Comparison

Steady vs Steady

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

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Steady

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Steady is a private, free-forever cannabis sobriety tracker and daily mental health practice. Built for people who quit and slipped, quit and slipped, quit and slipped โ€” and need an app that doesn't reset their entire history every time. DUAL-PROGRESS ARCHITECTURE Current streak counts the days since your last slip. Lifetime sober days counts every clean day you've ever had. A slip costs you one day. It does not erase the rest. The number you've earned is yours. STEADY ME One button. Three tools. Tap "Steady Me" and pick what you need: โ€ข Box Breathing โ€” 90 seconds, 4-4-4-4 โ€ข 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding โ€” 60 seconds, sense by sense โ€ข Self-Compassion Break โ€” 60 seconds, three steps (Kristin Neff) After you finish, Steady asks if that was about a craving. If yes, log the trigger and intensity. If not, just move on. No forced categorization in the moment โ€” you get help first, label later. CANNABIS RECOVERY SCIENCE Real citations, plain language. Day 1: withdrawal onset. Day 3: peak symptoms (variable by source). Day 14-21: REM rebound winding down. Day 28: CB1 receptors normalizing. Day 30: cognitive recovery measurable. Day 90: sustained sleep architecture. Sources: Allsop 2011, Hesse 2013, Hirvonen 2012, Cleveland Clinic, NIDA. Bundled, fully offline. GENERAL WELLBEING TRACK Eight evidence-based wellbeing entries woven into the timeline: sleep is the #1 relapse risk, sleep wind-down without cannabis, why movement helps mood, self-compassion vs self-criticism, stress physiology basics, grounding for anxiety, three good things gratitude, exercise dose for depression. Every claim cited. WEEKLY REFLECTION Any day you want, optional. Three good things from this week. One line on what helped most. Based on Seligman's classic Three Good Things intervention. ACHIEVEMENTS THAT REFRAME SLIPS Time milestones (1d to 365d). Hidden behavior achievements that surprise you. A Comeback tier that only appears after your first slip โ€” Day One Again, Stronger Return, Pattern Spotted. Slips become entry points, never failures. GOOD I DID A running log of the small things you did right. Helped someone. Kept a promise. Showed up. Said the hard thing. Log in two taps. The count becomes an identity statement, not a tally. LETTERS TO FUTURE SELF When a milestone is coming up, write a sealed letter to the version of you who gets there. The letter unlocks when the day does. Ceremony for the long road. THE RECEIPTS Insights rebuilt as evidence. One screen shows your days steady, hard days survived, money and hours reclaimed, recent good deeds, your letters, your emotion vocabulary growth, and plain-language pattern callouts. THE RECEIPTS Live ticker showing dollars saved, hours reclaimed, sessions skipped โ€” based on your own numbers, never pre-set averages. OPTIONAL HEALTHKIT Connect Apple Health to see sleep quality vs sober days correlation. Read only. Sleep, HRV, exercise minutes. Steady never writes to HealthKit and never syncs your Apple Health data anywhere. OPTIONAL PEER SHARING (coming soon) Invite someone you trust to see your milestones. Future update. PRIVACY BY DEFAULT No account. No email. No password. No analytics. No ads. No tracking. No data leaves your phone except via your own iCloud, sync to your own devices. Privacy nutrition label: Data Not Collected. FREE FOREVER No in-app purchases. No subscription. No paywalls. No ads. No tip jar. This app is a gift. WHAT STEADY IS NOT Steady is a tracker and educational tool โ€” not medical advice or a substitute for professional care. If you need a person, the Help screen has crisis resources (SAMHSA, 988, Talk Suicide Canada). If you're experiencing severe symptoms, please contact a healthcare provider. For 18-29 cannabis users who hate AA-coded apps, who tried freemium trackers and got paywalled, who want sober days without the recovery cult aesthetic. Sober days. Steady mind.

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Steady

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steady helps you build and maintain streaks for any habit or substance you're quitting โ€” alcohol, cigarettes, doomscrolling, or anything else. HOW IT WORKS โ€ข Name what you're stepping away from and when it started โ€ข Track daily with pledges and evening reflections โ€ข Ride out urges with a breathing timer โ€” you choose the length for each quit โ€ข Keep a lifeline: someone worth calling, one tap away in the hard minute โ€ข Watch your "all-time" counter of urges ridden โ€” every ride counts โ€ข See your clean days glow on an ember grid IMPLEMENTATION INTENTIONS Plan your response before the hard moment comes. "If I feel the pull after work, then I'll ride it out" makes the choice automatic. Research shows if-then plans double success rates. URGE SURFING Urges crest and pass, like waves. This breathing timer teaches you to ride them out โ€” with your own if-then plan and your lifeline right on screen. You don't need to resist forever โ€” just a few minutes until the wave passes. SAVINGS CARD See how much time and money you've reclaimed. Attach real numbers to your progress. MILESTONE STONES Mark the moments that matter: one week steady, one month, 90 days. Private reflections only you will see. PRO โ€” $9.99/year or $24.99 lifetime โ€ข Hold multiple quits at once and swipe between them (free tier: one quit) โ€ข Full feature access: pledges, urge timer, savings, milestones, all reflected PRIVACY FIRST Every bit of data stays on your phone. No account, no cloud, no analytics. Local-first, forever. Made with care by Tasty Jam App Development. Privacy Policy: https://tastyjam.ca/steady/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://tastyjam.ca/steady/terms.html

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steady at none against Steady's 3. Steady also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.5). On price there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Steady sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Steady asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 3 level
Steady versus Steady: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteadySteady
PriceFreeFree
Adsโ€”No
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
Devicesโ€”iPhone โ€” better
Requires iOS18.0 โ€” better26.5
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperCAREY PILLARAdrian Espinoza Leon

In-app purchases

None

Steady

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Steady

Subscriptions1
  • Steady Pro$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Tip Jar$2.99
  • Steady Pro Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Steady free?
Steady is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Steady free?
Steady is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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