Patreon vs Dual N
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Patreon
Gain exclusive access to content from your favorite creators, including podcasts, videos, art, and more. Engage with creators and fellow fans in community chats and enjoy offline listening for audio content.
- Exclusive creator content access
- Community group chats
- Offline audio listening
- Personalized fan profiles
- Creator work collections
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Discover hundreds of thousands of podcasters, video makers, artists, musicians, marsupial mediators, fast food historians, and a kaleidoscopic cornucopia of creative people making what they love, not what they think will "perform." Get their best, most authentic, most exclusive work alongside millions of other people who know creativity is worth it. FIND creative people from every corner of the internet making what excites them. JOIN the communities of creators you love for free and keep up with everything they’re doing. UNLOCK exclusive posts and benefits through paid membership and one-time purchases. GATHER with creators and other fans in community chats and live streams. EXPLORE more creators, communities, and corners of creative subculture you’ll love. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Dual N
This app offers a scientifically proven memory workout by challenging users to remember both the position of a square and a spoken letter. The difficulty increases as users improve, requiring them to recall information from a specified number of turns ago.
- Memory and position recall
- Progress tracking
- Adjustable game duration
- Automatic level adjustment
- Dark Mode support
- Export gameplay data
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Dual N-back. Scientifically proven memory workout! - Every session consists of 40 turns. Each turn a square will light up in a 3x3 grid and a letter will be read out loud. - Your job is to remember both the letter and the position of the square - and then indicate when the current square or letter is the same as it was N turns ago. - As you get better, the number of turns N you have to remember is increased. *** Features *** - Track your progress - Toggle automatic level adjustment - Dark Mode support on iOS 13 - Change game duration and delay between readings - Landscape game play support - Change sounds - Inverse buttons - Exporting your gameplay data - Link your account with email *** Terms of Use *** - https://jensgrud.wixsite.com/nback/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Patreon at none against Dual N's 2. Patreon also leads on ratings volume (582K vs 1.2K) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Dual N's advantage is review sentiment (55% vs 41%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Dual N sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Patreon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Patreon holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patreon has 582K ratings behind it against 1.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Patreon's written reviews are positive against 55% of Dual N's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Patreon ships an update weekly, Dual N every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Patreon | Dual N |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (582K ratings) — better | 4.7 (1.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.1% of reviews | 55.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 582K — better | 1.2K |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #32 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patreon | Jens Grud |
Customer experience
Patreon
Dual N
User reviews
Patreon
From 582K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Podcast Lovers Get This!
- 🚀 Awesome platform for supporting creators
- 💡 Great way to find and support independent artists
- 👍 Worthwhile platform with useful content
- 👍 Able to support small animators
Room to improve
- 🐛 Lack of adjustment options
- 🐛 Website is better than app
- 🐛 Notifications don't work
- 🐛 Awful app with poor functionality
- 🐛 Technically it works but cumbersome
Dual N
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Effective memory training
- 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
- 🔒 No ads
- 💡 Customizable settings
- 👍 Solid dual n-back app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy behavior (unregistered clicks, sound issues)
- 💰 Subscription model for higher levels
- 🔍 Lack of clear instructions
- 🔍 Difficult for beginners
- 🔍 Uneven interval lengths
Bugs and requests
Patreon
Reported bugs
5 issues- Search function crashes the app
- Inability to access subscriptions on mobile
- Inconsistent episode tracking and playback
- Disappearing downloaded content
- Inability to log in with email
Requested features
8 requests- Face ID feature
- Ability to filter posts by year
- Playlist/queue functionality for audio/video
- Apple TV app
- Ability to search through subscribed creators' posts
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- Option to sort content chronologically
- Timestamp for comments
- Preview of creator's content before subscribing
Dual N
Reported bugs
5 issues- Sudden change in sound/language
- Accidental stop button presses
- Inconsistent level adjustments
- Scoring issues (e.g., combining square and sound scores)
- Compatibility problems on certain devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add N=1 level for beginners
- Improve statistics and progress tracking
- Allow changing sounds/visuals
- Extend game duration beyond 60 seconds
- Provide more detailed instructions
In-app purchases
Patreon
No in-app purchases
Dual N
- Dual N-Back pro$0.991 Month
- Dual N-back pro$7.991 Year
