# Sober Time - Sobriety Counter — Addiction recovery tracker

> Addiction recovery tracker with community support and customizable goal setting. (iPhone/iPad app by Sociosoftware LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sober-time-sobriety-counter/id1158895079 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Sociosoftware LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1158895078)
- Category: Lifestyle, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 40,890 App Store ratings · 1,026 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 123 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2016-10-20
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sober-time-sobriety-counter/id1158895079/reviews.md

## What is Sober Time?

Sober Time helps you track your addictions, stay motivated, and interact with others in recovery.

Here's what you can do with Sober Time:
- Track as many addictions as you want
- Built-in Goals with the option to add your own
- Daily motivational messages
- Vibrant sober community forum
- Personalize your addictions with beautiful backgrounds and icons
- Tons of timer options
- Track your relapses and add notes to them
- See how much money you've saved
- Share your progress
- Style your app with 15+ color themes

Accurate and precise Sobriety Tracker
Track the time you've been clean down to the second. The tracker updates in real time and you can see the seconds, minutes, hours and days tick by. With over 10 unique display modes - from total days to breaths - pick one that shows what's important to you.

Staying motivated and inspired
Sober Time helps you stay motivated and inspired by showing daily inspirational messages and setting realistic, achievable goals for you. You can further customize your goals by editing them or even creating your own. Each goal will be tracked in the app and you'll receive a notification when you've reached them.

Our community
Sober Time has a dedicated community forum where you can read or discuss anything related to sobriety. Users discuss their daily struggle with addiction, motivation, milestones, and more. You can stay anonymous and browse the forum without registering an account. Soak up the knowledge until you're ready to share your story.

Personalized experience
Each addiction that you track with Sober Time can be individually personalized. Choose from one of the scenic nature backgrounds or upload your own. Set up your own heading and change the counter to show the way you like it. Varied display modes, like heartbeats or total seconds, give you complete freedom of expression.

This app is subject to Apple's standard end user license agreement:
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Key features

- Track multiple addictions
- Customizable goals
- Daily motivational messages
- Sober community forum
- Personalized addiction tracking
- Relapse tracking
- Money saved tracker

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium Monthly | $4.99 | per month |
| Premium Annual | $29.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remove Ads | $1.99 | one-time |
| Custom Fonts | $0.99 | one-time |
| Widget | $1.99 | one-time |
| Premium | $4.99 | one-time |
| Online Backgrounds | $0.99 | one-time |
| Motion Backrounds | $0.99 | one-time |
| Cloud Sync | $0.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Sober Time?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 💪 Helps track sobriety progress
- 📊 Provides detailed statistics and milestones
- 🙏 Offers motivational quotes and support
- 💰 Tracks money saved from not using
- 🤝 Connects with a supportive community
- 📝 Allows journaling and self-reflection
- 🔍 Customizable tracking for multiple addictions

**Cons**

- 💸 Excessive ads, especially for gambling
- 🚫 Limits on free features like journaling
- 🔁 Resets progress when reinstalling app

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Login/account issues after device changes
- Inconsistent notification and reminder functionality

**Most requested features**

- More customization options for widgets and displays
- Ability to track progress in more granular units
- Integration with other recovery apps and services
- Improved ad-free experience for premium users

## Recent user reviews (10 of 1,026)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sober-time-sobriety-counter/id1158895079/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Great way to keep track of my sobriety

*2026-08-26, version 4.4.01*

10/10

### 3/5 — Oh my god, the ads.

*2026-08-26, version 4.4.01*

The amount of ads the Sober Time app has makes me want to go back to drinking.

### 5/5 — Great

*2026-08-25, version 4.4.01*

I love this app. I check it first thing in the morning to keep me motivated and to understand where I'm at in my sobriety. I enjoy the forums and also the updates on where my body and brain are at

### 4/5 — Used to be better

*2026-08-22, version 4.4.01*

This was my favorite tracker app, but every update makes it worse.

