Comparison

ADHD Focus Life vs PaperDue

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

Head to head
About

ADHD Focus Life

Features
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ADHD Focus & Life is your supportive companion for daily focus, built from the ground up for how ADHD brains actually work. Most productivity apps weren't made for us — they assume you can just "be more organized." This app meets you where you are: with short attention spans, time blindness, task initiation struggles, and emotional swings. Every feature is designed to be low-friction, forgiving, and encouraging. WHAT'S INSIDE • Micro-Task Breakdown — turn overwhelming projects into tiny, doable steps. No more staring at a vague "Work on project" and feeling frozen. • Visual Pomodoro Timer — beautiful circular countdown with 25/5, 15/5, or 45/10 minute presets. Color shifts as time passes so you can feel the urgency without dread. • Big 3 Daily Focus — pick just three tasks each morning. Done with those? Bonus. Didn't get to them? Tomorrow's a new day. • Brain Dump — capture every thought instantly before it slips. Sort later, when you have energy. • Mood & Energy Tracking — log how you feel in seconds. The app learns your patterns and suggests tasks matched to your current state. • Gentle Reminders — multi-modal notifications that won't shame you. Quick chip presets (5 min, 15 min, 1 hour, tomorrow) or pick a custom time. • Gamification That Doesn't Punish — XP, streaks, levels, and daily rewards. Miss a day? Streak shields and forgiveness built in. • Ambient Sounds — rain, forest, café, white noise, lo-fi, plus binaural beats for focus and calm. All unlocked on Premium. • Face ID App Lock — protect mood and health data from casual observers. • 30 Languages — fully localized including Turkish, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, and 23 more. PREMIUM Unlock unlimited tasks and reminders, 50+ ambient sounds, advanced analytics, body doubling rooms, all themes, and remove ads. Weekly, monthly, annual, or lifetime — all start with a 7-day free trial. PRIVACY-FIRST Your tasks, moods, and health data live on your device by default. No tracking, no ads on Premium, no selling your information. Ever. MADE WITH CARE FOR ADHD MINDS We built this because we needed it. Every interaction is designed to be low cognitive load, with immediate visual and audio feedback, forgiveness for missed days, and encouragement over criticism. Welcome home. ——— LEGAL Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://sites.google.com/view/appadhd/terms Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/appadhd/ana-sayfa

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
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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

ADHD Focus Life4 screens
PaperDue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PaperDue at none against ADHD Focus Life's shown. ADHD Focus Life's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, in-app purchases 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. ADHD Focus Life sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and PaperDue sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ADHD Focus Life versus PaperDue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterADHD Focus LifePaperDue
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoseedo Turistik Yatirimlar Anonim Sirketi梓豪 朱

In-app purchases

4 purchases

ADHD Focus Life

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$47.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$149.99
1 purchases

PaperDue

One-time1
  • PaperDue Pro$1.99

Questions

Is ADHD Focus Life free?
ADHD Focus Life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PaperDue free?
PaperDue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ADHD Focus Life or PaperDue have ads?
ADHD Focus Life shows ads; PaperDue does not.

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