Careers Business Ownership Tools to Help Set, Track, and Achieve Your Goals Print Business Ownership Becoming an Owner Small Business Online Business Home Business Entrepreneurship Operations & Success Industries By Alyssa Gregory Alyssa Gregory Alyssa Gregory is an entrepreneur, writer, and marketer with 20 years of experience in the business world. She is the founder of the Small Business Bonfire, a community for entrepreneurs, and has authored more than 2,500 articles for popular small business websites. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on 04/08/20 Goal setting is important for small business owners in every stage of business. If you are not creating and working toward goals, you will quickly become stagnant in your business, which is often the beginning stage of failure. Your goals should grow and change with your business, so you are always striving to operate more efficiently and accomplish more. If you are just getting started with goal setting or are proficient at SMART goals, having a system for setting and tracking your goals is important. SMART goals is a small business planning process that uses certain criteria (i.e., specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-based) to determine if a goal makes sense and is achievable. The following presents goal-setting and tracking tools that can help you create, track, and achieve your most important goals. Whether you prefer to manage your goals on your smartphone or on your desktop computer, these tools can help you focus and achieve even your most ambitious goals. 01 of 10 GoalBuddy Screenshot © Goal-Buddy GoalBuddy is a free online goal tracking tool that helps you set and track your progress with the support of goal buddies who share similar goals, motivate you and keep you accountable to stay on track. The system consists of web-based training materials, web-based tools and exercises, and a free mobile application. 02 of 10 GoalEnforcer Screenshot © GoalEnforcer GoalEnforcer is visual goal-planning software for planning, focusing and accomplishing goals. Features include the ability to drag and drop to rearrange your goals, color coding, status reports, a progress chart, and a calendar view. The software is available for Windows, Android, IOS, and Mac OS X systems. Prices range from $14 to $67 for the starter, standard, and hyperfocus editions. 03 of 10 Goalscape Screenshot © Goalscape Goalscape is goal-setting software that helps you define, work on, and reach your highest goals. It includes a unique visual display to identify, develop, and communicate the key elements of any complex project, including overall structure, relative importance, and progress tracking. It's available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux systems. The software can be used for free or by paying a one-time fee of $60 for an unlimited plan. 04 of 10 GoalsOnTrack Screenshot © GoalsOnTrack GoalsOnTrack helps you identify and accomplish your goals by focusing on the right activities. Features of this tool include action planning, to-do lists, time tracking, accountability partners, and a mobile app that lets you take your goals with you. It's a web-based application, so you can use it from any internet-enabled computer. Membership for this service costs $68 per year. 05 of 10 Joe's Goals Screenshot © Joe's Goals Joe's Goals is a free powerful tool that helps ambitious goal setters track and manage their goals. The simple single page interface makes it easy to set up daily goals and track them. A daily score measures your success while helping you confront and overcome bad habits. You can add as many goals as you want and update them all from a single interface. 06 of 10 Lifetick Screenshot © Lifetick Lifetick is web-based software for setting goals and tracking achievements. It features an all-in-one dashboard that provides access to your goals, reminders, a journal, personal values, and individual tasks. Users can track up to four goals for free or track unlimited goals for $39 per year. 07 of 10 Single-step Screenshot © single-step Single-step is goal setting software that helps you identify the areas you would most like to change, and provides structure to assist you in defining and setting your goals. Features include graphs, reports, motivational cues, and external encouragement. Single-step is priced at $49.95 and is available for Windows systems only. 08 of 10 ClickUp ClickUp is a software application that helps you set goals and manage your progress in real-time. It provides you with different views of business goals and where you are in reaching them. For example, you can track employees' progress in completing tasks by accessing list view, box view, calendar view, or file view. The software can be used for free, which provides individuals with 100 megabytes of storage and unlimited tasks and users. However, for $5 per month, users get unlimited storage, views, integrations, reporting, guests and permissions; and goals, portfolios, and custom fields. 09 of 10 Milestone Planner Milestone Planner is an efficient application that helps you visualize your goals and keep them current. It allows you to click and drag information, which can then be exported for use in business documents and presentations. Milestone Planner is available in four editions: professional, team, business, and enterprise. Prices start at $8.80 a month. 10 of 10 Strides Strides is an efficient goal-tracking application set according to SMART methodology. Features include a dashboard that displays your goals, motivational charts that map your progress, four interface types that allow you to view information from various devices, and tracker templates. This application is only available on IOS systems. There is no fee for tracking up to three goals. However, to receive Strides Plus, you will need to pay for a monthly or annual subscription. Conclusion Regularly setting, tracking, and achieving business goals is a fundamental part of running a business. Each of these tools can help you track your progress, evaluate what you have accomplished, and determine where you need to focus more of your attention to ensure the future success of your enterprise.