Anytype vs Deck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Anytype
This app unifies conversations, documents, notes, files, and databases into a single, private application. It offers powerful, local-first collaboration with end-to-end encryption, offline access, and secure cross-device syncing, ensuring your data always remains yours.
- Unified workspace for conversations, docs, notes, files, and databases
- End-to-end encrypted and offline accessible
- Local-first collaboration
- Create and edit pages with blocks
- Define custom content types
- Publish content to the web
- Manage lists and tasks with properties
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Anytype is a private, offline-first workspace for notes, docs, tasks, and team collaboration — end-to-end encrypted, with your data stored on your device. No accounts mining your thoughts, no cloud lock-in. A safe haven for your digital life. Flexible Knowledge Anytype adapts to the way your brain works, allowing you to link anything to everything. Create a living map of your ideas. • Capture & Reflect: Rich-media notes, long-form docs, and daily journals. • Plan & Execute: Tasks and projects in Kanban boards, calendars, galleries, and filtered lists. • Organize & Archive: Build personal wikis, research databases, or curated bookmark libraries. Secure Collaboration Collaborate in real-time without surrendering your privacy. You can work offline, sync peer-to-peer, or run entirely on your own network. • Private Collaboration: Shared spaces for teams and family to work together. • Integrated Chat: Chat with friends or have discussions directly on documents. • Share Online: Web publish content so others can access it directly in the browser. Uncompromising Security & Privacy • End-to-End Encrypted: Only you and those you share with can access your data. No exceptions. • Works Offline: No internet? No problem. Access everything offline, use peer-to-peer sync, or run on your own network. • Open Source: Keep your software forever or take your data with you. Zero lock-in. Also available on desktop at anytype.io Anytype — a safe haven for your thoughts, your work, and the people you collaborate with.
Deck
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Save a link in one tap. Read it later, when you actually have time. No account, ever. Deck is a tidy, personal place for the links you keep meaning to come back to. Tap Share in Safari, Messages, or any other app, pick a folder, and it's saved. That's the whole thing. NO ACCOUNT. NO SERVER. NO SUBSCRIPTION. There is no sign-up screen, because there is nothing to sign up for. Your saves live in your own iCloud, synced across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Deck has no server, collects nothing, and tracks nothing so there is no service here that can be shut down and take your links with it. SAVE ANYTHING, FROM ANYWHERE • Links, images, text, and PDFs, straight from the share sheet • "Save to Deck" in the Actions row for one-tap saving • Add a link, note, or photo by hand from inside any folder • Paste a link you just copied Deck offers it before you ask FOLDERS THAT WORK LIKE YOU DO • Make your own folders a color and an icon each, dragged into the order you want • Duplicate a folder, rename it, or clear it out whenever • Four ways to look at a folder: List, Cards, Masonry, and Headlines • Search inside a folder to find that one link again KNOW WHAT YOU HAVEN'T READ Unopened saves get a quiet dot, and folders show how many are waiting. Tap the row on the home screen and everything unread comes up as a stack of cards you flip through one at a time. BUILT FOR iOS, NOT PORTED TO IT Written in SwiftUI for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Links open in their own app when they have one YouTube in YouTube, a recipe in its app and in a fast built-in browser when they don't. Photos keep their details. PDFs open in a real reader. Available in nine languages, with light, dark, and system themes, plus a second app icon. DECK PRO ONE PAYMENT, KEPT FOREVER Saving, folders, search, and iCloud sync are free and stay free. Pro is a single small purchase, not a subscription, and unlocks: • Summarize any save with on-device AI private, offline, nothing sent anywhere • Share a folder with family or friends, with no account needed on either side • Reopen your last save in one tap Recipes with your partner. Gift ideas with your family. Trip links with whoever you're travelling with. Everyone sees the same folder, nobody makes an account. PRIVACY, PLAINLY Deck collects no data. There is no analytics SDK, no tracking, no advertising, and no company database holding your links. Everything is in your iCloud, under your Apple Account, where it stays. Download Deck, save the first link that's been sitting in a tab for a week, and close the tab.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Anytype at 17.0 against Deck's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Anytype sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Deck sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Anytype | Deck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (252 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 252 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 274 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Any Association | Anatoli Petrosyants |
Bugs and requests
Anytype
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes and freezes on certain devices
- Sync issues leading to data loss or duplication
- Inconsistent behavior when working with nested lists
- Page jumps and cursor positioning problems
Requested features
5 requests- Add calendar and scheduling features
- Improve mobile app performance and stability
- Implement formulas and automation capabilities
- Allow more customization options for fonts and UI
- Add widgets for quick access to notes and data
Deck
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Anytype
- Pro$9.991 Month
- Builder$119.001 Year
Deck
- Savedock Pro$1.99









