Comparison

NeuroSpicy vs Anchor

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

Head to head
About

NeuroSpicy

This app helps individuals understand their ADHD energy and mood cycles, which typically last 3 to 7 days. It tracks your patterns to reveal what energizes or drains you, allowing for better planning based on your actual workflow. Insights are available for free, with an optional Pro upgrade for advanced features.

Highlights
  • Tracks energy and mood cycles
  • Identifies patterns
  • Shows what energizes or drains you
  • Free core insights
  • Optional Pro upgrade
  • Built for ADHD brains
Features
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Your ADHD brain works in cycles. NeuroSpicy helps you see them. Most ADHD brains run in 3 to 7-day energy and mood cycles. When you're charged, everything flows. When you're drained, nothing sticks. NeuroSpicy tracks both, finds your patterns, and shows you what charges or drains you, so you can plan around how you actually work, not how you "should." Three check-ins a day, about ten seconds each. Add last night's sleep and today's steps from Apple Health if you want them in the picture. They stay on your phone. Free to use, for real. Every check-in, chart, and signal is free, with no paywall and no countdown. Pro lets you support the app as it grows. It doesn't change what you can see. Your check-ins and your patterns stay yours. Built by ADHD brains, for ADHD brains. No clinical lectures. No hustle culture. No shame about missed days. Terms of Use (EULA): https://neurospicy.sh/terms Privacy Policy: https://neurospicy.sh/privacy

About

Anchor

This app offers a unique routine tracker designed for individuals with ADHD, focusing on continuous progress rather than streaks. It features an on-device AI companion for personalized check-ins and weekly reflections, with options for enhanced features through an optional Pro subscription.

Highlights
  • Chain-based progress tracking (no broken streaks)
  • On-device AI companion for personalized check-ins
  • Hard Day Mode to simplify routines
  • Daily check-in and personalized weekly letters
  • Routine linking to existing habits
  • Medication reminders
  • Optional Pro features like unlimited routines and AI memory
Features
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Every habit app starts the same way. You build a streak. Then life gets heavy, and the app shows you a broken streak or a zero. You feel like you failed. You stop opening it. That's not you. That's an app that wasn't built for your brain. Anchor is different. Anchor is a daily routine companion built specifically for ADHD brains. There are no streaks to break. Instead, every day you show up adds a link to your chain. Miss a day? The chain adds a softer, quieter link and keeps growing. Nothing resets to zero. Your chain never breaks - not ever. Because missing days isn't a failure. It's ADHD. YOUR COMPANION Anchor includes an on-device AI companion that checks in with you, helps you shrink an overwhelming day down to just one routine, and writes you a personal weekly letter reading your real week back to you with kindness. Unlike other apps, Anchor's AI runs entirely on your iPhone using Apple Intelligence. Nothing - your routines, your patterns, your letters - is ever sent anywhere. No account. No cloud. No subscription required to start. WHAT ANCHOR DOES Your chain never breaks: every day you show up adds a link. Miss a day, and a softer link is added. Nothing ever resets to zero. On-device AI companion: warm morning check-ins based on your real routines. Not a generic "Great job!" Your real week. Hard Day Mode: feeling overwhelmed? Anchor shows only your most important routine and hides the rest. One thing. That's enough. Daily check-in: tell your companion what kind of day you're having. It adjusts what it shows you and how it talks to you. Link your routines: connect each routine to something you already do ("After my morning coffee: Morning meds"). This method can double follow-through for ADHD brains. Weekly personal letter: once a week, your companion writes you a short letter about your week. Not generic encouragement. Your stats, your patterns, your wins. Alexa announcements (Pro): phone notifications are easy to ignore. Anchor can announce your routines on any Alexa in your home. Morning, afternoon, and evening blocks: see only what you need right now. Medication reminders: on hard days, medication routines are automatically prioritized. No red states. No guilt. No broken streaks. FREE FOREVER Start with up to 3 routines. Your chain and all your history are yours forever - no expiry, no nag screens, no data held hostage. Show up consistently and Anchor unlocks more routine slots automatically - no purchase required. ANCHOR PRO (OPTIONAL) Pro adds a companion that learns you over time - your specific routines, your patterns across weeks, which days run harder, what's becoming automatic. After a few weeks it starts noticing things: "Tuesdays look harder for you - that's just data, not a verdict." Pro includes: Unlimited routines Companion memory - learns your patterns week over week Weekly personal letter, written about your real week "Too much today?" - shrink your day to one routine Alexa announcements - hear your routines spoken aloud in your home, not just on your phone Everything runs on your phone. Nothing sent anywhere. Pro is $2.99/month or $24.99 once - yours forever, no recurring charge. PRIVACY Everything stays on your phone. There is no Anchor account, no server, no analytics. When you delete the app, everything goes with it. Anchor's AI uses Apple Intelligence - running entirely on your device, not ours. The AI companion requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro or later). On every other iPhone, the chain, routines, and reminders work beautifully - nothing is greyed out or locked. BUILT FOR YOU Anchor was built for adults with ADHD who've tried every habit app and stopped using them. If the app ever made you feel worse about yourself, this is what we built instead. No shame. No broken chains. Terms of Use: https://workstreamapps.com/anchor/terms

Screenshots

NeuroSpicy4 screens
Anchor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Anchor at weekly against NeuroSpicy's every 3 weeks. 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. NeuroSpicy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Anchor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. 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 — 5.0 for NeuroSpicy against 5.0 for Anchor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NeuroSpicy ships an update every 3 weeks, Anchor weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
NeuroSpicy versus Anchor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNeuroSpicyAnchor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB63 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperVarnish Labs LLCDavid Cavill

Customer experience

NeuroSpicy

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Anchor

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

NeuroSpicy

Subscriptions2
  • NeuroSpicy Pulse Pro$4.991 Month
  • NeuroSpicy Pulse Pro$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • NeuroSpicy Pulse Pro Lifetime$79.99
2 purchases

Anchor

Subscriptions1
  • Anchor Pro$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Anchor Pro — Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is NeuroSpicy free?
NeuroSpicy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Anchor free?
Anchor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NeuroSpicy or Anchor?
NeuroSpicy and Anchor are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do NeuroSpicy or Anchor have ads?
Neither NeuroSpicy nor Anchor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NeuroSpicy or Anchor?
NeuroSpicy ships an update every 3 weeks, and Anchor weekly. Most recently, NeuroSpicy was updated on November 5, 2026 and Anchor on October 31, 2026.

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