Pattern Generator vs PassKeepr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pattern Generator
Create custom test patterns for various resolutions and display types, including grids, color bars, and specialized formats. Easily share your generated patterns via messaging, email, or AirDrop.
- Create test patterns
- Multiple pattern types (grids, color bars, etc.)
- Supports various resolutions
- Share patterns via message, mail, AirDrop
- Wide screen patterns
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Pattern Generator, allows you to create test patterns that in any resolution. Patterns available: Blendind (for wide screen). LED wall. Grid with or without circles. Spyder. 75% Color Bar 100% color bars. Horizontal 75% Color Bar. Horizontal Color Bar 100%. SMPTE color bar. Horizontal grayscale. You can send your pattern by message, mail or share with AirDrop.
PassKeepr
Digitally store and manage all your loyalty, business, and gift cards. Easily create new passes from existing ones or build them from scratch to save in your digital wallet.
- Create digital passes
- Edit existing passes
- Manage loyalty cards
- Manage business cards
- Manage gift cards
- Import Wallet passes
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PassKeepr allows you to create, edit, and manage digital copies of all your rewards cards, business cards, gift cards, and more. Create a pass from an existing physical pass, import an existing Wallet pass, or come up with something from scratch and save it as a new Wallet pass!
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Verdict
Pattern Generator and PassKeepr both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of PassKeepr's written reviews are positive against 50% of Pattern Generator's. PassKeepr also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and update cadence (monthly vs every 19 months). Pattern Generator's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
PassKeepr is free to download; Pattern Generator costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pattern Generator against 5.0 for PassKeepr. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Pattern Generator's written reviews are positive against 100% of PassKeepr's.
Pattern Generator ships an update every 19 months, PassKeepr monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pattern Generator | PassKeepr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | piXap | Andrew Hanshaw |
Customer experience
Pattern Generator
PassKeepr
In-app purchases
Pattern Generator
No in-app purchases
PassKeepr
No in-app purchases
