Thanks, I was struggling to understand the discussion here.

I've bought fully into the Apple ecosystem - a bunch of iPhones, iPads, AppleTVs and Macbooks. I've also been paying a couple of creators via Patreon for the last year or two. But I hadn't even realized that there was a Patreon App. Why would you use such an App instead of the website?

And the answer seems obvious as you suggest. Direct users to the website and forget about the App?