Comparison

My Sober Path vs DryDay

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

Head to head
About

My Sober Path

This app offers a private and secure space to support your sobriety journey. It provides daily tools, craving support, smart notifications, and progress tracking to help you build new habits and stay connected.

Highlights
  • Daily planning and mood check-ins
  • Craving coping techniques and urge surfing
  • Smart notifications and risk alerts
  • Track sober days, money saved, and health
  • Build replacement habits and track hydration
  • Journaling and identity shift tracking
  • Event planning and accountability partners
Features
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Sober Path is your private companion on the journey to sobriety. Everything stays on your device. No accounts. No servers. No judgment. DAILY TOOLS Take a morning pledge, plan your day with meal and evening scenarios, check in with your mood, and review your evening. Every day has structure. CRAVING SUPPORT When cravings hit, the Craving Tool gives you immediate coping techniques. The Urge Surfing Timer guides you through a 20-minute clinical technique. SOS mode puts your accountability partners one tap away. After the craving passes, the Craving Journal helps you build a personal playbook of what works. SMART NOTIFICATIONS Smart Morning Reminders learn your schedule. Daily Risk Scores warn you before tough days based on your own data. Trigger Prediction Alerts know your peak craving times. Missed Check-in Nudges bring you back gently. Pre-sleep reminders help you wind down. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS See your sober days, money saved, drinks avoided, and health improvements. The Financial Impact Dashboard projects your savings over 1, 5, and 10 years. Health Comparison shows how you stack up against average drinkers. Body Recovery tracks healing milestones across 8 body systems for a full year. BUILD NEW HABITS Replacement Habit Tracker lets you build positive routines with their own streaks. Hydration Tracker keeps you drinking water throughout the day — even from your Apple Watch. Weekly Challenges give each week a purpose. Habit Stacking Tips link recovery to your daily routine. REFLECT AND GROW Journal with daily prompts. Write Milestone Letters to your future self and read them when you get there. Track your Identity Shift from "trying to quit" to "someone who doesn't drink." The Evidence Journal collects hard proof that sobriety is working. Gratitude List captures what's good in 5 seconds. PLAN AHEAD Event Countdown prepares you for weddings, parties, and work dinners with automatic reminders at 7 days, 1 day, day-of, and a post-event debrief. Custom evening scenarios handle any situation. Editable daily plans adjust when life changes. STAY CONNECTED Add accountability partners and text them with one tap. Quick Text templates for check-ins, encouragement, SOS, and event support. Partner Check-in History tracks your connections over time. FIND SUPPORT Meeting Finder links to AA, SMART Recovery, Refuge Recovery, and In The Rooms. Crisis hotlines (988 and SAMHSA) are one tap away. APPLE WATCH Take your pledge, check in, view your plan, text partners, log water, and access SOS breathing — all from your wrist. PRIVACY FIRST All data stored on your device. Optional iCloud sync between your own devices. Backup and restore with encrypted files. No analytics. No tracking. No ads. Free forever. Your journey. Your data. Your path.

About

DryDay

Features
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DryDay is the simplest, calmest sobriety app for staying alcohol-free, one day at a time. No complicated programs. No social pressure. Just a private, supportive tool that helps you track your sober streak, get through cravings, and see real progress. WHETHER YOU WANT TO: Quit drinking completely Take a 30-day break Cut back seriously DryDay adapts to your goal. TRACK YOUR STREAK See your alcohol-free days, hours, and minutes. Watch your streak grow with milestone badges at 1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60, 90 days, 6 months, and 1 year. SEE REAL PROGRESS Money saved from not drinking Calories avoided Drinks avoided Daily check-in history SURVIVE CRAVINGS When the urge hits, DryDay's emergency support screen helps you pause with a breathing timer and your personal reasons for quitting. Log cravings to understand your triggers — stress, boredom, social pressure, habit. DAILY CHECK-IN Build a daily reflection habit. Track your mood, craving level, and write private notes. If you have a hard day, DryDay responds with compassion — never shame. PRIVATE JOURNAL Write honest reflections. Your thoughts stay on your device. No cloud, no account, no one watching. YOUR REASONS Save your personal reasons for quitting. They appear when you need them most — during a craving. DESIGNED TO FEEL CALM DryDay uses a premium dark theme designed to feel like a quiet sanctuary — not a medical app, not a gamified tracker. Supportive, reassuring, and never judgmental. COMPLETELY FREE No paywall, no ads, no subscription. Every feature is free. If today is hard, start again now. Your effort still matters.

Screenshots

My Sober Path4 screens
DryDay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: My Sober Path at 3 against DryDay's 1. DryDay's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.2). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
My Sober Path versus DryDay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Sober PathDryDay
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.216.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB30 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperJustin LeggettDobri Kostadinov

In-app purchases

None

My Sober Path

No in-app purchases

None

DryDay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Sober Path free?
My Sober Path is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DryDay free?
DryDay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do My Sober Path or DryDay have ads?
Neither My Sober Path nor DryDay shows ads.

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