Anchor is an offline direct-line wayfinder. Drop a pin at your car, campsite or meet-up point, walk away, then follow a live compass with bearing and distance back to it using only the iPhone's GPS, compass and motion sensors.
Inside Anchor
See it in action.
Features
What Anchor does.
When GPS is obstructed, a Step Estimate mode uses step count and heading to keep estimating your position while showing the growing uncertainty.
- 01
Live compass
Direction, distance and bearing back to any dropped anchor.
- 02
Anchor categories
Car, meet-up, campsite, trailhead, hotel, boat or a custom coordinate.
- 03
Step Estimate
A step-and-compass fallback with visible uncertainty when GPS is blocked.
- 04
Private vault
Saved anchors with editable names and notes, excluded from backups. The unlock keeps every anchor and adds manual coordinate entry.
- 05
Night-vision palettes
Two OLED-friendly colour schemes free, all five with the unlock, and metric or imperial units.
- 06
Haptic guidance
Optional tactile feedback as you turn toward the target.
Does Anchor need mobile signal? No. It uses the iPhone's GPS, compass and motion sensors without a map download, account, ads, analytics or server.
Is Anchor free? Yes. It is free to download with one saved anchor, which each new drop can replace, plus full guidance, Step Estimate, every safety feature and two night-vision palettes. A one-time in-app purchase keeps every anchor, adds manual coordinate entry and unlocks all five palettes. There is no subscription, and the unlock works with Family Sharing.
- Platforms
- iOS
- Category
- Navigation
- Languages
- English
- Built with
- SwiftUI, CoreLocation, CoreMotion
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