Anchr · Your Mental-Wellbeing Home Base
Ground yourself in a world that never stops moving. 281 evidence-based self-care modules across 6 clinical frameworks, an AI guide that remembers your story, and 60-second grounding tools for the moments that need them.
One Anchr. Use it on your own, or alongside the therapist you already see.Free tools forever · Everything for $14.99 AUD/month · Cancel anytime
The Premise
Thoughts don't keep office hours. They arrive on the train, at 2am, in the middle of a meeting.
Anchr Guide listens first, one thoughtful question at a time.
Then it matches what you share to 281 evidence-based modules across 6 frameworks.
One pathway, built for you. Stabilise first, then target the loop, then process the loss.
This is not weakness. It is the weight of modern life, and the human nervous system was not designed for it. The knowledge that helps people heal shouldn't only be available to those who can afford it - and the hard moments don't keep office hours.
For too many people, support stays out of reach: long waitlists, geography, cost, the right fit hard to find. And even with help, the session is an hour - life happens for the other 167. Most of the real work lives in the hours nobody sees.
Anchr is built on the five most rigorously studied approaches to mental health in existence - CBT, DBT, ACT, Psychodynamic and Interpersonal therapy - plus a modern synthesis. These aren't wellness tips. They're decades of clinical research, made accessible.
Anchr Guide doesn't rush to solutions. It sits with you, asks one thoughtful question at a time, and carries forward what resonated - so each conversation builds on the last instead of starting from scratch. Crisis detection runs on every message.
Explore what you're going through and get a pathway built for you, or simply talk. Switch between the two at any point in the conversation. Pick a starting point and try it.
Anchr Guide takes time to genuinely understand what you're going through. It asks thoughtful, open-ended questions - one at a time - reflects back what it heard, then recommends a personalised pathway of self-care modules that genuinely fit. It will never recommend a module it isn't confident about.
Relationship struggles, work stress, a thought you can't shake - bring whatever is on your mind. Talk It Through weaves evidence-based techniques naturally into the conversation - no clinical jargon, no scripts, always at your pace.
Interactive, illustrative conversation.
Every module is a short run of lessons you work through at your own pace. The notes you write along the way stay private to you, and Anchr Guide can draw on them when you talk, so it builds on what you've already discovered. Follow one example module from each framework.
42 short, evidence-informed tools across 7 categories, from a one-minute breath pacer to a script for a hard conversation. Tell it how you're feeling and it suggests where to start, then learns which tools actually help you.
How are you feeling right now?
Try a manageable way to settle
Most apps ask "How are you feeling?" and stop there. Anchr tracks 44 emotion types across 8 wellness dimensions, producing a composite Anchr Score that counteracts the feeling that "nothing is working." Yours, always private, until you choose to share it.
Your first pattern: evenings are harder than mornings.
Rolling 7-day Anchr Score with trend analysisIllustrative example. Progressive insights arrive at day 3, 7, 14, 21, 30, 60 and 90.
Mood, sleep, energy, stress, physical symptoms, activities, thought patterns and behavioural balance.
Three-tier severity, so "a bit anxious" and "can't breathe" aren't logged the same way.
Most chatbots generate responses. Anchr Guide builds clinically structured pathways - respecting prerequisite chains, matching modalities to how you relate to your suffering, and remembering everything that matters across every session.
You never land on a concept that requires learning you haven't done yet - the way a structured clinical program would sequence it. Example: exposure work won't appear before you understand safety behaviours. Schema work waits until core beliefs are in place.
Your struggles rarely fit one therapy model. Example: a breakup triggering perfectionism and rumination? DBT distress tolerance first (stabilise), then CBT rumination (target the loop), then IPT grief (process the loss). Three modalities, one coherent arc.
"You've built distress tolerance skills through TIPP - how has that been showing up in your week?"
Each session carries forward your mood trends, completed modules, technique ratings and the words you actually used. Reassessment references your real progress, never a blank slate.
If things worsen or acute risk appears, the system responds - escalating to human crisis support, never just offering another module. Persistent heaviness across sessions? A warm, non-alarming nudge toward professional support - framed as complementary, never replacement.
All of this happens before a single recommendation reaches you.
From clinically informed pathways and mood intelligence to 60-second grounding and an AI that tells you when to put it down. No streaks, no badges, no infinite scroll - just tools that earn their place.
Stuck on a technique? Anchr Guide walks you through hard concepts - defusion, opposite action, schema work - using your own experiences, and remembers what clicked.
44 emotion types, 8 wellness dimensions and a composite Anchr Score. Mood intelligence, not mood logging.
AI-built, clinically informed self-care sequences that keep you on track while honouring when it's time to shift.
14 grounding exercises with haptic feedback synced to breath and movement. Ground yourself in 60 seconds, wherever you are.
Values-driven behavioural activation across 10 life domains. Discover which values correlate with your mood improving.
An evening wind-down ritual - reflect, get a mood-adaptive suggestion, box breathing, and a gentle send-off to rest.
A 10-question check on app dependence. The only mental health app that actively tells you when to put it down.
9 ACT defusion techniques with before-and-after intensity tracking. Find which technique quiets your anxious thoughts.
Anonymous peer encouragement. On your good days, be someone's anchr on their worst.
An encrypted private journal for text, unsent letters, voice memos and photos. Complete honesty, zero performance pressure.
Daily offline micro-missions across social, mindful, creative and movement categories. Designed to get you off your phone.
Active, evidence-based self-care tools at an accessible price - with the depth wellness apps skip and a fraction of the cost of the alternatives.
| Feature | Calm | Headspace | BetterHelp | Wysa | Anchr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price (AUD) | ~$27.99 | ~$21.99 | $360+ | ~$16.99 | $14.99 |
| Clinical frameworks | 0 | 0 | Varies | CBT + DBT | 6 frameworks |
| AI with memory | No | No | No | Limited | Semantic memory |
| Structured pathways | No | Courses | No | Roadmaps | AI-built, sequenced |
| Peer support | No | No | No | No | Anchr Someone |
| Mood intelligence | Basic | Basic | Therapist | Basic | 44 emotions, 8 dimensions |
| Crisis detection | No | No | Therapist | AI-based | AI + 40+ countries |
| Self-regulation tools | No | No | No | No | AI Audit + Sunset |
No tiers to compare and no features held hostage. The Anchr subscription gives you everything, and the free tools are yours to keep, forever.
Essential self-care tools that are always yours. No subscription, no expiry.
The full Anchr experience. Evidence-based guided self-care, AI conversations and more.
Cancel anytime · No commitment · Your free tools stay with you always
If you're already seeing a therapist, Anchr was built so the two of you can do deeper work between sessions - not parallel work in two different places. Share the Talk It Through that landed at 2am. Let your mood data tell the week you couldn't put into words. Walk into Tuesday's session already aligned.
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One AnchrDeeper work, togetherHealing should not be a luxury. Professional help is irreplaceable, but the knowledge that helps people grow should be available to everyone. You already have more capacity for growth than you think.
Your mental-wellbeing home base. An AI guide that remembers you. Tools that work in the moment and a score that shows the progress you can't always feel. And if there's a therapist already in your corner, Anchr makes the work between sessions deeper - never replacing them.
Anchr is a mental health companion, not a replacement for professional therapy. If you're in crisis, tap the CRISIS button available on every screen for immediate help.
