Comparison

Shift vs Steps & Scripture

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

Head to head
About

Shift

This app helps you reduce alcohol consumption on weeknights by guiding you through a mindful pause before your usual first drink. It prompts you to choose a non-drinking activity and track your progress and feelings the next morning.

Highlights
  • Plan alcohol-free weeknights
  • Choose pre-drinking actions
  • Set evening and morning reminders
  • Log outcomes and feelings
  • Track clearer mornings
  • Review helpful actions
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Shift helps you drink less on weeknights by focusing on the moment before your usual first drink. Pick the weeknights you want to change, choose your usual drinking time, and select one non-drinking action to do first. When the evening cue shows up, Shift helps you start that action for 10 minutes before deciding whether to drink. The next morning, log what happened and how you feel. Over time, Shift shows which nights and actions help you wake up clearer and follow through the next day. Use Shift to: - Plan alcohol-free or lighter weeknights - Choose one action to do before drinking - Set optional evening and morning reminders - Save last night's outcome in one tap - Track clearer mornings and better follow-through - Review which actions helped most Shift is private by design. Your plan, evening outcomes, reminders, check-ins, and progress stay local on your device. Shift is for mindful drinking and habit support. It is not medical care, therapy, detox support, withdrawal support, addiction treatment, diagnosis, recovery support, or emergency support. If stopping alcohol could cause withdrawal symptoms, seek medical support. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Steps & Scripture

Features
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Steps & Scripture is a Christian 12-step recovery app and sobriety tracker with a sponsor in your pocket. Men are paired with Jimmy and women with Sarah — AI sponsors who take you through the Twelve Steps in order, the way the program's basic text lays them out, and point you to God through Scripture. They know the recovery literature and the Bible, cite the page so you can read it in your own copy, and push you toward what actually keeps people sober: meetings, calling people, prayer, a church, and a real human sponsor. EVERY DAY • A daily plan: morning prayer, Scripture, a reading, three calls, a meeting, and a nightly inventory • A sobriety counter (sober day counter) and chips — a slip never takes away your lifetime days or the chips you earned • A quick check-in: hungry, angry, lonely, tired, and how strong the craving is • A morning check-in from your sponsor WORK THE STEPS • All Twelve Steps with guided questions, readings, and Scripture for each one • A Fourth Step inventory builder in the classic columns, with a clean PDF for your Fifth Step • An amends list, and practice conversations before the real ones • Nightly Tenth Step review WHEN IT'S HARD • "I'm struggling": a quick HALT check, play the tape forward, and one step to take now • "I slipped": grace, not shame — start a new day one and keep your lifetime days • Crisis help that works offline and is never behind a paywall: 988, 911, and your people YOUR PEOPLE • Call list, meetings and home group, 90 in 90, church, and a guide to asking someone to sponsor you • Optional accountability partner: a spouse, friend or pastor gets a short weekly summary — never your private writing PRIVATE BY DESIGN • App lock with Face ID or fingerprint, a discreet icon, and notifications that never mention drinking • Export or delete everything at any time FREE AND PLUS Your first 30 days include free AI sponsor credits, with no card. The counter, chips, daily plan, reminders, readings, book search, step worksheets and crisis help stay free forever. Plus ($9.99/month or $59.99/year) pays for the AI credits Jimmy and Sarah use to give you real advice based on where you are in your recovery, and adds deep step work, amends rehearsal, partner emails and PDF export. Jimmy and Sarah are AI. Steps & Scripture supports — never replaces — meetings, a human sponsor, and your church. It is a peer-support tool, not medical care or therapy. If you are in danger, call 911. For adults 18 and over. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Plus renews automatically until you cancel in your App Store settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://stepsandscripture.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://stepsandscripture.com/privacy/ (The last three lines are iOS-only — Apple requires a working Terms of Use link in the description for apps with subscriptions; added Oct 3 after rejection.)

Screenshots

Shift4 screens
Steps & Scripture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Steps & Scripture at 16.4 against Shift's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Shift sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Steps & Scripture sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shift ships an update every 10 days, Steps & Scripture weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Shift versus Steps & Scripture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShiftSteps & Scripture
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB57 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperKYLE HASTINGS STEPHENSJosh Zoerner

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Shift

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Steps & Scripture

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Shift free?
Shift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Steps & Scripture free?
Steps & Scripture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shift or Steps & Scripture have ads?
Neither Shift nor Steps & Scripture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shift or Steps & Scripture?
Shift ships an update every 10 days, and Steps & Scripture weekly. Most recently, Shift was updated on November 13, 2026 and Steps & Scripture on November 6, 2026.

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