Comparison

Ancher vs noglow

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

Head to head
About

Ancher

Capture and organize various types of content, from links and screenshots to voice notes and files. Effortlessly recall information using meaning-based search and transform your raw captures into polished notes, summaries, or creative drafts. Connect ideas and share your creations with others.

Highlights
  • Save links, screenshots, files, and voice notes
  • Meaning-based recall, not just keywords
  • Transform captures into notes and summaries
  • Connect related ideas across formats
  • Create posts, outlines, and decks
  • Organize in collections and share via link
Features
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- Save links, screenshots, files, voice notes, media, and ideas you choose to keep - Find any of it again with meaning-based recall, not just keywords - Turn raw captures into notes, summaries, briefs, and drafts - Connect related ideas across different formats and moments - Create posts, recaps, outlines, decks, and images from your own material - Organize in collections and share what you create with a link - Visit ancher.ai for more Terms of Use: https://ancher.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://ancher.ai/privacy License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

noglow

This app offers a minimalist scratchpad experience for quick note-taking on iPhone and Mac. It features eight distinct color-coded slots that clear after use, with finished notes archived and searchable. Optional cloud sync is available for free.

Highlights
  • Titleless scratchpad
  • Eight color slots
  • Searchable archive
  • Cross-device sync
  • Plain text notes
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noglow is a titleless scratchpad for iPhone, iPad and Mac. No titles to invent, no folders, no tags, no markdown. Just a blank line and eight slots that never move. Whatever you left in slot 2 is still in slot 2. When a note is done, peel it away. It goes into a searchable archive that never fills up, and the slot is clear for what you are working on now. - Eight slots, one tap or one keystroke apart - Peel finished notes into a permanent, searchable archive - On iPad: a full-screen layout, the archive side by side, keyboard shortcuts - Works across your devices - Optional cloud sync. Free, no account needed to start. - Plain text only. No formatting to fuss with. Free, and that includes sync.

Screenshots

Ancher4 screens
noglow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: noglow at none against Ancher's 7. noglow also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Ancher's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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. Ancher sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. noglow asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ancher against 5.0 for noglow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ancher ships an update fortnightly, noglow every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ancher versus noglow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnchernoglow
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB23 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperStreamify Tech, Inc.GRABA

Customer experience

Ancher

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

noglow

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Ancher

Subscriptions4
  • Digest Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Digest Annual$59.991 Year
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  • Pro Annual$179.991 Year
One-time3
  • 2,500 Credit Pack$4.99
  • 6,000 Credit Pack$9.99
  • 15,000 Credit Pack$19.99
None

noglow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ancher free?
Ancher is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is noglow free?
noglow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ancher or noglow?
Ancher and noglow are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Ancher or noglow have ads?
Neither Ancher nor noglow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ancher or noglow?
Ancher ships an update fortnightly, and noglow every 5 days. Most recently, Ancher was updated on November 5, 2026 and noglow on November 5, 2026.

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