I Am Sober Reviews

by BRlNlCOLE

IAmSober has been recommended to me by quite a few people, so i figured i would give it a shot. so far, i’m liking it. i like being able to see my progress as a reminder that i’ve made it, even if it is only a few days. the only thing i wish was different, is i wish we didn’t have to pay to be able to put the widget on the home screen. for me, it would make it a lot easier cause i wouldn’t have to always unlock my phone or even search for IAmSober . i can swipe to where the widget would be quite quickly and then continue going about my day, cause sometimes i just need that little reminder. i hope the developers would consider this in future updates, cause it would definitely make IAmSober a lot more convenient, especially for people constantly on the move

by Jadenlee

As someone who is trying to recover IAmSober helps with the basics. And for its basic features, I would give it a 5-star rating. Yet the community section is quite concerning. A lot of these people are children and it’s just frustrating seeing them talk about vaping and self-harm etc. Not only that but a lot of the stories are very attention-seeking and made up? I mean I understand things are rough at home. But going onto an app where adults are discussing sobriety and their journey. It’s not a child-safe environment. There should be an age restriction. Or some way of monitoring how many children genuinely use IAmSober . It’s scary how they treat it like Instagram or a regular social media app, it’s not TikTok. It’s a sobriety app. I don't know if parents stopped checking children's phones to see their child complaining about how their $50 cotton candy vape died.....but maybe they should start checking again because It's something else.

by Nonolu1007

I absolutely love IAmSober!! The notifications are really helpful and I love the community you can connect with. I like being able to review each day, it helped me notice patterns and triggers. The only thing I don’t like is that it only counts streaks, like how many days in a row you go without your addiction. I see a lot of people that land back at day 0 or 1 beating themselves up, feeling awful and guilty and like a failure. But a lot of those people come off 30 days sober, 50 days sober etc. So I think mentally it would help people to see a counter that accumulates all their non-drinking days of the whole year or month or whatever. I used to drink every single day but this past month I only drank 15 days - that’s huge for me and I’m super proud! But on IAmSober it’s not recognized, I only see I’ve been 2 days sober or whatever. I’ll still keep using IAmSober because the other features outweigh the counter issue but it would still be nice to have a longer view of your progress.

by Dragon-Teeth

This is an amazing app, I love how it encourages others to become sober and lets you see all of the days and months you been clean. But I just got IAmSober and had to flag 17 posts in the community section because they were inappropriate. There are so many kids going on IAmSober saying things like (TW) “PLEASE SOMEONE KILL ME ILL PAY YOU 6 BUCKS” (TW over) which I feel makes a mockery of those who are in this to actually get help. These sections aren’t monitored which I think is horrible, I went into a panic attack and started crying because I relapsed, found IAmSober wanting help, and yet was made a mockery of by kids who shouldn’t be using IAmSober because they posted triggering content that didn’t even belong in the community section. These sections should be monitored more, I don’t want to report a million posts because it’s excessive but I do it for the safety of others who go into that app wanting help. This is literally my only issue with IAmSober ! Everything else is amazing. Please fix this.

by Lexyxx13

I have been addicted to heroin for about 8 years, I just turned 25 a few days ago. I gave birth to my beautiful baby girl in January and she changed my life and motivated me to get clean. IAmSober along with my clinic, my counselor, and my family all help me to stay clean. My family has a group text so every morning they look forward to me sharing my daily motivation because the affirmations start their days off with a positive mindset too!! I love how IAmSober tracks your sobriety to the very second, and tracks how much money you’ve saved and how many hours you’ve saved since getting clean. The developers are constantly tweaking IAmSober to make it better and add new motivation packs pretty regularly, I own almost every pack so every month once I finish one pack I start a new one. I realllllllllly LOVE how IAmSober celebrates all the milestones, because it’s exciting to celebrate every month sober, especially the big milestones like 100 days, 6 months, 1 year, etc. I go to a methadone clinic and I always recommend the I Am Sober app to my counselor and to anyone there who is still struggling and especially to people who are newly sober because it’s helped me so much. IAmSober has become a really important part of my day, and I plan to keep utilizing it for as long as possible for my sobriety!!

by 18483926272

It’s a very simple yet powerful app that goes into great detail about your addiction. Besides telling you how long you have been sober, it asks you to make pledges, it gives you motivational prices for the day. It tells you how much money you have saved, you can rate your day by how you feel and then it asks what you did that day so it can statistically track what causes your hardest days and you can try to avoid things that cause you to want to relapse. It gives you milestones and you can say how you’re feeling that milestone and compare to how others have felt when they reached it, positive and negative symptoms. It’s just a very well designed app that has continued support and updates and it really makes you feel accomplished every time you open it. It helps me a lot. I advise at least trying it and good luck on your path to sobriety!

