I have been a die-hard Pattern user for years, and until last week I would’ve happily thrown five stars at this review. This update is absolutely awful! I can’t find anything, it’s super complicated and hard to navigate. When I click on a notification it sometimes takes me to my main screen and the content of the notification is no where to be found. Way too much push to listen to audio. It feels like the focus was completely on aesthetics and everyone was just like, “Yep looks pretty!” without testing the usability at all. I even prefer the old look more. This is just too busy and overwhelming and looks like stock photos of sunsets and stuff from Google with the saturation turned up. Somehow it’s boring and overwhelming simultaneously. As a former dedicated daily user, I’m sooo bummed about the changes. I used to tell EVERYONE to get this app… no longer. “And this is what we’ll talk to you about in the following audio” makes me want to crawl out of my skin. Utterly confounded that they seem to be ignoring the fact that 99% of us are really hating this update—why keep it?! Finally turned off my notifications today… it literally made me sad after YEARS of getting that daily morning notification and being amazed at how accurate it always was. Now it is all generalized overviews that can be found anywhere on the internet. I’m rambling, but that’s how much I really hate it!

So, I want to start out by saying I was very resistant to the changes that happened over time with this app. I loved it before and I think I just had a really hard time seeing the changes that happened as being positive. All that being said, since I’ve poked around on it a little more and decided to give the paid version a whirl about a week ago, I AM FLOORED by the wealth of information that’s been added to this entire app. I also love that they’re now actually talking about astrology openly (something I suspected was involved back in the day, now delightfully confirmed). And, this is unlike any other astrology app I’ve got, and this is coming from someone who is astrology obsessed and has been obsessed for the better part of 25 years! The paid version is where the “meat” is, so take the plunge and just do the lower amount one and see what all they have for you to chew on if you’re a commitment-phobe like me. Because everything about this app is packed with kind, encouraging, empowering information. And better yet, whoever the narrator has interest and flow to their reading and just the most calming, loving voice ever. I was a skeptic (putting it nicely) but and now 1000% all in. I’ll be a subscriber forever. So much love!

I used to LOVE this app for over 5 years! Every time I got a new device, this would be one of the first apps I’d redownload. I would always recommend this to friends and family. In recent years, they’ve been slowly adding more paywalls for the content. I don’t have an issue with this because I 100% understand that these apps are not free to operate but at a certain point, the subscription prices just seemed out of control. In no world does it make logical sense to even have an $80 or $10/month subscription option for any app. I know there are several people that are willing to pay that amount; I just might not be the target audience for this platform anymore and that’s okay. The options that are left in the free version of the app are so limited that it basically defeats the purpose of why I had the app for so long anyway. Don’t let greed kill such a beautiful and innovative platform! I have no issues with the subscription plan concept because again, these apps and their developers do deserve money for their hard work. However, the pricing is outrageous now. As someone who watched these changes happen in real time over the years, it’s so sad to see everything that has been changed behind paywalls. A lower cost subscription model or at least not limiting the free version so much would’ve improved so many things with this app.