Comparison

GroundworkOS vs WithAnchor Quit Lust PMO

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

Head to head
About

GroundworkOS

A personal operating system designed to help users navigate difficult life seasons like chronic illness, caregiving, or burnout. It offers an AI companion for reflection, daily practices for structure, and tools to track health and appointments.

Highlights
  • AI companion for reflection and data logging
  • Daily check-ins and reflections
  • Structured daily practices (Mind, Body, Spirit, Money, Garden)
  • Health and biology tracking (sleep, food, movement, hydration)
  • Calendar for logging medications, appointments, and more
  • Daily dashboard for progress visualization
Features
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GroundworkOS is a personal operating system built for the hard seasons of life — chronic illness, caregiving, burnout, grief, and the daily work of staying grounded when everything feels uncertain. Built by a founder navigating his wife's stage IV cancer diagnosis, GroundworkOS is the system he wished he had. Not a meditation app. Not a mood tracker. A daily practice infrastructure — for people who know the difference between surviving and building a foundation. The Guide Your AI companion learns your story across every conversation. Talk through hard things, log health data by voice, ask it to reflect your patterns back to you. Four voices available — Elder, Sensei, Companion, Goddess. Same wisdom, different energy. The Mirror Morning and evening check-ins. Weekly and monthly reflections. First thought, best thought. Everything you write deepens your Guide's understanding of who you are. The Gates Five daily practices across Mind, Body, Spirit, Money, and Garden. Small, repeatable rituals that give your day structure when everything else feels uncertain. The Battery Track sleep, food, movement, and hydration. Biology first. When the body is solid, everything else has a foundation to stand on. The Calendar Log sleep, food, movement, hydration, medications, supplements, side effects, weight, and appointments. Log here or just tell your Guide. Daily Rundown is a quick 2 minute morning check in with your Guide that logs: Sleep, Food, Movement and Hydration. Basecamp Your daily dashboard. A visual reminder that every day is a climb — and every step counts. Especially designed for caregivers, people navigating chronic illness, burnout, loss, and anyone in a hard season who is ready to build something solid underneath them. Less than a quarter a day. Less than $70 a year. Practice for the daily climb. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

WithAnchor Quit Lust PMO

This app offers a calm approach to managing urges, utilizing therapist-built skills based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. It provides quick, guided practices to help users navigate difficult moments without shame or judgment, focusing on personal values and self-compassion.

Highlights
  • Guided grounding practices
  • Urge surfing techniques
  • Choice point exercises
  • Thought unhooking methods
  • Self-compassion tools
  • Personalized plan creation
  • Progress tracking without streaks
Features
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Quitting porn doesn't have to mean white-knuckling a streak until you slip and start over in shame. WithAnchor is a calmer way: therapist-built skills, grounded in ACT, for the moment an urge actually hits. There's no streak to lose, no badges to chase, and no lectures. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based approach, and WithAnchor turns it into something you can reach for in two minutes, right when you need it. If you slip, it meets you with kindness instead of shame, because that's what actually helps you keep going. WHEN AN URGE HITS Open the app and drop anchor. A short guided practice brings you back to your body and your values, so the urge can pass without running the show. Because it always passes. - Drop Anchor: fast grounding for the moment you're gripped - Urge Surf: ride the wave instead of fighting it, and watch it fall on its own - Choice Point: notice the pull, then choose what matters - Leaves on a Stream and Passengers on the Bus: ACT practices for unhooking from sticky thoughts - Self-Compassion: for right after a slip, when shame hits hardest BUILT AROUND YOU A short, private setup learns what you value, when it tends to hit, and what's been hardest. Then it shapes your plan around your own words. The more honest you are, the better it fits. PROGRESS WITHOUT THE SCOREBOARD Slip, and nothing resets. WithAnchor shows you patterns, not verdicts: gentle insight into when urges tend to come and how often you've shown up for yourself. It only adds up. It never punishes. A DAILY RHYTHM A 90-second morning intention and an evening reflection keep you anchored to what matters, at your own pace. ONE TAP AWAY, WITHOUT OPENING THE APP The moment an urge arrives is not the moment to go hunting through your home screen. - A Home Screen and Lock Screen widget keeps the anchor a single tap away - A Control Center button, there when you swipe down - Ask Siri to drop anchor, or map it to the Action Button, and start without looking at a screen at all WHY THERE IS NO BLOCKER HERE Blockers put a wall between you and a screen. That genuinely helps some people, and it does nothing for the urge itself. WithAnchor works on the moment rather than the device: what to do when the pull arrives, wherever you are, on whatever screen. If a blocker already helps you, this sits alongside it rather than replacing it. WHAT THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES LOOK LIKE You answer a short set of questions about what matters to you, when it tends to hit, and what has been hardest. Nothing you write is shared with anyone. At the end you get a plan in your own words, and the first technique chosen for your hardest moment. Then the app gets out of the way until you need it. PRIVATE BY DESIGN This is sensitive, and we treat it that way. Your information is encrypted, never sold, and never used to advertise to you. There's no social feed and no one watching. You can delete everything, anytime. If willpower wasn't enough before, that wasn't a character flaw. It was the wrong tool. This is a different one. Drop anchor. It's yours now. ABOUT THE SUBSCRIPTION WithAnchor offers full access through an auto-renewing subscription. The current options and prices are shown in the app before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase, and it renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the period. You can manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://withanchor.io/privacy Terms of Use: https://withanchor.io/terms

Screenshots

GroundworkOS4 screens
WithAnchor Quit Lust PMO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: WithAnchor Quit Lust PMO at none against GroundworkOS's shown. GroundworkOS's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. GroundworkOS sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and WithAnchor Quit Lust PMO sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GroundworkOS ships an update every 11 days, WithAnchor Quit Lust PMO weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
GroundworkOS versus WithAnchor Quit Lust PMO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroundworkOSWithAnchor Quit Lust PMO
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB13 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperThomas ScobleDoffy Labs Ltd

Customer experience

GroundworkOS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WithAnchor Quit Lust PMO

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

GroundworkOS

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Annual$79.991 Year
3 purchases

WithAnchor Quit Lust PMO

Subscriptions3
  • Anchor Weekly$8.997 Days
  • Anchor Annual$49.991 Year
  • Anchor Annual3 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is GroundworkOS free?
GroundworkOS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WithAnchor Quit Lust PMO free?
WithAnchor Quit Lust PMO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GroundworkOS or WithAnchor Quit Lust PMO have ads?
GroundworkOS shows ads; WithAnchor Quit Lust PMO does not.
Which is updated more often, GroundworkOS or WithAnchor Quit Lust PMO?
GroundworkOS ships an update every 11 days, and WithAnchor Quit Lust PMO weekly. Most recently, GroundworkOS was updated on October 10, 2026 and WithAnchor Quit Lust PMO on October 16, 2026.

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