by Shaolinwarlock

IAmSober is helping me stay focused on my goal to quit smoking cigarettes, one of my favorite things is that you can put a picture along with a Reason/motivation for staying sober (in my case I am just trying to quit cigarettes but there are many options for other types of addictions). Looking at that really helps lift me up and feel more positive about my quitting goals. One small thing I would love to change if I could would be to put that picture and Reason for quitting at the top of the screen so I don’t have to scroll all the way down to see it. A lot of the time I’ll open IAmSober just to look at that to give me a little push through any urges I might be having throughout the day.

by Anonymous913036

I’ve always been looking for an app to help me kick several addictions. If you’re like me and have tried a bunch of different ones and have never found your calling, look no further. IAmSober has so many amazing features, like a live clock that tracks your sobriety down to the second. The reminder that you are making progress, even if it’s just been 20 minutes plus a few seconds, that truly serves as a helper for me. You can also add a picture and a message as to why you want to get sober. I have a picture of my girlfriend on there and it helps so much seeing her and knowing how proud she is of me that I’m working so hard to improve myself. There’s also a community page where you can post your struggles and people can shoot you supportive emojis and comments. The price is also very reasonable. If you provide a good product, I have no issue at all paying for it. In fact, I think you should pay for anything that brings you value as a thank you to the people who provide the service. However, many of these types of apps ridiculously overcharge you. This one is different. $4.99/month is extremely fair and reasonable. To the developers, I just want to say thank you for creating IAmSober This is a service that will help a ton of people if they just give it a chance.

by Nicole Corin

I have tried and failed to quit smoking for the last 5 years.
My sister told me about IAmSober, I downloaded it right away and I am so happy with it!
I’m on day 5 of being smoke free
🚫🚬🙌☺️🕊
Being able to track your progress with multiple additions (the free version you can track 3 addictions)
Being able to see the amount of time you have gone without a cigarette or whatever habit your trying to get rid of.
I look at the time that iv already gone without and say well I can go another minute which turns into another hour which turns into another day 🙌
I’m also working on giving up gluten and there is a tracker for gluten and many others.
Example: cigarettes , junk food, self harm, drugs, alcohol , gluten a bunch of other option

I feel like IAmSober gives me the extra encouragement I need!
This is the longest I have gone (by choice) without smoking cigarettes
It is possible it is worth another shot to quit!!
Great app , I DEFINITELY recommend it

I feel a new sense of self control I never thought I had!
It’s really exciting I’m konmarie’n my addictions! If they don’t spark joy, ditch them. Live a better life !!
I LOVE IAmSober ♥️🥰🙏🕊
I haven’t felt this good in so long 💪

by PokerAdam95

First of all, I love IAmSober to bits I’ve been using it for years and has been a vital part of my recovery. The community is supportive and great and I’ve seen it come such a long way in terms of functionality. I joined back in 2016 when it was relatively new and just gave you a timer, an inspirational quote and maybe a couple other things. I love that the community aspect has been incorporated into IAmSober . But if there was a way to log the notifications somewhere within IAmSober , rather than solely through my homescreen, it would be helpful. Sometimes I’ll want to reference a comment I made on another’s post and have to spend quite some time trying to find it. Just a suggestion! Anyway, I love the good work these developers do.

by Snake&Hummingbird

IAmSober helps track your sobriety and to remind you of the reasons you want sobriety in your life. The daily encouragement and accountability it provides are a good compliment to other treatments and/or support groups. It also allows you to track the specific ways in which your life is improving as a result of sobriety, along with the aspects of life that may be more challenging, and it shows you, anonymously, how many others are experiencing the same “symptoms” in their lives at the same point in their recovery. I really like the daily pledge, which links me to photo of myself and my affirmative statement about why I, personally, want to maintain my sobriety, as well as the positive/inspiring thought for the day. I have not experienced any glitches or other issues with IAmSober. It is a high quality tool for good living.

by Gallowizard

I am thoroughly enjoying this, out of the plethora of sobriety trackers that hide everything useful behind a paywall it is so great to see a company that actually wants to help people. The subscription gets you access to extra skins and a few bonus things but the core of IAmSober has everything that you need. I am going to continue to use this for a few more weeks but as of now fully intend on subscribing just to support the developers and I recommend that you do as well if you are finding it helpful because such a thoughtful program like this one deserves to stay alive and to be kept up to date. That can only happen if the Devs can pay their bills and put food on their plates!

Thank you so much for this, I am glad that I found it when I was in need.

by Marijuana_Primadonna

I was skeptical of IAmSober because all the others I’ve come across are really just counters. With “I Am Sober” it does keep track of the months/days/years you have been clean, but it has so much more to offer than that! It gives you the option to list the reasons why you should stay away from your bad habits. It also sends you notifications to look at your progress for inspiration and sometimes offers inspiring quotes.

