5 Sober Time alternatives to consider in 2026

Sober Time is a solid sobriety counter. It runs on iOS and Android, handles multiple addictions with customisable counters, and has its own community forum. Nobody switches away from it because it is bad. People switch because of fit: they want a different tone, more help in the moment a craving strikes, a quieter app without a forum, or simply a change of scenery after staring at the same counter for a year.

Full disclosure: Sobermark is our app, so we are not neutral. We have tried to keep everything below fair, and we tell you when a rival is the better fit. One of the five options below is ours, and we say so again when we get to it.

A practical note before the list: your sober date is yours, not the app's. Whatever you pick, you enter the same start date and your count continues untouched. Switching costs you nothing but a download.

1. I Am Sober

The biggest name in the category, on both iOS and Android. I Am Sober is known for daily pledges, milestone celebrations and a very large community of people sharing their experiences. If what you want from a Sober Time replacement is more life around your counter, more voices, more ritual, more sense of company, this is the natural upgrade. The fuller experience sits behind a subscription at the time of writing, so check its listing for current pricing. It remains the best pick on this page for people who are carried by community.

2. Nomo

Nomo was built by someone in recovery and is known for being free. It offers multiple sobriety clocks, so you can track more than one thing at once, and its accountability partner feature lets you share progress with a person you actually know rather than a public forum. That middle ground, human support without a crowd, is Nomo's quiet strength. If Sober Time's forum felt like too many strangers but going fully solo feels risky, try this first.

3. Sobermark

Ours, so read with that in mind. Sobermark is a private tracker for Android and iOS: no account, no sign up, and no community by design, your entries stay on your phone. It tracks whatever you are quitting, from alcohol and smoking to vaping, weed, gambling or a custom habit, and turns your own numbers into money saved, time reclaimed and units avoided. Where it differs most from Sober Time is the hard moments: craving SOS tools give you a breathing exercise and a ride-it-out timer, and a journal with moods helps you spot patterns. Bern, a friendly blue bear, cheers you on and never shames a slip; a reset is a reset, not a failure. Sobermark gives every new user a 3 day free trial, then costs £17.99 a year, or you can pay weekly, and Google Play also has a one-off lifetime option. The catch: no community, by design.

4. SoberTool

SoberTool (now listed in the stores as Sober) was developed with an addiction counsellor, and it is the pick here if what you want is not a prettier counter but guidance. Its daily readings give you a short recovery-flavoured reflection each morning, and it offers help aimed at the moment a craving hits. It has a programme feel that the other apps on this list deliberately avoid, which is exactly right for some people and wrong for others. If recovery language steadies you, SoberTool gives you more of it than Sober Time ever did.

5. Quitzilla

Quitzilla is a tracker for Android and iPhone known for running several counters at once, each with its own list of reasons for quitting. There is no community and no programme, just clocks and reasons. Of everything here it is the closest to a pure utility, and it keeps Sober Time's multi-addiction strength while dropping the social layer. If you liked Sober Time's customisable counters but never once opened the forum, Quitzilla is a sensible, no-nonsense home. We compare it with our own app in Quitzilla vs Sobermark.

What the evidence says

• Relapse rates for substance use disorders are 40% to 60%, similar to illnesses like asthma and high blood pressure, according to the US National Institute on Drug Abuse. A slip is common, not a verdict.
• The US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism says “urges to drink are short-lived, predictable, and controllable”, and advises riding one out because “it will soon crest like an ocean wave and pass” (Rethinking Drinking).

Who should pick what

Want more community than Sober Time, not less? I Am Sober, without question. Want a person instead of a crowd? Nomo and its accountability partners. Want guidance and a daily reading? SoberTool, which has a free version. Want several counters and zero chatter? Quitzilla.

Sobermark earns its place when privacy and calm are the point: no account anywhere, data on your phone, craving tools for the worst ten minutes, and stats that make progress concrete. But we will steer you away from it in one case. If the forum was the thing keeping you going, do not trade it for silence on our account.

Common questions

Can I move my sober date from Sober Time to another app?

Yes, trivially. Enter the same start date in the new app and your streak continues. The date belongs to you, not the software.

Which of these alternatives are free?

Nomo and SoberTool are known for being free. Sobermark went the other way: every new user gets a 3 day free trial, then it is £17.99 a year. I Am Sober and Quitzilla have paid tiers at the time of writing; check each store listing for current details.

Which alternative has no community features at all?

Sobermark and Quitzilla. Sobermark leaves them out by design to keep the app calm; Quitzilla is simply a utility. Everything else here has some social element.

I track more than one addiction. Which apps handle that?

Quitzilla and Nomo run several counters at once. Sobermark tracks any habit you choose but focuses on one counter at a time, which suits some people and not others.