How to turn goals back ON in Alto's Adventure

Solution 1:

It sounds like you accidentally activated Zen Mode.

The zen mode essentially takes the challenge out of the game; when you crash, you can simply pick up where you left off, and you can do new things like bounce off of rocks.

To disable Zen Mode, pause the game and press the “home” icon. From the home menu, swipe from the left or right edge of the screen to toggle Zen Mode on or off.

Zen Mode prompt