Comparison

Creative Preview vs Anybox

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Creative Preview

Test mobile ads directly on your smartphone or tablet before they go live. Scan QR codes or enter creative URLs to preview display and video ads. Review reporting metrics within the app's console.

Highlights
  • Preview display and video creatives
  • Test ads on smartphone or tablet
  • Scan QR codes for preview
  • Manually add creative URLs
  • Review reporting metrics
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Make sure you know how consumers will experience your ad when it goes live. Creative Preview helps you test mobile ads directly on a smartphone or tablet. Scan a QR code from a Google Marketing Platform product to preview an ad on your device, or manually add a creative URL. Test on your device using the supported mobile ad SDKs or in any mobile browser, and review reporting metrics in the app's console. Use Creative Preview to: * Preview and test display and video creatives directly on your mobile device. Supported mobile ad SDKs: * Google Mobile Ads * Interactive Media Ads (IMA) Permissions Notice: * Camera: Needed to scan QR codes. * Microphone: Needed to preview creatives using mobile ads SDKs that support audio recording. * Storage: Needed to attach photos, videos, and local files for submitting app feedback. It's also needed to save your preview list and app settings.

About

Anybox

Save, organize, and quickly access your links, notes, and files across all your Apple devices. Features include nested tags, smart lists, and system-wide share extensions for seamless saving. Syncs via iCloud and respects user privacy.

Highlights
  • Cross-device bookmark sync (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
  • Spotlight search for bookmarks
  • Nested tags and folders for organization
  • Smart Lists for automatic organization
  • Support for images, files, and notes
  • System-wide share extensions
  • iCloud sync
Features
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# Features 1. Get your bookmarks on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. 2. Search your bookmarks with Spotlight. 3. Use Anybox keyboard to quickly input your frequently used links and notes. 4. Categorize bookmarks with nested tags and folders. 5. Create Smart Lists to automatically organize bookmarks with attributes like URL and added date. 6. Support images, files, and notes. Easily retrieve frequently used images and notes. 7. Track your reading list with Widgets. Or save clipboard to specified collections. 8. Save links with system-wide share extensions. Just native experience. 9. Sync via iCloud. No personal data collected. 10. Import your bookmarks from browsers or other third-party apps. Anybox offers lifetime plan and subscription plans as a universal purchase, which means you only need to purchase once for all the platforms (iOS/macOS/iPadOS) Anybox support. You can choose one of these plans to save unlimited items in the app. Privacy Policy: https://anybox.app/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://anybox.app/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Creative Preview4 screens
Anybox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Creative Preview at none against Anybox's 7. Anybox's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (65% vs 40%). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Anybox sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Creative Preview asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Anybox holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anybox has 525 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Creative Preview's written reviews are positive against 65% of Anybox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Creative Preview ships an update every 4 months, Anybox every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Creative Preview versus Anybox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCreative PreviewAnybox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (27 ratings)4.7 (525 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews64.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27525 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoogleAnybox LTD

Customer experience

Creative Preview

All ratings24 ratings
Positive79.2%
Neutral12.5%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Anybox

All ratings525 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews133 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral11.3%
Negative24.1%

Bugs and requests

Creative Preview

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Anybox

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inconsistent behavior with reader mode
  • Issues with bookmark syncing

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to manually add links
  • Improve duplicate detection
  • Allow sorting of tags/folders
  • Implement private bookmark folders

In-app purchases

None

Creative Preview

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Anybox

Subscriptions2
  • 1 month$1.991 Month
  • 12 months$14.991 Year
One-time5
  • Chips-Sized Tip$1.99
  • Coffee-Sized Tip$4.99
  • Pizza-Sized Tip$9.99
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  • Lifetime$39.99
  • Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Creative Preview free?
Creative Preview is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Anybox free?
Anybox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Creative Preview or Anybox?
Anybox is rated higher. Creative Preview averages 4.4 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Anybox averages 4.7 from 525 ratings.
Do Creative Preview or Anybox have ads?
Creative Preview shows ads; Anybox does not.
Which is updated more often, Creative Preview or Anybox?
Creative Preview ships an update every 4 months, and Anybox every 5 weeks. Most recently, Creative Preview was updated on October 24, 2026 and Anybox on October 30, 2026.

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