Comparison

Anchor Maps vs Timesense

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

Head to head
About

Anchor Maps

Create location-based notes and content using augmented reality. Pin text, videos, and links to real-world objects in both public and private spaces. Share your contextual information easily with others.

Highlights
  • Create AR notes in public/private spaces
  • Pin text, videos, and links to objects
  • Contextualize content to appliances/devices
  • Share lists with individuals or publicly
  • Manage access for private maps
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Anchor allows you to create notes in space utilizing AR maps of public and private spaces. Put your content in context by pinning notes, videos and links to objects. Pin instructions to your rental’s devices, upload important documents to your appliances, or pin a shop link to an art piece. Public maps are free and visible to everyone. Private maps all you to add and revoke access as needed. Easily share your lists with individuals or the world! Terms of Service: https://app.termly.io/document/privacy-policy/a52e4a65-ab1c-4578-979c-de30a98f9f91 Privacy Policy https://app.termly.io/document/cookie-policy/d32b12ee-5bdd-48eb-af57-9164c0c6bc8b

About

Timesense

Easily log and track recurring events or milestones to understand their frequency. This app helps you adhere to schedules, improve memory, and organize your life with a modern, intuitive interface.

Highlights
  • Log events and milestones
  • Track event occurrences
  • Visualize event frequency
  • Adhere to schedules
  • Modern design
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Timesense is an app dedicated to answering the age-old question of "when was the last time I did that?". It helps answer this by allowing you to enter in events or milestones, such as "Took Medication" or "Went to the Grocery Store". After entering an event, you can add individual occurrences of those events at a specific date and time. By keeping track of these occurrences, it can help you visualize how often you do something. It can also help you adhere to schedules, such as if you need to take medications at specific time intervals. This will help you improve your life, sharpen your memory, and keep track of your life. Some of the features found in Timesense are: - Beautiful, modern design - Intuitive user interface that makes it easy to use - Automatic and seamless sync across all your devices when signed into iCloud - Add a personal touch to events by choosing a color and icon - Support for multiple windows and multi-tasking on iPad - Absolutely no analytics or tracking Download Timesense and start keeping track of your life today!

Screenshots

Anchor Maps4 screens
Timesense4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Anchor Maps at 96% against Timesense's 25%. Anchor Maps also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.6) and ratings volume (85 vs 7). Timesense's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 14 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Anchor Maps sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Timesense sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Anchor Maps holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anchor Maps has 85 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Anchor Maps's written reviews are positive against 25% of Timesense's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anchor Maps ships an update every 14 months, Timesense every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Anchor Maps versus Timesense: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnchor MapsTimesense
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (85 ratings) — better3.6 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews96.3% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings85 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.014.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnchor Apps IncStanton Software, LLC

Customer experience

Anchor Maps

All ratings85 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral1.2%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive96.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.7%

Timesense

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Anchor Maps

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Month$3.991 Month
  • 1 Month1 Month trial$11.991 Month
  • 6 Months$14.996 Months
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  • 12 Months$24.991 Year
1 purchases

Timesense

One-time1
  • Timesense Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Anchor Maps free?
Anchor Maps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timesense free?
Timesense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Anchor Maps or Timesense?
Anchor Maps is rated higher. Anchor Maps averages 4.9 out of 5 from 85 ratings, while Timesense averages 3.6 from 7 ratings.
Do Anchor Maps or Timesense have ads?
Neither Anchor Maps nor Timesense shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anchor Maps or Timesense?
Anchor Maps ships an update every 14 months, and Timesense every 2 days. Most recently, Anchor Maps was updated on October 15, 2026 and Timesense on October 7, 2026.

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