I Am Sober is free to use, per its App Store listing. Its Sober Plus subscription adds groups, a Face ID or Touch ID lock, cloud backups, and more trackers and communities, at $9.99 a month, $27.49 for six months or $39.99 a year on the US App Store as of September 2026. The listing does not state a trial length. Sober44 is free to download, with Pro at $29.99 a year or $2.99 a week after a 7-day free trial.

Does I Am Sober have a plan for cutting back on alcohol before quitting?

I Am Sober's listing does not mention a taper or cut-back plan. It is built around a sober date you set and a daily pledge. Sober44 lets you quit now or set a future quit day with a step-down drink target for every day in between. Sober44's listing also notes that alcohol withdrawal can be dangerous and advises talking to a doctor or a qualified professional before you stop drinking.

Can you log cravings in I Am Sober?

Yes. Urge logging appears in I Am Sober's April 2026 update notes (version 8.5.8), though the description does not mention it, and some reviewers mention it requires Sober Plus. Sober44 has a craving log with intensity and trigger, and logging a craving never resets the sober counter.

Do I need an account for I Am Sober or Sober44?

Sober44 needs no account and keeps check-ins, cravings, journal entries and selfies on the device. I Am Sober's listing says its withdrawal timeline needs an account, but it does not say whether the basic counter does. Its cloud backups are part of Sober Plus.

Can I Am Sober track more than alcohol?

Yes. I Am Sober's listing covers alcohol, drugs, eating disorders, self-harm and more, and Sober Plus adds more trackers and communities. The listing does not say how many trackers are free. Sober44's listing is about drinking and does not mention tracking other habits.

Does I Am Sober work on Apple Watch and iPad?

I Am Sober has an Apple Watch app, though the listing does not say what it does. On iOS it is built for iPhone, with no iPad version. Sober44 runs on iPhone and iPad and has no Apple Watch app. Both are on Android.

Sober44 vs I Am Sober

Disclosure: Sober44 is our app. We wrote this comparison honestly, and that includes the places where I Am Sober is the better fit. Ratings and pricing are from the US App Store as of September 2026.

Quick answer

I Am Sober by I Am Sober LLC is a sobriety tracker for alcohol, drugs, eating disorders, self-harm and more. It has been on the App Store since 2013 for iPhone and Apple Watch, and it’s on Android as well. It is free to use, per its listing. Its Sober Plus subscription adds groups, an app lock, cloud backups, and more trackers and communities, from $9.99 a month.

Sober44 (listed as Alcohol Free Tracker - Sober44) is an alcohol tracker for iPhone, iPad and Android. You can quit now or taper down to a quit day, then check in daily, log cravings, and see the money, drinks and calories you avoid. It’s free to download and needs no account. Pro costs $29.99 a year or $2.99 a week after a 7-day free trial.

I Am Sober is the pick if you want a community or you track something besides alcohol. Sober44 is the pick if you want to cut down before quit day, with breathing tools and no account.

Side-by-side

Feature comparison as of September 2026, based on each app’s US App Store listing, description, and privacy label. Ratings are US store totals.
Feature	Sober44	I Am Sober
Platforms	iOS + Android (iPhone and iPad)	iOS + Watch + Android (iPhone only, no iPad)
US App Store rating	No ratings yet	4.9 (187,500 ratings)
Last updated	September 2026	September 2026
Free-tier limits	Not stated	Free to use; groups, app lock, cloud backups and more trackers need Sober Plus
Paid plans	Pro: $29.99/year or $2.99/week, 7-day free trial	Sober Plus: $9.99/month, $27.49/6 months, $39.99/year (a second 12-month entry lists $29.99)
Sober counter	Yes, live to the second	Yes, from a sober date and time you set
Taper / cut-back plan	Yes, a step-down daily drink target to quit day	Not stated
Savings	Yes, money, drinks and calories avoided, with projections to 1 year	Yes, money and time saved
Milestones	Yes, nine from 20 minutes to 1 year, plus liver, heart and brain rings in the app	Yes, from 1 day to 1 month and beyond, plus a withdrawal timeline built from user reports (account needed)
Craving log	Yes, never resets the counter	Yes, urge logging in April 2026 release notes (v8.5.8); tier not stated
Multiple trackers / other habits	Not stated	Alcohol, drugs, eating disorders, self-harm and more; Sober Plus adds more trackers
Daily check-in	Yes, sober or drank, mood, trigger, note	Yes, a daily pledge with an end-of-day review and notes
Mood and trigger tracking	Yes, mood trends over 30, 60 or 90 days and a trigger breakdown chart	Trigger analysis from a daily recap; mood not stated
Breathing and meditation	Yes, guided box breathing and 10 meditation tracks	Not stated
Journal	Yes, entries grouped by day	Yes, with photos, to share or save for yourself
Reasons to quit, with photos	Not stated	Yes
Selfie timelapse	Yes, with counter, savings and mood overlays	Not stated
Community	Not stated	Yes, communities by habit; private groups on Sober Plus
App lock	Not stated	Face ID or Touch ID lock on Sober Plus
Backup	Not stated	Cloud backup on Sober Plus; manual and local backups in 2026 release notes, tier not stated
Export	Not stated	Not stated
Languages	Not stated	24
Ads	No	App Store age rating lists Contains Advertising; Google Play lists no ads
Account required	No	For the withdrawal timeline; not stated for the counter
Data stays on device	Yes, with no account	Not stated; cloud backup on Sober Plus
Privacy label	No data used to track you; Purchases, Identifiers, Usage Data and Diagnostics not linked to you	No data used to track you; Contact Info, User Content, Identifiers, Usage Data and Diagnostics linked to you

