Comparison

Saddleback App vs Chip Day

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Saddleback App

This app helps you stay connected with your church community. Access messages, find resources, and discover opportunities to grow in your faith and get involved.

Highlights
  • Access weekend services and past messages
  • Explore helpful resources and daily inspiration
  • Discover opportunities for faith growth
  • Join small groups and volunteer
  • Receive event notifications and updates
Features
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Stay connected, wherever you are. With the Saddleback Church app, you can explore weekend message notes, find helpful resources, and take next steps—whenever and wherever you’re ready. - Access Messages & Resources: Watch weekend services, explore past messages, and receive daily inspiration tailored to you. - Take Your Next Steps: Discover personalized opportunities to grow in faith, join small groups, volunteer, and make an impact in your church community. - Stay Updated: Receive notifications and updates so you never miss an event, message, or important announcement. With personalized features and tools, it’s everything you need to feel connected and grow in your faith, all in one place!

About

Chip Day

This app helps track sobriety milestones for individuals in recovery and those supporting them. It visualizes upcoming celebrations like 30-day chips and yearly anniversaries, offering a private and ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Track AA chips and yearly birthdays
  • Count people, couples, and substances
  • Calendar heatmap of milestones
  • Year in Review feature
  • Home Screen widget
  • Local notifications
  • Print-ready PDF and CSV export
Features
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Chip Day is a sobriety milestone tracker built for AA sponsors, group secretaries, families, and anyone walking alongside someone in recovery. Add the people you support and Chip Day counts the days, surfacing what's coming next: 30-day chips, 1-year birthdays, 1,000-day mile markers, 30-year anniversaries. TRACK WHAT MATTERS • Traditional AA chips: 30, 60, 90, 180, and 1,000 days • Yearly birthdays from year 1 to year 60 • People, couples, and substance counters • Sort by next chip day, longest sober, or alphabetical MORE THAN A LIST • Calendar heatmap of milestones throughout the year • Year in Review — every chip and birthday celebrated this year • Home Screen widget — your next chip day, at a glance • Local notifications for upcoming celebrations • Print-ready PDF of the next 90 days of chip days • CSV import and export PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account. No login. No tracking. No ads. • Counters stored locally on your device. • Optional iCloud sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac — through your own iCloud, never our servers. Twenty bundled nature backgrounds give each person their own visual signature. Built by someone in recovery, for the people who keep track.

Screenshots

Saddleback App4 screens
Chip Day4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chip Day at 100% against Saddleback App's 38%. Chip Day also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). Saddleback App's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and ratings volume (107 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Saddleback App is free to download; Chip Day costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chip Day holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Saddleback App has 107 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Saddleback App's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chip Day's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Saddleback App ships an update every 8 days, Chip Day every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Saddleback App versus Chip Day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSaddleback AppChip Day
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.0 (107 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings107 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB31 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSaddleback ChurchKen Saunders

Customer experience

Saddleback App

All ratings107 ratings
Positive70.1%
Neutral8.4%
Negative21.5%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive38.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative33.3%

Chip Day

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Saddleback App

No in-app purchases

None

Chip Day

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Saddleback App free?
Saddleback App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chip Day free?
Chip Day costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Saddleback App or Chip Day?
Chip Day is rated higher. Saddleback App averages 4.0 out of 5 from 107 ratings, while Chip Day averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Saddleback App or Chip Day have ads?
Neither Saddleback App nor Chip Day shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Saddleback App or Chip Day?
Saddleback App ships an update every 8 days, and Chip Day every 3 days. Most recently, Saddleback App was updated on October 16, 2026 and Chip Day on October 8, 2026.

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