Sober Time vs Sobermark

Sober Time and Sobermark do the same core job: they count the days since you quit and turn that time into something you can see and protect. From there they head in different directions, and which one suits you comes down to whether you want company and control panels, or quiet and privacy.

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. Sober Time is a good app, and for some readers it is plainly the right choice; we say exactly who below.

Approach: social and customisable vs calm and private

Sober Time is a long established sobriety counter available on both iOS and Android. It supports multiple addictions at once, and it is known for two things: a community forum where users encourage each other and share their days, and deep customisation, with counters you can restyle to look how you want. For people who draw strength from other people, that forum is not a side feature, it is the reason to stay.

Sobermark is deliberately the opposite shape. There are no feeds, no forum and no comments, because we think a recovery app should lower the temperature, not raise it. You open it, see your progress, maybe write a journal entry or use a craving tool, and put your phone down. Bern, our sun bear mascot, provides the encouragement a community otherwise would, steady and judgment free. Neither approach is wrong; they suit different nervous systems.

Tracking and daily use

Both apps count days across multiple habits and translate sober time into motivating numbers. Sober Time leans into flexibility: several counters running at once, each customisable, with milestones along the way. If you enjoy arranging your tools just so, it rewards that.

Sobermark keeps the numbers personal rather than configurable. You enter what your habit actually cost in money and time, and it shows money saved, time reclaimed and units avoided from those figures, alongside milestones, badges and shareable progress cards. It adds two things Sober Time does not centre: craving SOS tools, a hold-on breathing exercise and a ride-it-out timer for the moment an urge peaks, and a journal with moods for noticing your patterns. If in-the-moment help matters more to you than customisation, that is the practical difference.

Privacy

This is the clearest divide. Sobermark has no account and no sign up; your entries stay on your phone, and we never see them. There is nothing to log into, so there is nothing to leak, and nothing tying your name to your recovery.

Sober Time's community features naturally involve some form of profile and shared content if you take part, which is the trade every social app makes; check its listing and privacy policy for the current details. Plenty of people are happy with that trade because the community is the point. If you are not, if you would rather no company anywhere held a record of your quit, Sobermark is built for exactly that preference.

Cost

Sober Time is free to use, with optional paid upgrades at the time of writing; check its store listing for current pricing, which we will not guess at here.

Sobermark's core tracking is free. Sobermark Pro is £14.99 a year with a 7 day free trial, £2.99 a week for short commitments, or £24.99 lifetime, one payment and done. That lifetime option is worth weighing if you dislike subscriptions: recovery is long, and a one-off price means the app never becomes a recurring bill you resent.

	Sober Time	Sobermark
Platforms	iOS and Android	Android only for now
Community	Built-in forum	None by design
Customisation	Extensive counter styling	Minimal, one calm look
Account needed	For community features	No account at all
Craving tools	Not the focus	Breathing exercise and ride-it-out timer
Pricing	Free with optional upgrades; see listing	Free core; Pro £14.99/year, £2.99/week or £24.99 lifetime

Who should pick what

Pick Sober Time if you are on iPhone, full stop, because Sobermark is Android only for now. Pick it too if community is what keeps you sober, or if you love customising your tools; it is genuinely better at all three, and no amount of loyalty on our side changes that.

Pick Sobermark if you want your recovery to stay entirely on your phone with no account, if social feeds tend to pull you in rather than lift you up, if you want something to reach for in the actual minute of a craving, or if you would rather pay once than subscribe forever.

If you are torn, both are free to try. Run them side by side for a week and keep the one you actually open.

Common questions

Can I switch from Sober Time to Sobermark without losing my sober date?

Yes. Your sober date is yours, not the app's. Set the same start date in Sobermark and your day count carries on exactly where it was.

Is Sobermark on iPhone?

Not yet. iOS users should choose Sober Time or another iOS counter for now; we would rather say that plainly than have you install nothing.

Does Sobermark have any community at all?

No, and that is deliberate. You get shareable progress cards to show people you choose, but there are no feeds, followers or strangers. If community is essential for you, Sober Time is the better fit.

Which is better for tracking more than one habit?

Both handle multiple habits. Sober Time offers more visual control over each counter; Sobermark keeps them in one consistent, quiet format with your own cost numbers attached.