Anchr · Your Mental-Wellbeing Home Base
Ground yourself in a world that never stops moving. 276 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
Anchr Guide listens first - one thoughtful question at a time.
Then it builds your pathway from decades of clinical research.
276 modules · 6 frameworks · every one earned its place
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 & Discover
Anchr Guide takes time to genuinely understand what you're going through. It asks thoughtful, open-ended questions - one at a time - and doesn't rush to a solution. It explores your situation across emotional, physical and contextual dimensions, 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.
Talk It Through
Relationship struggles, work stress, a thought you can't shake - bring whatever is on your mind. Talk It Through weaves evidence-based techniques from CBT, DBT, ACT, Psychodynamic and Interpersonal therapy naturally into the conversation - no clinical jargon, no scripts, always at your pace. It helps you challenge unhelpful thoughts, process difficult emotions, recognise patterns and practise grounding.
Mood Intelligence
Most apps ask "How are you feeling?" and stop there. Anchr tracks 44 emotion types across 8 wellness dimensions - mood, sleep, energy, stress, physical symptoms, activities, thought patterns and behavioural balance - producing a composite Anchr Score that counteracts the feeling that "nothing is working." Yours, always private, until you choose to share it with someone who's helping you.
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.
Every module knows what must come before it. You never land on a concept that requires learning you haven't done yet - the way a structured clinical program would sequence it.
Your struggles rarely fit one therapy model. Anchr maps how you relate to your pain - through thoughts, emotions, patterns or relationships - then draws from the right modality for each concern.
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.
Crisis detection runs on every message, and quiet clinical screening tracks how you're going across sessions. If things worsen or acute risk appears, the system responds - escalating to human crisis support, never just offering another module.
The system extracts your concerns, matches them to clinically relevant modules, applies what has helped you before, enforces contraindications and sequences everything with a transparent clinical reasoning trace - 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? Talk it through. Anchr Guide walks you through hard concepts - defusion, opposite action, schema work - using your own experiences, and remembers what clicked.
AI Guide44 emotion types, 8 wellness dimensions and a composite Anchr Score that shows progress even on days you feel stuck. Mood intelligence, not mood logging.
Data-DrivenAI-built, clinically informed self-care sequences that keep you on track while honouring when it's time to shift.
StructuredValues-driven behavioural activation across 10 life domains. Discover which values correlate with your mood improving.
Evidence-BasedAnonymous peer encouragement. On your good days, be someone's anchr on their worst. Mutual support that heals both sides.
Peer Support14 grounding exercises with haptic feedback synced to breath and movement. Ground yourself in 60 seconds, wherever you are.
In the MomentAn evening wind-down ritual - reflect, get a mood-adaptive suggestion, box breathing, and a gentle send-off to rest.
Daily RitualA 10-question check on app dependence. The only mental health app that actively tells you when to put it down.
Healthy Use9 ACT defusion techniques with before-and-after intensity tracking. Find which technique quiets your anxious thoughts.
ACT PracticeAn encrypted private journal for text, unsent letters, voice memos and photos. Complete honesty, zero performance pressure.
PrivateDaily offline micro-missions across social, mindful, creative and movement categories. Designed to get you off your phone.
OfflineActive, 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.
Mental health isn't a yearly contract, and neither is Anchr. Subscribe when you need support, cancel when you're in a good place, and come back whenever life gets heavy again. Your progress is never lost. And if your therapist already uses Anchr with their clients, your access comes through their plan - theirs to cover, not yours to add.
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.
Limits apply when you're using Anchr on your own. When a therapist runs your plan, they set the pacing.
Start Your JourneyCancel anytime · No commitment · Your free tools stay with you always
Working With a Therapist - Or Are One?
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. And if you're a therapist reading this: assign from 276 evidence-based modules, read reflections captured at the peak of insight, and walk into every hour with your client's real words, in their own voice.
Professional help is irreplaceable. But the knowledge that helps people grow should be available to everyone. We built Anchr with care, with integrity, and with deep respect for the profession - because 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.
