Comparison

NextPaper vs Superior 15

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

Head to head
About

NextPaper

Features
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NextPaper is a Zotero companion that turns your library into a reading queue. Zotero is great for collecting papers, but it’s easy to lose track of what to read next. NextPaper gives your library a simple structure you can actually work through. Browse your collections, pick papers that matter, and add them to your NextPaper list. When you finish reading something, mark it as read and move on. Your progress is reflected directly in Zotero, so everything stays in sync. See the essentials at a glance — title, authors, abstract, and publication — without needing a desktop app. Designed for researchers who already use Zotero. There’s no new account to create. Just connect your library and start organizing your reading. Your data stays yours. NextPaper uses secure OAuth to connect to Zotero and doesn’t store your password or your library content.

About

Superior 15

This app divides your day into 15-minute segments, allowing you to log activities and categorize them. It provides visual statistics to reveal how your time is spent, promoting a new approach to productivity without complex planning.

Highlights
  • 15-minute time blocking
  • Activity logging
  • Categorization of tasks
  • Visual statistics
  • No account required
  • Simple interface
Features
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A time tracker that splits your day into 15-minute blocks. That's the whole idea. 96 blocks a day, from when you wake up to when you go to sleep. You write down what you did in each one. Nothing more complicated than that. We promise it will change the way you work, the way you doomscroll, and the way you function. Not because it nags you, but because for the first time you'll see, in plain numbers, exactly where your time goes. This is a new way to be productive. You don't plan your day. You track it, fifteen minutes at a time. (4x 15 minute blocks make an hour. A day equals 96 blocks.) HOW IT WORKS 1. Open the app, no account, no sign-up. 2. Tap any 15-minute block and type what you just did, like "deep work," "lunch," or "doomscrolling." 3. Give the block a category, like Work, Gym, or Sleep, so you can see where your time goes. 4. Did one thing for hours? Fill the whole stretch with a single category in one step. 5. Open Stats and watch your real day show up in color. Five minutes of tracking a day. That's the entire commitment.

Screenshots

NextPaper4 screens
Superior 154 screens

Verdict

The call

NextPaper and Superior 15 are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NextPaper ships an update every 5 days, Superior 15 every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
NextPaper versus Superior 15: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextPaperSuperior 15
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSERGEY EPIFANOVMateo Landry

In-app purchases

None

NextPaper

No in-app purchases

None

Superior 15

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NextPaper free?
NextPaper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Superior 15 free?
Superior 15 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NextPaper or Superior 15 have ads?
Neither NextPaper nor Superior 15 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NextPaper or Superior 15?
NextPaper ships an update every 5 days, and Superior 15 every 10 days. Most recently, NextPaper was updated on October 11, 2026 and Superior 15 on October 21, 2026.

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