Comparison

Habits vs PaperDue

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

Head to head
About

Habits

Features
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Habits is a totally free habit tracker that focuses on doing one thing well. It helps you stay consistent with a simple daily flow and a flexible weekly plan. Daily check-ins See today’s habits at a glance. Tap to complete, track streaks and keep momentum. Weekly planning Set what you intend to do each day of the week and adjust mid-week when plans change. Heatmaps Visualize your history so patterns are easy to spot. Fill in missed days when you need to. Widgets Add a heatmap widget to your Home Screen to visualise your progress, that can be configured per habit. Privacy Your data stays on your device. Whether you are building one small routine or many habits at once, Habits gives you a clear view of what is planned, what is done and where to improve next.

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

Habits4 screens
PaperDue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Habits at none against PaperDue's 1. PaperDue's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Habits asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Habits ships an update every 2 months, PaperDue weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Habits versus PaperDue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabitsPaperDue
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThemistoklis Valtinos梓豪 朱

In-app purchases

None

Habits

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PaperDue

One-time1
  • PaperDue Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Habits free?
Habits is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PaperDue free?
PaperDue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Habits or PaperDue have ads?
Neither Habits nor PaperDue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Habits or PaperDue?
Habits ships an update every 2 months, and PaperDue weekly. Most recently, Habits was updated on October 31, 2026 and PaperDue on November 5, 2026.

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