Stop Drinking Today vs Thrive Recovery
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stop Drinking Today
This app helps users quit drinking by tracking their progress. It visualizes skipped drinks, money saved, and calories avoided. Users can also access community support threads for motivation.
- Track skipped drinks
- Monitor money saved
- Calculate calories avoided
- Access community support threads
- Visualize progress
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Stop Drinking Today is a great tool to help you put down the sauce. It reminds you how far you have come since your last. Quickly see how many drinks you've skipped, how much money you've saved, and how many calories you've avoided, and more. To make your journey easier, you can read through threads from the /r/stopdrinking community where there are other people going though the same thing.
Thrive Recovery
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Offers audio-guided practices from Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP), an evidence-based treatment program for individuals in the process of recovery from alcohol/drug use problems.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Thrive Recovery at every 6 weeks against Stop Drinking Today's every 7 months. Stop Drinking Today's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Stop Drinking Today ships an update every 7 months, Thrive Recovery every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stop Drinking Today | Thrive Recovery |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | zakk hoyt | Corey Roos |
In-app purchases
Stop Drinking Today
No in-app purchases
Thrive Recovery
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Stop Drinking Today free?
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Which is updated more often, Stop Drinking Today or Thrive Recovery?
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