How people use Patterns
Ideas to start from
Everyone's reasons are different. These are some of the ways people use Patterns, each with a simple starting setup. Borrow what helps, change what doesn't, and leave the rest.
Understanding migraines and headaches
Log headaches alongside sleep, coffee and the weather to see what tends to come before the hard days.
Mood and sleep
See how rest, routines and your feelings move together, without turning your mood into a score to beat.
Cycle-aware tracking
Bring in period days from Apple Health and see how energy, skin, mood or pain shift across the month.
Starting or changing a medication
Use Before & after to see how things looked before and after a change, with notes you can share with your doctor.
Phone habits and how you feel
Gently notice how late-night scrolling, news or certain apps line up with your mood the next day.
Food and digestion
Note meals and how your stomach feels, and look for links up to three days apart.
Living with chronic pain or flare-ups
Keep a calm, honest record of good and hard days, and notice what tends to come before a flare.
Focus and energy
Find your better hours and days by noting energy alongside caffeine, exercise and sleep.
Skin and allergies
Add photos to entries and see how flare-ups line up with weather, products, stress or seasons.
A gentle daily journal
Write a few lines each day, add where you were and the weather, and look back on the small things.
Building a new habit, kindly
Track a new routine without streaks or pressure, and see how it relates to the rest of your life.
Caring for someone else
Keep simple notes about a child's sleep, a parent's symptoms or a pet's health, ready for the next appointment.
Start whenever feels right
Patterns is for iPhone (iOS 17 or later). Try every feature free for a week, then decide at your own pace.
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