Comparison

Danger Notes vs Athena Eye Control

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Danger Notes

This app is designed to combat writer's block by requiring continuous typing to save your work. If you stop typing, all unsaved progress is permanently deleted, encouraging a consistent writing flow.

Highlights
  • Continuous typing required to save
  • Work deleted if typing stops
  • Fights writer's block
  • Encourages writing flow
  • Suitable for essays, books, and lyrics
Features
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Don’t stop typing. If you do, all your work will disappear and be gone forever. Danger Notes is the ultimate writing tool to help fight writer’s block. Whether you are writing a term paper, an essay, a book, your best-man speech, promising rap lyrics or just free writing, Danger Notes will help you fight writer’s block by forcing you to keep writing in order to save your progress from being deleted. The theory behind this wonderful writing tool, is that by pressuring you to keep writing, you will be forced to formulate an actual flow of written work instead of just staring at a blank document for 2 hours with no progress to show for. The more words you type the easier it will be to break past your writer's block and keep typing. Break writer's block with Danger Notes.

About

Athena Eye Control

This app uses eye tracking and AI to automatically scroll content as you read, adapting to your speed and focus. It offers eye gestures for navigation and reading aids like rulers to improve comprehension and accessibility.

Highlights
  • Eye-controlled smart scrolling
  • Simple eye gesture swiping
  • Cursor control via eye tracking
  • Multiple reading modes
  • Clutter-free reader view
  • Content sharing from other apps
Features
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Athena Reader is a smarter, easier, more accessible way to read. Using eye tracking and artificial intelligence, Athena’s patented technology detects when, where, and how fast you are reading and automatically scrolls the display accordingly. If you can’t touch your screen or you prefer not to, you can use simple eye gestures to swipe up and down. If you have trouble focusing or remembering what you read, Athena’s reading rulers paired with Eye Control, will help keep you on track. Key Features: -Reading Detection with Smart Scroll tracks when, where, and how fast you are reading and automatically scrolls the content for you. If you skip a few lines or read past a picture, Athena scrolls that much more. -Simple Eye Gestures allow you to swipe up and down with the blink of an eye. -Use eye tracking to move the cursor and test gaze estimation. -Choose from three different reading modes to accommodate your reading needs, Fullscreen, Focus, and Highlight. -Reader view automatically strips out the clutter, like ads, pop ups, and other distracting elements so you can focus on what’s important. -Share content from any web browser or iOS application directly to Athena. If you have questions, feedback, or requests, please email us at: contact@athenahci.com

Screenshots

Danger Notes4 screens
Athena Eye Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Athena Eye Control at none against Danger Notes's 5. Athena Eye Control also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). Danger Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (2.3K vs 12). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Danger Notes sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Athena Eye Control asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Danger Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Danger Notes has 2.3K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Danger Notes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Athena Eye Control's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Danger Notes ships an update every 10 days, Athena Eye Control every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Danger Notes versus Athena Eye Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDanger NotesAthena Eye Control
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.3K ratings) — better4.6 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews83.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.3K — better12
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB128 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVillegas Ventures LLCAthena Accessible Technology, Inc.

Customer experience

Danger Notes

All ratings2,289 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.5%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews129 reviews
Positive83.7%
Neutral7.8%
Negative8.5%

Athena Eye Control

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Danger Notes

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Accidental deletion of work
  • Overlapping text when reaching page limit
  • Glitches after updating to iOS 16

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add writing prompts
  • Implement a pause/resume function
  • Provide formatting options
  • Allow setting word count goals
  • Add a way to export or share written work
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  • Offer a desktop version
  • Implement a daily writing reminder

Athena Eye Control

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Danger Notes

One-time5
  • Support Danger Notes via a Tip$0.99
  • Support Danger Notes via a Tip$1.99
  • Support Danger Notes via a Tip$2.99
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  • Support Danger Notes via a Tip$3.99
  • Buy Me Coffee$4.99
None

Athena Eye Control

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Danger Notes free?
Danger Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Athena Eye Control free?
Athena Eye Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Danger Notes or Athena Eye Control?
Danger Notes is rated higher. Danger Notes averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.3K ratings, while Athena Eye Control averages 4.6 from 12 ratings.
Do Danger Notes or Athena Eye Control have ads?
Danger Notes shows ads; Athena Eye Control does not.
Which is updated more often, Danger Notes or Athena Eye Control?
Danger Notes ships an update every 10 days, and Athena Eye Control every 2 months. Most recently, Danger Notes was updated on October 13, 2026 and Athena Eye Control on September 26, 2026.

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