Thali vs Pattern
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Thali
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Every calorie tracker was built for someone else's plate. Thali is built for yours. Roti, dal, sabzi, biryani β logged in katori and pieces, not grams you have to guess at. START WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Open Thali and go. Set your goal, get your calorie target and log your first meal before signing up for anything. Create an account when you want your plan saved across devices β everything you entered comes with you. SEARCH THE WAY YOU SAY IT Thayir sadam, begun bhaja, atta. Type a dish the way your family says it and Thali finds it, typos and all, and keeps your word for it in your diary. Suggestions appear as you type, with your recent foods and what's popular for this meal ready before the first letter. FOODS YOU DON'T EAT Tell Thali once: vegetarian, no egg, no beef, no pork, Jain and more. Search hides what doesn't fit, packaged foods are checked against their own ingredient lists, and when we can't be sure about a dish, we say so. 8,000+ FOODS, INDIAN FIRST 1,014 hand-reviewed Indian dishes from ICMR-NIN's Indian Food Composition Tables, Pakistani, Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi foods from their national food tables, plus the pizza, pasta and sandwiches you eat on the days you aren't cooking. One app, not two. PORTIONS THE WAY YOU ACTUALLY MEASURE A katori of dal and a katori of rice weigh different amounts. Thali knows the difference. Log by katori, piece, cup, tablespoon or grams. Log idli, and Thali offers the sambar that usually goes with it. JUST SAY IT "Do katori toor dal, ek roti aur thoda sa jeera rice." Half English, half Hindi, one breath β and it still gets the portions right. Works in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi and Urdu. SCAN THE MENU, NOT JUST THE PLATE Curry houses don't print calories. Photograph the menu and get an estimate per dish, before you order. BUILT FOR RAMADAN AND VRAT Sehri and Iftar times computed from where you actually are β Toronto, London, Dubai or Delhi β with your mosque's calculation method. Fasting-safe food flags for Navratri, Ekadashi and Jain fasts. MEASURED ON SOUTH ASIAN THRESHOLDS South Asians carry cardiometabolic risk at a lower BMI. Thali uses the 23 and 27.5 thresholds from the WHO's 2004 Asian cut-offs, not the Western 25 and 30 β and shows waist-to-height beside BMI. Every threshold is cited in the app. NUTRITION YOU CAN CHECK Built on the references dietitians actually cite: ICMR-NIN's Indian Food Composition Tables, USDA FNDDS and Open Food Facts. Nothing is invented β where a number isn't known, Thali says so instead of guessing, and every food shows its source. WHAT YOU GET WITHOUT PAYING Unlimited food logging, unlimited recipes, the full South Asian database, barcode scanning, fasting mode, meal reminders, nutrient alerts, 90 days of history, and a CSV export of everything you've ever logged. Your data is yours β no plan required to take it with you. THALI PREMIUM 50 AI photo scans a day, the restaurant menu scanner, 100 voice logs a day, unlimited history, weekly target recalibration, and iron, B12 and vitamin D alerts. Thali Premium β $6.99 USD/month or $34.99 USD/year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your device Settings. Thali is for adults aged 18 and over. Terms: https://www.ameliorlabs.ca/solutions/thali/terms Privacy: https://www.ameliorlabs.ca/solutions/thali/privacy
Pattern
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Bring your clinician a clear report of the last 30, 90, or 180 daysβnot a rushed attempt to remember months of symptoms. Pattern turns quick daily check-ins into a clean, shareable PDF, and your intimate health data stays on your iPhone. Log hot flashes, night sweats, sleep, mood, cognition, body changes, irregular bleeding, and possible influences in under 30 seconds. There are no cycle predictions and no fertility assumptionsβjust a record of what happened. SEE PATTERNS, HONESTLY Follow symptom trends across 30, 90, or 365 days. Pattern only surfaces associations after enough paired observations and always labels them as patterns worth discussing, not causes or diagnoses. ARRIVE PREPARED Create a monochrome-friendly doctor report with symptom averages and trends, hot-flash and sleep summaries, cycle gaps, notable patterns, and your questions. AirDrop, print, save, or email it using the iPhone share sheet. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no server, no advertising, and no analytics SDK. Your entries stay on-device unless you choose to export or share them. Export everything as JSON or delete everything at any time. Optional Face ID/passcode protection is available. Pattern includes optional read-only access to sleep duration and heart rate from Apple Health. It works completely without Health access and never writes Health data. A subscription is required after your first check-in. Annual and monthly plans include a 14-day free trial for eligible subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account after confirmation and renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Apple ID subscription settings. Pattern is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice. Share this information with your clinician. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pattern at none against Thali's shown. Thali's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Thali sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Pattern sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Thali | Pattern |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | β |
| Ads | Yes | No β better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ameliorlabs Inc. | Greyscale holding LLC |
In-app purchases
Thali
- Thali Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
- Annual Premium$34.991 Year
Pattern
- Pattern Pro Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Pattern Pro Annual14 Days trial$59.991 Year









