Comparison

Motivation Streaks vs PaperDue

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

Head to head
About

Motivation Streaks

This app helps you track your energy levels during activities, distinguishing between motivated and unmotivated sessions. It visualizes your patterns and provides insights to help you discover what truly energizes you and when to let go of draining pursuits.

Highlights
  • Motivated/unmotivated session tracking
  • Streak counters
  • Day-of-week energy patterns
  • Customizable quit alerts
  • Clean interface
Features
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Stop forcing things that drain you Motivation Streaks helps you track how your work actually feels—not just whether you showed up. Perfect for people who start lots of projects and need to separate fleeting ideas from the ones that actually light you up. Track energy, not discipline: After each session, log whether you felt motivated or unmotivated. The app shows your patterns over time with simple visual streaks and day-of-week insights. Permission to quit: When you log too many unmotivated sessions in a row, the app nudges you to reconsider. Life is too short to grind through things that don't energize you. Built for explorers: Great for people who are always trying new things—workouts, side projects, creative hobbies, learning goals. Use it to discover what actually motivates you instead of forcing perfect attendance. Features: • Simple motivated/unmotivated tracking • Streak counters that celebrate consistency • Day-of-week patterns to see when you're naturally energized • Customizable alerts when it might be time to move on • Clean, focused interface Find what lights you up. Let go of what doesn't.

About

PaperDue

Never miss a crucial submission deadline for AI research conferences. This app provides live countdowns, smart notifications, and conference rankings to help academics stay organized and focused on their work.

Highlights
  • Live countdown tracker for hundreds of conferences
  • Smart reminder notifications
  • CORE & CCF conference rankings
  • Dynamic Island countdown ticker
  • Home & Lock Screen widgets
  • Timeline & calendar view
  • Multi-timezone support
Features
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PAPERDUE — NEVER MISS A SUBMISSION DEADLINE Your next breakthrough paper deserves a shot. Don't let it miss the deadline. PaperDue is the essential deadline tracker built for AI researchers, PhD students, and academics who live and breathe conference submissions. Track CVPR, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, AAAI, ECCV, and hundreds more — all in one beautiful, distraction-free app. ———————————————————— WHY RESEARCHERS CHOOSE PAPERDUE ———————————————————— Conference season is brutal. You're juggling abstract deadlines, full-paper windows, rebuttal periods, and camera-ready dates — across dozens of venues simultaneously. Missing a deadline doesn't just mean disappointment; it means waiting another year. PaperDue keeps every critical date front and center, so you can focus on the science. —————— FEATURES —————— - LIVE COUNTDOWN TRACKER — Browse hundreds of AI, CV, NLP, and ML conferences sorted by urgency. Real-time day countdowns, second-precise timers for your followed venues. - SMART NOTIFICATIONS — Custom reminder alerts at 14, 7, 3 days or the day of — configured independently for abstract and full-paper deadlines. - CORE & CCF RANKINGS — Every conference tagged with its CORE (A*, A, B, C) and CCF (A, B, C) ranking. Filter instantly to surface only the venues that match your impact target. - DYNAMIC ISLAND COUNTDOWN — When a deadline enters the final 24 hours, a live ticker activates in the Dynamic Island. The most urgent alert on your phone. - HOME & LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS — Glance at your next deadline without opening the app. Multiple sizes with live countdown bars. - TIMELINE & CALENDAR — Visualize your full submission roadmap in a scrollable timeline or monthly calendar, with one-tap export to Apple Calendar. - MULTI-TIMEZONE SUPPORT — Local time, UTC, AoE, or any fixed offset. Essential for international submissions. ———————————— DESIGNED FOR FOCUS ———————————— No clutter. No social feed. No noise. The dark navy interface keeps your eyes comfortable during late-night writing sessions. —————————————— YOUR COMPETITIVE EDGE —————————————— The researchers who get accepted aren't always the ones with the best ideas — they're the ones who submitted on time, without the last-minute panic. Download free. Upgrade when you're ready.

Screenshots

Motivation Streaks4 screens
PaperDue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Motivation Streaks at none against PaperDue's 1. Motivation Streaks also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). PaperDue's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. PaperDue sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Motivation Streaks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Motivation Streaks against 5.0 for PaperDue. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Motivation Streaks ships an update every 6 weeks, PaperDue weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Motivation Streaks versus PaperDue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMotivation StreaksPaperDue
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperOne Step LLC梓豪 朱

In-app purchases

None

Motivation Streaks

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PaperDue

One-time1
  • PaperDue Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Motivation Streaks free?
Motivation Streaks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PaperDue free?
PaperDue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Motivation Streaks or PaperDue?
Motivation Streaks and PaperDue are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Motivation Streaks or PaperDue have ads?
Neither Motivation Streaks nor PaperDue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Motivation Streaks or PaperDue?
Motivation Streaks ships an update every 6 weeks, and PaperDue weekly. Most recently, Motivation Streaks was updated on November 3, 2026 and PaperDue on November 5, 2026.

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