Sober Time review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Sober Time report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for counting days since you quit
Sober Time counts the time since you quit, to the second, for each addiction you track, with milestone badges, a journal and a community forum. The listings don't say which features are free, and Premium is $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year.
Who Sober Time is for
- Fits if you want a running count of days since you stopped drinking or using
- Works for people who want a forum alongside the counter
Who Sober Time is not for
- Not for you if you need medical or treatment help, as it's a tracker
- Watch out: the listings don't say which features are free and which are Premium
- Watch out: Google Play shows ads and purchases from $0.99 to $49.99
- Watch out: no web or desktop version
Why Sober Time gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for money$29.99 a year is about $2.50 a month, close to the $2.49 where the cheaper quarter ends. Monthly is $4.99, the middle.
- CFree plan and trialFree to download, but the listings don't say which features need Premium. Google Play shows ads.
- CFeaturesA live counter, milestones, journaling, money saved, a health timeline and a forum. It tracks and supports but it isn't a treatment service.
- BEase of useNo verified store rating on record, the site's 4.8 is the maker's claim. Enter a quit date and it counts.
- CPlatforms and integrationsiPhone and Android with widgets and Apple Watch. No web or desktop version.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Sober Time's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/sober-time#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/sober-time.svg" alt="Sober Time: 2.4 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Sober Time stands among habit trackers
Sober Time's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 19 of the 64 other habit trackers we grade, and level with 14.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 38 of 64) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $2.50 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $3.33 for the category: 13 of the 38 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 7 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 65 habit trackers we grade, cut by the letter each got. Sober Time’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 38 of 64, level with 8
- CFree plan and trialAbove 5 of 64, level with 39
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 64, level with 39
- BEase of useAbove 22 of 64, level with 24
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 6 of 64, level with 39
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 44 habit trackers. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Sober Time, or make your own?
Your call
A habit tracker at its plainest is a list of habits, a tick for each day and a count of the streak.
You could make the core of Sober Time for yourself: habit tracking, daily notes and goals. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. At $29.99 a year it costs less than the weekend it would take to replace, which is the argument for keeping it.
What you could make
- Habit tracking, daily notes and goals: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- A members' space with posts, chat and events that people keep coming back to.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- Hooks into the device itself: an Apple Watch app and widgets.
What this rests on. Sober Time’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Sober Time?
Sober Time is a sobriety tracker for iPhone and Android that counts time since you quit, down to the second, for as many addictions as you want to track. It adds milestone badges, journaling, a money-saved counter and a health timeline, plus a community forum, Talking Sober, inside the app.
Worth knowing
- The listings do not say which features are free and which need Premium.
- The Google Play listing shows ads and in-app purchases from $0.99 to $49.99 per item.
- It is a tracking and community app, not a medical or treatment service.
Key features
- Real-time sober counter
- Shows time clean down to the second for any number of addictions, with more than 10 display modes such as total days or heartbeats.
- Milestones and goals
- Built-in goals and milestone badges, with the option to add your own goals and get a notification when you reach them.
- Journaling and relapse notes
- Journal prompts for reflection, and relapses can be recorded with notes.
- Money saved and health timeline
- Enter what you used to spend to see savings grow; a timeline shows general estimates of how the body recovers.
- Talking Sober community
- A forum inside the app, cared for by volunteer moderators, that you can read without registering an account.
- Widgets and Apple Watch
- Home-screen widgets and an Apple Watch app show your time at a glance.
Sober Time pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Sober Time has a free plan, and paid plans start at $4.99 per month, or $29.99 per year.
- Starts at
- $4.99 per month, or $29.99 per year
- Free plan
- Free to download with in-app purchases for Premium; the listings do not spell out which features are free.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Free download on iPhone and Android. The listings do not say which features need Premium. |
| Premium Monthly | $4.99per month | Monthly subscription as listed in the US App Store in-app purchases. |
| Premium Annual | $29.99per year | Yearly subscription; the App Store listing shows annual purchases at $29.99, $39.99 and $49.99. |
Read from apps.apple.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Sober Time before you buy.
How people rate the Sober Time app
4.9
out of 5 for the iPhone and iPad app
43,477 ratings on the App Store in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. It rates the app, not everything the product does. See the listing
Sober Time alternatives
- Sober Time vs I Am Sober
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- Sober Time vs QuitNow
Free plan · from $5.49
- Sober Time vs Quitzilla
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Common questions
Does Sober Time have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Sober Time is listed for iOS and Android.
Does Sober Time have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Sober Time is listed for iOS and Android.
Is Sober Time open source?
Sober Time is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026. What people say is linked where it appears.