Comparison

The Pattern vs stax

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • In-depth personality insights
  • Life cycle overview
  • Relationship compatibility
  • Cosmic climate analysis
  • Private in-depth conversations
  • Dating with depth insights
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

stax

Organize your discoveries into a personal library. Save links, photos, and notes from anywhere, then find them easily with smart search and custom decks. Keep track of places and experiences with ratings.

Highlights
  • Save from any app
  • Organize into custom decks
  • Smart search by name, place, category
  • Visual library of cards
  • Rate experiences (Yes, Meh, No)
  • Cross-device availability
  • Private library
Features
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stax turns the things you discover into a personal library you can actually find again. Save a restaurant from a public post, a hotel from a webpage, a screenshot from Photos, or a note to yourself. stax creates a Card with the source, useful details, and location context- then organizes related Cards into Decks. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE • Share public links, photos, and screenshots to stax from other apps • Paste a link or add context inside stax • Keep the original source connected to every Card FIND IT THE WAY YOU REMEMBER IT • Search names, places, categories, creators, and details • Use natural phrases such as “date night” or “places in Tokyo” • Return to the reason you saved something LET YOUR LIBRARY ORGANIZE ITSELF • Browse a quiet, visual library of Cards • Group ideas into custom Decks • Discover automatic Decks by trip, place, vibe, or category • Mark experiences Been and add a quick Yes, Meh, or No rating Your stax library is private to your account and available across devices. stax does not sell your data or use it for advertising.

Screenshots

The Pattern4 screens
stax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: stax at 5.0 against The Pattern's 4.0. stax also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 14). The Pattern's advantage is ratings volume (16K vs 2) and chart position (#28 vs unranked). 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. The Pattern sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. stax asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

stax 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
The Pattern versus stax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Patternstax
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (16K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings16K — better2
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#28 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB62 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPattern Home, Inc.Sovanza WooFur

Customer experience

The Pattern

All ratings15,413 ratings
Positive72.8%
Neutral6.2%
Negative21.0%
Written reviews1,781 reviews
Positive42.3%
Neutral14.7%
Negative43.0%

stax

All ratings2 ratings
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)

stax

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

The Pattern

Subscriptions8
  • 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
One-time5
  • Reveal - 1$0.99
  • Super Connect - 3 pack$8.99
  • 3 Custom Profile Slots$9.99
Show 2 more
  • 10 Custom Profile Slots$16.99
  • 20 Custom Profile Slots$19.99
None

stax

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Pattern free?
The Pattern is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is stax free?
stax is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Pattern or stax?
stax is rated higher. The Pattern averages 4.0 out of 5 from 16K ratings, while stax averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do The Pattern or stax have ads?
Neither The Pattern nor stax shows ads.

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