Comparison

Recovery Space vs Forma

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

Head to head
About

Recovery Space

This app helps individuals track their sobriety journey, offering daily check-ins, grounding exercises, and support resources. It provides a private space to stay focused on recovery between therapy sessions and meetings.

Highlights
  • Daily sobriety tracking
  • Emotional state check-ins
  • Grounding and mindfulness exercises
  • Decision-making prompts
  • Quick access to support contacts
  • Distraction-free design
Features
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Recovery Space is a daily sobriety tracker for people working through addiction recovery — from alcohol, opioids, or any substance. Count your sober days, write a quick check-in, and stay grounded in the work. Built by a licensed therapist in long-term recovery from opioid addiction, working day-to-day with people in drug court and private practice. Whether you're early in sobriety or maintaining long-term recovery, Recovery Space gives you a steady, private place to check in, reset, and keep moving forward — between meetings, between therapy sessions, between everything else life throws at you. Key features include: • Daily check-ins to build awareness and track emotional state • Grounding tools and mindfulness exercises for stress and urges • Structured prompts to support better decision-making • Quick access to important contacts and support resources • A clean, distraction-free design built for consistency Recovery Space is designed to support — not replace — professional treatment. It works alongside therapy, 12-step meetings, sponsors, and other support systems by helping you stay engaged between sessions. Free to use, with an optional premium tier for extra support on tough days. No ads, no judgment. Just a place to keep your sobriety in front of you, every day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Forma

Experience a calming antistress application that allows you to interact with flowing colors, smoke, and particles. It uses real physics simulations to create unique, ever-changing visual experiences for relaxation.

Highlights
  • Interactive fluid simulation
  • Calming visual effects
  • Real physics calculations
  • Thousands of particles
  • No goals or timers
  • Unique, ever-changing visuals
Features
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Feeling stressed or restless? Forma is an antistress app that helps you slow down and relax. Touch the screen and watch calm colors, soft smoke, and glowing particles flow under your fingers. Breathe out. Let the day go. Slow, smooth motion is calming to watch, and Forma gives you that motion anytime you need it. There are no goals, no scores, and no timers. You cannot lose. Just swirl, watch, and let your thoughts settle. Take a short break at work, on a busy commute, or before sleep. How it works: Forma is not a video. Everything you see is real physics, calculated live on your phone. Forma splits the screen into thousands of tiny cells. Many times each second, it solves the same equations that scientists use to describe water, smoke, and air. That is why colors curl and mix like ink in water, and smoke rises like real smoke. Some effects move up to 200,000 tiny particles at once. Each one follows the flow and your finger. Together they form swarms, spinning galaxies, and clouds of sparks. Nobody animates these swirls by hand. They grow from simple rules of nature, just like clouds and rivers. So no two moments are ever the same. Still reading? Put your finger on the screen and let the stress flow away. Twitter: https://x.com/VL_Shch Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vlsch.com/forma/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Recovery Space3 screens
Forma4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Forma at every 6 days against Recovery Space's fortnightly. 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 Space sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Forma sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per year. 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 Space against 5.0 for Forma. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recovery Space ships an update fortnightly, Forma every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Recovery Space versus Forma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecovery SpaceForma
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB304 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel ShepherdVolodymyr Shcherbiuk

Customer experience

Recovery Space

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Forma

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Recovery Space

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
  • Annual Premium$14.991 Year
2 purchases

Forma

Subscriptions1
  • Forma Annually7 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Forma Premium Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Recovery Space free?
Recovery Space is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Forma free?
Forma is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Recovery Space or Forma?
Recovery Space and Forma are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Recovery Space or Forma have ads?
Neither Recovery Space nor Forma shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recovery Space or Forma?
Recovery Space ships an update fortnightly, and Forma every 6 days. Most recently, Recovery Space was updated on October 31, 2026 and Forma on November 6, 2026.

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