Twelve Sober vs AA Just Today
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Twelve Sober
This app helps users find 12-step meetings for various recovery programs like AA, NA, and CMA. It offers features to track sobriety, access literature, and join virtual meetings. User data remains anonymous and stored only on the device.
- Find 12-step meetings (AA, NA, CMA, Al-Anon)
- Filter meetings by location, time, and type
- In-person and virtual meeting options
- Track sobriety date, time, and attendance
- Access 12-step literature
- Completely anonymous user data
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Twelve is the most reliable 12 step meeting finder, connecting you to Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Crystal Meth Anonymous and Al-Anon programs in North America. QUICKLY FIND MEETINGS WHEREVER YOU ARE Search for AA meetings, NA meetings, CMA meetings, and Al-Anon meetings using convenient filters for location, time of day, and specific meeting types like "Speaker" or “Step Study." Find in-person meetings, get driving directions or call a ride share from the app. Find virtual meetings and join them with one tap links. Tag your favorite meetings to quickly find them later. TRACK YOUR SOBRIETY Keep track of your sobriety birthday, your sober time and meeting attendance, and review your current step all within the ‘You’ tab. 12 STEP LITERATURE Work the program through 12 step literature made conveniently accessible within the app. REMAIN COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS Twelve is a completely anonymous app: your data won't be sent or stored anywhere beyond your phone. - - - Twelve is free to download and use. Meeting details, driving directions, virtual links and additional meeting-related features (check-ins, favorites and reminders) are available with a monthly subscription or in a 7 day free trial with an annual subscription. All other features remain free to use indefinitely. Prices may vary and are subject to change without notice. Prices are clearly displayed in the app. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by accessing your Account Settings in the iTunes Store. If offered, if you choose to use our free trial, any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription to that publication, where applicable. You cannot cancel the current subscription during the active subscription period. All personal data is handled under the terms and conditions of Twelve’s privacy policy. More details can be found here: www.twelvesober.com/privacypolicy Subscription service conditions: - Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period - You can manage your subscription and switch off auto-renewal by accessing your Account Settings after purchase - You cannot cancel the current subscription during the active subscription period - All personal data is handled under the terms and conditions of Twelve’s privacy policy. More details can be found here: - https://www.twelvesober.com/privacypolicy - https://www.twelvesober.com/termsandconditions
AA Just Today
This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for recovery, including a sobriety tracker, meeting finder, and access to recovery literature. It provides guided meditations, journaling features, and speaker tapes to support daily practice and personal growth.
- Sobriety counter with milestone tracking
- Global meeting finder (in-person & online)
- Free Big Book and Daily Reflections
- Guided meditation and breathing exercises
- Private journaling and gratitude lists
- Speaker tapes and workshops
- Apple Watch integration
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AA Just Today is your complete recovery toolkit. SOBRIETY COUNTER A beautiful coin that grows with you. Track your days, months, years, and hours. Celebrate milestones. Flip your coin and carry it everywhere. Two free coin designs. Upgrade for the full collection with new designs added regularly. MEETINGS Find meetings near you or anywhere in the world. In-person and online meetings from intergroups and central offices across the globe. Filter by day, time, type, and distance. Get directions, add to your calendar, view on the map or join online with one tap. BIG BOOK & LITERATURE Read the Big Book and Daily Reflections for free. Listen to Big Book audio for free. Upgrade for Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, As Bill Sees It, Daily Stoic, and Touchstones. Highlight passages, take notes, and bookmark pages. PRAYERS The Serenity Prayer, Lord's Prayer, and Third Step Prayer are free. Upgrade for every prayer from Steps 1-11, the St. Francis Prayer, Morning and Night Prayers, and recovery acronyms. TODAY, A DAILY PRACTICE A morning-to-night checklist based on pages 86-88 of the Big Book. Morning prayer, reading, meditation, gratitude, meetings, journaling, and nightly inventory. MEDITATION Just Breathe, Box Breathing, and Still Meditation. Set your duration and switch freely during your session. Ambient music included. 1 and 3 minute sessions are free. Upgrade for extended sessions. JOURNAL, GRATITUDE & INVENTORY Private journal, gratitude lists, nightly inventory and personal inventory. Apple Pencil support on iPad for handwritten journal and gratitude list entries. 3 free entries each. Upgrade for unlimited entries, photos, videos, audio memos, voice transcription, sharing, and PIN-lock to protect your writings. SPEAKER TAPES Thousands of speaker recordings and workshops including Joe and Charlie. The Big Book is free to listen to and 3 free listens for the others. Upgrade for the full library. Listen in the background and pick up where you left off. APPLE WATCH Your sobriety counter on your wrist with a complication for your watch face. Daily reflections and prayers on the go. SHARE YOUR COIN Share your sobriety coin and milestone celebrations with your sponsor, home group, or anyone who supports your recovery. Share as an image to social media, messages, or save it to your photos. WIDGETS & REMINDERS Home screen widgets showing your sobriety count and daily reading. Upgrade for daily reminders for every part of your practice. Built by people in recovery, for people in recovery. One day at a time. Terms of Use: https://justtodayapp.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://justtodayapp.com/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AA Just Today at monthly against Twelve Sober's every 6 months. AA Just Today also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 2) and device support (4 vs 2). Twelve Sober's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Twelve Sober sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and AA Just Today sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Twelve Sober against 5.0 for AA Just Today. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AA Just Today has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Twelve Sober ships an update every 6 months, AA Just Today monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Twelve Sober | AA Just Today |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 191 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ares Technologies LLC | Amor Design Group |
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Twelve Sober
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In-app purchases
Twelve Sober
- Full access$4.991 Month
- Full access$44.991 Year
AA Just Today
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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