Stop Drinking with AJ vs Stop Drinking ~ Affirmations
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stop Drinking with AJ
This app offers guided meditations and mindfulness sessions to help users overcome alcohol cravings and break negative habits. It provides tools to destress, improve mindset, sleep better, and build confidence for a healthier life.
- Guided meditations for alcohol cravings
- Mindfulness sessions for habit change
- Relaxation techniques
- Breathing exercises
- Positive motivational messages
- Short meditations for on-the-go use
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Are you finding that one drink is turning into a few or too many? Are you finding that you are using alcohol to relax? Stop Drinking is designed to help listeners relax and overcome the emotional and physical cravings for alcohol. Drinking can quickly turn into a habit that many people find hard to break. These habits soon become an accepted part of your life and many people hold themselves back with the thoughts they can't stop. This relaxing, positive, motivational app will give you the tools to: • Stop drinking altogether or regain control and cut down. • Break those negative habits that lead to reaching for a drink. • Build positive resources to achieve your goals, and so lead a happier, healthier, more fulfilling life. • Change your thinking and access the incredible power of your unconscious mind. • Easily break unwanted habits. • Regain control of your clarity of thought, well-being, money, health and much more. Destress, improve your mindset, sleep better, grow your confidence and be healthier with guided meditations, mindfulness sessions and positive messages – and much more. Mindfulness expert, coach and therapist Andrew Johnson has been helping people deal with life’s challenges with guided relaxations, meditations, self-care tools and breathing exercises for many years. His best-selling range of mindfulness apps have a variety of content to help you, whether you are looking for ways to reduce stress and anxiety, lose weight, improve your health & confidence, learn relaxation techniques, etc. Key features: • Short meditations you can do anywhere: at work, commuting, at home, walking. • Inspirational sessions to help you tackle life’s challenges, to be calm and find clarity. • Mindfulness stories and talks to help you build better, healthy habits. Meditations to help you feel inspired and find motivated to eat well, workout and stay healthy both in body and mind. Relaxation techniques and tools to help you sleep better every night, to wake feeling energised and refreshed. Breathing exercises and calming meditations for anxiety, panic attacks and stress relief. Meditation sessions to stop anxiety in its tracks and release stress. How do I get more? Start your day mindfully, keep feeling positive and be inspired throughout the day with a range of guided meditations to help during tough or stressful moments. Boost your energy with a Power Nap, stay focussed to Beat Procrastination, and then drift off using a Deep Sleep meditation for a restful night. Think of Andrew as your personal mindfulness coach, always there to help when you need him most. Search for Andrew Johnson to unlock more daily mindfulness and guided meditation sessions.
Stop Drinking ~ Affirmations
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Break free from alcohol with the power of your mind. Stop Drinking ~ Affirmations is a guided meditation experience designed to help you rewire your brain, reduce cravings, and step into the life you truly want — alcohol-free, clear, and empowered. Each session features 10 powerful affirmations repeated three times, layered with soothing theta-frequency binaural beats and bilateral stimulation. This combination gently shifts your brain into a healing state where real, lasting change can take root. Use it when you're craving, when you're reflecting, or as part of your daily self-care routine. You can loop the track for deep reinforcement, or set a sleep timer to drift off peacefully as it fades out. Why it works: - Affirmations repeated 3x to anchor new beliefs - Theta brainwave entrainment for deep subconscious healing - Bilateral stimulation to support brain rewiring - Sleep timer + fade-out for nightly reinforcement - Looping for deeper sessions or extended relaxation Whether you're on day one or year five, this tool is here to help you reconnect with your true self — strong, calm, and free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: Stop Drinking with AJ at #145 against Stop Drinking ~ Affirmations's unranked. Stop Drinking with AJ also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.0). Stop Drinking ~ Affirmations's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On 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
Stop Drinking with AJ costs $2.99 and Stop Drinking ~ Affirmations $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Stop Drinking with AJ | Stop Drinking ~ Affirmations |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (69 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 69.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #145 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Universal Relaxation Ltd | INFINITE STATE, LLC |
Bugs and requests
Stop Drinking with AJ
Reported bugs
7 issues- App crashes or won't open
- Glitchy transitions between parts
- Promo messages overriding meditation content
- Reminder chime not working
- Audio issues (cuts out, scrambled)
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- Delay in response after selection
- App becomes unusable/faulty
Requested features
8 requests- More meditations/content variety
- Smoother transitions between parts
- Option for a version without 'wake up' instruction
- Fix promo message overlay
- More discreet app icon
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- Edit distracting vocalizations ('NOW!')
- Add positive phrasing instead of negative
- Fix reminder chime not working
Stop Drinking ~ Affirmations
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Stop Drinking with AJ
No in-app purchases
Stop Drinking ~ Affirmations
No in-app purchases



