Android, and older iPhones
Sober Tracker is on Google Play as well as the App Store, and runs on iOS 17.6 or later. SoberDeck is iPhone-only and needs iOS 18.0.
Honest comparison · Checked 30 September 2026
SoberDeck vs. Sober Tracker: which private sobriety app fits you.
Pick Sober Tracker if you want a private streak counter on Android as well as iPhone, in one of 22 languages, with the option to pay once. Pick SoberDeck if your goal might be drinking less rather than stopping: its free moderation mode tracks a weekly cap of drinks or drinking days, which Sober Tracker's own guide says it is not built for. Both work with no account, and both charge $29.99 a year for Premium.
The short version
Sober Tracker and SoberDeck are both private sobriety trackers that need no account and keep your log off any company server. Sober Tracker is the wider app: it runs on iPhone and Android, names 22 languages in its App Store description, has 31 App Store ratings averaging 4.8, and sells a one-time lifetime purchase. SoberDeck is iPhone-only and English-only, but it supports cutting back as a real goal with a weekly cap, and its optional sync runs through your own iCloud at no charge. Both list Premium at $29.99 a year on the US App Store, so the choice comes down to platform and goal, not price.
01 — Where Sober Tracker is better
Five things it does that SoberDeck doesn't, and one tie.
Read from Sober Tracker's App Store listing and its own site on 30 September 2026. If one of these is the thing you need, it is the better app for you.
22 languages
Its App Store description names 22, from Spanish and Hindi to Japanese and Czech. SoberDeck is in English only.
A track record
4.8 from 31 ratings on the US App Store, first released in January 2025 and at version 4.4.2. SoberDeck has no ratings yet and is at version 1.0.2.
A pay-once option
Its listing says Premium comes weekly, monthly, yearly or as a one-time lifetime purchase. SoberDeck sells monthly and yearly only. If you refuse subscriptions, that settles it.
Motivation as a game
A recovery garden that grows through 9 stages over a year, 30+ achievements including a badge for starting again after a setback, and a money tracker with investment projections.
Where they're the same
Slips. Since version 4.0.0 Sober Tracker lets you log a lapse without erasing your streak. SoberDeck keeps your history through a slip too, so this is no longer a difference.
02 — Where SoberDeck is different
Built for the goal you might not have picked yet.
01
Drinking less is a real goal
Sober Tracker's own comparison guide, updated 29 September 2026, says: “It is built around alcohol-free days rather than a drink-by-drink diary, so if your goal is to drink less against a weekly limit, Sunnyside or Try Dry fits better.” That is an honest line, and it is the gap SoberDeck fills. Set a cap of drinks or drinking days per week, log how many drinks a day took, and each day shows as sober, within goal or over. It is free, and you can switch to full sobriety later without losing a day of history. How moderation mode works.
02
A new phone keeps your history
The same guide says that because Sober Tracker syncs nothing to a server, “moving to a new phone depends on exporting your data first.” SoberDeck has optional sync through your own iCloud private database, included free and with no account. Your history follows you to a new iPhone, and it lives in your iCloud, not on our server.
03
The free tier keeps the hard-day tools
Free in SoberDeck: daily logging, urge logging, streaks, week and month insights, milestones, the journal, My Why, reminders, widgets, money saved, iCloud sync, and the relapse and support flows. Premium adds year-view trends, deeper stats, more habits and CSV/PDF export. Craving and relapse flows are never behind the paywall.
04
More than alcohol, by name
With Premium, SoberDeck tracks other habits, including nicotine, cannabis, sugar, gambling, social media and caffeine, or one you name, each with its own labels, goals and milestones. Sober Tracker says it “works great for tracking any sobriety journey or habit change” but publishes no list.
Everything in the free list is free to check for yourself. SoberDeck costs nothing to download and needs no account.
03 — The comparison
SoberDeck vs. Sober Tracker, side by side.
