Comparison

Sober Squad vs Sober Help Now

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

Head to head
About

Sober Squad

Features
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Recovery isn't supposed to be a stranger app. It's the people who text you on a Saturday night. The friend who knows your sobriety date by heart. The crew that shows up. Sober Squad is where you build that. Not a global feed of usernames. Not another counter that just adds a number to your screen. A private, local squad of real sober friends — the ones who'll meet you for coffee on day 47, hike on day 180, and show up for your one-year chip. • YOUR SQUAD Invite the sober people you already know. Or grow a new crew, one trusted person at a time. Chat lives inside your squad — no public feed, no algorithm, no strangers. Up to 15 members per squad. • SQUAD RING — A HEALTHKIT CHALLENGE, TOGETHER The signature feature you won't find anywhere else. Spin up a shared Health ring challenge with your squad — workouts, miles, mindful minutes — and watch each other's progress fill the ring in real time. Recovery is physical. Move with people who get it. • MILESTONES THAT MEAN SOMETHING 30 days. 90 days. One year. Five years. Sober Squad celebrates the milestones that matter, the moment they happen — and tells your squad so they can show up. No more posting your chip into the void. • LOCAL EVENTS Sober coffee. Sunday hikes. AA meetings. Anniversary dinners. Plan and RSVP to real-life events with the people in your squad. Recovery is local — your app should be too. • PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your sobriety date, your milestones, your health data — they stay yours. Health data never leaves your phone. No ads, no analytics SDKs, no selling anything to anyone. Read the privacy policy and you'll see the same thing in plain English. • APPLE WATCH + WIDGETS Glance at your day count and ring progress from the Home Screen or your wrist. Lock Screen widget, Home Screen widgets, and a Watch complication that puts your squad on your face. — BUILT DIFFERENT — Every other sobriety app is one of two things: a lonely counter, or a global stranger feed. Sober Squad is neither. It's the small, local crew you choose — backed by Apple Health, milestones, and the kind of accountability that only works between people who actually know each other. • No public profiles. No stranger feed. No DMs from randoms. • Built around your local crew, not a worldwide username list. • Apple Health integration — recovery + fitness, not just a number. • Milestones, events, and chat in one place. • Made by someone who's been on the other side of the screen. Privacy Policy: https://sobersquad.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://sobersquad.app/terms

About

Sober Help Now

This tool offers immediate assistance to overcome drinking urges. It provides actionable steps and practical exercises to help you resist cravings in vulnerable moments without tracking progress.

Highlights
  • In-the-moment support
  • Actionable steps for urges
  • 10-minute urge timer
  • Breathing prompts
  • Action checklists
  • Social scripts
  • Thought interrupters
Features
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Sober Help Now is a simple, in-the-moment support tool for people who want help resisting a drinking urge. This is not a tracker app. There are no streaks, charts, or pressure-filled progress screens. The goal is simpler: open the app when you need help, tap the button that matches what is happening, and get clear, specific actions you can take right now. Use Sober Help Now when: • You want a drink • The urge feels urgent • You feel restless • The urge is getting stronger • You are about to drink • People are drinking around you • You are alone and thinking about drinking • You are starting to justify drinking • You drank and need to reset The app includes practical tools like a 10-minute urge timer, breathing prompts, action checklists, social scripts, thought interrupters, an escalation ladder, and short distraction passages. Sober Help Now is designed to reduce friction in vulnerable moments. It gives you something concrete to do before the urge turns into action. Important: Sober Help Now is for informational and supportive use only. It is not medical advice, therapy, diagnosis, treatment, or emergency care. If you may be experiencing alcohol withdrawal, severe distress, thoughts of self-harm, or immediate danger, contact a medical professional, emergency services, or a crisis hotline right away.

Screenshots

Sober Squad4 screens
Sober Help Now4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sober Squad at none against Sober Help Now's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Sober Help Now sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sober Squad asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Sober Squad versus Sober Help Now: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSober SquadSober Help Now
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB3 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperAPPsynth SoftwareJESSE ALLAN PRIEST

In-app purchases

None

Sober Squad

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sober Help Now

One-time1
  • Sober Help Now Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Sober Squad free?
Sober Squad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sober Help Now free?
Sober Help Now is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sober Squad or Sober Help Now have ads?
Neither Sober Squad nor Sober Help Now shows ads.

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