Comparison

Everything AA vs Beneath

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

Head to head
About

Everything AA

This app offers a comprehensive collection of resources for individuals engaged in a 12-step program. It provides access to meeting finders, literature, audiobooks, daily reflections, and inventory tools, all within a single, ad-free platform.

Highlights
  • Worldwide Online Meeting Finder
  • Big Book (Text & Audiobook)
  • 12 Steps and 12 Traditions (Text & Audio)
  • Daily Reflection
  • Sobriety Counter
  • Shareable Daily Inventory & Gratitude List
Features
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Searching for the best AA app to complement your 12 step program? Look no further! Everything AA has every resource you could need in one place, and is still growing. It provides this completely free of cost and with no ads! It includes: -A worldwide Online Meeting Finder -Text and Audiobook versions of the Big Book -Text and Audio versions of the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions (12 & 12) -The Daily Reflection -Text and Audio versions of Living Sober - The Joe and Charlie Audio Tapes -Literature and pamphlets from Alcoholics Anonymous such as How it Works, The 12 Steps, The 12 Traditions, the Preamble, AA meeting cards, the Sponsorship Pamphlet, the AA prayers and many more! -A shareable daily inventory and gratitude list! The app also includes a sobriety counter so that you can keep track of your exact day count! We hope it helps you on your Alcoholics Anonymous Journey! Version 2.0 has an integrated online meeting guide that helps you find meetings any time of day, and open them automatically in your video conferencing apps. Be sure to check it out for Alcoholics Anonymous meetings around the world! The app uses the Standard Apple Terms of Use(EULA) which is available at: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Beneath

This app helps you capture significant personal insights and achievements. It encourages you to write down moments of realization and success, organizing them into personalized categories. Reflect on your journey with gentle prompts and summaries.

Highlights
  • Capture personal truths and wins
  • Organize entries into custom Rooms
  • Receive personalized reflections
  • Generate weekly, monthly, and yearly recaps
  • Send 'Letters to You' via email
  • Offline access to all written content
Features
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Beneath is a journal for honest moments and small wins. Capture what feels true, organize it into Rooms, and revisit the patterns when you’re ready. Goals come from somewhere. Beneath is for the moment beneath the goal. WRITE IT DOWN WHILE IT'S TRUE A Truth is that moment, in your own words — what happened, and what it made you see. Not the goal; the thing underneath it. The only prompt is "What's true right now?" — a fragment counts, so write the part you have. Add Wins when something goes the way you wanted. That's the whole practice: a few honest sentences, captured while they're still warm. ROOMS, NOT SYSTEMS Group what matters into Rooms — Health, Work, Family, or whatever fits your life. There's no blueprint, no streaks, no scores, and no correct way to organize a life. Empty is normal. Reflect and Try This are there when you ask; Recaps offer periodic looks back, and email Letters are opt-in. There is no feed. THE MIRROR When you want to look back, Beneath pays attention: • Reflect — patterns it notices across what you've written, only when you ask. • Try This — one small thing to act on or think about, drawn from your own words. • Recaps — a quiet look back at each week, month, and year. • Letters — the same idea, written as if from you to you, delivered by email when you opt in. YOUR WORDS ARE YOURS Everything you write is free, forever — capture, Rooms, editing, widgets, all of it. The mirror (Reflect, Try This, Recaps, Letters) is a subscription: $4.99/month or $29.99/year. If you ever stop subscribing, every word you wrote stays readable, editable, and exportable, and reflections already written stay readable too. Nothing you made is ever held hostage. Beneath doesn't think it knows how you should live. You're the coach here. It simply remembers — so the person you're becoming doesn't lose track of the moments that started everything. Privacy Policy: https://beneath.ink/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Everything AA4 screens
Beneath4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Everything AA at 75K against Beneath's 3. Everything AA also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Beneath's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Everything AA sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Beneath sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 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 — 4.9 for Everything AA against 5.0 for Beneath. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Everything AA has 75K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Everything AA's written reviews are positive against 100% of Beneath's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Everything AA ships an update every 3 weeks, Beneath every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Everything AA versus Beneath: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEverything AABeneath
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (75K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings75K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB7 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAlcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.SteadyLife LLC

Customer experience

Everything AA

All ratings73,914 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.6%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews844 reviews
Positive94.8%
Neutral1.3%
Negative3.9%

Beneath

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Everything AA

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Audio playback issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes

Requested features

2 requests
  • Ability to highlight/bookmark text
  • Add more AA literature and resources

Beneath

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Everything AA

Subscriptions2
  • Supporter$1.991 Month
  • Supporter$19.991 Year
2 purchases

Beneath

Subscriptions2
  • Beneath — Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Beneath — Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Everything AA free?
Everything AA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beneath free?
Beneath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Everything AA or Beneath?
Beneath is rated higher. Everything AA averages 4.9 out of 5 from 75K ratings, while Beneath averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Everything AA or Beneath have ads?
Neither Everything AA nor Beneath shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Everything AA or Beneath?
Everything AA ships an update every 3 weeks, and Beneath every 4 days. Most recently, Everything AA was updated on November 10, 2026 and Beneath on October 31, 2026.

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