Comparison

Funnel vs Patternly

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

Head to head
About

Funnel

Quickly capture thoughts, tasks, notes, photos, sketches, and songs to your favorite apps. Integrates with popular productivity tools and offers convenient widgets for instant access.

Highlights
  • Capture tasks to multiple to-do apps
  • Send notes and photos to PKM apps
  • Capture sketches and calendar events
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets
  • Shortcuts and Share Sheet support
  • Built-in document scanner
  • Song capture via Shazam integration
Features
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Funnel allows you to effortlessly capture your thoughts and moments to various apps and services. The inspiration to capture something quickly comes from ideas written by David Allen, in his book Getting Things Done. Features: ======= • Capture tasks to Reminders, Todoist, OmniFocus or Things with due dates in natural language. • Capture notes and photos to a variety of popular note taking and personal knowledge management apps. • Capture sketches and calendar events • Beautiful Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets • Shortcuts Support • A built in document scanner. • Use Shazam to capture your songs directly to your apps. • iCloud Sync for your Destinations • A timeline showing your recent captures • A selection of delightful app icons to pick from. • A lock screen widget to easily access Funnel from your lock screen. • Drag and drop images or text from other apps into Funnel. • Once you capture something with Funnel, Funnel also provides you with a link to easily switch to the newly captured item. • Long press the Funnel icon for quick home screen actions. • Integration with the iOS Share Sheet (currently within the Funnel app only) • Dynamic Island/Live Activities Support • Control Center Widgets Creating Destinations: ================ To link Funnel to your note-taking or task management apps, navigate to the 'Destination' Tab, select 'Add New Destination', and choose an app from the provided list. After adding a Destination, you can click on it for further customization. You can also define templates that get appended or prepended along with your capture. Your Destinations and the order of your Destinations are all synced to your private iCloud account. Funnel offers 30 captures for free, and then requires a subscription or a lifetime purchase. All Yearly Subscriptions come with a 1-week free trial. Enjoy Funneling! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Patternly

Features
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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/

Screenshots

Funnel4 screens
Patternly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Patternly at 16.4 against Funnel's 26.0. On price, ads, 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. Funnel sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Funnel versus Patternly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFunnelPatternly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (43 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings43 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB63 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperNoteSight Labs ApSHuu Duoc Ngo

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Funnel

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime: Early Discount$39.99
  • Lifetime$49.99
2 purchases

Patternly

Subscriptions2
  • Patternly Plus Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Patternly Plus Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Funnel free?
Funnel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Patternly free?
Patternly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Funnel or Patternly have ads?
Neither Funnel nor Patternly shows ads.

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