Pricing & Billing

The short version

Every new account starts with a free 60-day trial of the full app — no card required. After that, Anchor is $25 a year. One plan, everything included.

Your trial includes everything: unlimited desktops, all widgets, calendar and Todoist connections, bookmark import with AI sorting, sharing, the browser extension — the works. There's no card on file and nothing is charged automatically. When the 60 days are up, you choose whether to subscribe.

Your account isn't deleted and your data isn't held hostage:

Your desktops stay viewable. You can open Anchor, browse your desktops, search, and open your bookmarks — you just can't add or change anything.
Export is always available. You can download your data anytime, in two formats: a standard bookmarks HTML file (importable into any browser) or a full JSON backup of your Anchor setup. Both are in Settings → Export.
Subscribing later picks up right where you left off.

Subscribing and managing your subscription

Subscribe from the upgrade prompt or Settings → Subscription & Billing. Payment is handled by Paddle, our merchant of record — Anchor never sees or stores your card details. From the same settings screen you can update your payment method or cancel; cancelling stops future charges and your access continues until the end of the period you've paid for.

Refunds

Not happy? You can get a full refund within 14 days of any charge — first payment or renewal — no questions asked. Email us at support@anchordesktop.com or request it through Paddle (our merchant of record), and the refund goes back to your original payment method. Outside the 14-day window, get in touch anyway and we'll do our best to sort it out.

I signed up before Anchor had pricing

Accounts created before pricing was introduced stay free, forever. No action needed — it's already applied to your account.

Why paid?

Anchor is funded by the people who use it. That's the whole business model: no ads, no tracking, no selling your data. Your subscription pays for the servers, sync, and integrations — and means you're the customer, not the product.