One Step Recovery vs AAC Together
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.
AAC Together
Connect with peers and coaches in a private, invite-only community focused on recovery. Share updates, ask questions, and access resources like daily inspirations, videos, podcasts, and articles to support your journey.
- Real-time posts for alumni connection
- Daily inspiration messages
- Recovery content (videos, podcasts, articles)
- Discussion forums on recovery topics
- Invite-only private community
- User-controlled information sharing
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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 American Addiction Centers. You control what information to share.
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Verdict
One Step Recovery and AAC Together both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 85% of One Step Recovery's written reviews are positive against 50% of AAC Together's. One Step Recovery also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (184 vs 12). On rating, 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
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for One Step Recovery against 4.3 for AAC Together. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: One Step Recovery has 184 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of One Step Recovery's written reviews are positive against 50% of AAC Together's.
One Step Recovery ships an update fortnightly, AAC Together every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | One Step Recovery | AAC Together |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | — |
| Rating | 4.4 (184 ratings) — better | 4.3 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 184 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 9 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+ | 17+ |
| Developer | One Step Software Inc. | American Addiction Centers, INC |
Customer experience
One Step Recovery
AAC Together
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
AAC Together
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
One Step Recovery
No in-app purchases
AAC Together
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is One Step Recovery free?
Is AAC Together free?
Which has better reviews, One Step Recovery or AAC Together?
Do One Step Recovery or AAC Together have ads?
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