Comparison

Recovery Transparency vs Sponsi

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

Head to head
About

Recovery Transparency

This app supports individuals in 12-step recovery programs by offering tools for tracking progress, journaling with AI insights, and connecting with sponsors. It provides features like daily check-ins, assessments, and messaging to foster accountability and self-awareness.

Highlights
  • Daily check-ins
  • AI journal analysis
  • Fourth step worksheets
  • Sponsor-sponsee messaging
  • Service work search
  • Weekly assessments
Features
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Recovery Transparency is a modern companion to the 12-step recovery you already work — built to deepen your program, not replace it. Track your progress, work your steps, and see how far you've come, one honest day at a time. Recovery is a daily practice, and staying accountable to it is the work of a lifetime. Recovery Transparency gives you the tools to do exactly that: honest daily check-ins, guided Fourth Step inventories, and a private record of your growth that only you control. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Recovery Garden — Watch your progress take root. Earn milestone badges as you check in, journal, work your steps, and attend meetings. • Daily Check-Ins — Track your character defects and principles and see honest patterns emerge over time. • AI-Guided Fourth Step — Private, compassionate analysis of your resentment, fear, and relationship inventories, built on the RTI™ framework. • Weekly Assessment — Measure your recovery across key areas and follow your growth week to week. • Journaling & Gratitude — Reflect each day, with optional AI insights. • Smart Reminders — Gentle nudges for your check-in, gratitude list, and journal, plus a notification the moment you earn a new badge. • Connection — Sponsor and sponsee messaging, group support chats, and shareable profile cards. BUILT ON A PROVEN FOUNDATION Recovery Transparency honors the 12-step tradition and strengthens it with structure, accountability, and insight. It is not affiliated with any specific fellowship or organization. YOUR PRIVACY MATTERS Your inventories and reflections belong to you. Sensitive step work stays private and under your control. START WITH A FREE WEEK Try everything free for 7 days. After your trial: • Gold — $6.99/week or $24.99/month • Platinum — $8.99/week or $34.99/month Subscriptions are auto-renewable. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): [paste your Terms URL] Privacy Policy: [paste your Privacy Policy URL]

About

Sponsi

This app offers a private, 24/7 companion for sobriety and habit change. It features an AI sponsor for conversations, a journaling tool with mood tracking, community support rooms, coping exercises, and progress tracking without shame.

Highlights
  • AI Sponsor for anytime conversations
  • Journal and mood tracking
  • Anonymous community support rooms
  • Coping Toolkit with exercises
  • Progress tracking with streaks and milestones
  • One-tap emergency contact/ride share
Features
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Recovery doesn't keep office hours. Sponsi is a calm, private companion for anyone working on their sobriety — alcohol, substances, or any habit you're trying to step away from. It's the friend who picks up at 2 a.m., the journal that listens, and the room of people who get it, all in one app. WHAT'S INSIDE • AI Sponsor — talk it out anytime. Trained to listen first, ask the right questions, and never lecture. • Journal & Mood — short daily check-ins that build your story over time, with gentle AI reflections when you want them. • Community Rooms — peer-to-peer conversations grouped by what you're working on. Anonymous handles, real people. • Coping Toolkit — grounding exercises, urge-surfing, breathing, and craving timers for the hard moments. • Streaks & Milestones — your own progress, your own pace. No leaderboards, no shame. • Safe Ride Home — one-tap Uber/Lyft and emergency contacts when you need to get out of a situation. WHO IT'S FOR Anyone in recovery, anyone curious about sobriety, anyone supporting a loved one. Sponsi works alongside 12-step programs, therapy, and treatment — it doesn't replace them. HONEST ABOUT WHAT WE ARE Sponsi is peer support and self-tracking software. It is not medical care, not therapy, and not a crisis line. If you are in crisis or thinking about hurting yourself, please reach out for human help right now: • 988 — Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call or text, U.S.) • 1-800-662-HELP (4357) — SAMHSA National Helpline (24/7, free, confidential) • 911 — for any medical emergency PRIVACY Your journal, mood entries, and chats with the AI Sponsor are private to you. We don't sell your data. We don't share it with advertisers. Read the full policy at sponsi-ai.com/privacy-policy. SUBSCRIPTION Sponsi on iOS is free to download and use with a Sponsi account. A Sponsi Pro subscription unlocks unlimited AI conversations and is purchased on the web at sponsi-ai.com. • Sponsi Pro — $11.99 USD per month, auto-renewing • Payment is charged to the card on file at sponsi-ai.com at the time of purchase • Subscription renews automatically each month unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Manage or cancel anytime at sponsi-ai.com/profile • There are no in-app purchases inside this iOS app TERMS & PRIVACY Privacy Policy: https://sponsi-ai.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ You're not alone in this.

Screenshots

Recovery Transparency4 screens
Sponsi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Recovery Transparency at every 3 weeks against Sponsi's every 4 months. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Recovery Transparency sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Sponsi sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $11.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recovery Transparency ships an update every 3 weeks, Sponsi every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Recovery Transparency versus Sponsi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecovery TransparencySponsi
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB19 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperJeremy HeydonXALON LLC

Customer experience

Recovery Transparency

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sponsi

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

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Recovery Transparency

Subscriptions4
  • Gold Weekly7 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Platinum Weekly7 Days trial$8.997 Days
  • Gold Monthly7 Days trial$24.991 Month
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  • Platinum Monthly7 Days trial$34.991 Month
1 purchases

Sponsi

Subscriptions1
  • Sponsi Pro Monthly7 Days trial$11.991 Month

Questions

Is Recovery Transparency free?
Recovery Transparency is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sponsi free?
Sponsi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Recovery Transparency or Sponsi?
Recovery Transparency and Sponsi are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Recovery Transparency or Sponsi have ads?
Neither Recovery Transparency nor Sponsi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recovery Transparency or Sponsi?
Recovery Transparency ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sponsi every 4 months. Most recently, Recovery Transparency was updated on November 9, 2026 and Sponsi on October 31, 2026.

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