Upriser vs Congressa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Upriser
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STOP HITTING SNOOZE. WAKE UP ON YOUR FIRST ALARM. Upriser is the alarm clock that won't let you cheat. Instead of a dismiss button, every alarm launches a Wake-Up Mission: a physical challenge you complete before the sound stops. Built for heavy sleepers, chronic snoozers, and anyone who turns alarms off half asleep. WHY IT WORKS Willpower is weakest the moment you wake up. Upriser takes it out of the equation: your body starts moving before your brain can negotiate. Abandon a mission and the alarm comes back. There is no sleeping through it. CHOOSE YOUR MISSION β’ Shake: shake your phone up to 100 times. Gets your body moving before your brain catches up. β’ Sky Photo: step outside or to a window and photograph the sky. AI verifies it's real. β’ Make Bed: photograph your made bed. Your first win of the day, automated. β’ Object Hunt: find and photograph a random household object. 20 items in rotation. PERSONALIZED FOR YOU Tell Upriser what ruins your mornings: endless snoozing, dismissing alarms half asleep, or drifting back to bed. It recommends the exact mission that solves it. TRACK YOUR MOMENTUM β’ Routine streak: consecutive days you rose on time β’ Weekly rhythm: your consistency across the last 7 days β’ Average wake time: calculated from your last 14 sessions β’ Today's status: always know where you stand BUILT FOR RELIABILITY β’ Native iOS alarm scheduling: fires even when your phone is locked β’ Enforcement re-alarm if a mission is left incomplete β’ Recurring alarms for any days of the week β’ 11 alarm sounds: from gentle Forest Birds and Soft Piano to Thunderstorm and Classic Bell β’ Per-alarm volume, vibration, snooze, and label settings SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Upriser requires an active subscription to access all features, including alarm creation, Wake-Up Missions, AI photo verification, streak tracking, and alarm sounds. Subscription options and pricing are displayed before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation. Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings β Apple ID β Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hOn-AoypjbfOJo8pEmL0eyiuHktV--OJ7t66G5kX7JE Tomorrow morning, win before 7 AM. Download Upriser and complete your first mission.
Congressa
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Congressa is your conference programme in your pocket. It works without internet, too. WHY IT EXISTS At conferences I carried a folded paper programme in my jacket and unfolded it at every break to check when my talk was and in which room. I wanted the phone to tell me what is on now, what comes next and where to go, even in a congress hall with no signal. A SIMPLE START 1. Get the programme. Scan the QR code from the organiser or a colleague, paste the programme link, enter the conference website or open the PDF. Your name and an access code are optional. 2. For a programme from a website or PDF, check the recognised days, times and item types (lecture, posters, lunch, break, social programme). Fix anything with a tap. 3. That is it. The programme stays on your phone and the reminders are local: what, when and where, always before it starts. WHAT THE APP DOES β’ NOW β what is on right now, what comes next and your own next item. β’ PROGRAMME by day, with talks and posters inside their blocks, authors and paper codes. β’ MY PLAN β star what you do not want to miss; the app warns you about clashes. β’ I'M IN THE PROGRAMME β if you present, chair or guide, link yourself to your name: your slots are highlighted and reminded first. β’ REMINDERS BEFORE TALKS β 5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes, or a time of your own from 1 minute to 12 hours before every item. You also choose what the app reminds you about. β’ ORGANISER ANNOUNCEMENTS β programme changes and important messages right in the app, when the organiser uses a server. β’ REGISTRATIONS for workshops, dinner or the social programme, with capacity and a waiting list, when the organiser uses a server. β’ SHARE BY QR CODE β show the code and a colleague has the same programme within seconds, on iPhone and on Android (more below). β’ SEARCH by surname finds a talk even inside a block, with or without diacritics. β’ PLACES with directions in Maps, speakers and contact persons with a call button. β’ THIRTEEN LANGUAGES β Slovak, Czech, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Polish, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. You choose the app language yourself. β’ AI RECOGNITION (optional) reads even messy PDFs and websites, with your own API key or through the organiser's server. SHARING BETWEEN IPHONE AND ANDROID The QR code or invitation link from Congressa opens a small web page that takes care of the rest. If your colleague has the app, the programme opens right away. If not, the page sends an iPhone to the App Store and an Android phone to Google Play. After installing, the same programme loads by itself: automatically on Android, on iPhone with the βPaste programme linkβ button on the welcome screen. FOR ORGANISERS On Mac and iPad the app is also the conference back office: it imports the programme from a website, PDF, text or calendar, manages rooms, people, presentations and attendees, and publishes the programme to your own server in one click. The optional server sends push reminders, handles registrations with a waiting list and produces attendance lists. PRIVACY No account, no sign-up, no ads, no tracking. The programme and your plan stay on your device. Data leaves it only when you send it yourself: to the organiser's server that you enter, or to the AI recognition you start. FREE AND INDEPENDENT Congressa is an independent app and is not made by the conference organiser. For attendees it is free and unrestricted: no ads, no tracking, no locked features, no subscription. One physician builds it in his free time, and it is free so that everyone at a congress can have the programme at hand. If it helped you, you can leave an optional tip (a coffee, a lunch or a dinner). It unlocks nothing and only helps keep the app free for others. Author: JΓ‘n Ε ikuta. The app grew out of his own need at congresses. Contact: congressa@forensika.eu
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Congressa at none against Upriser's shown. Congressa also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Upriser sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Congressa sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Upriser ships an update every 9 days, Congressa every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Upriser | Congressa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days β better |
| Ads | Yes | No β better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac β better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Michal Parkitny | Jan Sikuta |
In-app purchases
Upriser
- Upriser Premium (Weekly)$4.997 Days
- Upriser Premium (Monthly)3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Upriser Premium (Monthly)3 Days trial$6.991 Month
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- Upriser Premium (Monthly)$6.991 Month
- Upriser Premium (Monthly)$9.991 Month
- Upriser Premium (Annual)$19.991 Year
- Upriser Premium (Annual)3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Upriser Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Upriser Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Upriser Premium (Lifetime)$99.99
Congressa
- Coffee$2.99
- Lunch$6.99
- Dinner$8.99









