Connections vs One Step Admin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Connections
This app provides confidential, 24/7 recovery support to help users achieve their treatment and life goals. It offers peer-moderated forums, virtual meetings, and resources for developing coping skills. Access is granted through a provider, health plan, or health agency.
- Peer-moderated discussion forums
- Virtual support meetings
- Coping skills resources
- Track recovery goals
- Connect with peers
- Digital CBT modules
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The Connections app offers 24/7 confidential recovery support to help individuals achieve their treatment, health, and quality of life goals. The app features peer-moderated discussion forums, virtual support meetings, and a variety of resources for building coping skills. The Connections app password is available through your provider, health plan, or health agency. Connections provides engagement, ongoing encouragement, and support throughout a recovery journey. The app is used in a variety of settings including residential and in-patient programs, outpatient care and medication treatment programs, and in aftercare. The app is available in English and Spanish. For the Spanish version, see Conexiones. Connections is anonymous, safe, and HIPAA compliant. With Connections, you can: - Track recovery goals and stay motivated. - Connect, encourage and interact with peers in recovery. - Share achievements. - Conduct daily check-ins, report and build confidence. - Explore a robust library of coping and recovery support tools. - Earn rewards for app usage (available with select program sponsors). - Complete digital CBT modules (available with select program sponsors)
One Step Admin
This application assists addiction treatment centers and sober living homes in tracking client outcomes and engagement. It is utilized by over 700 facilities to measure progress and enhance client involvement in recovery.
- Outcome tracking for recovery programs
- Client engagement monitoring
- Used by over 700 treatment centers
- Improves program outcomes
- Client referral-based growth
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The Best Addiction Treatment Programs Use One Step We help over 700 treatment centers and sober living homes track outcomes and effectively engage clients in their recovery One Step is the most widely used software by addiction treatment programs to measure outcomes and monitor clients Programs that use One Step experienced better outcomes and an increase in engagement by their clients Treatment centers and sober living homes love us so much that 90% of our clients are referred to us by existing clients
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Connections at 82% against One Step Admin's 0%. Connections also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Connections holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Connections has 525 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Connections's written reviews are positive against 0% of One Step Admin's.
Connections ships an update every 8 days, One Step Admin every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Connections | One Step Admin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (525 ratings) — better | 4.1 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 525 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chess Mobile Health, Inc. | One Step Software Inc. |
Customer experience
Connections
One Step Admin
Bugs and requests
Connections
Reported bugs
4 issues- Check-in feature has bugs
- App ends check-in streak incorrectly
- Cannot get past page 17
- No option to delete account within the app
Requested features
3 requests- More advanced features
- Better communication from app developers
- Fix bugs in check-in feature
One Step Admin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Connections
No in-app purchases
One Step Admin
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Connections free?
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