AnchoredWhat Lasting does well
According to its App Store listing, Lasting starts with a relationship health assessment and builds a personalized program of short sessions. Those sessions cover the practical skills many couples struggle with: how to talk about hard things, how to handle conflict, and how to stay close. For couples who want structured relationship skills, it is a solid tool.
Why Christian couples look for an alternative
- Scripture is not the foundation. Lasting draws on relationship science, not the Bible. Many Christian couples want God’s Word at the center of how they grow together.
- No shared prayer or devotional rhythm. It teaches skills but does not build a habit of reading Scripture and praying together.
- Different goal. Lasting helps you fix how you relate. A couples devotional helps you grow in faith side by side, which often changes how you relate too.
“And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
Anchored: a daily devotional built for two
Anchored takes a different approach. Instead of sessions about your relationship, it gives you five minutes a day with God together. You both read the same short Scripture, then each answer one honest question about it on your own phone. Your answers stay private until you have both answered, then unlock together.
That last step matters. Because neither of you sees the other’s answer first, you each say what you actually think. Many couples find the conversations that follow are the most honest they have had in a while. The 12 thirty-day series cover the same ground Lasting does, communication, conflict, forgiveness, trust and intimacy, but through Scripture. Start with Communication & Truth or Conflict with Grace.
Lasting and Anchored compared
| Lasting | Anchored | |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation | Relationship research | Scripture |
| Daily format | Guided sessions | One Scripture and one question |
| Time each day | About 5 minutes per session | About 5 minutes |
| Answering together | Exercises and sessions | Private answers that unlock together |
| Topics | Communication, conflict, intimacy | Communication, conflict, forgiveness, trust, intimacy, purpose, prayer and more |
| Prayer | Not a focus | Stillness guided prayer breaks |
| Pricing for two | See its listing | One purchase covers both partners |
Other Christian alternatives
- Faithful: Couples App: daily prayers, Scripture and short faith lessons for dating, engaged and married couples, with guided multi-day plans.
- YouVersion Bible App: free, with many marriage reading plans you can invite your spouse to do with you.
- Using both: some couples keep Lasting for skills and add a short daily devotional so Scripture shapes the conversation. They work well together.
For a fuller comparison, see the best couples devotional apps.
