Comparison

Anvil vs Drel

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

Head to head
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

About

Drel

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Drel is a developer notification utility for iPhone. Send a notification from your script, browser, automation, or service. When a notification includes an HTTPS destination, Drel can open that exact page after you tap it. • Copy a personal push address and send a first notification in minutes • Open an HTTPS destination from a notification you tap • Keep an inbox of the notifications you choose to open • Use the official Drel push service immediately after enabling notifications Drel is built for developers using their own services. It is not a public app marketplace or a general-purpose browser. For the first Store release, remote web pages run in a secure container and do not receive a JavaScript-to-native Bridge. Notifications may open a route, but cannot authorize or perform sensitive actions by themselves. Built with WebBridgeKit.

Screenshots

Anvil4 screens
Drel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drel at none against Anvil's 3. Drel also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Anvil's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads 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. Anvil sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Drel asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anvil ships an update every 5 days, Drel every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Anvil versus Drel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnvilDrel
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB29 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperAlex Javier Rivas Martinez映洲 许

In-app purchases

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
None

Drel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Anvil free?
Anvil is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drel free?
Drel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Anvil or Drel have ads?
Neither Anvil nor Drel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anvil or Drel?
Anvil ships an update every 5 days, and Drel every 3 weeks. Most recently, Anvil was updated on October 31, 2026 and Drel on October 31, 2026.

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