ByDesign vs Patternly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ByDesign
Organize your work and personal life with a comprehensive planner, calendar, and note-taking tool. Manage tasks, build habits, and collaborate with others across all your devices. Features include customizable calendars, rich note-taking with attachments, and robust organization tools.
- Calendar management with multiple accounts
- Time-boxing tasks within the calendar
- Rich note-taking with attachments
- Checklist creation and management
- Page and folder organization
- Cross-device synchronization
- Collaboration on pages with comments
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Plan your day, manage your to-do list, and organize your whole life in one app. ByDesign brings your tasks, daily planner, calendar, and notes together — synced across all your devices. Features: Calendar - Connect as many calendars you want - personal, work or school. - Manage and time box the tasks from ByDesign in the same calendar. - Use colors to organize your calendar. - Create all-day events and tasks and drag them to a specific time to plan efficiently. Powerful note-taking - Add attachments - PDFs, photos, audio, web links, and more. - Create checklists. Make a grocery list, a wish list, or a to-do list, then tap to check off items as you go. - Apply different text styles, such as heading or body, bulleted lists, and more. - Add tables to quickly organize information. Organize and search - Search for text in notes, your tasks, and tables. - Link from one page to another to connect ideas, content, or any information. Try typing “/” for a shortcut to add links and pages while writing in your pages. - Keep your notes in pages and folders, and sort them in the order you prefer. - Use drag and drop as a fast and flexible way to categorize and organize your pages. Collaborate - Collaborate on entire pages or sub pages. - Mention friends to notify them of important updates. - Select and add comments on a particular text and have a full conversation in the thread. - Use page comments to discuss anything related to that page. - See what others updated in a shared page while you were away with alerts.
Patternly
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Stop circling the same decision. Patternly turns an uncertain moment into one small experiment you can actually try. Start with what feels stuck. Patternly helps you shape a focused question, choose a tiny action, and decide how long to try it. Quick check-ins capture what happened without turning reflection into another chore. With Patternly you can: • Turn a stuck point into one clear question • Create a practical, time-boxed tiny experiment • Capture action-specific evidence, resistance, and field notes • Page through your notebook and revisit earlier check-ins • Reflect on the outcome and choose your next move • Notice patterns across what you tried One complete experiment loop is available free. Patternly Plus unlocks unlimited tiny experiments and may include a trial for eligible App Store accounts. The App Store confirmation screen always shows the current price and renewal terms before purchase. Patternly is a reflection and learning tool. It does not provide medical, mental-health, legal, or emergency advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Patternly at none against ByDesign's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. ByDesign sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Patternly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | ByDesign | Patternly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (109 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 109 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 341 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | IdealistApp | Huu Duoc Ngo |
Bugs and requests
ByDesign
Reported bugs
3 issues- Cannot edit notes on iPhone (end of page not visible, no spaces, does not save)
- Bugs when signing in with school account
- Setapp subscription sign-up not working
Requested features
3 requests- Display days until an event/project due
- Customize notifications
- Import and export from other apps
Patternly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ByDesign
- Month$2.991 Month
- Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- ByDesign Pro (Month)$8.001 Month
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- Year$23.991 Year
- Yearly7 Days trial$47.991 Year
- ByDesign Pro (Year)$69.001 Year
Patternly
- Patternly Plus Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Patternly Plus Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year