Every cell was read on 30 September 2026 from the two US App Store listings, sober-tracker.com and soberdeck.app. Where Sober Tracker doesn't publish something, the cell says so rather than guessing.
| Criterion | SoberDeck | Sober Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | iPhone, iOS 18.0 or later | iPhone (iOS 17.6 or later) and Android |
| Languages | English | 22 named in its App Store description |
| Account needed | No | No |
| Where your log lives | On your iPhone, with optional sync through your own iCloud private database | On your phone; its listing says “No cloud sync” |
| App Store privacy label | Data Not Collected | Data Not Linked to You: purchases, location, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics |
| Goal: quit drinking | Yes | Yes |
| Goal: drink less against a weekly limit | Yes, free: a cap of drinks or drinking days per week | Not built for it, per its own guide |
| A slip keeps your history | Yes | Yes, lapse vs relapse since version 4.0.0 |
| Journal | Free | Mood journal; one Premium purchase is listed as “Journaling, week view, custom themes” |
| Craving and relapse flows behind a paywall | Never | Not published |
| Habits beyond alcohol | Named habits or your own, with Premium | “Any sobriety journey or habit change”; no list published |
| Community feed | None, by design | None, by design |
| Premium, yearly | $29.99 | $29.99 |
| Other Premium options | $4.99 a month | $3.99 a week, plus purchases at $6.99, $34.99 and $39.99 the listing does not label; a lifetime option is stated |
| US App Store rating | No ratings yet (version 1.0.2) | 4.8 from 31 ratings (version 4.4.2) |
Prices are US App Store prices on 30 September 2026 and differ by country. Sober Tracker is independently operated and changes often; check its current listing before you decide.
04 — Honest fit
Who should pick which.
01
Pick Sober Tracker if…
You're on Android, or share a plan with someone who is. You want the app in Spanish, Hindi, Japanese or another of its 22 languages. You're still on iOS 17. You want to pay once and never see a renewal. Or you're tracking straight abstinence and a growing garden and a wall of badges is what keeps you going.
02
Pick SoberDeck if…
Your goal is drinking less, or you haven't decided yet, and you want a weekly cap rather than a streak you can only break. You want the journal, money saved and relapse flow without a paywall on a bad day. You want your log to follow you to a new iPhone without an account with anyone, including us.
Cutting down is not safe for everyone. With alcohol dependence, stopping or reducing can carry real withdrawal risks, so talk to a clinician before you pick a goal.
05 — Questions
Sober Tracker vs SoberDeck, answered.
Is Sober Tracker free?
Yes, it is free to download and its free version includes streak tracking, the recovery garden and achievements. Premium is optional. On 30 September 2026 its US App Store listing showed a $29.99 yearly plan and a $3.99 weekly plan, plus purchases at $6.99, $34.99 and $39.99 whose terms the listing does not label; its description says monthly, yearly and one-time lifetime options exist.
Which sobriety apps work without an account?
Both Sober Tracker and SoberDeck work with no sign-up, no login and no email. The difference is what happens on a new phone: Sober Tracker has no cloud sync, so its own guide says moving phones depends on exporting your data first. SoberDeck has optional sync through your own iCloud private database, free, so a new iPhone picks up the same history. More in how SoberDeck keeps data private.
Is there a sobriety app for drinking less instead of quitting?
Yes. SoberDeck's moderation mode is free: you set a weekly cap of drinks or drinking days and log each day against it. Sober Tracker's own comparison guide, updated 29 September 2026, says it is built around alcohol-free days rather than a drink-by-drink diary, and points people who want to drink less against a weekly limit to Sunnyside or Try Dry. Cutting down is not safe for everyone, especially with alcohol dependence, so talk to a clinician first.
What happens to my streak if I slip?
In both apps a slip no longer wipes your record. Sober Tracker lets you record a lapse or a relapse, and a lapse does not erase the streak unless you call it a relapse. In SoberDeck a drinking day ends the current run, but your best streak and every logged day stay, and the day is kept as data rather than treated as a failure. Why a slip isn't a broken streak.
Which is the best sobriety tracker app?
It depends on the job. For a private counter on Android or in a language other than English, Sober Tracker. For a private tracker on iPhone that also handles a drink-less goal, SoberDeck. For community, coaching or a lesson program, neither: look at I Am Sober, Reframe or Sunnyside. Our wider comparison of private sobriety apps covers those categories.
Free · iOS 18+ · No account
Quit or cut back. Keep every day.
If the drink-less goal or the free iCloud sync is what you need, SoberDeck is free to try, with nothing to sign up for.