One Step Recovery vs The Aviary
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.
The Aviary
Connect with peers and coaches in a private, invite-only community focused on recovery. Share updates, ask questions, and access daily inspirations, videos, podcasts, and articles to support your journey.
- Real-time posts
- Daily inspirations
- Recovery content library
- Discussion forums
- Invite-only privacy
- Connect with peers and coaches
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Share updates, ask questions, support others, and stay connected with others throughout your recovery. This invite-only community is a tool to help you in recovery and receive support when you need it the most. Connect with: * Peers and coaches to share updates, ask questions, and offer support. * Your recovery program to receive inspirations, updates for onsite events, and ways to be involved. Key Features: * Real-time posts: This private group allows you to stay connected to fellow alumni in real-time. * Daily inspirations help to center your thoughts and actions. * Recovery Content: Explore videos, podcasts, and articles to help you as progress in your recovery. * Discussions are a way for you to share your voice and inspire others on recovery topics. * Privacy: The community is invite-only and created for The Aviary Recovery Center. You control what information to share.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: One Step Recovery at 85% against The Aviary's 50%. One Step Recovery also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (184 vs 5). 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 4.2. 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 point the same way: 85% of One Step Recovery's written reviews are positive against 50% of The Aviary's.
One Step Recovery ships an update fortnightly, The Aviary every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | One Step Recovery | The Aviary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (184 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 184 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | One Step Software Inc. | Summit Behavioral Healthcare |
Customer experience
One Step Recovery
The Aviary
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
The Aviary
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
One Step Recovery
No in-app purchases
The Aviary
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is One Step Recovery free?
Is The Aviary free?
Which has better reviews, One Step Recovery or The Aviary?
Do One Step Recovery or The Aviary have ads?
Which is updated more often, One Step Recovery or The Aviary?
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