Top 14 Apps for Addiction & Recovery

Best Addiction Recovery Apps 

Because smartphones have grown so much in popularity, new apps are released every day that benefit different causes. Nowadays, there’s an app for everyone, even for people who want to track their sobriety or find resources that can help them work through recovery challenges. For people who have undergone drug or alcohol addiction treatment, these top apps for addiction recovery can make a world of a difference when it comes to staying on the right track. 

nomo 

nomo is a free sobriety clock app that tracks how many days you’ve been sober. The customizable sobriety clocks can be shared with family, friends, and even sponsors. Whether you have an accountability partner from your inner circle of friends, meetings you attend, or peers within nomo, you can message them in the app whenever you come across any relapse triggers. 

Though the interface is simple enough for someone who just wants to use the clock, nomo also has several other elements to help recovering addicts. ‘The Journal’ feature allows users to note emotional turning points they experience throughout the day. nomo also has an ‘Encourage’ section where you can share your daily thoughts and motivate others who are also using the app on their sobriety journey. Recovery is challenging in so many ways, so if you feel as if you might make a mistake, the ‘Refocus’ portion of the sobriety app includes mini-games and exercises to help you overcome the temptation of bad habits. 

WEconnect 

WEconnect is another addiction app that allows you to set daily reminders to keep you on track with your recovery goals. You can also set reminders to connect with your coach, sign up for a group meeting, or participate in any other activity that offers support. It even has an SOS feature that connects you to someone who can offer you professional recovery support if you ever find yourself in a tough situation. 

Four Streams  

As one of the best addiction recovery apps out there, Four Streams by rTribe is known for its efficiency because it’s specifically designed to help people sustain their sobriety. It allows you to connect with other users, track your sobriety timeline, share your progress with others, and ask for help when you feel stressed or triggered. The coolest thing about this relapse prevention app is that, over time, it helps you create a relapse prevention plan by marking your trigger points.  

Sober Grid 

Like Facebook, Sober Grid allows you to connect with other people in recovery through a variety of tools. It also allows you to anonymously post whether you are sober, your emotions, and what’s happening in your day-to-day routine. In addition to the support you’ll receive by connecting with others on the app, you could also complete Daily Quests or small accomplishments that help you stay on track and motivate you to stick with your plan and apply your relapse prevention strategies. 

Sanvello 

Formally known as Pacifica, Sanvello focuses on the mental health aspect of addiction recovery. Many addicts also need a mental health program alongside substance-specific treatment to treat not only an addiction but the underlying issues as well. Pacifica applies cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to help users avoid the thought and behavioral patterns often attributed to substance abuse. The app also offers a mood tracker and meditation options.  

AA 12 Step Toolkit RecoveryBox 

AA 12 Step Toolkit RecoveryBox tracks behaviors and triggers that can jeopardize an individual’s sobriety. It uses a traffic light system – green means the least intense, and red signifies the most intense. The addiction recovery app can help addicts in recovery apply relapse prevention strategies for alcoholism or drug abuse that meet their needs.  

MindShift 

Similar to Pacifica, MindShift tracks and guides recovering addicts who struggle with anxiety. It specifically targets young adults who require mental health assistance. Older adults can also benefit from this app if they’re trying to cope with symptoms of anxiety throughout their recovery. 

BetterHelp 

BetterHelp gives users access to both free and paid counseling, offering professional support in the comfort and privacy of the home.  

Sober Time 

Another solid recovery app is Sober Time. Users can track their sobriety and personal achievements and connect with a whole community that supports and encourages their sobriety and celebrates milestones together. 

I Am Sober 

I Am Sober is one of the simplest yet most effective apps to help with addiction that works for adults of all ages. It offers users a sobriety calculator to log the duration of their journey as well as their milestones, track their finances and how much they’re spending, and motivational quotes to uplift them during difficult times.  

AA Speakers  

AA Speakers is one of the few apps for recovery based on Alcoholics Anonymous’ Big Book concepts. The app offers users a database of more than 400 audio recordings of Alcoholics Anonymous speakers so they can have sponsor advice at the tips of their fingers no matter where they are. It also offers in-app purchases for access to specialty workshops and presentations.  

NA Speakers 

Similar to AA Speakers To Go, NA Speakers is the Narcotics Anonymous version of the app. It offers users 300 audio recordings (and counting) of Narcotics Anonymous speakers from various conventions. As AA services expand to help people with all kinds of substance use disorders, NA Speakers offers a similar outlet for those battling addiction to opioids.  

Twenty-Four Hours a Day 

This addiction recovery app is based on Richard Walker’s best-selling book by the same name. The app comes with 366 daily meditations that users can read whenever they feel like they need extra support. The app also allows users a resource in cases when they can’t make it to their 12-step meetings. This is a great recovery tool that provides highlights like sharing daily messages with loved ones through text or email, searching through meditations by keyword, and a reminder function for daily meditations. 

Recovery Path  

Recovery Path is a recovery journal app that’s ideal for people battling mental health or substance use disorders. Built on research and made with the user’s needs in mind, Recovery Path incorporates aspects of popular addiction therapies like motivational therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and community reinforcement to boost the recovery journey. There are different variations of this app aimed at different demographics, including one for those seeking Addiction Help, plus a Family & Friends, a Clinicians, and a Sponsors/Mentors version.