One Step Recovery vs MeetingMaker
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, community chat, meeting schedules, and goal setting tools. Join over 20,000 users on their journey to sustained recovery.
- Daily motivational quotes
- Chat and messaging
- AA meeting finder
- Agenda and scheduling
- Progress tracking
- GPS check-in feature
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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.
MeetingMaker
Easily track attendance for required meetings, including 12-step and community service. Securely record your check-ins and check-outs, and automatically share attendance reports with contacts. Designed by individuals in recovery to empower meeting attendance management.
- Discreet meeting check-in/check-out
- Secure attendance record
- Automatic report sharing
- Supports 12-step and community service meetings
- Customizable for non-recovery use
- Subscription options for advanced features
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DON'T LET A PIECE OF PAPER TELL YOUR STORY! So simple! Go to a meeting, discreetly check in on the app, and then check out when you leave. MeetingMaker creates a safe, secure, accurate record of your attendance for all of your required meetings. Add contacts to automatically send meeting attendance reports to anyone. The main goal of MeetingMaker is to serve people who are required to provide verification of 12-step, community service, and other recovery-related meeting attendance, but it can be used in non-recovery circumstances as well. MeetingMaker is created by people in recovery, for people in recovery - to empower you to manage your meeting attendance goals! US PATENT PENDING SUBSCRIPTION: You may purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase: monthly for $6.99 or annually for $61.99 (25% savings!). • Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. • Privacy policy and terms of use: https://www.meetingmaker.io/privacy and https://www.meetingmaker.io/tos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: One Step Recovery at none against MeetingMaker's 2. One Step Recovery also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (188 vs 62). MeetingMaker's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 85%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. MeetingMaker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. One Step Recovery asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for One Step Recovery against 4.5 for MeetingMaker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 188 and 62 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of One Step Recovery's written reviews are positive against 100% of MeetingMaker's.
One Step Recovery ships an update every 2 weeks, MeetingMaker every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | One Step Recovery | MeetingMaker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (188 ratings) | 4.5 (62 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 188 — better | 62 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | One Step Software Inc. | Girlcode, LLC |
Customer experience
One Step Recovery
MeetingMaker
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
MeetingMaker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
One Step Recovery
No in-app purchases
MeetingMaker
- Monthly Subscription$6.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$61.991 Year
Questions
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