Comparison

Patterns vs Event Jar

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

Head to head
About

Patterns

This app helps you build better habits and achieve your goals through personal analytics and visualization. Track routines, monitor progress with clear visuals, and stay motivated with streak counters to become the person you aspire to be.

Highlights
  • Habit tracking
  • Goal setting
  • Custom data tracking
  • Progress visualization
  • Streak counter
  • Flexible goal targets
Features
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Patterns is your personal analytics tool to build better habits and achieve your goals. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." Join thousands of users who rely on Patterns to improve themselves by getting deep insights into the person you are -- and setting goals to become the person you want to be. Tracking health and fitness goals, keeping up good studying or practice habits, or even remembering special moments, Patterns can help record and keep track of your routines and behaviors. Why Patterns? Flexible Goals: Set specific targets like once a week, three times a month, or every day. Custom Data: Track metrics that matter to you for deeper insights. Progress Visuals: See your habits and achievements come to life with clear visuals. Streak Motivation: Keep your momentum going with a streak counter that counts each time you meet your goal. Actively developed with many new features coming soon. Let us know what you'd want to see! Start analysis today and make excellence your habit!

About

Event Jar

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Event Jar is an event tracker that helps you to record any event you want: when you take a pill, drink water, work on something, or change the battery of the remote control. After adding a new event, choose a colour and an icon and you can start to record this event by just tapping on it! You can customise a lot of things with the settings: colour of button, layout (horizontal or vertical), design of buttons etc. You can set an alarm for a certain amount of time after the last recorded event or for when you want to remember, e.g. to take medicine. Stay tuned… more features will be available in the future.

Screenshots

Patterns3 screens
Event Jar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Patterns at Free against Event Jar's $0.99. Patterns also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Event Jar's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Patterns is free to download; Event Jar costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Patterns ships an update every 6 weeks, Event Jar every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Patterns versus Event Jar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatternsEvent Jar
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.5 (34 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLimit Point SoftwareFabio Brunengo

In-app purchases

None

Patterns

No in-app purchases

None

Event Jar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Patterns free?
Patterns is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Event Jar free?
Event Jar costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Patterns or Event Jar have ads?
Neither Patterns nor Event Jar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Patterns or Event Jar?
Patterns ships an update every 6 weeks, and Event Jar every 3 weeks. Most recently, Patterns was updated on October 6, 2026 and Event Jar on October 9, 2026.

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