Comparison

Anchor vs Touch Time

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

Head to head
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/

About

Touch Time

Visualize global time with a dynamic sky that reflects real weather and light. Manage timers, alarms, and countdowns, and plan events across time zones with integrated calendar features. Customizable widgets bring world time and astronomical data to your home screen.

Highlights
  • Dynamic sky reflecting real weather
  • Instant time zone switching
  • Integrated timers, alarms, and countdowns
  • Cross-time zone event planning
  • Customizable home screen widgets
  • Immersive globe view
Features
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Touch Time - World Clock Let the colour of the sky become a living expression of time and place, immersing you in the flow of light, weather, and the quiet breath of time itself. - World Time · Experience a dynamic sky shaped by real meteorological data — feel the rhythm of time and the warmth of weather in every moment. · Swipe to shift time zones instantly and compare global times with clarity. · Covering most regions of the world, precisely synchronised with local time. · Customise city names to mark the people and places that matter to you. · Share time effortlessly — make every connection feel natural and light. · Explore an immersive globe view and watch time drift gently across the world in sunlight and shadow. - Timer, Alarm & Countdown · Bring every way of keeping time together — set timers, alarms, and countdowns for the moments ahead, all in one seamless experience. - Calendar Event · Plan meetings and events across time zones with ease. · Set your daily Available Time to compare and display your availability across cities at a glance. · Create a Google Meet link instantly and connect wherever you are. - Widgets & Complications · Bring the living sky to your Home Screen with city, daylight, and moon phase widgets. · Explore multiple ways to display time, daylight, and astronomical information at a glance. - Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.handstime.app/privacy

Screenshots

Anchor4 screens
Touch Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Anchor at every 3 days against Touch Time's every 9 days. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 and Touch Time sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Anchor against 5.0 for Touch Time. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 36 and 13 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anchor ships an update every 3 days, Touch Time every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Anchor versus Touch Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnchorTouch Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (36 ratings)5.0 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings36 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, MaciPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlessandro Pludayuhang lu

Customer experience

Anchor

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

Touch Time

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Anchor

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

Touch Time

One-time4
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$3.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
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  • Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Anchor free?
Anchor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Touch Time free?
Touch Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Anchor or Touch Time?
Touch Time is rated higher. Anchor averages 4.9 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while Touch Time averages 5.0 from 13 ratings.
Do Anchor or Touch Time have ads?
Neither Anchor nor Touch Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anchor or Touch Time?
Anchor ships an update every 3 days, and Touch Time every 9 days. Most recently, Anchor was updated on November 8, 2026 and Touch Time on November 9, 2026.

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