Comparison

Baseline vs Stepdown

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

Head to head
About

Baseline

This app supports cocaine recovery by helping users understand brain changes, track progress, and build healthy habits. It offers an AI companion, educational content on recovery, and a private social space for peer support.

Highlights
  • Brain recovery model visualization
  • Recovery timeline and money reclaimed tracking
  • Daily reward function recording
  • Practical daily protocol guidance
  • Neuroscience of addiction education
  • AI recovery companion
  • Private social recovery record
Features
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Baseline is a private cocaine-recovery companion for understanding what is happening in your brain, following a simple daily protocol, and building proof that ordinary reward can return. SEE RECOVERY COME BACK ONLINE - Follow an illustrative brain-recovery model and live time since your last use - Track an evidence-based recovery timeline and the money you have reclaimed - Record a daily Reward Function reading to notice pleasure returning in real life - Use a practical daily protocol for movement, food, sleep, connection, and reflection - Learn the neuroscience of cocaine, cravings, slips, and long-term recovery - Talk with Ray, an AI recovery companion that can help you reflect and reset - Share anonymously in a recovery-focused social record with filtering, reporting, blocking, and moderation controls PRIVATE BY DESIGN Baseline uses an anonymous account and does not require your real name. Recovery data and Ray conversations are stored and processed using our backend services; some settings are stored on your device. You can sign out or permanently delete your account from Settings. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION Baseline is for education, self-tracking, and peer support. The brain visualization is an illustrative recovery model, not a medical scan, measurement, diagnosis, or treatment. Baseline is not a substitute for professional medical advice, treatment, therapy, or emergency care. If you may harm yourself or someone else, or you are experiencing a medical emergency, contact local emergency services immediately. In the United States, call or text 988 for crisis support. Privacy Policy: https://sunflowersober.com/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://sunflowersober.com/terms-of-service

About

Stepdown

This app guides users through a gradual reduction plan to quit nicotine products like vaping, pouches, or cigarettes. It offers a personalized "staircase" plan, an AI coach, and tools to manage cravings and track progress.

Highlights
  • Personalized nicotine reduction plan
  • AI coaching for support
  • Cravings management tools
  • Progress tracking and milestones
  • Savings tracker
  • Danger-window alerts
Features
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Cold turkey works for almost no one. Stepdown gets you off nicotine by stepping down; small, scheduled reductions your body barely notices, until one day the number is zero. Works for vapes, nicotine pouches, cigarettes, nicotine gum, lozenges, heated tobacco and snus. Answer a few questions and see, free: your Nic Score (how tight a grip nicotine actually has on your day), your personal staircase, and your projected quit date. YOUR STAIRCASE - A plan of small steps; each one holds your daily limit slightly lower while your body adjusts - One-tap logging for every pouch, puff, pod or cigarette - An AI coach that knows your exact plan and answers at 2am - A panic button for cravings; most pass in about three minutes - Danger-window alerts that fire before your risky hours, not after - Step briefings, daily debriefs, and body-recovery milestones - A savings jar showing the money you keep instead of burn WHY STEPPING DOWN WORKS Quitting all at once means peak withdrawal, peak irritability, and peak chance of a bad day that convinces you that you can't do it. Stepping down spreads that cost across weeks, so no single day has to be the day you quit quitting. WENT OVER? KEEP GOING Go over your limit and nothing resets. The staircase adjusts and continues. There is no streak to break and no starting over. FREE Your Nic Score, staircase preview, and quit date. A subscription is required for the full plan, coach, and tracking. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Stepdown is a habit app, not a medical service. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have a medical concern, talk to a healthcare provider. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms: https://www.stepdownapp.com/terms Privacy: https://www.stepdownapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

Baseline4 screens
Stepdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Baseline at 100% against Stepdown's 55%. Baseline also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Stepdown's advantage is ratings volume (63 vs 17). 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. Baseline sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Stepdown sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Baseline holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 63 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Baseline's written reviews are positive against 55% of Stepdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Baseline ships an update weekly, Stepdown every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Baseline versus Stepdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBaselineStepdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (17 ratings) — better4.5 (63 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better54.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1763 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB75 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperKoby Empire, IncMOMENTUM AKSIYON TEKNOLOJI LIMITED SIRKETI

Customer experience

Baseline

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stepdown

All ratings62 ratings
Positive87.1%
Neutral1.6%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative36.4%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Baseline

Subscriptions2
  • Baseline Pro Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Baseline Pro Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year
13 purchases

Stepdown

Subscriptions13
  • Weekly Access3 Days trial$3.497 Days
  • Weekly$3.497 Days
  • Weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
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  • Weekly3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Monthly$17.991 Month
  • Yearly$19.991 Year
  • Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Monthly3 Days trial$24.991 Month
  • Yearly$24.991 Year
  • Monthly3 Days trial$27.991 Month
  • Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Yearly$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Baseline free?
Baseline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stepdown free?
Stepdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Baseline or Stepdown?
Baseline is rated higher. Baseline averages 4.8 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Stepdown averages 4.5 from 63 ratings.
Do Baseline or Stepdown have ads?
Neither Baseline nor Stepdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Baseline or Stepdown?
Baseline ships an update weekly, and Stepdown every 4 days. Most recently, Baseline was updated on October 24, 2026 and Stepdown on October 25, 2026.

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