Comparison

Due Pal vs Headwayflow

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

Head to head
About

Due Pal

This app provides a persistent visual countdown to your next scheduled event, designed to combat time blindness for individuals with ADHD. It offers customizable visual styles and smart reminders to help manage transitions between tasks and appointments.

Highlights
  • Persistent visual countdown
  • Always-visible on Lock Screen/Dynamic Island
  • Two visual styles: Flip Clock & Digital
  • Smart transition reminders
  • Flexible daily scheduling
  • High-contrast readable design
Features
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If you have ADHD, you know the feeling: you glance at the clock, it says 2:15. You look again — it's 4:47. Two and a half hours vanished. Your meeting started 17 minutes ago. This is time blindness. It isn't laziness or carelessness — your brain genuinely doesn't feel time passing. A clock tells you what time it is. DuePal shows you how much time you have left. HOW IT WORKS Set the anchor points of your day once: 9:30 — Stand-up 12:00 — Lunch 14:00 — Focus block 17:30 — Wrap up 18:30 — Pick up kids DuePal counts down to the next one, live. When it arrives, the countdown hands over to the next on its own — no timers to restart, no alarms to set again. Add a start time and a progress bar fills as the window runs out. ALWAYS IN SIGHT • Lock Screen Live Activity and Dynamic Island, with a Skip button • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets in every size • Apple Watch app with complications • Control Center control, Siri and Shortcuts You never have to remember to check. The countdown is already there. A HEADS-UP BEFORE EVERY SWITCH For ADHD brains the hard part isn't the task — it's switching. Get a heads-up minutes before each due, then a reminder when it arrives. On iOS 26 and later, dues can ring as real system alarms, even in Silent mode. WORKDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Weekday dues skip your country's public holidays automatically — 20 countries and regions supported, including make-up workdays in mainland China and Taiwan. Skip a single day off with one tap. COUNTDOWNS FOR THE DAYS AHEAD Weekend, payday, the next public holiday, birthdays, trips and exams. Pin the one you care about to the top and to your widgets. MADE TO BE READ AT A GLANCE Sixteen clock styles, from a flip clock to a progress ring, and twelve color themes. High contrast, large numbers, no clutter — you should know how much time you have in under a second. Go full screen to read it from across the room. QUICK TO SET UP Start from routine templates or a quick 25-minute timer. iCloud keeps your dues the same on iPhone and iPad. WHO DUEPAL IS FOR Adults with ADHD who lose track of time between meetings and tasks. Students who miss class changes and study blocks. Parents juggling school pickup, meals and bedtime. Anyone who has set a 15-minute timer and been shocked when it went off "already." WHY NOT A REGULAR TIMER A timer counts a set length, stops at zero, and has to be started again every time. DuePal counts to the times of your whole day, repeats on workdays, knows your holidays and moves on to the next thing by itself. FREE AND PREMIUM DuePal is free to download. The free version includes two dues, two countdowns of your own, the Live Activity, Dynamic Island and the Current Due widget. DuePal Premium adds unlimited dues and countdowns, Ring as Alarm, public-holiday skipping, the Apple Watch app and complications, the Countdowns widget, and every clock style and color theme. Choose a weekly or yearly subscription (the yearly plan starts with a 3-day free trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase. If you bought DuePal before it was free, Premium is already yours. No ads, no account. Privacy: https://elevenapril.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://elevenapril.com/terms

About

Headwayflow

Features
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Headwayflow is a daily planner for brains that experience time differently. Your day sits on one timeline, split into Now, Soon and Later. What's close is vivid and clear; what's further out is soft and blurred. Nothing to configure, and nothing keeping score. Timeline • Now, Soon and Later recalculate every minute, so there's nothing to sort by hand. • The Spotlight section holds one task at a time, with a gentle bar that shows when it's running long. • Size a task with one tap: quick, short, solid or deep. • Set today's energy to low, medium or high, and suggestions follow it. • When a gap opens, Headwayflow offers exactly one task that fits, and offers less on low-energy days. SAFETY NETS • Earlier section holds up to two things that slipped, so misses never pile up. • Containment Mode feature collapses the timeline on overloaded days. • Done Today counts what you finished today. FURTHER OUT • Someday tab act as a task backlog but keeps ideas one card at a time. Cards you don't touch archive themselves after 45 days. • Plan tab shows the weeks ahead as load, not a wall of task names. • Calendar sync brings in events from Google, Microsoft and iCloud calendars, with a heads-up buffer before each one. Plain, forward-looking language throughout. No streaks, no "overdue", no guilt. Headwayflow is a planning tool, not a medical device. It does not diagnose or treat any condition. SUBSCRIPTION Start with a 14-day free trial, then choose monthly or yearly for full access. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the trial ends, or when you confirm the purchase if you're not eligible for the trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings › [your name] › Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.headwayflow.com/terms/ End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.headwayflow.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Due Pal4 screens
Headwayflow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Headwayflow at 16.4 against Due Pal's 18.0. On price, update cadence, 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. Due Pal sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Headwayflow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Due Pal ships an update every 9 days, Headwayflow every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Due Pal versus Headwayflow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDue PalHeadwayflow
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB81 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer帅 陈Black Robin Innovation

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Due Pal

Subscriptions3
  • DuePal Premium Weekly$1.997 Days
  • DuePal Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • DuePal Premium Yearly3 Days trial$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • DuePal Premium Lifetime$17.99
2 purchases

Headwayflow

Subscriptions2
  • Headwayflow Monthly14 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Headwayflow Annual14 Days trial$99.001 Year

Questions

Is Due Pal free?
Due Pal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Headwayflow free?
Headwayflow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Due Pal or Headwayflow have ads?
Neither Due Pal nor Headwayflow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Due Pal or Headwayflow?
Due Pal ships an update every 9 days, and Headwayflow every 5 days. Most recently, Due Pal was updated on November 5, 2026 and Headwayflow on October 31, 2026.

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