Comparison

12 Steps Guide vs Daily Burst | Simple Wellness

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

Head to head
About

12 Steps Guide

This app provides a comprehensive guide to the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, featuring audiobooks of key recovery tapes and literature. It includes prayers, readings, a sobriety calculator, and the complete Big Book text for a structured recovery journey.

Highlights
  • 12-step program guide
  • Audiobooks of recovery tapes
  • Complete Big Book text
  • Sobriety calculator
  • Included prayers and readings
  • AA literature
Features
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Work the Twelve Steps one day at a time, with a practical guide to every Step and Tradition, the Big Book and over 90 hours of recovery audio, in one calm, easy-to-read app. THE STEPS AND TRADITIONS - A guide to each of the Twelve Steps, with an introduction and a conclusion, written from personal experience in plain language - A guide to each of the Twelve Traditions - See how far you've read: a quiet percentage while you read, and a tick when you finish THE BIG BOOK - Every chapter, from the Doctor's Opinion to A Vision for You - Personal stories from the first and second editions - Printed page numbers, so you can follow along in a meeting - A clean list of chapters and stories with a tick for each one you've read, and "Continue reading" to pick up where you left off PRAYERS AND READINGS - The Serenity Prayer, the Third, Seventh and Eleventh Step prayers and more - How It Works, the Promises, the Preamble, Just for Today, On Awakening and other readings - Sobriety tips, including how to find a sponsor, and a link to the day's Daily Reflection RECOVERY AUDIO - 138 recordings in 11 albums: Big Book studies, speaker tapes and meditation bells, including Joe and Charlie, Chuck C., Sandy B., Clarence S. and Father Martin - Read along with the transcript of the Joe and Charlie and Big Book recordings - Choose your playback speed, from 0.75× to 2× - Keeps playing with the screen locked, with controls on the lock screen - Premium: download recordings and listen offline YOUR RECOVERY - Count your days from your recovery date. It stays on your phone. - Optional hourly reminders between the times you choose, each with a thought for the hour COMFORTABLE TO READ - Choose your text size; the app also follows your iPhone's text size - Light and dark themes, or follow your iPhone's setting - Designed for iPad too, with readings beside their list FREE, WITH A PREMIUM OPTION Reading and listening are free and supported by adverts. Premium removes the adverts and lets you download recordings for offline listening. Premium is an annual subscription with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the trial ends, and the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account's subscription settings. No account is needed. Your recovery date and your reading stay on your device. Terms of use: https://ibyteapps.com/apps/12-step-guide/terms Privacy policy: https://ibyteapps.com/apps/12-step-guide/privacy 12 Step Guide is not affiliated with or endorsed by Alcoholics Anonymous or A.A. World Services, Inc.

About

Daily Burst | Simple Wellness

This app offers daily 7-minute audio tracks and simple challenges designed to help you improve key areas of your life, such as relationships, career satisfaction, and stress reduction. It provides motivational quotes and practical advice to foster personal growth and happiness.

Highlights
  • Daily 7-minute audio tracks
  • Personal development challenges
  • Motivational quotes
  • Lifestyle wellness advice
  • Inspirational images
  • Habit building strategies
Features
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DailyBurst is a once daily personal development app that makes it easy and fun to improve the areas of your life that are most important to you. Whether you want to have better friendships, be happier, be more motivated, stop feeling sad, have a positive outlook on life, better health and wellness or just be peaceful, content and happy — Daily Burst is the app for you. JUST 7 MINUTES DAILY: Pause for 7 minutes each day, once a day, whenever is convenient, and listen to an amazing audio track that will teach you techniques and simple strategies to improve just about every area of your life. When people are asked: Hey, motivational and inspirational affirmations really work. Along with some proven personal development advice, you're going to learn to be happy and fulfilled. “What do you most want to improve in your life?” — most people say the same things: IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOVED ONES | HAVE MORE JOB SATISFACTION | MAKE AN BIGGER IMPACT | HAVE LESS STRESS & ANXIETY | PURSUE PASSIONS AND GOALS | HAVE MORE GRATITUDE & PEACE | PRACTICE MINDFULNESS & SPIRITUALITY | STOP WORRYING SO MUCH | HAVE MORE FREE TIME Have you ever wanted any of these things? You’re not alone. There are literally millions of books, websites, blogs, newsletters, Youtube videos, courses, workshops and more ways to improve your life. Without a doubt, these things all work. But most of us still don’t do it. When people are asked: "Why don’t you do focus on improving the things that are important to you?"— most people say the same things: I’M TOO BUSY | I’M TOO DISTRACTED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA | I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO FIRST | IT TAKES TOO MUCH TIME | I STARTED BUT THEN I GAVE UP These are all real reasons and we all have them. DailyBurst has taken all of the best self improvement information available and condensed it into 7 minute daily audio tracks, ultra simple challenges and inspirational messages to get you on the right track and to keep at it. 1) Get a daily motivational quotes notification 2) Open the app and see a beautiful and happy inspirational image 3) Listen to a 5 minute lifestyle wellness audio track professionally written and recorded 4) Read the daily happiness challenge and just do it DAILY PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES ARE EASY - Drink 3 cups of water, stretch as soon as you wake up, say hi to someone you don’t know, take a short walk at lunch, call your mom and more like that. Habit research shows that in order to build a healthy habit you also have to break down unhealthy ones. Part of that means building a habit of doing healthy things. DAILY INSPIRATION QUOTES ARE EMPOWERING - Whether you think they are silly or not, the fact is that they work. Here is an example: “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” When you read this, you’re brain chemistry actually alters and you become more open to experiencing magic that day. DAILY SELF HELP EXPERIENCES & ADVICE CREATES CHANGE - When you listen to a personal story from someone that has actually experienced a challenge and overcome that challenge, then hear the lessons learned by that person, you will be able to create the same results for yourself. DailyBurst is guaranteed to make your life better & be the one app you open up every single day. Try it and be amazed at your progress in just a few days. About auto-renewing subscriptions: * 1 Month (auto renews monthly) for $3.99 * 3 Month (auto renews quarterly) for $6.99 * Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at purchase confirmation * Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period * No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period * Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. Read our privacy policy & terms of use: http://dailyburst.com/terms

