Comparison

Patterns vs DocDoc

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

DocDoc

This app helps you track and manage expiration dates for important documents like licenses, passports, and insurance. It provides timely reminders and allows for easy scanning of dates, keeping everything organized for you and your family.

Highlights
  • Track document expirations
  • Unlimited family profiles
  • Customizable reminders
  • Scan expiration dates
  • Document renewal history
  • Widgets for home/lock screen
  • App lock with Face ID
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Quick count: driver's license, car registration, car insurance, health insurance, passport, a certification or two, some memberships, a warranty. Now add your kids' documents. And your parents'. Any one of them is easy to remember. All of them together is not. That is the whole problem. Nobody forgets a passport because passports are hard. It was item eleven of fifteen, and nothing was keeping the list. DocDoc keeps the list, and reminds you while there is still time to do something about it. ONE LIST FOR EVERYONE YOU LOOK AFTER Add a profile for each person you track things for, and one for the car while you are at it. Profiles are free and unlimited, because the person who needs this app most is running a whole household. Reminders say who: "Emma's Passport expires in 90 days." EVERYTHING WITH A DATE, IN ONE PLACE Passports, licenses, registrations, insurance of every kind, professional licenses and certifications, visas, permits, memberships, warranties, inspections. If it expires, it goes on the list, sorted by what needs attention first. REMINDERS THAT ACTUALLY REMIND Nudges 90, 30, and 7 days before anything expires, and again on the day itself. Passports get a 6 month heads up too, because many countries turn you away if your passport expires within six months of travel. Day-of reminders use Time Sensitive notifications so they are hard to miss. You choose the lead times and the time of day. Optional email reminders back you up on the days your phone is off. SCAN THE DATE, SKIP THE TYPING Point the camera at a passport or license and DocDoc reads the expiration date on your device. Passport dates are verified with the check digits built into the passport itself. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your documents are never uploaded to us. Scanning happens on your phone, and the photo is saved with your document, encrypted, deletable any time. No analytics, no ads, no tracking. Email reminders are optional: turn them on and DocDoc creates an account with Sign in with Apple, storing only your email address and the reminder details it needs to send. Delete it in Settings whenever you like, and everything we stored goes with it. BUILT FOR REAL RENEWALS Mark a document renewed and the old date moves to history. Recurring documents roll forward automatically. Widgets put your next expiration on your home screen and lock screen. Attach receipts, photos, or PDFs, stored on your device and your own iCloud, never on our servers. Lock the whole app with Face ID. DATES IN YOUR OWN CALENDAR Turn on the Hebrew, Islamic, Persian, Indian, Buddhist, Chinese, Japanese or Ethiopic calendar and enter a date the way you actually know it. A yearly repeat advances by one year of that calendar, so a yahrzeit or an annual observance stays on its own date while the Gregorian one moves. Reminders always fire on the Gregorian date. FREE AND PRO Free includes 5 documents, unlimited profiles, reminders, scanning, widgets and iCloud sync. DocDoc Pro is an auto-renewing subscription that removes the document limit, with a 7 day free trial on the yearly plan. Or invite three friends and get six months of Pro free, no payment needed. DocDoc is made by one independent developer who got tired of expired documents. No venture capital, no growth team, no reason to collect your data. The next renewal is already on its way. Put it on the list. DocDoc Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docdoctracker.com/privacy

Screenshots

Patterns3 screens
DocDoc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DocDoc at 5.0 against Patterns's 4.5. DocDoc also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Patterns's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (34 vs 2). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. DocDoc sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Patterns asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DocDoc holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patterns has 34 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Patterns ships an update every 6 weeks, DocDoc every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Patterns versus DocDoc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatternsDocDoc
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (34 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLimit Point SoftwareDvir Hamu

Customer experience

Patterns

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

DocDoc

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

In-app purchases

None

Patterns

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

DocDoc

Subscriptions2
  • DocDoc Pro$1.991 Month
  • DocDoc Pro7 Days trial$13.991 Year

Questions

Is Patterns free?
Patterns is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DocDoc free?
DocDoc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Patterns or DocDoc?
DocDoc is rated higher. Patterns averages 4.5 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while DocDoc averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Patterns or DocDoc have ads?
Neither Patterns nor DocDoc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Patterns or DocDoc?
Patterns ships an update every 6 weeks, and DocDoc every 2 weeks. Most recently, Patterns was updated on October 2, 2026 and DocDoc on September 16, 2026.

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