Comparison

Anybox vs Never

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

Head to head
About

Anybox

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

Highlights
  • Cross-device bookmark syncing (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
  • Spotlight search for bookmarks
  • Categorize with nested tags and folders
  • Smart Lists for automatic organization
  • Support for images, files, and notes
  • System-wide share extensions
  • iCloud sync with privacy focus
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

About

Never

Features
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Keep a note close at hand. Write and format text, choose fonts and alignment, and share your note as text or an image. Import a photo to read its text and QR codes on the device, while retaining the original photo with the note. On supported iOS versions, Apple’s on-device translation can add a translation above your text. Notes are stored on your device, with private iCloud syncing when available and configured. Apple Watch supports reading a note and appending typed or dictated text. Saved notes and earlier local files remain accessible, and save errors stay visible so you can retry without losing your draft. You can choose to display linked images. Loading an image contacts its website, and an enabled preview can load again when you reopen the note.

Screenshots

Anybox4 screens
Never4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Never at none against Anybox's 7. Anybox's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Never asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anybox ships an update every 5 weeks, Never every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Anybox versus Never: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnyboxNever
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (526 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings526 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnybox LTDNathan Fennel

Bugs and 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

Never

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Anybox

Subscriptions2
  • 1 month$1.991 Month
  • 12 months$14.991 Year
One-time4
  • Chips-Sized Tip$3.99
  • Coffee-Sized Tip$7.99
  • Pizza-Sized Tip$14.99
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  • Lifetime2 variants$49.99
None

Never

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Anybox free?
Anybox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Never free?
Never is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Anybox or Never have ads?
Neither Anybox nor Never shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anybox or Never?
Anybox ships an update every 5 weeks, and Never every 2 months. Most recently, Anybox was updated on November 7, 2026 and Never on November 5, 2026.

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