Comparison

Quietly Sober vs Chains Broken

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

Head to head
About

Quietly Sober

This app offers a private space for individuals seeking to live alcohol-free. It provides tools for tracking sobriety, engaging in guided reflections, connecting with a supportive community, and finding a sponsor. Celebrate milestones and manage your recovery journey with personalized tools and private interactions.

Highlights
  • Sobriety tracking and milestone celebration
  • Guided reflections for daily, recovery, and meeting check-ins
  • Daily log for private journaling
  • Alcoholics Anonymous meeting finder and attendance verification
  • Sponsor finder to connect with mentors
  • Supportive community discussions
  • Private by design with user control over shared information
Features
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Quietly Sober is a private recovery companion and supportive community for people choosing a life free from alcohol. Whether today is Day 1 or you’ve been sober for years, Quietly Sober gives you a place to reflect, connect, celebrate your progress, and keep moving forward one day at a time. You don’t have to do this alone. RECOVERY, YOUR WAY Track your sobriety, celebrate meaningful milestones, and watch your recovery journey grow over time. Quietly Sober keeps the focus on today while still giving you a place to look back and see how far you’ve come. GUIDED REFLECTIONS Take a few minutes to slow down and check in with yourself. Quietly Sober includes guided reflections for: • Daily Reflection • Recovery Reflection • Meeting Reflection • Prayer Reflection Prefer to simply write? Use the Daily Log to capture what’s on your mind without turning it into a conversation. YOUR RECOVERY JOURNEY Your reflections and recovery moments become part of your personal journey, giving you a quiet place to revisit the days, thoughts, and experiences that helped shape your recovery. MEETINGS & ATTENDANCE Join Quietly Sober Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and connect with others in recovery. When attendance verification is needed, Quietly Sober provides a private process designed to keep verification information separate from your public community identity. SPONSOR FINDER Finding the right sponsor matters. Sponsor Finder helps people in recovery introduce themselves, discover potential sponsors, and start a conversation while keeping the experience simple and respectful. COMMUNITY Connect through discussions with people who understand the ups, downs, victories, questions, and ordinary days that come with recovery. Share as much or as little as you choose. Your recovery belongs to you. CELEBRATE YOUR PROGRESS Quietly Sober recognizes sobriety milestones throughout your journey with medallions and celebrations. You decide whether your sobriety medallion appears with your community profile. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Recovery can involve deeply personal information. Quietly Sober is built around keeping private recovery information private and giving you control over what you share with the community. QUIETLY SOBER SUPPORTER The core Quietly Sober experience is available free. Quietly Sober Supporter unlocks the full collection of guided reflections and adds a Supporter badge while helping support the continued development and operation of Quietly Sober. Supporter is $4.99 per month and includes a 7-day introductory free trial for eligible new subscribers. Supporting Quietly Sober never changes your recovery standing, milestones, or place in the community. ONE DAY AT A TIME, TOGETHER Recovery isn’t about being perfect. Sometimes it is simply about making the next good decision, getting through today, talking with someone who understands, and showing up again tomorrow. Quietly Sober gives you a place to do that. One day at a time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.quietlysober.com/privacy.html Subscriptions are managed through your Apple ID and automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your device’s subscription settings.

About

Chains Broken

Features
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Chains Broken is a biblically based recovery support app from Genesis Family, Inc., built for our own clients as part of their care. Track your daily recovery journey with private check-ins, mood and gratitude reflections, and relapse tracking - all encrypted end-to-end and readable only by you and your assigned Genesis Family care team. Use the guided cool-down tool when a craving hits, celebrate recovery milestones as you reach them, and stay connected to your care team every step of the way. WHAT YOU CAN DO Log daily check-ins: mood, gratitude, triggers, and relapse status Track your clean-day streak and progress over time Use a guided cool-down exercise during difficult moments Stay connected with your assigned Genesis Family clinician Celebrate milestones along your recovery journey BUILT FOR PRIVACY Your journal entries are encrypted on your device before they ever reach our servers. Our servers can't read your content, and we never sell your data or share it with advertisers. Chains Broken is designed with HIPAA safeguards in mind to protect your health information. WHO THIS APP IS FOR Chains Broken is currently available to clients enrolled in care with Genesis Family, Inc., a Texas nonprofit mental-health ministry. Accounts are created by invitation from your clinician or our team - there is no public sign-up. IMPORTANT Chains Broken is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. It is a support tool that works alongside - not in place of - professional treatment. It is not an emergency service. If you are in crisis or thinking about harming yourself or others, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), call 911, or contact the Genesis Family office directly. Learn more about how we handle your information in our Privacy Policy, linked on our website and within the app. Genesis Family, Inc. 17629 El Camino Real, Suite 202, Houston, TX 77058 (713) 913-4575 * info@genesis-family.com * www.genesis-family.com

Screenshots

Quietly Sober4 screens
Chains Broken4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chains Broken at none against Quietly Sober's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Quietly Sober sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Chains Broken asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Quietly Sober versus Chains Broken: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuietly SoberChains Broken
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB4 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperCalvin EllisGenesis Family Inc.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Quietly Sober

Subscriptions2
  • Quietly Sober Supporter Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Quietly Sober Supporter Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Quietly Sober Forever$39.99
None

Chains Broken

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quietly Sober free?
Quietly Sober is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chains Broken free?
Chains Broken is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Quietly Sober or Chains Broken have ads?
Neither Quietly Sober nor Chains Broken shows ads.

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