Patter
Build. Run. That's it.
Habits are just things you do until you don't have to think about them anymore. The goal is to need the app less, not more.
Streaks, scores, badges, a small round of applause every time you drink a glass of water. Not the point here.
You build a routine — morning, gym, work process, anything that goes better in order. You run it. One step at a time, nothing else on screen. When you're done, you're done.
That's a session. Do it again tomorrow. Patter doesn't need to know how it went.
Less, on purpose
Patter starts minimal. One routine, your habits, a run button. Monochrome. Nothing asking for your attention that didn't earn it.
If you want more — groups, colours, templates, the watch ticker — it's all there. You just have to decide you actually want it. Features are things you choose, not things you inherit.
When you're setting things up, switch to Build Mode and every editing tool appears. When you're done, switch to Run Mode and they disappear. The app becomes what you need it to be at that moment, and nothing else.
What it actually does
You create a routine — morning, evening, gym, whatever you call it. Add habits. Each one gets a name and an optional note. When you're ready, you run it.
Patter shows you one habit at a time. You do it, you tap, you move to the next one. No summary screen trying to make you feel something about it.
Get interrupted? Come back. Patter is still on the step you left — no figuring out where you were, no skipped steps, no starting over. It just waited.
One routine. Many paths.
Habits can link to other habits. Put a @ and a number in a note and you can jump backwards to repeat a section, or forwards to skip one. One routine can handle multiple variations of the same process — no duplicating, no workarounds.
Reorder with long-press and drag. Copy and paste habits across routines — same as text, because that's how it should work. Multi-select to move or delete several at once.
Save named backups and switch between them — one set for work, another for home, three taps to change. Import from a text file or export in .txt, .md, or .patter format.
It does what you'd expect a well-made tool to do. It just doesn't make a fuss about it.
It goes where you go
Patter runs on your iPhone and Apple Watch. It sits on your home screen as a widget, your lock screen as a shortcut, and in your Dynamic Island while a session is running.
Start a routine with Siri. Advance to the next habit with your voice. Check where you are without picking up your phone. It works the way you'd expect the rest of your phone to work.
If you build automations in Shortcuts, there's a URL scheme. You already know what to do with that.
No account, no sync service, no server. Your phone talks to your watch. That's the whole network.
Your data stays your data
Patter stores everything on your device. Routines, habits, backups — all local. No account to create, no email to hand over, no analytics running in the background.
The only thing that leaves your phone goes to your Apple Watch, and that's a conversation between two things you own.
We don't have a server. Not because we can't afford one. Because we don't need one, and neither do you.
Free vs Pro
Patter is free. One routine, twenty habits, everything you need to decide if this is for you.
If it is, Pro unlocks the rest — unlimited routines and habits, groups, colours, templates, Build Mode and Run Mode, import and export, backups, Apple Watch app, and more. Everything, once. No exceptions.
It's a one-time purchase. No subscription, no annual renewal, no "we've updated our pricing" email in eleven months. You pay for a thing, you get the thing.
One routine. A few habits. Hit run.
That's enough to know if Patter is for you.
Free on the App Store. Pro when you're ready.