# Meeting Guide — user reviews > 139 indexed App Store user reviews of Meeting Guide by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., rated 4.38/5 from 1,013 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/meeting-guide/id1042822181/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/meeting-guide/id1042822181.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 751 · 4★ 102 · 3★ 40 · 2★ 34 · 1★ 86 ## What do users think of Meeting Guide? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Life saver - 👍 Powerful - 👍 Great tool - 👍 Wonderful app - 👍 Helpful & well designed - 👍 Indispensable - 👍 Easy and practical - 👍 Live saver - 👍 Just incredible - 👍 Fantastic - 👍 Exceptional support - 👍 Helpful & well-designed - 👍 Lifesaver - literally and metaphorically - 👍 Excellent resource - 👍 Meeting Guide is the best **Cons** - 🐛 Payment information - 🐛 Online Meetings Only - 🐛 Inaccurate - 🐛 Missing so many meetings - 🐛 Truly pathetic - 🐛 Can't Find meetings in other cities? - 🐛 Neither progress or perfection - 🐛 Inaccurate Meeting Source - 🐛 Meetings don't exist **Commonly reported bugs** - Can't locate meetings - Meetings info dropped//Updated - Not working on IOS 13 - Current Location Will Not Work! - App removed LGBT options - Login screen freezes - Incompatible with older devices **Most requested features** - Distance filter - Notifications/Reminders - Map display of meeting locations - Dark mode option ## Newest reviews (15 of 139) ### 3/5 — Why stuck seeing areas nearby? *2026-07-14, version 5.1.7* Cant change setting to global so now only 2 options whereas this morning I caught one half the world away. Can you please reset distance setting otherwise great!! ### 4/5 — Great but have some suggestions *2026-07-06* This is my go-to app since I moved to a big city to find meetings. Because there are so many & I’m still learning my way around, it would be super helpful to have a “notes” feature to help me keep track of which mtgs are which, people from the mtgs etc. It would also be incredibly helpful to have details such as where in the church/building the meetings are, like the room & floor so I’m not wandering all over the place trying to find it, especially at night where it’s dark & not necessarily safe… thanks for a great app ### 4/5 — Website meeting finder more useful for in-person UK users *2026-06-14, version 5.1.7* Pros: very simple UI and easy to use. Online meeting finder is global, so great for finding a meeting any time of the day. Cons: Only able to filter in person meetings by time not distance. News isn’t relevant to UK users. AA-London.com website featured which isn’t regularly updated and often holds incorrect meeting info, in my experience. ### 2/5 — Great Resource - Irritating UI *2026-05-27* This app is great for finding meetings but it can be quite frustrating to use - especially when theres no other quality options. I’ve included a list of my gripes below. Nothing too major, and definitely something that the devs could improve upon. Gripes: 1.) The search results do not hold your place in the (sometimes quite long) list of meetings and require users to scroll all the way back down to where you were after clicking on a meeting and returning to the search results 2.) I would greatly appreciate a personal notes section for each meeting to write down important info about it. There are so many meetings, and it can be hard to keep track of them. I REALLY would like to be able to note travel time & directions or other things to remember about specific meetings. Especially since Im normally looking at the app trying to determine which is the most feasible to attend that day without getting frustrated looking up the same address over and over and over again. 3.) Results Sorting: Currently, the app only sorts results by time, when distance would be a great option to select. In reference to gripe #1, this would result in less irritated scrolling 4.) “Add to Calendar” function only works for your default phone calendar - no preferred app options. Additionally, it will add the meeting to whatever section of your calendar app you last used. This has lead to the app adding my AA meetings to my WORK calendar which is VISIBLE to my coworkers. 5.) “Get Directions” option: An option to select directions to the meeting the redirects to your selected preferred map app would save so much time and frustration if users could quickly see the travel time/options when searching for meetings. Anyways, these are my thoughts. I would be incredibly grateful and happy to see these things improve. ### 4/5 — So helpful but… *2026-04-09, version 5.1.0* Could be done better on the locations and times. Pictures of places would be helpful. And details of what kind of meeting it is ### 4/5 — This is generally a great app *2026-02-16, version 5.0.5* Works great helped me get sober but has one major glitch if you set the location to Manhattan, New York using the location or if you set it using the ZIP Code, it shows you different results so like half the meetings won’t pop up if you show it by ZIP Code and then the other half won’t show up if you show up by location like current location. Please fix this. ### 5/5 — App is the best *2025-09-08, version 4.2.60* This is the best resource for finding meetings. Point blank. Period. ### 5/5 — Wonderful App *2025-09-04, version 4.2.60* Very useful to find meetings. When traveling I have been able to find meetings using this app. Thank you AA! ### 5/5 — Great Tool! *2025-07-02, version 4.2.60* Super handy tool for finding meetings. Information is always accurate in my experience. ### 3/5 — Double check with your local council to see if there’s really a meeting *2025-06-17* I walked to a meeting, couldn’t get in and after while the lady cleaning the building came out and asked me what I was doing there. I told her that I was there for the AA meeting. She said there hasn’t been a meeting there for five years. There is no way to contact support for the app and there was another