Comparison

Patterns vs Karakutu

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

Head to head
About

Patterns

Features
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Understand your body, mind, and daily performance with Patterns β€” the 100% local, privacy-first correlation tracker. Ever wondered if cutting coffee improves your sleep score, or if evening walks boost your morning focus? Patterns helps you run personal micro-experiments to discover exact cause-and-effect relationships in your life. WHY PATTERNS? β€’ 100% PRIVATE & LOCAL-ONLY Your sensitive health and habit data never leaves your device. No cloud sync, no tracking, no account required. Complete data ownership. β€’ PERSONAL EXPERIMENTS & CUSTOM CATEGORIES Set up tracking experiments with fully custom trial durations (choose any number of days or ongoing trials). Create custom habit categories, custom tracking metrics, and test hypotheses like "No screen time before bed" or "Daily cold showers" to observe real quantitative outcomes. β€’ CORRELATION RADAR & INSIGHTS Our built-in correlation engine visualizes trends and impact factors. See instant radar charts and trendlines mapping habit consistency against energy, sleep, mood, or focus. β€’ DAILY RHYTHM & STREAKS Stay consistent with customizable daily reminders and non-guilt streak indicators. Log observations in seconds with fluid, intuitive controls. β€’ EXPORT & BACKUP YOUR DATA Export complete health reports to PDF or JSON backup files anytime. Your data is always yours to control, inspect, or move. PATTERNS PRO (OPTIONAL PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION) Upgrade to Patterns Pro to unlock: - Unlimited Active Tracking Experiments - Advanced Multi-Variable Correlation Analysis - Full PDF Health Report Exporting - Zero Ads & Unrestricted Access Terms of Service: https://patterns.tunnxo.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://patterns.tunnxo.com/privacy Support: https://patterns.tunnxo.com/support

About

Karakutu

Features
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Karakutu encrypts your message with a key you choose yourself, before you send it. The encryption happens inside your phone; there is no Karakutu server carrying your messages. HOW IT WORKS 1. Agree on a passphrase with the other person β€” face to face or over the phone. 2. Write your message, enter the key, encrypt. 3. Send the encrypted text with an app you already use. 4. The other person brings the text into Karakutu, enters the same key, and reads it. ENCRYPTION β€’ The key is derived from your passphrase with Argon2id (64 MB of memory, 3 passes) β€” deliberately slow, to make guessing expensive. β€’ The text is encrypted with XChaCha20-Poly1305. β€’ Cascade mode adds AES-256-GCM on top: two different algorithms, optionally with two separate passphrases. β€’ Integrity is verified β€” a tampered packet will not open. DESIGN DECISIONS β€’ No account, no sign-up, no phone number, no e-mail address. β€’ The key is never written anywhere; it exists only in memory. β€’ Only encrypted packets are stored on the device; plain text never is. β€’ Packets stop opening in Karakutu after 24 hours by default, and you can shorten that. β€’ No advertising, no trackers, no analytics SDK inside the app. β€’ Interface in English and Turkish. HONEST LIMITS Once you send the encrypted text through a chat app, that copy stays there and Karakutu cannot delete it. Security depends on the strength of the passphrase you choose, and you should never send the key through the same channel as the message. The app blocks screenshots of its own screens with a secure text layer; this works today but is not a guarantee provided by the operating system. SUBSCRIPTION Karakutu Pro is offered as a monthly subscription. New subscribers get the first month free; after the trial the period price is charged to your App Store account. The subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the period. You can manage or cancel it on your iPhone under Settings > your name > Subscriptions. Privacy policy: https://burakolgun.com/en/karakutu/gizlilik Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Patterns4 screens
Karakutu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Patterns at none against Karakutu's 1. Karakutu's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.2). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Karakutu sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Patterns asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Patterns versus Karakutu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatternsKarakutu
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDailyβ€”
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.216.4 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size45 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmit KaironBurak Olgun

In-app purchases

None

Patterns

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Karakutu

Subscriptions1
  • Karakutu Pro1 Month trial$3.991 Month

Questions

Is Patterns free?
Patterns is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Karakutu free?
Karakutu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Patterns or Karakutu have ads?
Patterns shows ads; Karakutu does not.

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