Comparison

Unreached Data Gathering vs Pattern for Life

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

Head to head
About

Unreached Data Gathering

Document the world's least-reached ethnic people groups by reporting their names, locations, and gospel exposure. This app leverages camera and GPS for missionaries and travelers to share vital information from remote areas.

Highlights
  • Document unreached people groups
  • Report name, location, and gospel exposure
  • Utilizes camera and GPS
  • Ideal for missionaries and travelers
  • Contributes to gospel advancement
Features
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Help advance the gospel of Jesus Christ! Join the Joshua Project in their mission to document the world’s least-reached ethnic people groups. The Unreached Photo and Data App allows users to report the name, location, and gospel exposure of unreached people groups. The app is compatible with camera and GPS capabilities, making it an ideal way for missionaries and travelers to share information from remote parts of the globe. Visit the Joshua Project website for more information about the non-profit ministry or take a look at the Unreached of the Day mobile app to see the results of their data gathering efforts.

About

Pattern for Life

This app provides guided journeys for small groups to explore faith and spiritual growth together. It offers text and audio resources, inspired by the life cycle of a plant, to facilitate authentic and reproducible patterns for discipleship.

Highlights
  • Guided text and audio journeys
  • Discipleship patterns for small groups
  • Life cycle inspired categories (Begin, Follow, Grow, Gather)
  • Facilitator-friendly interaction portions
  • Shareable journey content (PDF, MP3)
  • Optional privacy lock screen
Features
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In Pattern, with the help of the text and audio guides that include the Bible verses, your small group will experience authentic, simple, and reproducible patterns for life as disciples of Jesus. In fact, as you care for one another, discover God’s principles and practices, put into action what you discover, experience God’s presence, and share it with others—you will begin to help other people form groups and grow together in their living rooms. Using the life cycle of a plant as inspiration, these grouped journeys are categorized as Begin, Follow, Grow, and Gather. These help each group find the point where they want to begin as they grow together. Each journey organizes the meeting into three portions of interaction that any person in the group can facilitate. We can’t wait for you to experience how one week’s gathering ties into the next to help you grow. It is a Pattern for life! The Pattern App, always and forever free, is filled with ways and reminders to help you share sets of journeys or a PDF or MP3 audio file of the journey. The app contains helpful tutorial screens, ways to connect with a coach to help you, extra topics related to life’s needs, an optional privacy lock screen, and more. Perfect for small groups wanting to grow and become active and fruitful disciples of Jesus Uses the format of Discovery Bible Studies that millions of people are using around the world Filled with journeys to help every person grow wherever they may be in their understanding of Jesus Contains journeys in both audio and text An ever-expanding set of topical journeys about life’s important issues like love, marriage, hope, persecution, faith, etc.

Screenshots

Unreached Data Gathering4 screens
Pattern for Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Unreached Data Gathering at 5.0 against Pattern for Life's 4.6. Unreached Data Gathering also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Pattern for Life's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 2). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Unreached Data Gathering holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pattern for Life has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Unreached Data Gathering versus Pattern for Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnreached Data GatheringPattern for Life
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.6 (11 ratings)
Number of ratings211 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoshua ProjectPattern Resource Group, LLC

Customer experience

Unreached Data Gathering

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pattern for Life

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

None

Unreached Data Gathering

No in-app purchases

None

Pattern for Life

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Unreached Data Gathering free?
Unreached Data Gathering is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pattern for Life free?
Pattern for Life is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Unreached Data Gathering or Pattern for Life?
Unreached Data Gathering is rated higher. Unreached Data Gathering averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Pattern for Life averages 4.6 from 11 ratings.
Do Unreached Data Gathering or Pattern for Life have ads?
Neither Unreached Data Gathering nor Pattern for Life shows ads.

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