The Pattern vs Intentionality
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Pattern
Discover your psychological blueprint and understand your relationships on a deeper level. This app offers insights into your personality, life cycles, and compatibility with others, helping you foster more meaningful connections.
- In-depth personality insights
- Life cycle overview
- Relationship compatibility
- Cosmic climate analysis
- Private in-depth conversations
- Dating with depth insights
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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
Intentionality
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Intentionality will take you on a powerful journey of feeling to healing! Discover the power of your breath, methods to recode your mind, and how to find what you are truly searching for. INFORMATION ABOUT THE APP AND PURCHASE OPTIONS By signing up, you will get access to subscription(s) that include features such as progress tracking, and offline sync. The download of Intentionality is free of charge. Should you use Intentionality to access in-app content via available subscription(s), a payment will be charged to your credit card after the trial period ends and when a subscription renews. A subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription period. There is no increase in price when renewing. Subscription(s) can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings in the App Store after purchase. Read our full Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy: https://passion.io/terms-of-service https://passion.io/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: The Pattern at none against Intentionality's shown. The Pattern also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and chart position (#31 vs unranked). Intentionality's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. The Pattern sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Intentionality sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.95 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
The Pattern ships an update weekly, Intentionality every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Pattern | Intentionality |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (15K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 42.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #31 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pattern Home, Inc. | Finnian Kelly |
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)
Intentionality
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Pattern
- Go Deeper+ Monthly$14.991 Month
- Connect+ Dating Quarterly$24.993 Months
- Connect+ Quarterly$24.993 Months
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- Go Deeper Quarterly (no audio)$29.993 Months
- Go Deeper+ Quarterly$29.993 Months
- Go Deeper Bi-annual$34.996 Months
- Go Deeper Annual (no audio)$83.991 Year
- Go Deeper+ Annual$83.991 Year
- Reveal - 1$0.99
- Super Connect - 3 pack$8.99
- 3 Custom Profile Slots$9.99
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- 10 Custom Profile Slots$16.99
- 20 Custom Profile Slots$19.99
Intentionality
- My Path7 Days trial$19.951 Month
Questions
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