Comparison

PostPique vs Anvil

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

Head to head
About

PostPique

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PostPique is the fastest way to share quotes and insights from web articles to your GitHub Pages blog. Designed for developers, writers, and content curators who want to capture and share meaningful passages without interrupting their reading flow. Key Features: • Seamless GitHub Integration - Authenticate securely with GitHub OAuth and select any repository • Native Share Extension - Share directly from Safari • Smart Markdown Generation - Automatically creates Jekyll-compatible posts with proper formatting • Beautiful Quote Formatting - Posts include blockquotes, your commentary, and links to original articles • Zero Configuration - Works instantly with any GitHub Pages blog using Jekyll How It Works: 1. Sign in with your GitHub account 2. Select your blog repository 3. When reading an article, tap Share → PostPique 4. Add a quote and your thoughts 5. Publish instantly to your _posts folder Perfect For: - Developers maintaining a GitHub Pages blog - Writers collecting research and quotes - Anyone who wants to build a personal knowledge base - Content curators sharing insights with their audience

About

Anvil

A native toolkit for developers on macOS, iPhone, and iPad that streamlines everyday formatting, encoding, conversion, and inspection tasks. It supports a wide range of data types and formats, offering a focused and fast interface for common development workflows.

Highlights
  • JSON formatting and validation
  • Base64, URL, and HTML entity encoding/decoding
  • Timestamp and number base conversion
  • JWT decoding and payload inspection
  • UUID, ULID, and QR code generation
  • String analysis and data cleaning
Features
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Anvil is a native developer toolkit for macOS, iPhone, and iPad, built to make everyday formatting, encoding, conversion, and inspection tasks faster. Work with JSON, Base64, URLs, timestamps, JWTs, UUIDs, hashes, regular expressions, strings, SQL, CSV, YAML, QR codes, and more from one focused app. Instead of jumping between web utilities, Anvil keeps common developer workflows close at hand in a fast, native interface. Use Anvil to: Format, validate, repair, and inspect JSON. Encode and decode Base64, URLs, HTML entities, and escaped strings. Convert timestamps, number bases, CSV, YAML, and other structured data. Decode JWTs and inspect token payloads. Generate UUIDs, ULIDs, QR codes, hashes, sample text, and formatted code. Analyze strings, compare text, and clean up data while building or debugging. Anvil is designed for developers who want practical tools without clutter. Whether you are debugging an API response, preparing test data, checking a token, formatting a query, or converting values during development, Anvil gives you a polished native workspace for the small tasks that happen all day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms and Conditions: https://anvilmac.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://anvilmac.com/privacy

Screenshots

PostPique4 screens
Anvil4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PostPique at 18.0 against Anvil's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. PostPique sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Anvil sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PostPique versus Anvil: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPostPiqueAnvil
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB96 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperKyle OlivoAlex Javier Rivas Martinez

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PostPique

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
3 purchases

Anvil

Subscriptions2
  • Anvil Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Anvil Pro Yearly$37.991 Year
One-time1
  • Anvil Pro Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is PostPique free?
PostPique is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Anvil free?
Anvil is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PostPique or Anvil have ads?
Neither PostPique nor Anvil shows ads.

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