girl there who said she really needed to go to a meeting. This is not in the spirit of AA. The lady who was there told me that people show up for the meeting several times a week and last week a guy had taken an Uber there. Some of the people going to meetings are hard up and in a sense leaving this meeting on the app is stealing. **Developer response:** Hi there. Having accurate up-to-date information in Meeting Guide is very important to all members of A.A. We'd appreciate it if you would report the details of the specific location in question to appsupport@aa.org so this can resolved for others in the future. If it's helpful you can also find local contacts for the specific meeting by tapping the meeting and scrolling to the bottom of the detail page, or by clicking the contact icon in the navigation bar at the bottom of the app. ### 5/5 — Hero’s *2025-04-21, version 4.2.51* You saved my life Dear souls and you made me honest. Thank you 😊 ### 3/5 — Sober trips *2025-04-14, version 4.2.51* Very helpful when in need of meeting it helps me to get to one👍 ### 5/5 — Writing a review *2025-02-08, version 4.2.51* This application is very helpful. ### 5/5 — Sobriety is so much easier now *2025-02-05, version 4.2.51* I absolutely love this app. Especially when I’m stuck in a rut and I pull over my car and open the Meeting Guide and find the nearest meeting near me. Pretty sure it has saved my life at times. Combine this with the big book and a couple meditations and you’re good to go. ### 2/5 — This app makes me wanna drink *2025-02-05, version 4.2.51* I’ve been sent to building without roofs in Arizona. Tells me there’s not a single meeting in Mexico. Possible user error I’ll admit. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — What the heck?! *2026-06-12, version 5.1.7* Downloaded your new update and now it only shows one meeting for each day of the week, and it’s the same meeting. ### 1/5 — Payment information *2025-11-28, version 5.0.5* I tried downloading this app, but couldn’t until I entered my payment information!!!!! Why does AA need my payment info.? ### 1/5 — Review *2025-04-23, version 4.2.51* This will not upload onto my iPhone 13 for some reason ### 1/5 — DONT USE THIS APP *2025-04-16, version 4.2.51* I’ve tried to join about 5 different meetings on zoom through this app and every single time it ends up being a guy masterbaiting…. DO NOT USE THIS APP ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING and to those men who get off on that for some reason… YOU NEED HELP or maybe jail time, OR BOTH!!!!! ### 1/5 — Got rid of LBGTQ filer *2025-04-08, version 4.2.51* Never thought I would be writing a review because an app no longer allowed me to search for inclusive meetings, but here I am. ### 1/5 — Can’t use unless you accept use of your location *2025-01-18, version 4.2.51* Wouldn’t accept zip code, city, or city state, or city, state. Could be my tracker/vpn app but that is what that is for. I’ll stick to the old reliable paper meeting list. Otherwise was useful in past when it didn’t force my location so if you’re like most people and probably give permissions to all your apps you’ll be fine. Enjoy. ### 1/5 — Is this free? *2024-12-22, version 4.2.51* Is this free? ### 1/5 — Online Meetings Only *2024-12-13, version 4.2.51* Don’t trust this app for meetings in person. I went to three and non of them existed. I’ve found online meetings tho and those work. Good thing I wasn’t attending because I had a burning desire. ### 1/5 — International on line meetings *2024-09-27, version 4.2.26* I have been trying to find an International 12pm meeting I know is still going.There is no one that can help me get on to International on line meetings??? ### 1/5 — Does not work *2024-09-20, version 4.2.26* Useless ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Essential *2026-07-23, version 5.1.12* I’m grateful to those that create and maintain this essential recovery tool. It provides comprehensive and navigable access to literature, and, most importantly, vital access to live meetings and fellowship- everywhere and at all times. Pure thanks! ### 5/5 — Great source to find meetings *2026-06-22, version 5.1.7* One of the best ever ### 5/5 — Sorely in need of additional features *2026-04-26, version 5.1.3* Why can’t I get the grapevine or AA approved literature here? Why can’t I donate to GSO here? Why doesn’t it have a sobriety counter? I love AA. I support GSO. But it’s a disgrace how behind the times you guys are. ### 5/5 — Wonderful *2026-04-18, version 5.1.0* I love the Meeting Guide app! Simple open it and it will show you all of the meetings near you on the current day. Looking for a different place or day? That is easy to do. Whenever you need a meeting, this app helps you find it. It is a true ally for sober living. ### 5/5 — Saves lives *2026-04-07, version 5.1.0* Meeting makers make it ### 5/5 — Life Saver *2026-03-07, version 5.1.0* This app has given me the ability to go to a meeting at any time. It is invaluable for my sobriety. Can’t recommend highly enough! ### 5/5 — Super helpful to find another great meeting *2026-01-29, version 5.0.5* Staying sober day by day…this app helps each time I need it. Can’t recommend it enough for use by those new needing to find a meeting or those sober 24Hrs+ looking for something different or new. ### 5/5 — Life saver *2026-01-21, version 5.0.5* Doesn’t get better than this. If you have only one app on your iPhone, make it this one and save your life. ### 5/5 — I feel happy *2025-11-26, version 5.0.5* This is the time to utilize this application. No in app purchases . Just ask your home group or meeting to support AA World Services when doing a local support as well ### 5/5 — Powerful *2025-10-12, version 5.0.0* Never thought I’d find something that actually works for me. This really works. I never gave it a try now. I have AA all day every day no matter where I go saving my life. And my marriage.💪🏾💪🏾 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*