Comparison

Remindfulness vs The Pattern

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

Head to head
About

Remindfulness

This app helps integrate mindfulness into your daily routine with customizable practice reminders. Choose from over 100 prompts and unique alert sounds, or create your own. Schedule reminders at set intervals or opt for random delivery to foster a consistent mindfulness practice.

Highlights
  • Over 100 practice reminders
  • Customizable reminder timing (random or scheduled)
  • Choice of alert sounds or custom tones
  • Create custom reminders
  • Share reminders with others
  • Auto suspend and resume functionality
Features
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As featured in Cosmopolitan. Life moves fast, and most of it slips by on autopilot. Remindfulness sends gentle reminders throughout your day to pause, breathe, come back to the present, and remember who you really are. These aren't generic wellness tips. The reminders included draw on a wealth of non-denominational spiritual teachings, the perennial wisdom found at the heart of every tradition yet belonging to none: presence, gratitude, surrender, compassion, and reconnection with your Source. Each one has been distilled into a practice simple enough to do in a few moments, in the middle of anything. If you walk a spiritual path, whatever its shape, these reminders will feel like coming home. You have learned so many ways to reconnect with your Source, to bring your attention to the Present Moment... If only you could remember to do them throughout your busy day! Remindfulness is designed to run quietly in the background and gently call you back to your truth throughout your waking hours. This extends spiritual practice beyond isolated periods of meditation or contemplation. Woven into the fabric of your day, it can become a real way of life. Over a hundred simple yet powerful practices have been created so that you can perform them easily, in the space of no more than a few moments, often without having to physically move or even close your eyes: a breath received with gratitude, a blessing silently sent, a question that dissolves the mind's chatter, a return to the awareness behind your thoughts. This makes them easy to do the moment they appear on your screen, no matter what else you might be in the middle of. And even when you can't read a reminder right away, for example while driving or in a meeting, the simple awareness of its arrival can be your prompt to spend the next five minutes being as present as possible. FEATURES - Over 100 beautiful practice reminders. - 26 unique alert sounds, plus a Random option. - Time reminders to arrive at regular intervals, or choose random timing and how many arrive within your chosen time frame. - Custom reminder editor for writing your own. Then tell the app to use ours, yours, or a mixture of both. - NEW: Import a whole list of your own reminders at once. Paste a column from a spreadsheet, or a list from your notes, one per line. - NEW: Back up your reminders with a tap, then restore them any time through Import. - Auto suspend and resume sleeps the app overnight and wakes it with you in the morning. - Sound on or off at a touch, and share any reminder with loved ones via email or text message. Customization lets you shape how Remindfulness works for you. Choose whether reminders arrive with an alert tone, and which one. Choose random timing, and how many reminders you'd like, or pick a regular interval that suits your rhythm. Suspend the app while you sleep, without quitting it, and reminders resume by themselves in the morning. You can also write your own reminders and save them in a list, and now bring a whole list in at once, or back your list up for safekeeping. Tell the app to draw from your reminders exclusively, not at all, or shuffled in with ours via the Yours, Ours, and All options. NOTE: For the best experience, allow notifications for Remindfulness in your device's Settings > Notifications, and open a reminder from time to time; iOS quietly pauses notifications from apps whose alerts are never viewed. Please enjoy Remindfulness. I created it to help me, throughout my day, to return joyfully to the present moment. I hope it will help you do the same. Remindfulness... Helping you remember to be mindful Freedom Techniques www.remindfulnessapp.com

About

The Pattern

Discover your psychological blueprint and understand your relationships on a deeper level. This app offers insights into your personality, life cycles, and compatibility with others, helping you foster more meaningful connections.

Highlights
  • In-depth personality insights
  • Life cycle overview
  • Relationship compatibility
  • Cosmic climate analysis
  • Private in-depth conversations
  • Dating with depth insights
Features
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Created to help you feel seen and understood. A homegrown labor of love, The Pattern was born out of our founder’s personal journey of self-discovery. While trying to make sense of a challenging time, she recognized what an incredibly empowering tool our birth charts can be and sought to develop an application that could offer this information in a way that was easily digestible for all. Offering a psychological blueprint of one’s self and insight into the unique things they may be experiencing during a period of time, The Pattern acts as a mirror, helping you to better understand yourself and others, enabling connections to be made on a much deeper level. As featured in Vanity Fair, Time, TechCrunch, Vogue, Bustle, Mashable, Harper’s Bazaar, among others. For answers to commonly asked questions, please visit: https://thepattern.zendesk.com/hc/ For additional customer support, please email us: contact@thepattern.com FEATURES - *NEW: Explore yourself and your bonds on an even deeper level with the In-Depth conversation feature, powered by Your Pattern and completely private and secure. Talk about any of your relationship types including family and coworkers. - Your Pattern: In-depth insight into your unique personality traits and human design. - Your Transits: An informative overview of influential timing cycles you may encounter throughout your life - past, present and future. - Bonds: Explore your unique compatibility with friends and romantic interests. Gain valuable information about your most important relationships - or those of your favorite Public Figures. - Romantic Patterns: Gain valuable insight into your romantic dynamics with another individual; explore your strongest connections, and identify potential challenges that may require more thoughtful communication. - Friendship Patterns: Take a deep dive into your friends’ patterns to better understand the ways in which you can support one another. - Discover Collections: A mix of insights and brand new audio episodes about various aspects, as well as New Moon Guides, immersive audio, and more. New Collections & audio episodes released throughout the month. - Cosmic Climate: Influential cycles that may be affecting all of us collectively. Some people will feel these energies more personally than others. - Custom Friends: Create a profile for anyone to learn about your similarities and the various cycles they may be experiencing at any point in time. - Connect: Dating with Depth. Utilizing The Pattern’s proprietary algorithm, Connect offers insight into your compatibility with potential matches, enabling you to make more meaningful connections from the start. Follow @ThePattern on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter. Share your favorite insights from The Pattern using #ThePattern The Pattern offers in-app purchases that enhance the user experience. Auto-renewing “Go Deeper+” subscriptions may be purchased to unlock additional content starting at $14.99 USD per month. Subscriptions are entirely optional and may be canceled at any time. Details are available in the Terms of Service, available here: https://www.thepattern.com/terms.html

