One Step Recovery vs iBac
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
One Step Recovery
This app helps individuals in recovery track their progress and maintain accountability. It offers daily motivational quotes, communication tools, meeting information, and scheduling features to support sobriety.
- Track recovery progress
- Daily motivational quotes
- Chat/messaging functionality
- AA meeting locator
- Agenda and scheduling
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One Step's app is built for those in recovery in order to track their recovery progress and help keep themselves accountable. Features include daily motivational quotes, chat/messaging, AA meetings, agenda/scheduling and more! One Step is used by over 20,000 people in recovery.
iBac
This compact device and its companion app provide highly accurate blood alcohol content readings. It's designed for portability and ease of use, connecting wirelessly to your smartphone for results. Tested for accuracy against professional-grade equipment, it offers a convenient way to monitor your BAC.
- Pocket-sized alcometer
- Smartphone connectivity
- Accurate BAC readings
- Professional-grade testing
- Compact design
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Extremely small - Extremely accurate Professional alcometer in pocket size. iBAC is an accurate alcometer designed to fit on your key chain. It connects to your smartphone via the iBAC app. iBAC has been tested by MHF International road safety test lab to be as accurate as the professional devices – but the size is only one tenth to one fifth of the competitors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: One Step Recovery at 4.4 against iBac's 1.8. One Step Recovery also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (184 vs 5). iBac's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). 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.
One Step Recovery holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: One Step Recovery has 184 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of One Step Recovery's written reviews are positive against 100% of iBac's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
One Step Recovery ships an update fortnightly, iBac every 15 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | One Step Recovery | iBac |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (184 ratings) — better | 1.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 184 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | One Step Software Inc. | America Interlock Technologies |
Customer experience
One Step Recovery
iBac
Bugs and requests
One Step Recovery
Reported bugs
7 issues- App shuts down if left open too long or too many tasks are performed
- Check-in feature either doesn't respond properly or users forget due to lack of service
- Crashes frequently when trying to check in/out, save notes, or create documents
- App won't work at all for some users
- Frequently needs to be deleted and reinstalled to function
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- Check-in feature isn't tracking meetings
- Check-in at home button disappeared
Requested features
2 requests- Dark screen/dark mode option
- Option to pay for membership and fees virtually
iBac
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
One Step Recovery
No in-app purchases
iBac
No in-app purchases
