easy to use\u2014and that\u2019s because it\u2019s really old<\/u><\/a> and looks <\/em>really old. It\u2019s a vestige of a bygone internet era, but that simplicity is almost comforting. Where other apps have a seemingly endless stream of widgets and notifications, this webpage simply encourages you to enter your goals in, track them, and monitor your daily \u201cscore.\u201d Your goals appear on a grid along with the seven days of the week and when you complete one on a given day, you just put a little checkmark in the box. If visual tracking and simplicity appeal to you, this is the one.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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\nSource: LifeHacker – The Best Apps to Track Progress on Your New Year’s Goals<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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