Comparison

Anchor Basic vs Anchor Hub

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

Head to head
About

Anchor Basic

This app provides a reliable anchor alarm for boats, offering drift warnings and low battery alerts. Users can pause the alarm and resume monitoring later, or set the anchor by current location, bearing, and distance. It also allows remote monitoring of other users' Anchor Plus alarms.

Highlights
  • Drift warning alerts
  • Low battery alarms
  • Pause and resume alarm function
  • Set anchor by location, bearing, or distance
  • Remote monitoring of Anchor Plus alarms
Features
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A fully functional anchor alarm designed for iPhone & iPad.  - Simple and reliable with user selectable units, drift warning and low battery alarms.  - Pause the alarm and take your device with you; simply continue drift monitoring when you return.  - Set the anchor at the current location or a bearing & distance to the anchor. - Use Anchor Basic to remotely monitor Anchor Plus. Go ashore for dinner and monitor your friends Anchor Plus alarm using Anchor Basic. - If you like this version, try Anchor Plus with a host of additional features

About

Anchor Hub

Features
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Anchor Hub is a mobile app to monitor your boat position and you can set an alert notification if your boat moves to outside of allowed circular position. You can save the monitoring record for your own history and also share them to others with rates and notes. This app includes the feature to search the shared records on a map. This will be useful for searching an anchorage when a boater is exploring in unfamiliar water. This app also includes a way to monitor a boat position remotely. This feature requires 2 devices with this app installed and the internet connections to both devices.

Screenshots

Anchor Basic4 screens
Anchor Hub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Anchor Hub at Free against Anchor Basic's $0.99. Anchor Hub also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Anchor Hub is free to download; Anchor Basic costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anchor Basic ships an update every 2 months, Anchor Hub every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Anchor Basic versus Anchor Hub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnchor BasicAnchor Hub
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoy CadmanQuinn Sakunaga

In-app purchases

None

Anchor Basic

No in-app purchases

None

Anchor Hub

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Anchor Basic free?
Anchor Basic costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Anchor Hub free?
Anchor Hub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Anchor Basic or Anchor Hub have ads?
Neither Anchor Basic nor Anchor Hub shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anchor Basic or Anchor Hub?
Anchor Basic ships an update every 2 months, and Anchor Hub every 10 days. Most recently, Anchor Basic was updated on October 7, 2026 and Anchor Hub on September 24, 2026.

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