My NA vs PL Cares
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My NA
Find Narcotics Anonymous meetings, both in-person and virtual, with this app. It also includes a clean time calculator, daily readings, and links to official resources.
- In-person meeting finder
- Virtual meeting finder
- Clean time calculator
- Daily readings (Just For Today)
- Spiritual Principal a Day readings
- Links to NA.Org resources
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My NA is the app of Narcotics Anonymous World Services (NAWS) — the new version of NA Meeting Search. FIND A MEETING • Search for in-person NA meetings near you, by your location or by typing a place. • Find virtual NA meetings you can join online. In-person meeting information is kept up to date by local NA service bodies. READ AND LISTEN, EVERY DAY • Just for Today and A Spiritual Principle a Day: today's reading, with no connection needed. • A private, fillable version of the IP #9 daily inventory. You can keep your own copy as a PDF. • Read NA booklets and informational pamphlets. • Listen to recordings of the Basic Text and other NA literature, even with the screen locked. CLEAN TIME • Count your clean time, with an optional reminder on your anniversary. Your clean date stays on your phone. STAY CONNECTED • NAWS News and Reaching Out. • NAWS events and webinars. • Get Involved: focus groups, surveys and issue discussion topics. • Contribute to NA World Services, shop the NAWS store, and visit na.org. YOUR PRIVACY • No account, no sign-in, no ads. • The app sends NAWS usage statistics and error reports so we can see what is used and fix what breaks. You can turn either off at any time in Preferences. • Privacy Policy: https://na.org/privacy-policy/ • Terms of Use: https://na.org/naws-terms-of-use/
PL Cares
Connect with your healthcare team and track your wellness from home. Communicate securely with providers and engage with a community of patients facing similar health conditions.
- Connect with care team
- Track health and wellness
- Secure messaging with providers
- Community message board
- Connect with similar patients
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PL Cares is a health and wellness platform that connects you from home with your care team. Track your health and wellness, communicate with your care providers via secure messaging, and connect with other patients with similar conditions via the community message board.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PL Cares at 5.0 against My NA's 3.7. On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PL Cares holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively.
My NA ships an update every 6 weeks, PL Cares every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My NA | PL Cares |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 236 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | NA World Services, Inc. | Warm Health Technology |
Customer experience
My NA
PL Cares
Bugs and requests
My NA
Reported bugs
19 issues- App crashes when searching for meetings
- Blank blue screen on launch
- Meeting finder returns zero results in areas with active meetings
- Location auto-detection not working
- Manual location entry produces no results
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- Clean time calculation off by 1-2 days
- Directions button non-functional
- Unable to share JFT readings from app
- Persistent notification badge won't clear
- Excessive duplicate notifications
- JFT readings fail to load randomly
- App won't load past initial page
- App freezes or crashes on update
- Text selection and copy/paste issues with JFT
- Add to favorites button non-functional
- App requires constant re-entry of search parameters
- Out of focus/blurry display rendering
- Incompatibility with iOS updates
- Call Sponsor link doesn't work
Requested features
17 requests- Restore in-app meeting finder with map and list views
- Filter meetings by day of week and time
- Show meeting duration information
- Display group names alongside meeting details
- Add calendar integration with meeting reminders
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- Language filtering for meetings
- Ability to share JFT readings via text, email, or social media
- Connect to multiple calendar apps (Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, etc.)
- Add more daily readings (Daily Reflections, spiritual readings)
- Member review system for meetings (while maintaining anonymity)
- Local area helpline numbers displayed with meetings
- Accurate clean time calculator
- Support for international time zones (Australia JFT timing issue)
- Option to lock distance/mile preferences
- Zoom vs in-person meeting indicators
- Age restriction removal (currently 17+)
- Direction integration with multiple map apps (Waze, Google Maps)
PL Cares
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
My NA
No in-app purchases
PL Cares
No in-app purchases
