Comparison

DueView vs Spoons

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

Head to head
About

DueView

Features
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Your reminders, scored. See what you finish, what needs attention, and when you work best. DueView turns the reminders you already keep in Apple Reminders into a clear picture of your progress. Explore your week without another list to maintain. YOUR PROGRESS, AT A GLANCE • Completion score — see how much of your selected work is complete. • On-time rate — unfinished tasks count against your rate once their deadline and any grace period have passed. • Past due — see what’s overdue and how long the oldest task has been waiting. • Average delay — understand how late you tend to finish when you miss a deadline. • Per-list breakdown — compare your lists and see where work is building up. • Trends — compare matching periods to see how your progress is changing. EXPLORE THE DETAILS Tap a statistic to see the reminders behind it. Review overdue tasks oldest first, explore your completion history, and open Apple Reminders when you’re ready to take action. Touch or drag across a chart to explore individual days and periods. MAKE IT YOURS Choose a look that feels right: • Classic — a colorful gauge with light and dark appearances. Included free. • Graphite — a precise dial on a dark background. Available with DueView Plus. • Paper — bold numbers and a simple grid in black and white. Available with DueView Plus. Your dashboard, widgets, and app icon change to match your selected theme. KEEP YOUR WEEK IN VIEW Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets put your score, recent progress, and today’s reminders within easy reach. On iPhone Duo, wider layouts give your score, charts, and task details more room. DUEVIEW PLUS One purchase. No subscription. Unlock: • Graphite and Paper themes, with matching widgets and app icons • Longer history: 1 month, 3 months, 1 year, or all time • Best Day: discover which weekday you finish the most • Peak Hours: see when you get things done • Custom grace periods: choose how late still counts as on time CLEAR ABOUT WHAT COUNTS Tasks without due dates can’t be judged for timeliness. Repeating reminders reflect their current occurrence rather than a complete history of every repetition. DueView explains these limits on screen so you can understand what your numbers represent. PRIVATE BY DESIGN DueView processes your reminders on your device and never changes them. No account or sign-in is required. WORKS WITH APPLE REMINDERS Allow access to the reminders you already use and start exploring your progress. Keep managing your tasks in Apple Reminders — DueView gives you a clearer view of them.

About

Spoons

This app helps manage your daily energy levels by assigning tasks a 'spoon' cost. It visually tracks your available energy and task commitments, preventing overcommitment and promoting a guilt-free approach to productivity, especially for those with chronic conditions or fatigue.

Highlights
  • Spoon-based energy tracking
  • Manual task placement
  • Honest bucket caps
  • Calm task carryover
  • Low Energy Mode
  • Projects, tags, priorities
Features
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Plan your day around the energy you actually have — not the energy you wish you had. Spoons is an energy-aware task planner built around Spoon Theory. Set your capacity for the day, give each task an energy cost, and see what you can realistically take on before you've overcommitted. Spoon theory was named by Christine Miserandino, who used a handful of spoons to explain to a friend what living with lupus felt like. The idea is simple: every task costs energy, and you only have so much to spend each day. Spoons turns that idea into a practical planner. HOW IT WORKS Each morning, tell Spoons how many spoons you have today. Rate tasks from 1 to 5 based on how much energy they take, then decide where they belong: • Today • Tomorrow • Next Day • Soon • Someday • On Hold Each bucket has a spoon cap, so you can see how much of your available energy you've committed. If you're taking on too much, Spoons gently pushes back — rebalance your day, or consciously decide that today is a bigger day than usual. Anything you don't finish rolls forward automatically. No guilt. No streaks. No shame. WHY SPOONS IS DIFFERENT • Plan around energy, not just time. See what you can realistically fit into the capacity you have today. • You stay in control. Place tasks where you want them. No algorithm decides what your day should look like. • See your limits before you hit them. Spoon caps show how full your day is. • Unfinished tasks roll forward instead of becoming another thing to feel guilty about. • Built for low-energy days. Low Energy Mode hides everything that isn't Critical or High priority when you need to simplify your day. • Projects, tags, due dates, and priorities give you the fundamentals of a task manager — without the pressure. • Light and dark themes follow your system settings. FREE FOREVER The full task manager is free. You don't need an account to use Spoons, and your tasks are stored locally on your device. There is no paywall blocking the core task-planning experience. Use Spoons for as long as you want without paying for Premium. PREMIUM When you're ready for more: • Cloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and soon the web • Recurring tasks — daily, weekly, monthly, or every X days • Full-text search across tasks, notes, and tags • Completion statistics and a yearly heatmap to see your patterns • Quick-add bar — add a task without opening a detail screen Premium is $3.99/month or $29.99/year and includes a 7-day free trial. WHO IS SPOONS FOR? • People living with chronic illness, fatigue, or pain conditions • People with ADHD who need a smaller, more realistic to-do list • Anyone recovering from burnout • Anyone who regularly plans more than they can realistically accomplish • Anyone who's tired of ending the day feeling like they "didn't do enough" Your energy isn't unlimited. Your planner shouldn't pretend that it is. PRIVACY Free users never need to sign in, and your tasks stay on your device. Spoons collects basic, anonymous usage analytics — such as app opens, daily check-ins, and task activity — tied to a private device ID rather than your name or email. This helps us understand whether Spoons is helping people and improve the app. There is no advertising, third-party analytics SDKs, ad tracking, or data brokerage. Premium cloud sync is opt-in and runs through Supabase. Subscriptions are managed through RevenueCat and Apple, which receive your purchase and subscription status. We don't sell your data. Spoons is inspired by Christine Miserandino's essay at butyoudontlooksick.com. Spoon theory belongs to the community; this app is a love letter to it. Subscription terms: Spoons Premium automatically renews until cancelled. Manage or cancel through your Apple ID subscription settings. Cancelling stops future renewals; existing paid periods are not refunded. The free trial converts to a paid subscription unless cancelled at least 24 hours before it ends.

Screenshots

DueView3 screens
Spoons4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Spoons at every 9 days against DueView's every 6 weeks. Spoons also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. DueView sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Spoons sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DueView against 5.0 for Spoons. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DueView ships an update every 6 weeks, Spoons every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
DueView versus Spoons: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDueViewSpoons
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJudeWorksMatthew Beste

Customer experience

DueView

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Spoons

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

DueView

One-time1
  • DueView Plus$0.99
2 purchases

Spoons

Subscriptions2
  • Spoons Premium Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Spoons Premium Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is DueView free?
DueView is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spoons free?
Spoons is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DueView or Spoons?
DueView and Spoons are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do DueView or Spoons have ads?
Neither DueView nor Spoons shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DueView or Spoons?
DueView ships an update every 6 weeks, and Spoons every 9 days. Most recently, DueView was updated on October 28, 2026 and Spoons on October 16, 2026.

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