Comparison

Trakeo vs Paper Maker

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

Head to head
About

Trakeo

This app helps you stay intentional by tracking activities, setting goals, and reflecting on progress. It allows you to dedicate more time to personal growth, skill development, and meaningful pursuits.

Highlights
  • Activity tracking
  • Goal setting
  • Session timers
  • Journaling and reflection
  • Progress visualization
  • Widget support
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Life moves fast, and it is easy to lose sight of the things you actually want to do. Trakeo helps you stay intentional: reach goals, grow skills, and spend more time on what truly matters. Create activities for anything you care about such as studying, practicing an instrument, exercising, or spending quality time with family. Set clear goals, start timers with one tap, and write short journal entries after each session to reflect on what you achieved or learned. Over time, Trakeo shows your real progress and how consistent you have become. Reach your goals • Define daily or weekly targets • Watch your progress build over time • Stay motivated with insights and history Make time for growth and balance • Track focus sessions directly from widgets or Live Activities • Review your history and reflections • Sync securely through iCloud across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch Full Apple Watch experience Trakeo on Apple Watch is a complete app, not just a companion. You can view activities, start and stop timers, check progress, and journal sessions directly from your wrist—everything works independently, even when your phone is away. Widgets for instant tracking Add Trakeo widgets to your Home Screen or Lock Screen to start or stop activities instantly. Stay focused without opening the app, and see your current progress at a glance. Perfect for • Study and learning routines • Music or instrument practice • Creative projects and hobbies • Fitness, mindfulness, or family time Trakeo — Track. Reflect. Grow. Reach your goals and spend time on what truly matters.

About

Paper Maker

Create custom paper templates for notes and journaling. Design lined, graph, dot grid, or Cornell pages with adjustable spacing, colors, and sizes. Export as high-quality PDFs for use in other apps or printing.

Highlights
  • Customizable paper templates
  • Adjustable line/dot spacing
  • Multiple page layouts (lined, graph, dot, Cornell)
  • Customizable page size and orientation
  • Dark mode paper option
  • Vector PDF export
  • Multi-page file creation
Features
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Your note app comes with a few built-in papers, and none of them are quite right. The line spacing is off, the grid squares are the wrong size, there's no dark page for writing at night, and the template packs sold online come in sizes that don't fit your screen. Paper Maker makes the paper itself. Pick a template, set the size and spacing, choose your colors, and save a clean PDF to Files, your note app, or a printer. Pages are drawn as vector lines, so they stay sharp at any zoom and the files stay small. PICK A TEMPLATE Lined paper in wide, narrow, or college ruled spacing. Graph paper with the square size you choose. Dot grid for bullet journals and sketching. Cornell pages with the cue column and summary space already laid out. MAKE IT YOURS Page size for iPad note apps (4:3), A4, or US Letter. Portrait or landscape. Line and dot spacing from 2 to 15 mm, in half-millimeter steps. Line color, paper color, and dark pages for writing at night. Set the page margin and how many pages the file should have. SAVE IT ANYWHERE Export goes through the iOS share sheet, so the PDF goes wherever you write: Files, your note app, email, or a printer. ASKS FOR NOTHING No account, no sign-up, no permissions. Paper Maker never asks for your camera, photos, or microphone. You make and export paper offline, and your pages are never uploaded anywhere. WHY PAPER MAKER - Vector PDF pages that stay sharp at any zoom - Multi-page files, up to 50 pages at once - Dark paper that's easy to read at night - Collects nothing - No third-party ads Paper Maker is free, and nothing in it is locked behind a purchase. Need to add writing room to a PDF you already have, like a worksheet or a slide deck? That's our other app, PagePrep. Paper Maker makes new paper; PagePrep preps the documents you already own.

Screenshots

Trakeo4 screens
Paper Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Trakeo and Paper Maker are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Trakeo versus Paper Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrakeoPaper Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoy AntebiPrashant Angyan

In-app purchases

None

Trakeo

No in-app purchases

None

Paper Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Trakeo free?
Trakeo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paper Maker free?
Paper Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Trakeo or Paper Maker?
Trakeo and Paper Maker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Trakeo or Paper Maker have ads?
Neither Trakeo nor Paper Maker shows ads.

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