Comparison

12 Steps Guide vs CopingStar

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

CopingStar

Train your mind with personalized daily mental exercises, guided breathing, and visualization. Reframe thoughts, track progress, and build focus to achieve your goals, whether in competition or everyday life.

Highlights
  • Personalized daily mental training plan
  • Guided breathing and visualization
  • Focus cues and pre-performance routines
  • Reframe difficult thoughts (AI support optional)
  • Mood and progress reflection
  • Ambient soundscapes for training
  • Earn stars and build constellations
Features
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Coping Star helps you train your mind with the same consistency you bring to your body. Mental fitness should not be reserved for elite athletes. Whether you compete professionally, play on weekends, work out, practice a sport, or are simply training toward a goal, Coping Star turns mental skills into a personal daily practice. Because training your mind shouldn’t depend on how elite you are. Choose the season you are in: competing, off season, coming back from injury, facing a career-ending change, or moving beyond sport. Coping Star builds a plan around that moment and adapts the experience to what you are going through. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Follow a personalized daily mental-training plan • Practice guided breathing and visualization • Build focus cues and pre-performance routines • Reframe difficult thoughts, with optional AI support • Reflect on mood, progress, wins and setbacks • Plan training, competition days and milestones • Save the words, lessons and commitments you want to carry forward • Train with ambient soundscapes • Earn stars and build constellations as your practice grows • Change seasons when your goals or life change MENTAL FITNESS FOR EVERY SEASON Competition is only one part of the athlete journey. Coping Star is built for the pressure before performance, the quieter work of the off season, the uncertainty of injury, the challenge of a comeback and the identity shift that can come when sport changes or ends. YOUR PRIVACY, YOUR CHOICE Optional AI exercises are off by default and require explicit consent before text is shared with OpenAI. You can decline and continue using the rest of the app. Coping Star Pro is required after onboarding. Choose a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Your Apple ID is charged after purchase, and plans renew unless cancelled. Localized prices and full terms appear before you buy. Restore purchases at any time. Coping Star is a mental-training and wellbeing tool, not therapy, diagnosis or medical treatment. If you need support, contact a qualified professional. Your mind trains too. Terms of Use: https://copingstar.app/appversion/terms

Screenshots

12 Steps Guide4 screens
CopingStar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: CopingStar at free with in-app purchases against 12 Steps Guide's subscription. CopingStar also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 12 Steps Guide's advantage is ratings volume (3.3K vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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 CopingStar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CopingStar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 12 Steps Guide has 3.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

12 Steps Guide ships an update every 3 months, CopingStar every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
12 Steps Guide versus CopingStar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter12 Steps GuideCopingStar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.3K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.3K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB121 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperTushar BhagatLoveLabs

Customer experience

12 Steps Guide

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

CopingStar

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

CopingStar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
2 purchases

CopingStar

Subscriptions2
  • Coping Star Pro$9.991 Month
  • Coping Star Pro7 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is 12 Steps Guide free?
12 Steps Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CopingStar free?
CopingStar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 12 Steps Guide or CopingStar?
CopingStar is rated higher. 12 Steps Guide averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.3K ratings, while CopingStar averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do 12 Steps Guide or CopingStar have ads?
Neither 12 Steps Guide nor CopingStar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 12 Steps Guide or CopingStar?
12 Steps Guide ships an update every 3 months, and CopingStar every 3 days. Most recently, 12 Steps Guide was updated on October 27, 2026 and CopingStar on October 24, 2026.

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