StarDay vs Sober Wagon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StarDay
Easily track important life events with unlimited countdowns. Customize widgets to visualize your progress and forget about intrusive advertisements. This app helps you stay on top of your milestones.
- Unlimited countdowns
- Customizable widgets
- Streak tracking
- Ad-free experience
- Event tracking
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Do you need to track some important events in your life? Try our new app. Add unlimited countdowns, customize widgets, forget about noisy ads. Terms of use: https://about-me.app/terms_of_use Privacy policy: https://about-me.app/privacy_policy
Sober Wagon
Track your progress in staying sober with a visually appealing counter. Customize themes and view your sober days, months, and years at a glance with widgets and Apple Watch support.
- Sober day, month, and year counter
- Customizable color themes
- Home screen widgets
- Apple Watch sync and complications
- Multiple view options
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Sober Wagon is a beautiful app for iPhone supporting Widgets and Apple Watch supporting Complications. Counter and tracker for your sober days, months, and years. Features include: - Many different color themes available to choose - Select a default view between days, months, or years - Widgets for viewing sober days at a glance - Syncs to Apple Watch - Apple Watch complications for easier viewing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: StarDay at Free against Sober Wagon's $1.99. StarDay also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (578 vs 5). Sober Wagon's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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
StarDay is free to download; Sober Wagon costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sober Wagon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StarDay has 578 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of StarDay's written reviews are positive against 75% of Sober Wagon's.
StarDay ships an update weekly, Sober Wagon every 11 months. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | StarDay | Sober Wagon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (578 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 578 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | AboutMe Apps, Inc. | Sober Wagon |
Customer experience
StarDay
Sober Wagon
Bugs and requests
StarDay
Reported bugs
2 issues- Widget not displaying custom countdowns
- Countdown restarting unexpectedly after deleting an event
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to display multiple countdowns on widget
- Option to customize countdown display (time, background, etc.)
- Automatic sorting of events by date
Sober Wagon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
StarDay
No in-app purchases
Sober Wagon
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is StarDay free?
Is Sober Wagon free?
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