Comparison

Matter Neuroscience vs Patch Tarot

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

Head to head
About

Matter Neuroscience

This app uses neuroscience to help you build emotional fitness through guided reflection and a supportive community. Capture meaningful moments, understand what brings you joy, and strengthen your brain's capacity for happiness and resilience.

Highlights
  • Guided reflection on meaningful moments
  • Neuroscience-based emotional health training
  • Supportive community of teammates
  • Tools to capture and recall positive experiences
  • Habit building for emotional balance
  • Insights to strengthen brain capacity
Features
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TECHNOLOGY FOR HUMAN THRIVING Matter Neuroscience is built on the belief that scientific and technological breakthroughs should expand human capacity, not diminish it. We use neuroscience and AI to help people understand their brains, strengthen memory and emotional awareness, and enjoy richer, more connected lives. DAILY EMOTIONAL FITNESS AI-enabled coaching with one goal: your emotional fitness. Matter turns the latest neuroscience research on the brain and wellbeing into a simple daily practice anyone can use. Each day, you reflect on meaningful memories with M, your AI coach. M helps you understand the feel-good neurotransmitters behind your positive emotions, and offers personalized guidance to build your emotional fitness over time. RECONNECT WITH YOUR BIOLOGICAL COMPASS Matter has no interest in stealing your time, grabbing your attention, or optimizing you for economic productivity. Coaching sessions have a defined purpose and natural daily stopping point, helping users listen to their own emotional and biological signals rather than stay endlessly engaged. Unlike most consumer apps, Matter is designed to encourage real-world connection, family, friendship, community, and embodied life. JOIN THE MATTER CLUB Live an emotionally rich, balanced life. YOUR PRIVACY IS NON-NEGOTIABLE Matter does not use user data to train its own or third-party foundational models. Personal memories remain personal: your photos can only be viewed when decrypted on your device. Read our privacy policy: Matter.xyz/privacy Read our terms of service: matter.xyz/terms By using this app you agree to the End User License Agreement: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

About

Patch Tarot

Engage in daily reflection and journaling with a digital tarot companion. Explore five unique decks, study card symbolism, and connect with a community for shared insights. Features daily reminders and a private journal to track your practice.

Highlights
  • Daily card draws and reflections
  • Private journaling for readings
  • Community sharing in The Grove
  • Five original tarot decks
  • In-depth card symbolism study
  • Daily reminders and streaks
Features
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Patch Tarot is a daily reflection and journaling app, and the official companion to the celebrated Patch Tarot deck — now available in bookstores worldwide. Pick up where your physical deck leaves off. Draw a card, sit with its meaning, write your reflection, and share with a community of people doing the same thing. THE GROVE A quiet circle of readers sharing daily reflections and notes. Post what a card brought up for you, follow voices that resonate, and reflect on the daily collective draw. Anonymous by design — no account, no pressure. Kept gentle with content filtering, reporting, and blocking. JOURNAL YOUR PRACTICE Every reading saves to your private journal with your notes attached. Write what a card brings up, flip back through your history, and notice which cards keep finding you. Everything lives on your device — nothing shared without you choosing to. FIVE ORIGINAL DECKS Five hand-crafted decks built by Spirit Studios over more than a decade. Patch Tarot 3 is the vivid, hand-painted flagship with 86 cards including the Holy Arcana. Patch Tarot 1 and 2 are earlier editions. Patch Tarot Classic uses traditional structure. Patch Oracle offers 44 cards of direct, grounded guidance. STUDY THE SYMBOLISM The Book of Patch is a full reference chapter for every card — its meaning, creator notes, and connections to sacred geometry and symbolism. The Directory gives you every card at a glance for study and reference. KEEP THE PRACTICE Daily reminders, a streak, and a private journal that holds every reading and note. PATCH PLUS All five decks, every spread, the complete Book of Patch, The Grove, and no ads. Monthly, annual, or a one-time Founder's Key for lifetime access. Designed for daily reflection, journaling, mindfulness, and the study of symbolic art. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://patchtarotworld.com/app-privacy.html

Screenshots

Matter Neuroscience4 screens
Patch Tarot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Patch Tarot at free with in-app purchases against Matter Neuroscience's subscription. Patch Tarot also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Matter Neuroscience's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Matter Neuroscience sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Patch Tarot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Patch Tarot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Matter Neuroscience has 240 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Matter Neuroscience's written reviews are positive against 100% of Patch Tarot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Matter Neuroscience ships an update weekly, Patch Tarot every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Matter Neuroscience versus Patch Tarot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatter NeurosciencePatch Tarot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (240 ratings)5.0 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings240 — better26
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB326 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMatter Neuroscience Inc.Spirit Studios Inc.

Customer experience

Matter Neuroscience

All ratings240 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive83.0%
Neutral1.9%
Negative15.1%

Patch Tarot

All ratings26 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Matter Neuroscience

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Crashes when uploading a picture
  • App freezes when adding a memory
  • App freezes when clicking a draft
  • Buttons are unclickable
  • Data is completely erased
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  • Inaccurate subscription description for existing users
  • No tutorial or help option
  • Sexual desire emotion causes distress

Requested features

9 requests
  • Add videos instead of just pictures
  • Option to remove or shade out 'sexual desire' emotion
  • More explanation of 'joyalities'
  • Ability to turn off specific hormones like testosterone
  • Stats option for hormone line graph over time
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  • Map of 'happy places'
  • Animated brain chart that grows in intensity
  • Feature to rate negative emotions for understanding
  • Ability to add negative emotions to rant

Patch Tarot

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Matter Neuroscience

Subscriptions6
  • Premium Subscriptions14 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly14 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Premium Annual14 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Premium Annual14 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$119.991 Year
3 purchases

Patch Tarot

Subscriptions2
  • Patch Plus (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Patch Plus (Annual)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Founder's Key (Lifetime)$99.99

Questions

Is Matter Neuroscience free?
Matter Neuroscience is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Patch Tarot free?
Patch Tarot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Matter Neuroscience or Patch Tarot?
Patch Tarot is rated higher. Matter Neuroscience averages 4.7 out of 5 from 240 ratings, while Patch Tarot averages 5.0 from 26 ratings.
Do Matter Neuroscience or Patch Tarot have ads?
Patch Tarot shows ads; Matter Neuroscience does not.
Which is updated more often, Matter Neuroscience or Patch Tarot?
Matter Neuroscience ships an update weekly, and Patch Tarot every 3 weeks. Most recently, Matter Neuroscience was updated on October 24, 2026 and Patch Tarot on October 11, 2026.

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