Comparison

Patterns vs Reluma

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

Head to head
About

Patterns

Features
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Track how people make you feel. Keep the receipts. Notice the pattern. Patterns is a private relationship tracker and mood journal for understanding the connections in your life. Add a partner, date, friend, family member, or coworker, then record how each interaction leaves you feeling over time. QUICK EMOTIONAL CHECK-INS Log a feeling, choose its intensity, and add a note when context matters. A few seconds is enough to build an honest record you can return to later. KEEP THE RECEIPTS Save specific moments as green flags or red flags so important behavior does not get blurred by time. Add a title, private note, and optional photo or screenshot to remember what actually happened. SEE THE PATTERN Review relationship timelines, recurring feelings, flag totals, and 30-day trends. Notice which connections feel supportive, draining, calm, confusing, or mixed. MADE FOR EVERY RELATIONSHIP Patterns is not just a couples app. Use it for dating, friendships, family dynamics, work relationships, or any person whose behavior affects your wellbeing. Reflect on boundaries, positive signs, and difficult patterns without forcing everything into a single diary. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account is required. Names, check-ins, notes, and receipt attachments stay locally on your device, giving you a calm space to be honest with yourself. Privacy Policy : EULA:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Reluma

This app helps you understand your dating patterns by reflecting on your experiences without labels or quizzes. Built by a psychotherapist, it provides insights into your recurring behaviors and offers a quick read on relationship dynamics.

Highlights
  • Self-reflection on dating experiences
  • Insights into recurring behaviors
  • Therapist-developed methodology
  • Moment-based feedback signals
  • No labels or diagnoses
  • Focus on user-driven decisions
Features
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It won't tell you he's avoidant. It'll tell you he cancelled three times. Write what happened, in your own words. RELUMA shows you what you wrote — his moves and yours, dated — and names the pattern when there is one. Built by a licensed psychotherapist. No AI guessing why. No labels. Your first read is free, no account. HOW IT WORKS Say what happened, in your own words. RELUMA sorts who did what, flags what stands out, and remembers. You decide what happens next. RELUMA doesn't. After each moment, get a signal — red, yellow, or green — for you and for them. Not a verdict: RELUMA proposes, you confirm. One tap. Nothing counts until you say it's right. The more you use it, the clearer the picture gets: what you keep doing, not who you supposedly are. No diagnoses. No advice. Just what's actually going on, in your own words, handed back to you. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT Most dating content hands out labels — "you're anxious attachment," "he's avoidant" — from people with a bad breakup and a following. RELUMA was built by a licensed psychotherapist with real clinical training, for the moments therapy doesn't reach: 2am, mid-spiral, before you hit send. It's not you. It's the pattern. SAY WHAT HAPPENED Describe one moment in your own words. In 60 seconds, RELUMA hands it back sorted — who did what, what stands out, what you'd usually miss. No advice. No scripts. No labels. TRACK IT AS IT HAPPENS Log a date the night it happens. RELUMA keeps a private timeline and notices when something starts to look familiar — before you're six dates deep. SEE YOUR PATTERN Reflect a few times and RELUMA shows you what keeps happening — in your words, with dates. Not a quiz result. Not a diagnosis. A mirror. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your entries are yours. Never shared, never public. Your first read is free. See what you keep doing. Terms of Use: https://app.getreluma.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://app.getreluma.com/privacy

Screenshots

Patterns4 screens
Reluma4 screens

Verdict

The call

Patterns and Reluma are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Patterns sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Reluma sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Patterns versus Reluma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatternsReluma
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB86 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSajjad AlhusseiniRonald Lawrence

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Patterns

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$19.991 Year
1 purchases

Reluma

Subscriptions1
  • RELUMA Founding$7.991 Month

Questions

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

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