Comparison

My NA vs Work the 12 Steps

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Work the 12 Steps

This app facilitates peer support for individuals working through the Twelve Steps of recovery. It helps sponsors and sponsees track progress, milestones, and connections within their recovery community. Designed for privacy, it keeps essential recovery relationships close without intrusive features.

Highlights
  • Step progress tracking
  • Sobriety milestones
  • Anniversary tracking
  • Meeting management
  • Recovery lineage
  • Private by design
Features
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Recovery is passed person to person. Work the 12 Steps helps sponsors and sponsees work the Twelve Steps together, track progress, celebrate milestones, and stay connected. It doesn't replace sponsorship. It helps support it. Sponsorship has always happened through phone calls, coffee, meetings, and one person helping another. Work the 12 Steps gives that relationship one private place to stay organized. FOR SPONSORS See your sponsees and their Step progress in one place. Suggested readings and actions for every Step, ready to make your own. Add assignments, follow meeting activity, and never miss a sobriety anniversary. FOR SPONSEES Work the Steps with your sponsor. Keep track of your progress, meetings, and milestones with your sponsor one tap away. MILESTONES Celebrate months and years of sobriety on the day that matters, for everyone in your circle. Add them straight to your calendar. LEGACY See the recovery relationships that connect sponsor to sponsee, and one generation of recovery to the next. RECOVERY FRIENDS Walk beside the people in your recovery. See their milestones, celebrate their anniversaries, and reach them in a tap. PRIVATE BY DESIGN First name and last initial. No public feed. No followers. No streaks. No advertising built around your recovery. Your recovery stays private. ALWAYS ABOUT PEOPLE The app doesn't do the Steps for you. It doesn't replace a sponsor. It helps two people stay connected while doing the work together. No ads. No tracking. Not a social network. The app disappears into the relationship.

Screenshots

My NA4 screens
Work the 12 Steps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Work the 12 Steps at 100% against My NA's 24%. Work the 12 Steps also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Work the 12 Steps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of My NA's written reviews are positive against 100% of Work the 12 Steps's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My NA ships an update every 6 weeks, Work the 12 Steps every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
My NA versus Work the 12 Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy NAWork the 12 Steps
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews24.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size236 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNA World Services, Inc.Philip Mount

Customer experience

My NA

Written reviews111 reviews
Positive24.3%
Neutral14.4%
Negative61.3%

Work the 12 Steps

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
Show 12 more
  • 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)

Work the 12 Steps

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

My NA

No in-app purchases

None

Work the 12 Steps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My NA free?
My NA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Work the 12 Steps free?
Work the 12 Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My NA or Work the 12 Steps?
Work the 12 Steps is rated higher. My NA averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Work the 12 Steps averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do My NA or Work the 12 Steps have ads?
Neither My NA nor Work the 12 Steps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My NA or Work the 12 Steps?
My NA ships an update every 6 weeks, and Work the 12 Steps every 5 days. Most recently, My NA was updated on October 26, 2026 and Work the 12 Steps on October 24, 2026.

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