Still Standing Sobriety vs Sober Now
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Still Standing Sobriety
This app provides a sober counter and tools to support recovery. It offers a daily check-in, tracks savings, and connects users with their support network. Features include breathing exercises and crisis resources for difficult moments.
- Sober day counter (days, hours, minutes, seconds)
- Track money saved
- Connect with support network
- Breathing exercises
- Crisis resources
- Daily check-in
- Personalized reason reminder
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Five people. Your sponsor, your family, the friend who gets it. They see the number, and you can reach any of them in one tap. No public feed. No strangers. No meaningless pop-ups. Hear from the people in your circle. Still Standing is a sobriety counter built by someone who’s been there (sober since August 2020). The counter is free forever. You only pay if you want those five people watching it climb with you. No clichés. No guilt. No confetti when you hit a milestone. Just the days, the money you haven’t spent, and the tools for the minute it gets hard. WHAT IT DOES • Counter that runs from the day you set it: days, hours, minutes, seconds • Money saved, based on your old daily spend • My Circle: up to five people get your milestone notifications, and you can reach any of them in one tap • Now mode: box breathing (in, out, hold), a 15-minute ride-it-out timer, a HALT check, your reason, and crisis lines. No hunting through menus. • Daily check-in: just how you’re feeling • Home screen widget, so the number is there without opening the app The counter is free. Always. Premium ($14.99/year or $24.99 once) is only for the circle. The first week is free. Built for the nights that actually matter, not the ones that look good in a screenshot. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Sober Now
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SoberNow is a free, private, ad-free companion for staying sober from alcohol. Built around the real tools people use in recovery — not a glossy reskin of a habit tracker. Everything lives on your phone. No accounts. No data leaves your device. No paywalls. WHAT'S INSIDE • Sobriety counter — live days, hours, minutes since your start date. Money saved. Drinks avoided. • The Wallet Card — the classic AA index card method, digital. One side: what you gain by not drinking. Other side: what you lose by drinking. Flip it before you spend a dollar. • Reasons gallery — attach photos to the people, hobbies, and events that matter. When the urge hits, you see who's waiting on the other side. • Urge button — one tap opens a guided urge-surfing flow: breathing → activities you can do instead → your wallet card → your photos → call someone safe → log what you learned. • 14 named milestones — from "Twenty-Four Hours" through "A Decade Sober." Real achievements, not numbers. • Daily check-in — mood, craving level, HALT (Hungry/Angry/Lonely/Tired), and trigger tagging. Patterns become visible. • Check-in calendar — every day color-coded by craving level. Green = clear, yellow = minor, red = bad. Tap to read what you wrote. • Cravings tracker — your most common triggers, ranked. HALT correlation. The data tells you what your weak spots are before you find them the hard way. • Distraction list — your personal "instead of drinking" toolkit. Walk, water, call, push-ups, shower. Pin what works. Used most-often surfaces first. • Honest slip flow — a slip is not a fall. Reset your date with compassion, log what you learned, mark the new beginning with a plant emoji on the calendar. LEARN — A FULL RECOVERY LIBRARY • Withdrawal safety warning — when to call a clinician before quitting cold turkey, with one-tap hotlines (988, SAMHSA). • Urge surfing — interactive 8-step CBT method with a 10-minute timer, body locator, breathing pacer. • AA Twelve Steps — tap any step, mark progress, write your own notes that persist privately. • SMART Recovery — 4-Point Program, DEADS technique, ABC Model, and an interactive Cost-Benefit Analysis tool. • Recovery Dharma — Four Noble Truths, Wise Mind, gentle inventory questions. • Plus: LifeRing, Women for Sobriety, Refuge Recovery, Moderation Management, CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, harm reduction, trauma-informed care, and more — each with strategies and "best fit for" guidance. • Coping mechanisms by category: cravings, triggers, stress, social pressure, relapse prevention, replacement rewards. • Evidence-based treatment reference: medications (naltrexone, acamprosate, disulfiram), behavioral therapy, peer support, levels of care. PRIVACY Everything stays on your device. No analytics. No advertising. No accounts. No cloud sync. If you uninstall the app, your data goes with it. OPTIONAL TIP JAR The app is free. If it helps you, there's an optional tip jar in Settings. Tips don't unlock anything — they keep development going. Your sobriety is the point, always. MEDICAL DISCLAIMER SoberNow is an educational and self-help tool, not medical treatment. It does not provide medical diagnoses or treatment advice. Always seek the advice of a doctor or other qualified clinician in addition to using this app, and consult them before making any medical decisions — including starting, stopping, or changing how you drink, or starting or stopping any medication. The recovery and health information in the app is summarized from public, authoritative sources (NIAAA, SAMHSA, NIDA, FDA, CDC), with citations available in the app under Learn → Sources & Citations. If you're in crisis, call 988 (US Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or SAMHSA at 1-800-662-4357. If you drink heavily every day, talk to a clinician before stopping — withdrawal can be dangerous and may require medical supervision. One day at a time. We've got you.
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Verdict
Still Standing Sobriety and Sober Now are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Still Standing Sobriety sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and Sober Now sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Still Standing Sobriety | Sober Now |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Steven Yates | BUDDY CHRISTOPHER KINDER |
In-app purchases
Still Standing Sobriety
- Still Standing Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Still Standing Lifetime$24.99
Sober Now
- Small thanks$1.99
- Coffee$4.99
- Generous$9.99
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- Year of development$19.99
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