Comparison

Meeting Guide vs Simple Sobriety Tracker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Meeting Guide

Find Alcoholics Anonymous meetings easily with this free app. It lists over 150,000 meetings, updated twice daily, from various A.A. service entities worldwide. You can search by your current location or by entering a specific address.

Highlights
  • Find A.A. meetings
  • Over 150,000 meetings listed
  • Updated twice daily
  • Search by current location
  • Search by entered location
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
Currently charting
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Brought to you by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., Meeting Guide is a free of charge app that provides meeting information from A.A. service entities in an easy-to-access format. Over 150,000 A.A. meetings are currently listed. The information is refreshed twice daily by relaying meeting information from more than 500 A.A. service entities; area, district, intergroup/central offices, and international General Service Office websites (some of which are listed on (A.A. Near You). To learn how to get your local A.A. website connected, please visit our support site https://meetingguide.helpdocs.io for A.A. web servants. Privacy Notice Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. respects your privacy. • If you choose to share your location with the app, your geographic coordinates will be transmitted, so that we can provide you the list of meetings near you when you are actively using the app. • If you choose not to share your location, you can still find meetings by entering a location in the search bar, in which case you will receive a list of meetings near the location you entered. •You can change your option for sharing location data by going into your Settings Privacy Location on iOS. •The app does not keep your geolocation or search information. •Your IP address, searches, and other usage information are collected by Google analytics, but only to generate aggregate data to help us improve the app. •There is no ad-tracking on this app. To learn more about privacy on this app click here: https://www.aa.org/meeting-guide-app-privacy-policy To learn more about privacy at A.A.W.S. click here https://www.aa.org/terms-of-use

About

Simple Sobriety Tracker

Track your sobriety journey with a beautiful 3D milestone coin that visually represents your progress. Earn new achievements as you reach recovery milestones, all without ads or data tracking. Keep your progress private and accessible on your watch or home screen.

Highlights
  • Day-by-day sobriety counter
  • Spinning 3D milestone medallion
  • Recovery milestones from 24 hours to 100 years
  • Apple Watch app integration
  • Home Screen widget for progress
  • Completely private, no data tracking
Features
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Simple Sobriety Tracker does one thing, and does it beautifully: it counts the time you've stayed sober and celebrates how far you've come. Set your sobriety date and your milestone coin appears — a polished 3D medallion you can spin with a flick of your finger or a tilt of your phone. As your clean time grows, your coin earns new milestones: 24 hours, 30 days, 90 days, 6 months, a year, and every year after that, all the way to a century. Recovery is often more than one thing. You can keep a separate count and coin for each — alcohol, nicotine, gambling, screens, or anything you're counting — and see them together in one place. No accounts. No ads. No tracking. No clutter. Just your count, your coin, and a quiet reminder to keep going — one day at a time. FEATURES • Day-by-day counter from any start date and time • A beautiful 3D milestone medallion you can spin and tip in your hand • Recovery milestones from 24 hours through 100 years, marked in classic Roman numerals • An encouraging saying for every milestone you reach • Track more than one date, each with its own coin, milestones and reminders • Optional reminders when you reach a milestone • Share your coin as a picture — your tracker's name is never included unless you choose • Apple Watch app — your count and coin on your wrist • Home Screen widget — your progress at a glance, no app to open • Haptic feedback that makes every spin feel real • Available in English and Hebrew • Completely private — everything stays on your device PRICING The app is free, with no ads and no subscription. One tracker is free forever. If you want to track more than one date, unlimited trackers are a single one-time purchase — and your dates are never deleted, even if the unlock goes away. BUILT FOR THE LONG ROAD Whether you're on your first 24 hours or your fifteenth year, Simple Sobriety Tracker keeps your milestone close. Glance at your watch, check the widget, or open the app and spin your coin when you need a reminder of what you're protecting. Keep coming back. It works if you work it. Simple Sobriety Tracker is a personal tracking tool. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, treatment, or a recovery program. If you are struggling, please reach out to a qualified professional or a support group.

Screenshots

Meeting Guide3 screens
Simple Sobriety Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Simple Sobriety Tracker at 5.0 against Meeting Guide's 4.4. Simple Sobriety Tracker also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). Meeting Guide's advantage is ratings volume (1K vs 1) and chart position (#194 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple Sobriety Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meeting Guide has 1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meeting Guide ships an update every 2 months, Simple Sobriety Tracker every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Meeting Guide versus Simple Sobriety Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeeting GuideSimple Sobriety Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#194 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAlcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.Dovid Cohen

Customer experience

Meeting Guide

All ratings1,013 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive70.2%
Neutral7.1%
Negative22.7%

Simple Sobriety Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Meeting Guide

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Can't locate meetings
  • Meetings info dropped//Updated
  • Not working on IOS 13
  • Current Location Will Not Work!
  • App removed LGBT options
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  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Distance filter
  • Notifications/Reminders
  • Map display of meeting locations
  • Dark mode option

Simple Sobriety Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Meeting Guide

No in-app purchases

None

Simple Sobriety Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meeting Guide free?
Meeting Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Sobriety Tracker free?
Simple Sobriety Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Meeting Guide or Simple Sobriety Tracker?
Simple Sobriety Tracker is rated higher. Meeting Guide averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Simple Sobriety Tracker averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Meeting Guide or Simple Sobriety Tracker have ads?
Neither Meeting Guide nor Simple Sobriety Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meeting Guide or Simple Sobriety Tracker?
Meeting Guide ships an update every 2 months, and Simple Sobriety Tracker every 5 days. Most recently, Meeting Guide was updated on September 25, 2026 and Simple Sobriety Tracker on September 22, 2026.

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