Where I Am Sober wins

It has a community. I Am Sober connects you to “a wide network of people,” in its listing’s words. Its milestone tracker lets you read how others felt at the same point. A 2026 update added translation for stories and comments in some community feeds. Sober Plus adds private groups, and the listing suggests pairing them with a real-world group such as AA or SMART Recovery. Reviewers praise the community. Reviewers also report posts flagged or accounts banned by moderation, and a September 2026 update lists improvements to community moderation. Sober44’s listing mentions no community.

A long record and a lot of ratings. I Am Sober has been on the App Store since 2013 and has 4.9 stars from 187,500 US ratings. On Google Play it has 4.7 stars across 142K reviews, with 10M+ downloads. It shipped 25 releases between late March and September 2026. Sober44 arrived on the App Store in 2026 and has no App Store ratings yet.

It tracks more than drinking. The listing covers alcohol, drugs, eating disorders, self-harm and more, and it has communities for habits as specific as wine or online shopping. Sober Plus adds more trackers, but the listing doesn’t say how many are free. Sober44’s listing sticks to drinking and doesn’t mention other habits.

Apple Watch, 24 languages, and your reasons on screen. I Am Sober has an Apple Watch app, but the listing doesn’t say what it does. The app comes in 24 languages. You can also add reasons and photos to remember why you quit. Sober44 has no Apple Watch app.

Where Sober44 wins

A plan for cutting down first. I Am Sober’s listing is built around a sober date you set and a daily pledge. It doesn’t mention tapering. With Sober44 you can quit now, or set a future quit day and get a step-down drink target for every day in between, plus morning reminders of the day’s target. Its listing notes that alcohol withdrawal can be dangerous and advises talking to a doctor or a qualified professional before you stop drinking.

Coping tools next to the craving log. I Am Sober’s listing doesn’t mention breathing or meditation, and some reviewers mention that its urge logging requires Sober Plus. Sober44’s craving log never resets the counter. Alongside it you get guided box breathing, 10 meditation tracks, and mood trend charts over 30, 60 or 90 days.

No account and no ads. I Am Sober’s withdrawal timeline needs an account. Its privacy label lists Contact Info, User Content, Identifiers, Usage Data and Diagnostics as data linked to you, and its App Store age rating lists Contains Advertising. Sober44 needs no account and shows no ads. Check-ins, cravings, journal entries and selfies stay on the device. Its label lists Purchases, Identifiers, Usage Data and Diagnostics as data not linked to you, used for analytics. Both labels declare no data used to track you.

An iPad app and drink-level numbers. On iOS, I Am Sober is iPhone-only, and its calculator shows money and time saved. Sober44 runs on iPhone and iPad. It works out the money, drinks and calories you avoid from the drink profile you enter, with projections out to a year.

Pricing

Sober44 is free to download. Pro costs $29.99 a year or $2.99 a week after a 7-day free trial.
I Am Sober by I Am Sober LLC is free to use, per its listing. Sober Plus adds groups, a Face ID or Touch ID lock, cloud backups, and more trackers and communities. It costs $9.99 a month, $27.49 for six months or $39.99 a year. The App Store also lists a second 12-month entry at $29.99, plus three $0.99 items it doesn’t describe. The listing doesn’t state a trial length.

A year of Sober44 Pro costs $29.99 on the annual plan, or $155.48 if you pay weekly. A year of I Am Sober’s Sober Plus costs $39.99 on the 12-month plan, or $119.88 if you pay monthly.

Which one should you pick?

Pick I Am Sober if you want a community to read and post in, you track something besides alcohol, you wear an Apple Watch, or you want an app with 187,500 US ratings behind it.

Pick Sober44 if you want to cut down on a step-down plan before quit day, you want breathing and meditation tools beside a craving log, you use an iPad, or you’d rather have no account and no ads.

Want to see the money first? Our free alcohol spending calculator shows what you spend on drinks a week, month and year, and what cutting back saves. It runs in your browser, so there’s nothing to download. To compare more apps side by side, see the best alcohol-free tracker apps.