Screenshots

Remindfulness4 screens
The Pattern4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: The Pattern at none against Remindfulness's shown. The Pattern also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (15K vs 20). Remindfulness's advantage is review sentiment (66% vs 42%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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. Remindfulness sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and The Pattern sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Pattern holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Pattern has 15K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Remindfulness's written reviews are positive against 42% of The Pattern's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remindfulness ships an update every 12 months, The Pattern weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Remindfulness versus The Pattern: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemindfulnessThe Pattern
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (20 ratings)4.0 (15K ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews — better42.4% of reviews
Number of ratings2015K — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#32 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB105 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNaomi JanzenPattern Home, Inc.

Customer experience

Remindfulness

All ratings20 ratings
Positive65.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative35.0%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive66.2%
Neutral4.1%
Negative29.7%

The Pattern

All ratings15,413 ratings
Positive72.8%
Neutral6.2%
Negative21.0%
Written reviews1,769 reviews
Positive42.4%
Neutral14.8%
Negative42.8%

User reviews

Remindfulness

From 20 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Highly customizable reminders
  • 🧘‍♀️ Promotes mindfulness and self-awareness
  • 💡 Inspiring and thought-provoking messages
  • 🎵 Beautiful and soothing sounds
  • ⌚ Works well on Apple Watch

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent bugs and crashes
  • 🚫 Ads are intrusive and disruptive
  • 🔇 Sound notifications not working
  • ⏳ Reminders not appearing consistently
  • 🤔 Confusing or complex settings

The Pattern

From 15K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Life-changing insights
  • 🎯 Incredibly accurate
  • 🤗 Supportive and encouraging
  • 🧭 Helpful for self-discovery
  • 🤝 Insightful relationship analysis

Room to improve

  • 💰 Paywall for previously free features
  • 🤯 Overwhelming amount of content
  • 🤔 Lack of astrological explanations
  • 🙄 Repetitive and generalized content
  • 😕 Confusing and cluttered UI after updates

Bugs and requests

Remindfulness

Reported bugs

28 issues
  • No sound for notifications
  • Custom reminders not showing up
  • App freezes or crashes
  • Reminders disappear too quickly
  • App stops working after iOS updates
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  • Notifications not triggering reliably
  • App turns itself off
  • Time settings are broken
  • App quits from notification shortly after opening
  • Hangs and only shows the first reminder
  • Quotes disappear before they can be read
  • Banner alerts don't stay
  • Last quote doesn't stay long enough to read
  • Ad version is unusable due to frequent ads
  • Asked to share app every time a notification is opened
  • Alarmas no suenan en hibernación del iPhone
  • App doesn't work as advertised
  • App is inoperable, freezes when customizing
  • App crashes when trying to customize
  • App freezes on option screen
  • App freezes and only shows first reminder
  • App stops working, frozen
  • App turns itself off
  • App is buggy and confusing
  • App freezes on option screen and won't return to main screen
  • App freezes and refuses to work
  • App keeps freezing
  • Sound option doesn't work

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add more sound options
  • Allow reminders less frequent than daily (e.g., weekly, monthly)
  • Option for once a day or specific times/days
  • Port to Apple Watch for proper alert tone
  • Improve UI and iPhone 5 optimization
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  • Increase the limit of custom reminders
  • Add backup or data sharing options
  • Dark mode option

The Pattern

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to change profile picture
  • Inconsistent login and account issues
  • Glitches with bonds and connections

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add family/friendship compatibility
  • Provide astrological context for insights
  • Improve personalization and customization
  • Streamline navigation and reduce clutter
  • Offer a more balanced tone (positive and negative)

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Remindfulness

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99
13 purchases

The Pattern

Subscriptions8
  • Go Deeper+ Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Connect+ Dating Quarterly$24.993 Months
  • Connect+ Quarterly$24.993 Months
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  • Go Deeper Quarterly (no audio)$29.993 Months
  • Go Deeper+ Quarterly$29.993 Months
  • Go Deeper Bi-annual$34.996 Months
  • Go Deeper Annual (no audio)$83.991 Year
  • Go Deeper+ Annual$83.991 Year
One-time5
  • Reveal - 1$0.99
  • Super Connect - 3 pack$8.99
  • 3 Custom Profile Slots$9.99
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  • 10 Custom Profile Slots$16.99
  • 20 Custom Profile Slots$19.99

Questions

Is Remindfulness free?
Remindfulness is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Pattern free?
The Pattern is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Remindfulness or The Pattern?
The Pattern is rated higher. Remindfulness averages 3.7 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while The Pattern averages 4.0 from 15K ratings.
Do Remindfulness or The Pattern have ads?
Remindfulness shows ads; The Pattern does not.
Which is updated more often, Remindfulness or The Pattern?
Remindfulness ships an update every 12 months, and The Pattern weekly. Most recently, Remindfulness was updated on October 10, 2026 and The Pattern on October 17, 2026.

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