# Sober: Quit Drinking Hypnosis — user reviews > 48 indexed App Store user reviews of Sober by Team Penguin, rated 4.70/5 from 1,109 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sober-quit-drinking-hypnosis/id6473517059/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sober-quit-drinking-hypnosis/id6473517059.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 925 · 4★ 98 · 3★ 51 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 25 ## What do users think of Sober? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Very relaxing - 🚀 Effective from the first session - 💡 Powerful hypnosis experience - 👍 Soothing and melodic voice - 👍 Great for sleep and sobriety **Cons** - 💰 Expensive subscription - 🐛 Audio issues on some devices - ⚠️ Unclear trial period **Commonly reported bugs** - Audio playback not working - Incorrect information about trial length **Most requested features** - More free sessions - Improved onboarding and guidance ## Newest reviews (12 of 48) ### 5/5 — Very relaxing *2025-08-11, version 1.0.8* Amazing first session excited to see results ### 5/5 — Works *2025-07-31* Before I even realized it, I was just not drinking … ### 5/5 — Adrienne Violet Gray *2025-07-25, version 1.0.8* Sobriety ### 5/5 — Sober *2025-06-04* I enjoyed the way they tell me to relax, and that everything is gone to be ok. ### 5/5 — Great *2025-05-13, version 1.0.8* Great ### 5/5 — So far, so good... *2025-03-21* Really impressed with the first session. Throughout the day, no need to drink. ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2025-03-19, version 1.0.6* Great so far! ### 5/5 — Very effective *2025-02-23, version 1.0.5* One day of hypno and no desire to drink at all ### 5/5 — It works! *2025-02-20* I’ve only listened to the first session but for me it worked from day one! I still think of having a drink but then I have negative thoughts about it. And don’t. Which must be attributed to the hypnosis I do every night before bed. I’m on day 6. ### 5/5 — Hypnosis *2025-01-04, version 1.0.5* Not yet ### 5/5 — Amazing so far *2025-01-02* I love this app. Never tried hypnosis before but it was a great experience ### 5/5 — Fab.. *2025-01-01, version 1.0.5* Amazing and so very relaxing. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — $9.99 per week *2026-01-25, version 1.1.3* $9.99 per week. Go to a local AA meeting for free or get an audio book or cd off of Amazon ### 1/5 — trash *2025-09-16, version 1.0.8* waste of money ### 1/5 — Extremely disappointed *2025-05-11, version 1.0.7* This app is shocking. Do not download. It is supposed to help people who suffer but the moment you suggest a refund because there was no notification of an upcoming charge, they completely ignore you. Even when you express you are in a financial crisis they don’t care. Do not download. ### 1/5 — Greed *2025-04-09, version 1.0.7* I thought this would be to help but they’re just trying to take your money! If someone who is really suffering sees that he/she has to pay will never go forward even if you have calculated steps unless their lives have stopped. ### 1/5 — Gives you literally one session you could get on YouTube *2024-06-04, version 1.0.3* Promises to give you more as you progress in your sobriety but I’ve been at it three weeks w this app and it only sticks w one hypnosis audio recording :/ ### 1/5 — Terrible start *2024-04-02, version 1.0.1* Couldn’t even get past the initial questions about drinking habits. They’re not written by anyone who speaks English (eg “Do you drink bear”) and there are no explanations or guides to the answers you should give. Eg: “How many drinks a week you drink”. This is a meaningless metric. It depends WHAT you’re drinking and how much of it. Other questions didn’t even make sense as they were written so badly. On that basis I assumed the hypnosis would also be delivered in unfathomable English, so I deleted it. ### 2/5 — App says 7day free trial. It’s not. *2025-02-08* When the app suggests a free trial, it says that it’s 7 days. But when I went into my Apple subscriptions it says 3 days. I listened to two meditations and loved it. But $11/weekly is steep and a 3 day trial is not enough to decide if it’s effective. ### 4/5 — A New Me *2026-02-01* I am willing to change ### 4/5 — Will see *2025-11-12, version 1.1.1* Just started the sessions. Will be back if it’s worth 5 stars ### 4/5 — Audio stopped working *2025-04-01* On iphone. Can select, but play button does not work. No way to check a problem w subscription? Contact page goes to a Pregnancy app! **Developer response:** Thank you for your message — we appreciate your time. Could you please share the bug details with us at sober@teampenguin.xyz? We'll address it as soon as possible! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Aversion Visualized *2026-02-25, version 1.1.3* Really Good ### 5/5 — Rewatch very good start *2026-02-23, version 1.1.3* Amazing ! ### 5/5 — Game changer *2026-02-21* Didn’t think this could be real, first Friday with out drinking in a long time ### 5/5 — Very relaxing *2026-02-19* It is very nice to help sleep. I haven’t used it long enough to review the results of quit drinking. ### 5/5 — Ty for having free sessions. *2026-01-06* Title says what I wanted to say. Ty. ### 5/5 — Very helpful *2025-11-29, version 1.1.2* Great hypnosis ### 5/5 — JT *2025-11-26, version 1.1.1* Great stuff ### 5/5 — That was powefull *2025-11-11, version 1.1.1* I heard the countdown at the end but I didn’t want come out of it. I went somewhere otherworldly. ### 5/5 — Love this! *2025-10-22* Her voice and words work for me. ### 5/5 — Mrs coombes *2025-09-05, version 1.0.8* Good --- *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 2026-08-31.*