Comparison

AA 12 Step Toolkit vs Sober Dailies

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

Head to head
About

AA 12 Step Toolkit

This app provides a comprehensive set of tools for individuals in recovery, offering guidance, inventories, readings, and practical utilities based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous. It includes features for sponsorship, step work, sobriety tracking, and personal reflections, all within a secure and easy-to-use interface.

Highlights
  • In-app sponsorship with messaging
  • Full Big Book text and step guides
  • Sobriety time calculator and statistics
  • Moral inventory and daily practice tools
  • Readings and prayers
  • Gratitude lists and personal notes
  • PIN, Face ID, and Touch ID security
Features
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12 Step Toolkit – Everything AA Members Need for Daily Recovery 12 Step Toolkit is a complete set of recovery tools designed to support your journey—day by day, step by step. Built around the principles found in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, this app combines guidance, inventories, readings, and practical utilities to help you stay connected to your programme. Whether you are new to recovery or continuing your journey, 12 Step Toolkit keeps everything you need in one secure, easy-to-use place. KEY FEATURES IN-APP SPONSORSHIP • Connect with thousands of sponsors and sponsees worldwide • Find a sponsor • Add sponsees • Secure, instant in-app messaging BIG BOOK & STEP WORK • Full 164 pages of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous • 70+ additional stories from early editions • Step-by-step guides on how to work all 12 Steps • Dedicated sections for completing your own step work RECOVERY CALCULATOR • Track your clean or sober time with detailed statistics, averages, and milestones INVENTORIES & DAILY PRACTICES • Comprehensive Step 4 moral inventory • Step 10 spot-check tool • Interactive “On Awakening” inventory • Nightly review with reminders • Hourly mindfulness and consciousness reminders READINGS & PRAYERS Readings included: • AA Preamble • How It Works • The 12 Traditions • Promises (pp. 83–84) • Just For Today • On Awakening • On Retiring • A Vision For You Prayers included: • Serenity Prayer (standard and extended) • 3rd Step Prayer • 7th Step Prayer • 11th Step Prayer • The Lord’s Prayer GRATITUDE, NOTES & SHARING • Create gratitude lists • Write personal notes and reflections • Share inventories, lists, and notes using standard iOS sharing tools PRIVACY & SECURITY • PIN lock • Face ID and Touch ID support • Local-only storage for your step work, inventories, and notes WORK ALL 12 STEPS – RIGHT INSIDE THE APP Step 1: Track your sobriety time with accurate calculations Step 2: Reflect and acknowledge acceptance Step 3: Record your decision and milestone Step 4: Complete a detailed moral inventory Step 5: Share your Step 4 with a sponsor or trusted person Steps 6 & 7: Record readiness and willingness for change Step 8: Build your amends list Step 9: Track your amends as you make them Step 10: Maintain daily awareness with spot-check inventories Step 11: Complete your nightly review Step 12: Continue carrying the message Everything is guided, organised, and easy to update. SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS • Annual subscription: $39.99/year • Quarterly subscription: $15.99 • Subscriptions provide unlimited, ad-free access to all premium features • One-time purchases are available for enhanced in-app connections Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage your subscription in Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Terms of Use: https://www.12steptoolkit.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.12steptoolkit.com/privacy IMPORTANT NOTICE This app is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Alcoholics Anonymous, AAWS, or any other 12-Step fellowship. “A.A.” and “Alcoholics Anonymous” are trademarks of A

About

Sober Dailies

This app provides a comprehensive toolkit for individuals in recovery, offering daily reflections, a premium Big Book reader, and AI-powered sponsor interactions. It includes essential AA literature and recovery tools like gratitude lists and nightly reviews.

