Comparison

Patterns vs FocusPocus

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

FocusPocus

This app helps you focus using a timed work and break interval system. It offers task management with notes and sub-items, customizable themes, and native iOS Live Activity integration. Your data remains private on your device with no account or tracking required.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro, short break, and long break modes
  • Tappable task list with completion tracking
  • Task-specific Pomodoro counts
  • Notes with sub-items per task
  • Customizable color palettes
  • Native iOS Live Activity integration
  • Session history and statistics
Features
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A quiet pomodoro timer. Focus for 25 minutes, then take a real break. FocusPocus runs on your iPhone with no account, no tracking, your tasks stay on your device. The technique is older than you think. Francesco Cirillo wrote it down in the late '80s using a tomato-shaped kitchen timer. The math hasn't changed: focus for 25, break for 5, repeat four times, take a longer break. FocusPocus handles the timing so you can do the focusing. What's inside: — Three modes (pomodoro, short break, long break) with sounds you can mute — A tappable task list. Add what you're working on, mark them done as you go. — Pomodoro count per task — estimate how many sessions you'll need and watch the count — Notes per task with checkable sub-items — Eight color palettes plus a custom picker — pick a mood for your focus — Native iOS Live Activity. Your timer lives on the Dynamic Island and lock screen so you never lose track. Pause and skip from the Dynamic Island without unlocking. — "Yesterday" page-flip: tap the date to start a new day. Unfinished tasks carry forward, completed ones drop. — Session history with stats — focused minutes per day, weekly trends, top tasks. What's not inside: — No account — No tracking — No ads — No upsells Made by one person who needed it. If it helps you focus, you've already gotten what it was made for.

Screenshots

Patterns3 screens
FocusPocus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FocusPocus at 5.0 against Patterns's 4.5. FocusPocus also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Patterns's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 1). 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

FocusPocus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patterns has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Patterns ships an update every 6 weeks, FocusPocus every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Patterns versus FocusPocus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatternsFocusPocus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (35 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLimit Point SoftwareEstefania Tarantini

Customer experience

Patterns

All ratings34 ratings
Positive85.3%
Neutral8.8%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive77.3%
Neutral13.6%
Negative9.1%

FocusPocus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Patterns

No in-app purchases

None

FocusPocus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Patterns free?
Patterns is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FocusPocus free?
FocusPocus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Patterns or FocusPocus?
FocusPocus is rated higher. Patterns averages 4.5 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while FocusPocus averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Patterns or FocusPocus have ads?
Neither Patterns nor FocusPocus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Patterns or FocusPocus?
Patterns ships an update every 6 weeks, and FocusPocus every 5 days. Most recently, Patterns was updated on November 2, 2026 and FocusPocus on October 31, 2026.

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