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SoberTrail vs Sober Tracker
Both keep your personal record on your phone, work offline and preserve earlier progress after a fresh start. Choose Sober Tracker for a free core and a growing garden. Choose SoberTrail for its native iPhone Calendar, explicit counting styles and a Trail of original medallions and personal moments.
Feature comparison
These apps overlap enough that a list of shared features will only take you so far. Both have calendars, private reflection, widgets and history. The useful differences are how you record a day, what each total means, the experience you return to and what stays available without paying.
| Criterion | SoberTrail | Sober Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Primary jobWhat the app centers | Calendar and preserved Trail | Private counter, garden and coping toolkit |
| Daily actionHow you record today | Daily confirmation or Automatic | Start-date counter, Calendar and optional journal |
| CountingWhat the numbers mean | Distinct confirmed, assumed and unrecorded dates | Counter, slip-free streak and recent success rate |
| Drinking daysRecord the event explicitly | Lapse or relapse; neither counts alcohol-free | Lapse/Relapse choice; Calendar marks |
| Past datesInspect the record | Month, year and dated detail | Calendar and year review |
| CorrectionsChange the underlying record | Backfill and edit; progress recalculates | Calendar marks; removing relapse restores streak |
| Earlier historyWhat a fresh start preserves | Dates, trails and personal moments | Previous streaks, best streak and Path stones |
| ReflectionOptional personal context | Dated notes and feelings | Private journal, moods and reasons |
| MilestonesRecognize progress | Original medallions and personal milestones | Garden, free time-based achievements and Path |
| WidgetsSee progress outside the app | Home, Lock Screen and StandBy | Home and Lock Screen; advanced options paid |
| CommunityOther people or a program | No community or course | Coping toolkit; no community advertised |
| DevicesAvailability and minimum OS | iPhone; iOS 26+ | iPhone iOS 17.6+; Android |
| AccountRequired for core tracking | Not required | Not required |
| OfflineCore use without a connection | Tracking works offline | Counting, journal, milestones and estimates offline |
| AnalyticsSeparate from the personal record | Default-on, switchable; journey data excluded | Usage analytics; attribution documentation differs |
| PortabilityExport and record recovery | CSV/JSON; no import, sync or managed restore | Export and backup/restore; no cloud sync |
| AccessFree, trial and paid use | Eligible trial, subscription or lifetime | Free core; optional subscriptions and lifetime |
Pricing comparison
SoberTrail
Monthly
US$5.99 / month
- Full access to recording and editing days.
- Calendar, Trail, widgets and exports.
Yearly
US$29.99 / year
- Full access through an annual subscription.
- Introductory trial when eligible.
Lifetime
US$44.99 once
- Full access through a one-time purchase.
- No recurring subscription.
US App Store catalog checked October 20, 2026. No ongoing free tracking tier. Local prices and the final offer appear at checkout.
Sober Tracker
Free
US$0
- Counter, garden and time-based achievements.
- Estimates and core journaling.
Premium Weekly
US$3.99 / week, listed in the US catalog
- Weekly Premium subscription.
- Confirm included upgrades at checkout.
Premium Yearly
US$29.99 / year, listed in the US catalog
- Annual Premium subscription.
- Website advertises an annual trial; eligibility varies.
Lifetime Premium
US$19.99 once, listed in the US catalog
- One-time option advertised by the developer.
- Confirm availability and included upgrades in-app.
US listing checked October 20, 2026. Other generic “Premium” entries have different prices. Their durations and current offer mapping are unverified; the purchase screen gives the applicable terms.
Shared foundations, different experiences
Both apps offer private offline tracking without an account. Both have calendars, widgets and earlier history that survives a fresh start. Each also discloses usage analytics separately from the personal record. These shared foundations make the daily experience and access model more useful reasons to choose between them.
SoberTrail's Calendar makes confirmed, assumed and unrecorded dates distinct. Sober Tracker also has a dated calendar, a Lapse/Relapse choice, a slip-free streak and a recent success rate. Its store notes document backup and restore; SoberTrail offers readable exports without import or managed restoration. Count meanings and recovery options deserve a closer look than a shared feature name.
What each does better
Sober Tracker has the stronger free offering. Its garden changes as time accumulates, and the free core includes the garden and time-based achievements. Its coping toolkit adds activities alongside tracking. Choose it if a growing visual reward appeals to you or you want to keep a counter without paying.
SoberTrail centers the experience on its Calendar and Trail. Look back at a month, distinguish assumed dates from confirmed entries, and keep personal moments beside original medallions. Discreet widgets carry that Trail onto the Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy. Choose it if this way of inspecting and remembering your history is what you want to return to.
Cost to keep using it
Both offer subscriptions and a lifetime purchase. Sober Tracker also has a permanent free core; SoberTrail requires Full access to keep recording. Neither a lower price nor a lifetime option settles which experience suits you. Use the local purchase screens to compare current prices and renewal terms for the features you want.
What the free or trial tier permits
Sober Tracker's free core continues without a Premium subscription. SoberTrail's eligible yearly trial ends unless paid access continues. Existing SoberTrail history remains inspectable and exportable afterward, but new check-ins and dated-record changes require Full access. Some settings, including Face ID and analytics controls, remain usable. A trial and ongoing free tracking serve different needs.
Which should you choose?
Choose Sober Tracker for its free core, garden and additional toolkit, or if its documented backup options meet a requirement you have. Choose SoberTrail if you prefer its explicit counting styles, inspectable Calendar, original medallions and personal Trail moments on iPhone. Both support private offline tracking and preserved history; SoberTrail is the fit we recommend when its particular daily experience is worth paid access to you.
References
Published by SoberTrail. Official product pages, store descriptions and SoberTrail's product specification checked October 20, 2026. This is a documentation comparison; we have not installed or tested Sober Tracker.
For a closer look at storage, analytics and recovery tradeoffs, read how to choose a private sobriety tracker.
Frequently asked questions
Will the two apps show the same day count?
Not necessarily. SoberTrail distinguishes trail streak, best streak and total alcohol-free days. Under Daily confirmation, an unrecorded completed day does not count and ends the current trail; Automatic treats eligible unrecorded dates as assumed alcohol-free. Sober Tracker documents automatic start-date counting and a Lapse/Relapse choice, but its sources do not establish identical rules for every case. Compare the meaning of a number before comparing its size.
Does a fresh start erase history, and can I correct earlier dates?
Both document keeping earlier progress after a fresh start. SoberTrail preserves dated history and previous trails; correcting a record can recalculate totals and medallion eligibility. Sober Tracker advertises a calendar, retained streaks and reversing a relapse entry, although we have not verified every correction path. Retaining history within an installed app is separate from recovering it after loss or deletion. SoberTrail has no import or managed restorable backup in version 1.
Is SoberTrail free like Sober Tracker?
No. Sober Tracker advertises an ongoing free core with optional Premium upgrades. SoberTrail offers an eligible yearly trial, subscriptions and lifetime access; continued recording requires Full access. After SoberTrail access ends, you can still inspect and export existing history. Check the purchase screen for current local terms and eligibility rather than assuming every visitor receives a trial.
Keep the dates, moments and progress together
If you want a private iPhone record you can inspect one date at a time, SoberTrail brings the Calendar, preserved Trail and original medallions into one daily experience. Explore it on an iPhone running iOS 26 or later, with the access options shown in the app.
