Meve vs Days Anchor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Meve
Enhance your daily life with practical widgets for tracking time, jotting notes, managing goals, and exploring. Discover fun tools for entertainment and interaction.
- Count-up and count-down timers
- Quick note-taking
- Life bucket list and goals
- Travel compass
- Fun tools (e.g., cyber wooden fish, cat simulator)
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Practical widgets. Life RPG. 1. Time memorial, stopwatch and countdown, full of a sense of ritual 2. Life bucket list, annual flags 3. Meve Jarvis, enabling Siri to connect to custom AI models 4. Travel compass, explore the world around you 5. Desktop notes, quick and handy recording 6. Fun tools, such as: cyber electronic wooden fish to accumulate merit, cat language to interact with pets, and more Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Days Anchor
Easily track important dates with customizable widgets for your home screen. Count down to future events or count up from past milestones. Supports recurring events, lunar calendar dates, and iCloud sync.
- Widget-first design
- Multiple widget styles and sizes
- Countdown and count-up functionality
- Recurring event support
- Lunar calendar integration
- iCloud sync
- Notes and tags
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Days Anchor is a widget-first countdown app. Four widget styles, two sizes, one idea: put the dates that matter right on your Home Screen. Pick Ring, Dot Grid, Bar, or Text β then watch the days tick by without opening the app. WIDGET-FIRST, ALWAYS β’ Four widget styles: Ring, Dot Grid, Bar, Text β’ Small and medium sizes for every style β’ Sub-styles you can cycle in the editor: circular or square dots, straight or curved bars β’ The in-app grid renders the same widgets you'd pin to your Home Screen β what you see is what you get COUNT DOWN OR COUNT UP β’ Days until a trip, a wedding, an exam, a launch β’ Days since a birthday, an anniversary, a quit date β’ Every widget flips automatically the moment the date passes RECURRING EVENTS β’ Weekly, monthly, or yearly repeats β’ Leap-day anchors (Feb 29) clamp correctly β’ Widgets always show the next occurrence, never a stale past date β’ Optional reminders fire on the next occurrence and reschedule themselves LUNAR CALENDAR β’ Mark any yearly event as εε (Chinese lunar) β’ Lunar New Year, Mid-Autumn, lunar birthdays β all recur by lunar month and day, not by Gregorian date β’ Native lunar date picker in the editor when enabled in Settings TAGS AND NOTES β’ Attach tags to any event from a shared vocabulary β type a tag once, reuse it forever β’ Rename a tag in one place; every event updates everywhere β’ Free-form notes for the context that doesn't fit in the event name ICLOUD SYNC, ZERO SETUP β’ Events, tags, and notes sync across iPhone and iPad via iCloud β’ A sync banner tells you when a change is still in flight β’ Account-swap detection keeps other Apple IDs' data off your devices β’ Everything works offline; changes reconcile when you're back online DESIGNED FOR iOS β’ Per-event color picker drawn from a curated palette β’ App icon adapts to iOS 18 Light, Dark, and Tinted appearances β’ Native SwiftUI throughout β’ No ads. No tracking. No account required. Days Anchor is a quietly focused little tool β nothing you don't need, everything you do. Pick a date. Pick a widget. Put it on your Home Screen. Let the countdown do its work.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Meve at Free against Days Anchor's $0.99. Meve also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Days Anchor's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Meve is free to download; Days Anchor costs $0.99 up front. Meve sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Days Anchor asks for nothing beyond the download.
Meve ships an update every 5 days, Days Anchor every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meve | Days Anchor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free β better | $0.99 |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews β better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days β better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases β better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ε£θ£ ε | Zhiqi Pan |
Customer experience
Meve
Days Anchor
In-app purchases
Meve
- Annual VIP$0.991 Year
- Unlock the function of this module4 variants$0.99
- Unlock this widget3 variants$0.99
- Function unlocking$1.99
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- Permanent VIP$2.99
Days Anchor
No in-app purchases









