Comparison

Sober vs Quitzilla

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

Head to head
About

Sober

This app helps users track sobriety days, build streaks, and break bad habits. It offers tools for motivation, relapse support, and community connection to aid in achieving lasting change and personal growth.

Highlights
  • Sobriety day tracking
  • Sober streak building
  • Habit breaking tools
  • Money and time saved calculator
  • Motivational messages
  • Relapse support
  • Anonymous community support
Features
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Sober is a powerful sobriety tracker designed to track sobriety days, build sober streaks, and break bad habits. Whether you're quitting alcohol or overcoming other addictions, Sober helps you stay consistent, motivated, and in control—one day at a time. Track your progress, build momentum with daily streaks, and visualize your journey with an intuitive sober counter and sobriety tracker built for real results. Developed with a Harvard-educated Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor with 32+ years of sobriety, Sober is built on proven techniques to help you stay accountable and achieve lasting change. Core Features: Sobriety Tracker – Track sobriety days and monitor your daily progress Sober Counter – Count your sober days and build powerful streaks Sober Streaks – Stay consistent and motivated with daily streak tracking Sobriety Calculator – See how much time and money you’ve saved Motivational Messages – Daily reminders to keep you focused Relapse Support Tools – Manage urges and avoid setbacks Anonymous Community – Share experiences and stay accountable Progress Insights – Reflect on milestones and personal growth Built for Real Change Sober is more than just a sobriety tracker—it’s a complete system designed to help you: Break bad habits Stay consistent with your goals Build long-term streaks Stay motivated every day Take control of your life Benefits of Staying Sober: Better sleep and increased energy Improved focus and mental clarity Stronger relationships Increased confidence and self-control Better physical and emotional health Whether you're starting fresh or continuing your journey, Sober gives you the tools to stay on track, build streaks, and become the best version of yourself. Start today and take control of your sobriety—one day at a time. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Quitzilla

This app helps you overcome addictions and bad habits by tracking your progress, calculating money saved, and providing motivational content. Analyze your habits, set goals, and stay motivated with daily quotes and personalized reasons to quit.

Highlights
  • Track multiple habits
  • Calculate money saved
  • Personalized motivation
  • Detailed statistics
  • Customizable habits
  • Quote of the day
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Overcoming addiction is hard. With Quitzilla you can follow all of your bad habits or addictions and use the app as help to analyze them and beat them. Stay clean and sober, overcome any addiction or habit which is holding you back from becoming a better version of yourself. BAD HABITS TRACKER Commit to quit "cold turkey"! You can add the exact day of the last time you did it, the money you usually spend on it, and let it serve as your starting point. From then on you can get tons of interesting statistics about it. The abstinence time and money saved are the leading statistics. REWARDS The rewards feature is actually a calculation of the money saved. For example, if you’ve spent $100 on gambling weekly, and you haven’t gambled for a week, then those $100 are your weekly reward. This serves as great motivation to quit alcohol, cigarettes, junk food, or anything similar that costs us money and is bad for our body and health. MOTIVATION Quitzilla also features a motivation tab in which you can add your own reasons to quit your addiction and bad habits. Simply list all of the benefits of quitting and let them serve you as a motivation for you to continue your journey of overcoming addictions. USEFUL STATISTICS The app keeps relevant statistics about each of your bad habits. From entering the day you quit and maximum abstinence period, to keep a record of the money, time spent on addiction, and average abstinence period. QUOTE OF THE DAY To keep you motivated and focused in your quest to get rid of the addictions, Quitzilla will display you “Quote of the Day” from various famous authors. FEATURES: - track multiple habits simultaneously. - easy and simple tracking of bad habits and addictions - help in quitting alcohol, drug, caffeine, food, sugar, etc. - customize your bad habits - rewards system - motivation with reasons why to quit a certain habit - detailed statistics about each addiction - quote of the day for motivation and keeping focus Terms of service: https://www.despdev.com/terms_of_use_quitzilla_ios.html Privacy policy: https://www.despdev.com/privacy_policy_quitzilla_ios.html

Screenshots

Sober4 screens
Quitzilla4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sober at every 3 weeks against Quitzilla's every 12 months. Sober also leads on ratings volume (7.7K vs 1.5K) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Sober sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Quitzilla sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Sober against 4.8 for Quitzilla. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sober has 7.7K ratings behind it against 1.5K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Sober's written reviews are positive against 73% of Quitzilla's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sober ships an update every 3 weeks, Quitzilla every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sober versus Quitzilla: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoberQuitzilla
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.7K ratings)4.8 (1.5K ratings)
Positive reviews67.1% of reviews73.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.7K — better1.5K
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB49 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperRed Penguin LLCAndrii Hula

Customer experience

Sober

All ratings7,741 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral3.8%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews143 reviews
Positive67.1%
Neutral7.7%
Negative25.2%

Quitzilla

All ratings1,471 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews189 reviews
Positive73.0%
Neutral11.6%
Negative15.3%

User reviews

Sober

From 7.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Helpful for recovery
  • 💡 Motivational messages
  • 🙌 Supportive community
  • 💰 Tracks sobriety and savings

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and login issues
  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🔍 Limited search/filter options
  • 💻 Compatibility issues with updates
  • 🙏 Too much focus on religion/AA

Quitzilla

From 1.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Clean interface and simplicity
  • 🚀 Tracks progress down to seconds
  • 💪 Helps with quitting addictions
  • 🎉 Motivating and encouraging

Room to improve

  • 💰 Premium subscription is expensive
  • 🔒 Premium required for more features
  • 🤔 Confusing for some preset habits
  • 🐛 Counters not updating properly

Bugs and requests

Sober

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Sobriety date reset after updates
  • Blank screens and loading issues
  • Inconsistent app behavior across devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Customizable sobriety tracking
  • More diverse recovery resources
  • Improved meeting/event finder
  • Better data export/backup options

Quitzilla

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inability to set language to Chinese
  • Premium not working after device change

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add widget option
  • Allow more than 2 habits in free version
  • Offer one-time purchase option for premium
  • Add ability to remove motivational messages
  • Improve sync and time tracking accuracy

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Sober

Subscriptions3
  • Sober Premium7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Sober Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Annual Premium1 Year trial$39.991 Year
7 purchases

Quitzilla

Subscriptions6
  • 1 Week$5.997 Days
  • 1 Month$5.991 Month
  • 6 Months$24.996 Months
Show 3 more
  • 1 Year1 Year trial$29.991 Year
  • 1 Year$29.991 Year
  • 1 Year7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$89.99

Questions

Is Sober free?
Sober is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quitzilla free?
Quitzilla is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sober or Quitzilla?
Sober and Quitzilla are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7.7K and 1.5K ratings respectively.
Do Sober or Quitzilla have ads?
Neither Sober nor Quitzilla shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sober or Quitzilla?
Sober ships an update every 3 weeks, and Quitzilla every 12 months. Most recently, Sober was updated on September 25, 2026 and Quitzilla on September 24, 2026.

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