Comparison

AA Speakers vs AA

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

Head to head
About

AA Speakers

Access a vast library of recovery speaker recordings, workshops, and audiobooks from Alcoholics Anonymous. Listen to over 600 speakers from conventions worldwide, including the Joe and Charlie Big Book Study and audio versions of key AA literature. Take your recovery resources with you anywhere, anytime.

Highlights
  • 600+ recovery speaker recordings
  • Convention speaker descriptions
  • Joe and Charlie Big Book Study
  • Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous audiobook
  • 12 Steps and 12 Traditions audiobook
  • Offline listening capability
Features
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AA Speakers gives you access to a growing library of Alcoholics Anonymous speaker talks, workshops, and audio recordings wherever you are — now complete with a built-in 12-Step Recovery Toolkit. Listen to 1000+ AA speaker talks from conventions and events around the world, with details about the speaker and recording where available. The app includes: • 600+ Alcoholics Anonymous speaker talks • Joe and Charlie Big Book Study recordings • Big Book audio recordings • Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions audio recordings • Speaker sections and topic-based browsing • Search to quickly find talks • Share speakers and workshop tapes directly with fellows via link • Favourites and listening history • Continue Listening so you can pick up where you left off • Bookmarks for saving key moments • Downloads for offline listening • Background playback and lock screen controls • Playback speed controls and sleep timer 12-Step Recovery Toolkit: Work your program directly inside the app with a secure, personal step companion: • 4th & 10th Step Inventories: Structured guides for Resentments, Fears, and Harms • 8th & 9th Step Amends Tracker: Track and manage your amends progress • Daily Gratitude List: Maintain perspective with daily check-ins • PDF Export: Easily export your inventory to PDF for step reviews with your sponsor • Biometric Privacy Lock: Protect your private step work with Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode protection Whether you are travelling, unable to get to a meeting, working the steps with a sponsor, or simply want to keep recovery audio close at hand, AA Speakers makes it easy to stay connected to your program. Please note: This app is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. The content in the app is provided for listening and recovery support; the app provides the software experience for browsing and playing that audio content. Privacy Policy: https://marnistek.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://marnistek.com/terms.html

About

AA

Access a collection of inspirational speaker tapes from a renowned AA member. This app supports your 12-step program with a sobriety calculator, key AA literature, and essential prayers. It's designed as a pocket companion for recovering alcoholics.

Highlights
  • Collection of 26 speaker tapes
  • Sobriety calculator
  • AA Big Book (first 164 pages)
  • Dr Bob's Nightmare
  • Included prayers
  • Included readings
Features
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Sandy B brings together the talks of Sandy Beach, a much-loved speaker in Alcoholics Anonymous, in a calm, simple app made for listening. His talks are honest, funny and full of hope, and for decades they were passed hand to hand on cassette. Now they are in one place, ready when you need them. Saturday Morning Live All twelve step talks recorded at the Saturday Morning Live group in Washington, DC, one step each Saturday from January to March 1994. Listen in order and see at a glance which steps you have heard. Speaker tapes 71 more talks from 1972 to 2012: conventions, retreats, roundups and group anniversaries, grouped by decade. Filter by not heard, in progress or listened, and search across every tape and reading. Made for long talks • Every tape remembers where you stopped. Resume in one tap, or start again from the beginning • Playback speed from 0.5× to 2.5×, kept for every tape • Sleep timer for listening in bed • Skip back 15 seconds or forward 30 • Keeps playing with the screen off, with lock screen and headphone controls • Download tapes to listen offline (with a subscription) Read along • The Big Book: the first 164 pages, the forewords and Doctor Bob's Nightmare • The personal stories from the first edition (1939) and the second edition (1955) • Prayers: the Serenity Prayer, the step prayers and more • Meeting readings, including the Preamble, How It Works, the Promises and the Twelve Traditions • The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James, the book Bill W. read soon after his spiritual experience • Choose the text size, font and line spacing, and keep the screen on while you read Light or dark A soft, easy-to-read design in light or dark mode, on iPhone and iPad. Free to listen Saturday Morning Live steps 1 to 3 and a selection of speaker tapes are always free. Any other tape opens for the rest of the day after a short advert. All the reading is free. A small request Sandy B is made by an independent developer in the UK who builds apps for people in A.A. There is no big team and no investors. If Sandy's talks help you, please consider supporting the app, with a subscription or a one-off lifetime purchase. It removes every advert, opens every tape for good, turns on offline downloads, keeps the tapes online and helps fund free A.A. apps for others. Subscriptions are monthly or yearly, or you can pay once for lifetime access, with nothing to renew. A free trial may be offered on the subscriptions; the App Store shows its length and the price before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them at any time in your Apple ID's subscription settings. Privacy policy: https://ibyteapps.com/apps/sandy-b/privacy Terms of use: https://ibyteapps.com/apps/sandy-b/terms Bought something in the original Sandy B app? It's still yours, with lifetime access: tap Restore purchase. Questions, or a Sandy B tape you would like added? Email ibyteapps@gmail.com Sandy B is an independent app by iByte Apps Limited. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or approved by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. or the A.A. Grapevine. A.A. and Alcoholics Anonymous are registered trademarks of A.A. World Services, Inc.

Screenshots

AA Speakers4 screens
AA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: AA Speakers at none against AA's shown. AA Speakers also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 17 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). AA's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 75%). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support 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. AA Speakers sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and AA sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. 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 — 4.9 for AA Speakers against 4.8 for AA. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AA Speakers has 1.2K ratings behind it against 176, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of AA Speakers's written reviews are positive against 86% of AA's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AA Speakers ships an update every 3 weeks, AA every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
AA Speakers versus AA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAA SpeakersAA
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.2K ratings) — better4.8 (176 ratings)
Positive reviews74.6% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better176
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 17 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB35 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperWilliam PhillipsTushar Bhagat

Customer experience

AA Speakers

All ratings1,237 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive74.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.4%

AA

All ratings175 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral9.5%
Negative4.8%

Bugs and requests

AA Speakers

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when opening or selecting speakers
  • Inability to download/play speakers
  • Speakers stop playing when screen turns off

Requested features

3 requests
  • More current/recent speakers
  • Fix technical issues (crashes, downloads, volume)
  • Ability to save progress/position in speaker

AA

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

AA Speakers

Subscriptions2
  • AA Speakers Premium - Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • AA Speakers Premium - Yearly14 Days trial$24.991 Year
5 purchases

AA

Subscriptions2
  • Premium - Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Premium - Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time3
  • Satisfactory$2.99
  • Good$4.99
  • Excellent$7.99

Questions

Is AA Speakers free?
AA Speakers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AA free?
AA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AA Speakers or AA?
AA Speakers is rated higher. AA Speakers averages 4.9 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while AA averages 4.8 from 176 ratings.
Do AA Speakers or AA have ads?
AA shows ads; AA Speakers does not.
Which is updated more often, AA Speakers or AA?
AA Speakers ships an update every 3 weeks, and AA every 17 months. Most recently, AA Speakers was updated on October 23, 2026 and AA on November 1, 2026.

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