Comparison

The Pattern vs TagAlong Events

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

Head to head
About

The Pattern

This app provides personalized insights into your personality, relationships, and life cycles. It uses a unique algorithm to offer a psychological blueprint and help you understand yourself and others on a deeper level. Explore compatibility, influential timing, and discover new content to enhance self-discovery.

Highlights
  • Personalized psychological blueprint
  • Relationship compatibility analysis
  • Influential life cycle insights
  • Dating with depth feature
  • In-depth conversation feature
  • Audio episodes and guides
Features
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Created to help you feel seen and understood. A homegrown labor of love, The Pattern was born out of our founder’s personal journey of self-discovery. While trying to make sense of a challenging time, she recognized what an incredibly empowering tool our birth charts can be and sought to develop an application that could offer this information in a way that was easily digestible for all. Offering a psychological blueprint of one’s self and insight into the unique things they may be experiencing during a period of time, The Pattern acts as a mirror, helping you to better understand yourself and others, enabling connections to be made on a much deeper level. As featured in Vanity Fair, Time, TechCrunch, Vogue, Bustle, Mashable, Harper’s Bazaar, among others. For answers to commonly asked questions, please visit: https://thepattern.zendesk.com/hc/ For additional customer support, please email us: contact@thepattern.com FEATURES - *NEW: Explore yourself and your bonds on an even deeper level with the In-Depth conversation feature, powered by Your Pattern and completely private and secure. Talk about any of your relationship types including family and coworkers. - Your Pattern: In-depth insight into your unique personality traits and human design. - Your Transits: An informative overview of influential timing cycles you may encounter throughout your life - past, present and future. - Bonds: Explore your unique compatibility with friends and romantic interests. Gain valuable information about your most important relationships - or those of your favorite Public Figures. - Romantic Patterns: Gain valuable insight into your romantic dynamics with another individual; explore your strongest connections, and identify potential challenges that may require more thoughtful communication. - Friendship Patterns: Take a deep dive into your friends’ patterns to better understand the ways in which you can support one another. - Discover Collections: A mix of insights and brand new audio episodes about various aspects, as well as New Moon Guides, immersive audio, and more. New Collections & audio episodes released throughout the month. - Cosmic Climate: Influential cycles that may be affecting all of us collectively. Some people will feel these energies more personally than others. - Custom Friends: Create a profile for anyone to learn about your similarities and the various cycles they may be experiencing at any point in time. - Connect: Dating with Depth. Utilizing The Pattern’s proprietary algorithm, Connect offers insight into your compatibility with potential matches, enabling you to make more meaningful connections from the start. Follow @ThePattern on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter. Share your favorite insights from The Pattern using #ThePattern The Pattern offers in-app purchases that enhance the user experience. Auto-renewing “Go Deeper+” subscriptions may be purchased to unlock additional content starting at $14.99 USD per month. Subscriptions are entirely optional and may be canceled at any time. Details are available in the Terms of Service, available here: https://www.thepattern.com/terms.html

About

TagAlong Events

This app facilitates connections between people by allowing anyone to host or join activities based on shared interests. Event details are only revealed once both the host and participant mutually agree to connect.

Highlights
  • Host activities
  • Join activities
  • Mutual consent connection
  • Event detail unlocking
  • Shared interest matching
Features
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TagAlong Events connects people with people through shared interests. Anyone can host an activity. Anyone can ask to TagAlong. Only when both Host & TagAlong choose each other, are the event details unlocked and connections made. TagAlong Events subscription plans: 1 Month: $7.99 3 Months: $18.99($6.33/mo) 6 Months: $34.99($5.83/mo) Payments and Renewal: Payment will be charged to the iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hour's before the end of the current period. You can manage or turn off auto-renew in your Account settings at any time after purchase No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active period. Term of use -https://tagalongevents.com/terms-of-use-1 Privacy policy: https://tagalongevents.com/privacy-policy-1

Screenshots

The Pattern4 screens
TagAlong Events4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TagAlong Events at 100% against The Pattern's 42%. TagAlong Events also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). The Pattern's advantage is ratings volume (16K vs 12) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. The Pattern sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and TagAlong Events sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TagAlong Events holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Pattern has 16K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of The Pattern's written reviews are positive against 100% of TagAlong Events's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Pattern ships an update weekly, TagAlong Events every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
The Pattern versus TagAlong Events: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe PatternTagAlong Events
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (16K ratings)5.0 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16K — better12
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#32 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB78 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperPattern Home, Inc.TagAlong LLC (US)

Customer experience

The Pattern

All ratings15,854 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral6.0%
Negative20.5%
Written reviews1,781 reviews
Positive42.3%
Neutral14.7%
Negative43.0%

TagAlong Events

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

The Pattern

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to change profile picture
  • Inconsistent login and account issues
  • Glitches with bonds and connections

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add family/friendship compatibility
  • Provide astrological context for insights
  • Improve personalization and customization
  • Streamline navigation and reduce clutter
  • Offer a more balanced tone (positive and negative)

TagAlong Events

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

The Pattern

Subscriptions6
  • Go Deeper+ Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Connect+ Quarterly$24.993 Months
  • Go Deeper Quarterly (no audio)$29.993 Months
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  • Go Deeper+ Quarterly$29.993 Months
  • Go Deeper Annual (no audio)$83.991 Year
  • Go Deeper+ Annual$83.991 Year
One-time4
  • Super Connect - 3 pack$8.99
  • 3 Custom Profile Slots$9.99
  • 10 Custom Profile Slots$16.99
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  • 20 Custom Profile Slots$19.99
4 purchases

TagAlong Events

Subscriptions3
  • TagAlong 1 Month Subscription$7.991 Month
  • TagAlong 3 Month Subscription$18.993 Months
  • TagAlong 6 Month Subscription$34.996 Months
One-time1
  • Tagalong DayPass$0.99

Questions

Is The Pattern free?
The Pattern is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TagAlong Events free?
TagAlong Events is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Pattern or TagAlong Events?
TagAlong Events is rated higher. The Pattern averages 4.0 out of 5 from 16K ratings, while TagAlong Events averages 5.0 from 12 ratings.
Do The Pattern or TagAlong Events have ads?
Neither The Pattern nor TagAlong Events shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Pattern or TagAlong Events?
The Pattern ships an update weekly, and TagAlong Events every 4 weeks. Most recently, The Pattern was updated on November 5, 2026 and TagAlong Events on November 3, 2026.

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