Comparison

Get Sober vs Calm Urge

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

Head to head
About

Get Sober

This app helps you track your sobriety with a focus on privacy and simplicity. Log your daily progress, view your achievements, and manage your data locally on your device. It offers convenient features like notification-based logging and Apple Watch integration.

Highlights
  • Local data storage for privacy
  • Daily sobriety review
  • Progress tracking and statistics
  • Notification-based logging
  • Apple Watch compatibility
  • Data export and import
Features
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Get Sober is a private sobriety tracker designed to help you stay accountable with a simple daily check-in. All you have to do is review your day by telling the app whether you stayed sober. Get Sober shows useful insights about your progress over time. • free • no ads • no account required • all data stored locally on your device • no cloud sync — not even we can see your data • export and import your data • track sobriety length • see your proportion of sober days • track spend • daily review reminders • mark days directly from notifications • works on Apple Watch • set an initial sobriety length

About

Calm Urge

This app provides tools and activities to help users manage urges to self-harm. It allows for daily emotion tracking, offers calming exercises like breathing and music, and includes privacy features like password protection and emergency contacts.

Highlights
  • Urge tracking
  • Daily emotion journaling
  • Calming activities (breathing, music, drawing)
  • Password protection
  • Communication card
  • Emergency contacts
Features
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Calm Urge is the perfect app to help you resist the urge to self-harm. With a range of activities and tools, you can keep track of your emotions and worries, and develop new coping mechanisms to help you stay calm and in control. With a daily record of your feelings, you can easily identify patterns and trends in your emotions and concerns, helping you to build a better understanding of your triggers and responses. And with a range of calming activities, including breathing exercises, Tibetan bowls, musical instruments, and drawing tools, you can find the perfect way to soothe and distract yourself when the urge to self-harm strikes. You can also create a private password to keep your information completely secure, and use a communication card to let others know how you're feeling when you're not able to talk about it. Plus, with the ability to add emergency contacts, you can always have someone to call when you need help the most. So if you're looking for a powerful new tool to help you manage your emotions and resist the urge to self-harm, download Calm Urge today and start taking control of your life. Terms of Use: https://wisefoxapps.wordpress.com/terms-of-service/

Screenshots

Get Sober4 screens
Calm Urge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Get Sober at none against Calm Urge's shown. Calm Urge's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (2.1K vs 30). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Get Sober sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Calm Urge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Get Sober against 4.7 for Calm Urge. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calm Urge has 2.1K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Get Sober's written reviews are positive against 83% of Calm Urge's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Get Sober ships an update every 6 weeks, Calm Urge every 8 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Get Sober versus Calm Urge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGet SoberCalm Urge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (30 ratings)4.7 (2.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews82.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings302.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB142 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPawel DecowskiShining Muffin LLC

Customer experience

Get Sober

All ratings25 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral15.4%
Negative15.4%

Calm Urge

All ratings2,070 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral4.4%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews257 reviews
Positive82.9%
Neutral10.1%
Negative7.0%

Bugs and requests

Get Sober

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Calm Urge

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Forgot password feature not working
  • Inconsistent app performance issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add milestones/achievements tracking
  • Improve sound/audio functionality
  • Allow customizing mood/emotion options
  • Provide more free access to analytics

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Get Sober

Subscriptions4
  • Get Sober Supporter$4.991 Month
  • Get Sober Supporter$9.993 Months
  • Get Sober Supporter$14.996 Months
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  • Get Sober Supporter$19.991 Year
2 purchases

Calm Urge

Subscriptions2
  • Premium7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Premium$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Get Sober free?
Get Sober is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Calm Urge free?
Calm Urge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Get Sober or Calm Urge?
Calm Urge is rated higher. Get Sober averages 4.7 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Calm Urge averages 4.7 from 2.1K ratings.
Do Get Sober or Calm Urge have ads?
Calm Urge shows ads; Get Sober does not.
Which is updated more often, Get Sober or Calm Urge?
Get Sober ships an update every 6 weeks, and Calm Urge every 8 days. Most recently, Get Sober was updated on November 3, 2026 and Calm Urge on November 3, 2026.

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