Utility+ vs Patchword
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Utility+
Monitor your device's vital statistics with this utility app. It provides detailed insights into battery, memory, activity, and disk usage, helping you keep your system optimized.
- Battery usage monitoring
- Memory usage tracking
- Activity monitoring
- Disk usage display
- System optimization insights
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A utility app that shows battery, memory, activity and disk usage.
Patchword
Compare files and directories to identify additions, removals, or modifications. It allows for matching files with slightly different names and applying or exporting patches and edit scripts non-destructively.
- Compare files and text
- Compare directories
- Identify added, removed, modified files
- Match files by alphabetical order or custom map
- Export and apply patches
- Create non-destructive edit scripts
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Select two files or paste two texts and compare them. Select two directories and compare them to see which files have been added, removed or modified, and selectively reset modified files to match the original ones. If files have slightly different names, you can match them by alphabetical order or a custom name map, and selectively rename them afterwards so that the names are equal. Export patches from two compared text files, or apply saved patches to an existing file. Create edit scripts that are applied non-destructively to a text file and export the resulting text.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Utility+ at 5.0 against Patchword's 3.5. Utility+ also leads on price ($0.99 vs $5.99) and chart position (#196 vs unranked). Patchword's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 13 months). On ratings volume, 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
Utility+ costs $0.99 and Patchword $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Utility+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Utility+ ships an update every 13 months, Patchword every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Utility+ | Patchword |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #196 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Newell | Nicolas Kick |
Customer experience
Utility+
Patchword
In-app purchases
Utility+
No in-app purchases
Patchword
No in-app purchases
