Comparison

Quietly Sober vs Steps & Scripture

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 on their recovery journey to track progress, engage in guided reflections, and connect with a supportive community. It facilitates finding sponsors and celebrating milestones, all while prioritizing user privacy.

Highlights
  • Sobriety tracking and milestone celebration
  • Guided reflections and daily logs
  • Sponsor finder tool
  • Supportive community discussions
  • Private attendance verification for meetings
  • Customizable privacy controls
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

Steps & Scripture

Features
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Steps & Scripture is a Christian 12-step recovery app and sobriety tracker with a sponsor in your pocket. Men are paired with Jimmy and women with Sarah — AI sponsors who take you through the Twelve Steps in order, the way the program's basic text lays them out, and point you to God through Scripture. They know the recovery literature and the Bible, cite the page so you can read it in your own copy, and push you toward what actually keeps people sober: meetings, calling people, prayer, a church, and a real human sponsor. EVERY DAY • A daily plan: morning prayer, Scripture, a reading, three calls, a meeting, and a nightly inventory • A sobriety counter (sober day counter) and chips — a slip never takes away your lifetime days or the chips you earned • A quick check-in: hungry, angry, lonely, tired, and how strong the craving is • A morning check-in from your sponsor WORK THE STEPS • All Twelve Steps with guided questions, readings, and Scripture for each one • A Fourth Step inventory builder in the classic columns, with a clean PDF for your Fifth Step • An amends list, and practice conversations before the real ones • Nightly Tenth Step review WHEN IT'S HARD • "I'm struggling": a quick HALT check, play the tape forward, and one step to take now • "I slipped": grace, not shame — start a new day one and keep your lifetime days • Crisis help that works offline and is never behind a paywall: 988, 911, and your people YOUR PEOPLE • Call list, meetings and home group, 90 in 90, church, and a guide to asking someone to sponsor you • Optional accountability partner: a spouse, friend or pastor gets a short weekly summary — never your private writing PRIVATE BY DESIGN • App lock with Face ID or fingerprint, a discreet icon, and notifications that never mention drinking • Export or delete everything at any time FREE AND PLUS Your first 30 days include free AI sponsor credits, with no card. The counter, chips, daily plan, reminders, readings, book search, step worksheets and crisis help stay free forever. Plus ($9.99/month or $59.99/year) pays for the AI credits Jimmy and Sarah use to give you real advice based on where you are in your recovery, and adds deep step work, amends rehearsal, partner emails and PDF export. Jimmy and Sarah are AI. Steps & Scripture supports — never replaces — meetings, a human sponsor, and your church. It is a peer-support tool, not medical care or therapy. If you are in danger, call 911. For adults 18 and over. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Plus renews automatically until you cancel in your App Store settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://stepsandscripture.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://stepsandscripture.com/privacy/ (The last three lines are iOS-only — Apple requires a working Terms of Use link in the description for apps with subscriptions; added Oct 3 after rejection.)

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Quietly Sober at 4 against Steps & Scripture's 1. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Quietly Sober sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Steps & Scripture sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quietly Sober ships an update every 9 days, Steps & Scripture weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Quietly Sober versus Steps & Scripture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuietly SoberSteps & Scripture
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB57 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperCalvin EllisJosh Zoerner

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Quietly Sober

Subscriptions3
  • Quietly Sober Supporter Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Quietly Sober Supporter Yearly$9.991 Year
  • Meeting space$12.991 Year
2 purchases

Steps & Scripture

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Quietly Sober free?
Quietly Sober is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Steps & Scripture free?
Steps & Scripture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quietly Sober or Steps & Scripture have ads?
Neither Quietly Sober nor Steps & Scripture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quietly Sober or Steps & Scripture?
Quietly Sober ships an update every 9 days, and Steps & Scripture weekly. Most recently, Quietly Sober was updated on November 8, 2026 and Steps & Scripture on November 6, 2026.

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