Comparison

GoalBar vs PaperDue

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

Head to head
About

GoalBar

This app offers a visual way to track personal goals without pressure or guilt. It supports metric, binary, and manual goal types with customizable organization and reminders. View progress with beautiful charts and share achievements easily.

Highlights
  • Visual progress rings and bars
  • Customizable categories and colors
  • Optional deadlines and reminders
  • Home screen widgets
  • Progress sharing for social media
  • Monthly review feature
  • Light and dark mode
Features
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Track your goals with clarity, not pressure. GoalBar is a simple, visual goal tracker that helps you see your progress at a glance. No streaks to maintain. No guilt when you miss a day. Just clarity on what matters to you. THREE WAYS TO TRACK - Metric Goals: Track numbers toward a target (save $10K, read 24 books, run 100 miles) - Binary Goals: Simple yes/no completion (launch the app, get certified, buy a house) - Manual Goals: Set your own progress level for subjective goals (improve my health, learn guitar) FEATURES - Beautiful progress rings and bars that fill as you get closer to your goals - Organize goals with customizable categories and colors - Set optional deadlines and reminders - Home screen widgets to see your progress at a glance - Share your progress as beautiful images for social media - Monthly reviews to reflect on your progress - Light and dark mode - Available in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese GoalBar is currently completely free. No paywalls, no subscriptions, no limits. Whether you're tracking revenue targets, fitness goals, reading challenges, or personal milestones — GoalBar gives you a calm space to see how far you've come. Download now and start tracking what matters.

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

GoalBar4 screens
PaperDue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GoalBar at none against PaperDue's 1. GoalBar also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). PaperDue's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. GoalBar 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 GoalBar against 5.0 for PaperDue. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoalBar ships an update every 4 months, PaperDue weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
GoalBar versus PaperDue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoalBarPaperDue
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStrivian LLC梓豪 朱

In-app purchases

None

GoalBar

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PaperDue

One-time1
  • PaperDue Pro$1.99

Questions

Is GoalBar free?
GoalBar 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, GoalBar or PaperDue?
GoalBar and PaperDue are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do GoalBar or PaperDue have ads?
Neither GoalBar nor PaperDue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GoalBar or PaperDue?
GoalBar ships an update every 4 months, and PaperDue weekly. Most recently, GoalBar was updated on October 31, 2026 and PaperDue on November 5, 2026.

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