Comparison

Sponserity 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

Sponserity

This app supports individuals on their sobriety journey by fostering accountability and connections. It offers research-based recovery tasks, an AI companion for encouragement, and tools to track progress and celebrate milestones. Connect with sponsors, sponsees, and the recovery community for support.

Highlights
  • Sponsor & Sponsee Connections
  • AI Recovery Companion
  • Research-Based Recovery Tasks
  • Progress Tracking (days, money saved)
  • Milestone Celebration
  • Recovery-Focused Messaging
Features
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Recovery is better together. Sponserity is a recovery support app designed to help individuals build accountability, strengthen connections, and stay motivated throughout their sobriety journey. Whether you're new to recovery or have years of sobriety, Sponserity provides tools to help you stay engaged one day at a time. Sponsor & Sponsee Connections Build meaningful recovery relationships by connecting with sponsors and sponsees. Encourage one another, stay accountable, and celebrate milestones together. Research-Based Recovery Tasks Complete evidence-based recovery activities designed to promote self-reflection, healthy habits, and long-term engagement in recovery. Meet Dawn, Your AI Recovery Companion Dawn is an AI-powered companion available whenever you need encouragement, support, or someone to talk to. Dawn can help you reflect on your progress, answer questions, and provide motivation throughout your recovery journey. Track Your Progress Monitor your sober days Track money saved through sobriety Celebrate milestones and achievements Stay motivated by watching your progress over time Recovery-Focused Messaging Stay connected through private messaging with your sponsor, sponsees, and other members of the recovery community. Celebrate Every Milestone Recovery is built one day at a time. Sponserity helps you recognize and celebrate the victories—both big and small—that make lasting change possible. Built on Community and Compassion Recovery can feel overwhelming, but you don't have to do it alone. Sponserity was created to provide support, accountability, and meaningful connections for individuals seeking a healthier, sober life. One day at a time. Together. Sponserity is continually evolving through ongoing research and user feedback to better understand how technology can support long-term recovery and meaningful human connection.

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

Sponserity4 screens
Work the 12 Steps4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sponserity and Work the 12 Steps are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sponserity against 5.0 for Work the 12 Steps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sponserity ships an update every 4 days, Work the 12 Steps every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Sponserity versus Work the 12 Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSponserityWork the 12 Steps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSponserityPhilip Mount

Customer experience

Sponserity

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Work the 12 Steps

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

In-app purchases

None

Sponserity

No in-app purchases

None

Work the 12 Steps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sponserity free?
Sponserity 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, Sponserity or Work the 12 Steps?
Sponserity and Work the 12 Steps are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Sponserity or Work the 12 Steps have ads?
Neither Sponserity nor Work the 12 Steps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sponserity or Work the 12 Steps?
Sponserity ships an update every 4 days, and Work the 12 Steps every 5 days. Most recently, Sponserity was updated on October 12, 2026 and Work the 12 Steps on October 24, 2026.

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