What sets this one apart from others though, is that there’s a little community of people on there also. You can read their stories, reach out to them, share experiences. It’s truly an amazing, safe place to be able to celebrate how far you’ve come.

PS- I love that the list of addictions aren’t just drugs and includes things that other people struggle with. Adding self-harm to that list was huge! Thank you so much for IAmSober.

by No Longer A Drunken Fool

Surely IAmSober has nothing to do with actually staying sober. Of course the answer lies in one’s mind and free will. IAmSober is pretty darn cool. I allows you to track how many days you’ve abstained from alcohol, shows the amount of money you’ve saved by not drinking, and the empty calories you haven’t invested. Not only does it hold you to some level of accountability by making daily pledges, it allows you to leave notes on changes you’ve noticed, also a sort of journal for reasons you stopped drinking. Not to mention the daily motivational quotes, that can be truly helpful in keeping a person positive with kind words that keep the spirits up. There’s more to it but in the 12 days I’ve stayed sober IAmSober has been a daily value to my recovery from alcohol. To the makers of IAmSober , we’ll done old chaps, my hat goes off to you for a job well done!

by Neubig57

Currently going through the process of getting sober. I’m in A.A., I’m seeking counseling and I’m working hard. I downloaded IAmSober on a whim and wow! I love it! It keeps me even more focused than just a meeting or two, sometimes three a day 😂! It’s motivational and really helps you track all the stages of your progress. I paid for the monthly subscription and I’m not looking back.

You can track how you’re feeling with each milestone. You can win free motivational packs for sober streaks. You can track daily and privately how you felt on that exact day and look back on it at anytime. You have a community of people who are right at the same milestone you’re at to talk to on a feed. It estimates how much money you’re saving based on what you think you spent on average everyday. It’s been two weeks and I’ve saved $244 and that’s at the low end of my estimate not including my $60plus binge nights. All in all IAmSober really does help if you really are in it to win it!

by NattleSnake💗

When I downloaded this I figured it would be of little help and I would eventually end up deleting it. But I couldn’t have been more wrong. I’ve been struggling to stay sober for the past 14 years and IAmSober has made such a difference this time around. It prompts you morning and night to reflect on why you are wanting to be sober, has a great clock for keeping track of your sober days, and a meeting schedule. You get to track your progress and write a daily log like a 10th step almost. It’s my second day using it and can tell already it’s going to be a very useful tool. Thanks for creating IAmSober! You can even write a statement of why you want to stay sober so you won’t forget (I always forget why staying sober is worth it so I especially like this feature). You also have the option of uploading a photo with your statement. I uploaded a photo of myself while I was using. Seeing that terrifying photo is enough to remember the urgency of maintaining healthy habits and routines to stay sober. Good luck to anyone reading this-it works if you work it-as they say.

by RaeReaMo1200

I love IAmSober because You got to say and express how you’re feeling without anyone knowing you and no one is judging you because everyone else is going through what you’re going through and everyone supportive some people tell jokes and some people tell her story is this a great app to tell people your life and to make sure that you don’t do anything bad to know that you have support without anyone looking down on you are treating me like a baby because you do something that you shouldn’t I love it so much everyone a supportive people use your pronouns people except you and you don’t have to know them if you don’t want to so it’s like everyone knows nose and it’s just a great way to keep track and it has great things you can say how you’re feeling if you say your thoughts of the day you could say how hard it was to keep your street you can pledge every day you can see your streak you can see it and lots of different ways you can add new things it’s just such a good app and I definitely recommend getting it if you’re struggling or if you just need to talk it’s not like therapy though so don’t worry about that

by Kins907

I went to treatment for alcohol addiction and depression this past summer and I downloaded IAmSober when I got home. I downloaded several sobriety tracker apps but this is the only one that I ended up keeping. I love being able to pledge everyday to a picture and sentence that I made as my reason to stay sober. At the end of the day I get a notification reminding me to review my day, asking if I stuck to my pledge, my feelings or mood and the difficulty of keeping my pledge for that day. Then I get a chance to write whatever I want as a journal entry. So it’s cool to go back and look at my previous entries to see my progress.

One of my other favorite parts are the inspirational daily quotes. You start out with a pack of quotes everyday for the month and then you have to earn the next pack but staying sober for a certain amount of time. I get excited to go in and pledge everyday so I can see what my quotes for the day are! I even bought several other quote packs because I love them so much!

