MeetingMaker vs Sober Lantern
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MeetingMaker
Easily track attendance for required meetings, including 12-step and community service. Securely record your check-ins and check-outs, and automatically share attendance reports with contacts. Designed by individuals in recovery to empower meeting attendance management.
- Discreet meeting check-in/check-out
- Secure attendance record
- Automatic report sharing
- Supports 12-step and community service meetings
- Customizable for non-recovery use
- Subscription options for advanced features
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DON'T LET A PIECE OF PAPER TELL YOUR STORY! So simple! Go to a meeting, discreetly check in on the app, and then check out when you leave. MeetingMaker creates a safe, secure, accurate record of your attendance for all of your required meetings. Add contacts to automatically send meeting attendance reports to anyone. The main goal of MeetingMaker is to serve people who are required to provide verification of 12-step, community service, and other recovery-related meeting attendance, but it can be used in non-recovery circumstances as well. MeetingMaker is created by people in recovery, for people in recovery - to empower you to manage your meeting attendance goals! US PATENT PENDING SUBSCRIPTION: You may purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase: monthly for $6.99 or annually for $61.99 (25% savings!). • Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. • Privacy policy and terms of use: https://www.meetingmaker.io/privacy and https://www.meetingmaker.io/tos
Sober Lantern
This app helps individuals in sober living navigate their recovery journey. It offers daily motivation, a sobriety counter, and tools to organize legal documentation and proof of residency. It also simplifies payments, overnight requests, and finding local meetings.
- Daily motivationals
- Sobriety counter
- Legal documentation organization
- Proof of residency
- Payment processing
- Overnight request management
- Local meeting finder
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Let’s face it… Entering sober living is a huge adjustment. Lots of new rules, new environment, learning the area… It’s a lot to navigate. Lantern Sober Living Management can help light the path for your recovery journey. Daily motivationals, along with a sobriety counter are just some of the tools available with this program. Lantern helps to organize important documentation for legal issues and provides proof of residency. It essentially becomes a one stop option to make payments, requests overnights and find local meetings. From a provider standpoint, Lantern delivers an overview of your program including open beds, total bed count, smart drug screen monitoring, financial tracking and geo-specific meeting check-ins. Communication with management and staff is simplified, making sure everyone gets important notifications and stays on the same path. Lantern Sober Living Management was created by sober living owners, for sober living owners. Our systems are intuitive and simple, providing the most relevant information for your Program in real time, at all times. Entering Sober living is typically a life saving decision. Using a quality management system is a decision which enables your Program to be more effective in saving those lives.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sober Lantern at 5.0 against MeetingMaker's 4.5. Sober Lantern also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). MeetingMaker's advantage is ratings volume (52 vs 1). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. MeetingMaker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Sober Lantern asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sober Lantern holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MeetingMaker has 52 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MeetingMaker ships an update every 2 months, Sober Lantern every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MeetingMaker | Sober Lantern |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (52 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Girlcode, LLC | Code & Cakes LLC |
Customer experience
MeetingMaker
Sober Lantern
In-app purchases
MeetingMaker
- Monthly Subscription$6.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$61.991 Year
Sober Lantern
No in-app purchases
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