Screenshots

12 Steps Guide4 screens
Daily Burst | Simple Wellness4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Daily Burst | Simple Wellness at free with in-app purchases against 12 Steps Guide's subscription. Daily Burst | Simple Wellness also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). 12 Steps Guide's advantage is review sentiment (92% vs 56%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 12 Steps Guide sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year and Daily Burst | Simple Wellness sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

12 Steps Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 12 Steps Guide has 3.3K ratings behind it against 472, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of 12 Steps Guide's written reviews are positive against 56% of Daily Burst | Simple Wellness's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

12 Steps Guide ships an update every 3 months, Daily Burst | Simple Wellness monthly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
12 Steps Guide versus Daily Burst | Simple Wellness: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter12 Steps GuideDaily Burst | Simple Wellness
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.3K ratings) — better4.6 (472 ratings)
Positive reviews92.0% of reviews — better56.3% of reviews
Number of ratings3.3K — better472
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB36 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTushar BhagatAudiojoy Software Inc.

Customer experience

12 Steps Guide

All ratings3,299 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral2.0%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews251 reviews
Positive92.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative4.0%

Daily Burst | Simple Wellness

All ratings472 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive56.3%
Neutral9.4%
Negative34.4%

User reviews

12 Steps Guide

From 3.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great recovery resource
  • 🚀 Convenient and easy to use
  • 💡 Comprehensive AA literature in one place
  • 🙏 Helpful prayers and daily reflections

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Ads still present after paid upgrade
  • 🤔 Lack of dark mode option
  • 💤 Difficulty retaining information from reading

Daily Burst | Simple Wellness

From 472 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Motivational content and affirmations
  • 📚 Diverse range of topics and articles
  • 🎧 Read and listen options available
  • ⏰ Daily challenges and accountability reminders
  • 🧠 Promotes self-growth and personal development

Room to improve

  • 🐌 App is slow and laggy
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes on launch
  • 🔐 Account access issues despite valid subscription
  • 📱 Portrait mode only, no landscape support
  • 🔄 Repetitive content with limited daily variety

Bugs and requests

12 Steps Guide

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Daily reflections page not working
  • App crashes on older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add sobriety tracker
  • Include 12 & 12 book content
  • Improve bookmarking and page saving

Daily Burst | Simple Wellness

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • App crashes immediately upon opening audio files
  • App crashes every time it's launched
  • Trial period message appears despite active lifetime subscription
  • Account lockout preventing content access
  • Notifications not working properly
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  • Full quote images not readable or expandable
  • App won't open at all for some users

Requested features

5 requests
  • Landscape mode for iPad and tablet users
  • Access to previous day's content if missed
  • Expanded quote display with readable text sizing
  • Daily new content (at least 365+ unique articles)
  • Push notification improvements

In-app purchases

4 purchases

12 Steps Guide

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time3
  • Donate$2.99
  • Donate$4.99
  • Donate$9.99
3 purchases

Daily Burst | Simple Wellness

Subscriptions2
  • Unlock Content Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Unlock Content Subscription$6.993 Months
One-time1
  • Unlock Content One-Time Fee$12.99

Questions

Is 12 Steps Guide free?
12 Steps Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daily Burst | Simple Wellness free?
Daily Burst | Simple Wellness is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 12 Steps Guide or Daily Burst | Simple Wellness?
12 Steps Guide is rated higher. 12 Steps Guide averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.3K ratings, while Daily Burst | Simple Wellness averages 4.6 from 472 ratings.
Do 12 Steps Guide or Daily Burst | Simple Wellness have ads?
Neither 12 Steps Guide nor Daily Burst | Simple Wellness shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 12 Steps Guide or Daily Burst | Simple Wellness?
12 Steps Guide ships an update every 3 months, and Daily Burst | Simple Wellness monthly. Most recently, 12 Steps Guide was updated on November 6, 2026 and Daily Burst | Simple Wellness on November 6, 2026.

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