IAmSober has definitely kept me on track and motivated. I’ve been sober for almost 8 months now and I feel better than I’ve felt in 16 years. IAmSober helps you rock the heck out of your sobriety! Highly recommended!

by GhostPastry

I have a bunch of addictions I've either recovered from or am working on recovery, and this is the only app that not only supports my healing process, but encourages it. I'm able to enter several of my own motivational phrases that appear every day that I "pledge" and also on the main screen at any time. IAmSober also has several packs of motivational phrases, which are surprisingly relatable and not super cheesy. It's also a pretty decent mood diary.

I never was able to get into AA because of the heavy religious tones and the pressure of publicly discussing my addictions in front of a group. With IAmSober, there's a sense of anonymity, and there's a lot of room to personally explore the reasoning behind your own addictions and express your frustration.

Also, I finally get my chips!! IAmSober has made me totally rich in chips, it gives you them retroactively if you enter a start date in the past, and the goalposts are pretty frequent, especially at the beginning. You can also customize the chips with a picture and description, which is really sentimental for me. Just make sure you pay for premium before switching phones, or you'll lose all your old customizations.

by Bjamesthompson

The function and design alone are very well done. I truly feel like I can be OPEN about my story to people like me in IAmSober. At first I wondered why it took so long for my posts to actually post, but I believe it's because they are reviewed by actual human beings and not some algorithm. Which, only makes me feel genuinely cared for, supported, and safe. The ONLY thing I wish was available is the option to quickly/ directly acknowledge/like someone's comment on your post. You can comment back on your own post to reply, but I don't think they get a notification. How do they know I appreciate their input, insight, or kind words? Unless it exists and I am just missing it? Haha. Anyway, I take a star away for that, but I was going to give IAmSober SIX stars anyway ;) .. For beautifully designing an environment where we can listen, share, encourage, and inspire. THANK YOU for giving IAmSober to the world <3

by 1Dlover423

I love IAmSober a lot and I use it to monitor my alcoholism and my self-harm. i’ve added self-harm using the “custom” feature, but it would be awesome if you guys could add that as one of the addiction listed, that way I could see all of the features on IAmSober such as how many others are reaching the milestones i’m reaching, and comments other people leave about their recovery. overall IAmSober has been so amazing in helping me track my recovery. pledging every morning has been extremely helpful, and counting down to each new milestone is more helpful than I could’ve ever anticipated. thank you for making such a great app, and I hope you’ll consider adding self-harm as one of your categories!💓

by Freshstartgirl

This is a great app, it acts as a private support system when you aren’t ready to take that step to meetings. Making the pledges to not drink keeps you accountable to yourself and helps get you through the day without drinking because you already pledged to not drink for the day and you don’t want to disappoint yourself. Without that it’s much easier to tell yourself it’s ok to drink, you hadn’t pledged not to. Even if it is just to yourself in your phone, you’ve made a record of it and you’d have to start over at day one if you do drink which would be disappointing. And reading stories from others going through the same thing creates a sense of community and support where you know you’re not alone in your journey.

by RAKFLA

Like that I have a daily pledge to do and that I get some motivational messages after I have done it for the day. It becomes a goal to get as many pledges in a row as I can... never missed a pledge to drinking but some days I have missed inadvertently and so I try, try again! I have a few extra packs but like the main one that comes with IAmSober the best so far. I’ve been using IAmSober for 8 months now and it’s an integral part of my morning program. Another great part is the daily review. It provides a space to summarize your day and how things went. I’ve been using it for a daily mini-journal which has been an important thing for me to get stuff written down and out of my head. Definitely recommend IAmSober!

by HappyNonDrinker2

During the past 126 days (and counting!) of being alcohol free the anonymous people on IAmSober have become my friends. We support and encourage each other during struggles and cheer for each other’s successes. After wanting to quit drinking for 20 years it’s surreal to be living my life AF. I’m not part of any other support groups but, the people here provide all the encouragement and support I need to continue on this journey of living my life joyfully! The milestones on IAmSober give us frequent reasons to celebrate together! Also, the recent upgrades allowing us to comment and follow each other are great enhancements making it easier to stay in touch with our cohorts. Initially I was just looking for an app to count my sober days but, I’m so grateful to have found IAmSober that is so much more. Thank you for this truly beneficial app connecting all of these amazing supportive people!! 🙏🏻💕

by Pitchfork1

I've tried a few different apps to help with my addiction, and this is the first one that feels like its really going to do the trick. Examples of the little things are the gamification of the daily pledge, the image to help motivate you, the motivational quotes, and most of all, not spacing out the milestones too far. The first week is hard and IAmSober recognizes and rewards you each day. Before I failed a few times because I would get to 3 days and the next milestone would be a week. 3 days was hard, now you want me to do 4? Also, the free version offers fantastic features. I'd honestly be willing to pay for just what I get with the free version, but I appreciate that I don't have to 😊