Comparison

Still Standing Sobriety vs Work the 12 Steps

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Sober day counter (days, hours, minutes, seconds)
  • Track money saved
  • Connect with support network
  • Breathing exercises
  • Crisis resources
  • Daily check-in
  • Personalized reason reminder
Features
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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/

About

Work the 12 Steps

This app facilitates the process of working through the Twelve Steps of recovery between sponsors and sponsees. It provides tools for tracking progress, celebrating milestones, and maintaining connection, all within a private and supportive environment. The focus is on enhancing the existing sponsor-sponsee relationship, not replacing it.

Highlights
  • Track Step progress
  • Celebrate milestones
  • Manage sponsor-sponsee relationships
  • Suggested readings and actions
  • Private by design
  • Add milestones to calendar
Features
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Recovery is passed person to person. Work the 12 Steps helps sponsors and sponsees work the Twelve Steps together, track progress, celebrate milestones, and stay connected. It doesn't replace sponsorship. It helps support it. Sponsorship has always happened through phone calls, coffee, meetings, and one person helping another. Work the 12 Steps gives that relationship one private place to stay organized. FOR SPONSORS See your sponsees and their Step progress in one place. Suggested readings and actions for every Step, ready to make your own. Add assignments, follow meeting activity, and never miss a sobriety anniversary. FOR SPONSEES Work the Steps with your sponsor. Keep track of your progress, meetings, and milestones with your sponsor one tap away. MILESTONES Celebrate months and years of sobriety on the day that matters, for everyone in your circle. Add them straight to your calendar. LEGACY See the recovery relationships that connect sponsor to sponsee, and one generation of recovery to the next. RECOVERY FRIENDS Walk beside the people in your recovery. See their milestones, celebrate their anniversaries, and reach them in a tap. PRIVATE BY DESIGN First name and last initial. No public feed. No followers. No streaks. No advertising built around your recovery. Your recovery stays private. ALWAYS ABOUT PEOPLE The app doesn't do the Steps for you. It doesn't replace a sponsor. It helps two people stay connected while doing the work together. No ads. No tracking. Not a social network. The app disappears into the relationship.

Screenshots

Still Standing Sobriety4 screens
Work the 12 Steps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Work the 12 Steps at none against Still Standing Sobriety's 2. Work the 12 Steps also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). 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. Still Standing Sobriety sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Work the 12 Steps asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Still Standing Sobriety against 5.0 for Work the 12 Steps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Still Standing Sobriety ships an update fortnightly, Work the 12 Steps weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Still Standing Sobriety versus Work the 12 Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStill Standing SobrietyWork the 12 Steps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteven YatesPhilip Mount

Customer experience

Still Standing Sobriety

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Work the 12 Steps

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Still Standing Sobriety

Subscriptions1
  • Still Standing Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Still Standing Lifetime$24.99
None

Work the 12 Steps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Still Standing Sobriety free?
Still Standing Sobriety is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Work the 12 Steps free?
Work the 12 Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Still Standing Sobriety or Work the 12 Steps?
Still Standing Sobriety and Work the 12 Steps are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Still Standing Sobriety or Work the 12 Steps have ads?
Neither Still Standing Sobriety nor Work the 12 Steps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Still Standing Sobriety or Work the 12 Steps?
Still Standing Sobriety ships an update fortnightly, and Work the 12 Steps weekly. Most recently, Still Standing Sobriety was updated on October 31, 2026 and Work the 12 Steps on November 10, 2026.

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