Comparison

Denizen vs Anchor

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

Head to head
About

Denizen

This app offers on-demand workspace rentals, blending hospitality and technology for enhanced productivity. It provides various spaces like lounges, meeting rooms, and private offices, along with amenities such as healthy meals and self-care options.

Highlights
  • On-demand space rental
  • Community lounges
  • Meeting rooms
  • Private offices
  • Healthy meals
  • Engaging events
  • Self-care amenities
Features
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Denizen is redefining coworking, blending hospitality and technology to enhance our members' productivity and happiness. Our spaces cater to all, with community lounges, meeting rooms, and private offices designed for individuals and teams of all sizes. From healthy meals, engaging events and self-care amenities, Denizen has you covered.

About

Anchor

Organize your day with focus blocks, capturing tasks and projects. Syncs with your calendar and is accessible across devices. Designed for efficient planning and task management.

Highlights
  • Focus block scheduling
  • Task and project organization
  • Smart date capture
  • Calendar and reminders sync
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Offline functionality
Features
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A place for your tasks, projects, and daily plan. Anchor organizes your day around focus blocks. Group tasks into a block, give it some time in your calendar, and work through them at your own pace. When plans change, move things around. CAPTURE YOUR TASKS Type a task as it comes to mind. Use Smart Dates to add a date as you type, or hold New To Do and talk through several things at once. Anchor turns what you say into tasks, with projects, dates, and urgency levels, privately with Apple Intelligence.* KEEP PROJECTS ORGANIZED Keep related tasks in projects. Add dividers to separate sections, notes to hold the details, and urgency levels to show what needs attention. Drag tasks into the order that works for you. PLAN WITH FOCUS BLOCKS Bring tasks into a block alongside your calendar events. Set up repeating blocks for the regular parts of your week. Focus on one block at a time, and move unfinished tasks forward when you need to. PICK UP ON ANOTHER DEVICE Your tasks, projects, and focus blocks sync through your private iCloud. Anchor is also available on Mac, so you can continue there. CONNECTED TO YOUR DAY • Apple Calendar and Reminders sync • Widgets and Live Activity • Siri shortcuts • Repeating blocks and custom icons • Works offline • No separate Anchor account required Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese. MADE INDEPENDENTLY Anchor is designed and built by an independent developer. No ads, no venture capital. Just an app that keeps getting better with feedback from the people who use it. *Voice capture requires Super Anchor and a compatible iPhone with Apple Intelligence enabled, using a supported language. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Denizen4 screens
Anchor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Denizen at none against Anchor's 2. Denizen also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Anchor's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (36 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Denizen asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Denizen against 4.9 for Anchor. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anchor has 36 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Denizen ships an update every 3 weeks, Anchor every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Denizen versus Anchor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDenizenAnchor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.9 (36 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings336 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimplify Places GmbHAlessandro Pluda

Customer experience

Denizen

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Anchor

All ratings36 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Denizen

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Anchor

One-time2
  • Super Anchor Lifetime$29.99
  • Super Anchor Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Denizen free?
Denizen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Anchor free?
Anchor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Denizen or Anchor?
Denizen is rated higher. Denizen averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Anchor averages 4.9 from 36 ratings.
Do Denizen or Anchor have ads?
Neither Denizen nor Anchor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Denizen or Anchor?
Denizen ships an update every 3 weeks, and Anchor every 3 days. Most recently, Denizen was updated on November 3, 2026 and Anchor on November 8, 2026.

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