### 5/5 — Best Sobriety Tracker

*2026-08-22, version 4.4.01*

I’ve tried so many. This one is the best!! I especially love the updates with all the health progress information. This encourages me to keep going!

### 5/5 — Being Clean

*2026-08-20, version 4.4.01*

I’m thankful for an app that helps me count my clean time to the tee. I also like the notes feature it has. Wishing all the best

### 3/5 — Good but..

*2026-08-17, version 4.4.01*

The app helped me overcome an addiction. But the free version is pushing gambling adds 😂
I personally don’t have a gambling problem but can’t imagine people who are struggling

### 5/5 — Best sober app I’ve used

*2026-08-17, version 4.4.01*

The daily journal prompts are incredibly helpful and I love the health timeline that has been recently added. The community aspect is also wonderful. Such a great app I’ve gotten far more benefit from this app from multiple others I have tried! Also the subscription price is very reasonable.

### 5/5 — 2026

*2026-08-16, version 4.4.01*

I love that it counts it down to the seconds!!

### 5/5 — Nice App

*2026-08-15, version 4.4.01*

I’m 2 years sober today thanks to AA

## Frequently asked questions about Sober Time

### What does Sober Time do?

Sober Time is an addiction recovery tracker that helps users monitor their progress, stay motivated, and connect with others in recovery. It allows you to track multiple addictions, set personal goals, and provides daily motivational messages.

### What are the key features of Sober Time?

Key features include tracking multiple addictions, setting and customizing goals, receiving daily motivational messages, a vibrant community forum for discussion, personalized addiction tracking with custom backgrounds and icons, various timer options, relapse tracking with notes, and tracking money saved.

### Is Sober Time free to use?

The app is free to download and use, but it does offer in-app purchases. This means you can access core features for free, with optional purchases available for enhanced functionality or customization.

### Who is Sober Time for?

This app is designed for individuals who are working on their recovery from addiction. It provides tools and support for those looking to track their sobriety, stay motivated, and engage with a supportive community.

### Can I track multiple addictions with Sober Time?

Yes, you can track as many addictions as you want with Sober Time. Each addiction can be individually personalized with unique backgrounds, icons, and display modes to suit your preferences.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.4.01 — 2026-08-07

Sober Time 4.4 is a major update with new features, improvements and polish.

- Health Timeline: See what recovery is doing to your body and mind, day by day. Research-backed milestones for alcohol, nicotine, cannabis, opioids, stimulants and more.
- A new health strip on each tracker, so you can see your progress at a glance
- Premium: timing tuned to your own history
- Smoother setup for new trackers
- More tracker icons
- Miscellaneous fixes and improvements

### 4.3.11 — 2026-07-09

What's new
- Adding Sober Time widgets is now easier. Just tap Add Widget in the main menu for a quick guide.
- Fixed a small display issue with Home widgets
- Fixed a rare bug where a journal entry might not save if you added a photo before typing.
- Other minor improvements and fixes

### 4.3.10 — 2026-06-29

Sober Time 4.3.10 improves localization and fixes a few issues
- Added support for Italian, Japanese and Korean while improving regional support for Portugues and Spanish.
- Fixed an issue where the Watch App wouldn't automatically sync with the iPhone app
- Miscellaneous bugs and fixes

### 4.3.08 — 2026-06-10

Sober Time 4.3.08 is a regular update with fixes and improvements. It also adds a set of new community flair icons to further customize your profile.

### 4.3.07 — 2026-06-03

Sober Time 4.3.07 introduces major improvements to the journal experience, along with several fixes and enhancements. 
- Journal Tones and two new journal chapters added 
- Journal Tones are now hidden if Guided Journaling is disabled 
- Journal entries no longer trigger auto backups while writing 
- The Manage page now shows a day count under each tracker 
- Fixed an issue with weekday counting under certain conditions 
- Fixed a rare crash 
- Miscellaneous interface improvements and bug fixes

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