Comparison

Meve vs Days Anchor

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

Head to head
About

Meve

Enhance your daily life with practical widgets for tracking time, jotting notes, managing goals, and exploring. Discover fun tools for entertainment and interaction.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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/

About

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.

Highlights
  • Widget-first design
  • Multiple widget styles and sizes
  • Countdown and count-up functionality
  • Recurring event support
  • Lunar calendar integration
  • iCloud sync
  • Notes and tags
Features
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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 ε†œεŽ† (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.

Screenshots

Meve3 screens
Days Anchor4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard6 real differences Β· 2 level
Meve versus Days Anchor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeveDays Anchor
PriceFree β€” better$0.99
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews β€” better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days β€” betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases β€” betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size49 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerεœ£θ‡£ 刘Zhiqi Pan

Customer experience

Meve

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Days Anchor

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Meve

Subscriptions1
  • Annual VIP$0.991 Year
One-time4
  • 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
None

Days Anchor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meve free?
Meve is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Days Anchor free?
Days Anchor costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Meve or Days Anchor have ads?
Neither Meve nor Days Anchor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meve or Days Anchor?
Meve ships an update every 5 days, and Days Anchor every 2 weeks. Most recently, Meve was updated on October 28, 2026 and Days Anchor on October 29, 2026.

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