Highlights
  • Daily Reflections
  • Premium Big Book Reader
  • AI Sponsors
  • AA Literature Access
  • Gratitude List
  • Nightly Review
  • Spot Check Inventory
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Sober Dailies helps you define and complete the daily actions that make up your recovery program, building the consistency essential to long-term sobriety. Working with your sponsor, define your daily actions—then use Sober Dailies to complete them, access the tools you need, and track your progress. Everything you need, all in one place: • Daily Reflections with space to read and reflect • Mini meditation app with timed sessions and several soundscapes to choose from • Morning, evening, and throughout-the-day prayers • Rich Big Book and Twelve & Twelve reader with search, highlights, and bookmarks • Daily gratitude list you can save and share with others • Guided nightly review based on the Eleventh Step • Spot-check inventory with real feedback from your AI Sponsor • AI Sponsor with real personalities and real guidance • Speaker tapes for inspiration and connection • Meetings—save your regular meetings and find local or online meetings • Reach Out—keep your most important recovery contacts close at hand • Sobriety counter that keeps your time front and center • Daily progress tracking and recovery insights Daily actions. Built-in tools. One complete program. SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS Eligible new subscribers can try Sober Dailies free for 7 days. After the trial, continued access for new users requires an auto-renewing monthly subscription at $3.99/month or an auto-renewing yearly subscription at $19.99/year. One subscription unlocks everything listed above. Prices shown are U.S. prices and may vary by region. If a free trial applies, your Apple Account will be charged when the trial ends. Otherwise, payment is charged at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. You may manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://soberdailies.com/privacy

Screenshots

AA 12 Step Toolkit4 screens
Sober Dailies4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Sober Dailies at free with in-app purchases against AA 12 Step Toolkit's subscription. Sober Dailies also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 63%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). AA 12 Step Toolkit's advantage is ratings volume (3.6K vs 30) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. AA 12 Step Toolkit sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days and Sober Dailies sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sober Dailies holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AA 12 Step Toolkit has 3.6K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of AA 12 Step Toolkit's written reviews are positive against 96% of Sober Dailies's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AA 12 Step Toolkit ships an update every 2 months, Sober Dailies every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
AA 12 Step Toolkit versus Sober Dailies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAA 12 Step ToolkitSober Dailies
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.6K ratings)5.0 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews95.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.6K — better30
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB116 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperTushar BhagatNeal Wagner

Customer experience

AA 12 Step Toolkit

All ratings3,627 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral7.9%
Negative28.9%

Sober Dailies

All ratings29 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive95.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

AA 12 Step Toolkit

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to add sobriety date
  • Hourly reminders not working properly
  • Login/sync issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to change time zone
  • Improve sharing/connectivity features
  • Reduce ads/make free version more usable

Sober Dailies

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

AA 12 Step Toolkit

Subscriptions6
  • Weekly Subscription$1.497 Days
  • Quarterly2 variants$9.993 Months
  • Quarterly Subscription$15.993 Months
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  • Annual$19.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription$39.991 Year
One-time5
  • 3 Months Sponsee Upgrade$9.99
  • 3 Months Unlock For 1 Sponsee$15.99
  • 1 Year Sponsee Upgrade$19.99
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  • 1 Year Unlock For 1 Sponsee$39.99
  • Lifetime Access$99.99
5 purchases

Sober Dailies

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time3
  • Supporter$1.99
  • Sustainer$4.99
  • Champion$9.99

Questions

Is AA 12 Step Toolkit free?
AA 12 Step Toolkit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sober Dailies free?
Sober Dailies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AA 12 Step Toolkit or Sober Dailies?
Sober Dailies is rated higher. AA 12 Step Toolkit averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.6K ratings, while Sober Dailies averages 5.0 from 30 ratings.
Do AA 12 Step Toolkit or Sober Dailies have ads?
Neither AA 12 Step Toolkit nor Sober Dailies shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AA 12 Step Toolkit or Sober Dailies?
AA 12 Step Toolkit ships an update every 2 months, and Sober Dailies every 3 weeks. Most recently, AA 12 Step Toolkit was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sober Dailies on October 23, 2026.

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