Working the Steps Has Never Been Easier.
Everything You Need to Work the Steps
StepBuddy gives you the tools to work your recovery every single day.
Step-by-Step Guidance
StepBuddy explains every step, breaks it down for you, and gives you prompts to help you work through it in an efficient and meaningful way.
Your Higher Power, Your Language
Not everyone is comfortable with the word 'God.' StepBuddy empowers you to choose the spiritual language that feels right for you, so nothing stands between you and your recovery.
Personalized to Your Addiction
Select the specific addiction you're conquering — or multiple — and StepBuddy updates its language throughout the entire app to speak directly to your journey.
Define Your God of Understanding
The concept of a 'Higher Power' can feel confusing or overwhelming. StepBuddy guides you through defining it in your own words — however that looks for you — so you can move forward with clarity and confidence.
Step 4 Made Simple
Step 4 is the one most people dread — but StepBuddy makes it manageable. You get two guided prompts a day to steadily work through your moral inventory, plus the ability to view your full Step 4 and share it when you're ready.
Daily Character Defect Focus
After you submit your Step 4, StepBuddy analyzes your writing and identifies a specific character defect for you to focus on that day — turning your inventory into immediate, actionable self-awareness.
Ready to Share Your Step 5
Each day's Step 4 submission is formatted as clean, copyable text — so when you're ready for Step 5, you can easily share your inventory with a sponsor, priest, or trusted person without any friction.
Your Personalized Step 7 Prayer
StepBuddy reads your Step 4 submission and generates a personalized Step 7 prayer based on the specific defects you uncovered — so your prayer speaks directly to your struggles, not a generic template.
Your Complete Amends Dashboard
StepBuddy gives you a full visual breakdown of your amends list — what's planned, in progress, completed, not yet willing, and removed. Fully customizable so you're always in control of your Step 9 journey.
Schedule Your Amends
When adding an amend, choose whether it's a direct amends or a living amends — then set a date and time for when you plan to make it. StepBuddy will remind you exactly when it's time, so nothing slips through the cracks.
Step 10 Made Enjoyable
Each day you get two guided prompts to review your last 24 hours — one positive (something you did well) and one negative (something to learn from). Prefer to free-write? Switch to open text mode in settings and type your daily inventory your way. Every entry is saved in your personal inventory so you always have a record of your Step 10 journey.
First Step Share
A guided tool to help you write and document your First Step story — covering your powerlessness, the progression of your behaviors, and the consequences of your addiction. When you're ready, share it with a sponsor or trusted person with one click.
Step 11: Prayer & Meditation Made Simple
Not sure how to pray or what to say? StepBuddy suggests a short, meaningful daily prayer so you're never stuck staring at a blank page. It also guides you through a 5-minute daily meditation. Don't like the suggestion? Easily swap it for something that resonates more with you.
Step 12: Daily Service Suggestions
StepBuddy gives you daily, personalized suggestions for how to carry the message to another addict — and how to practice the principles of the steps in your everyday life. Service and principles, woven into your daily routine.
Built by an Addict, for Addicts
StepBuddy wasn't built in a boardroom. It was built in recovery.
Creator of StepBuddy
Addict in Recovery · 12-Step Member
I struggled with porn addiction for over 20 years. I tried everything — willpower, accountability apps, blockers, therapy. Nothing worked the way I needed it to. Then I found the 12 steps, and everything changed.
The 12 steps work because they don't just tell you to stop — they replace your addiction with something better. They are the most successful recovery program in history for one simple reason: they give you the three things every addict needs to break free.
Inner Work
They guide you through the deep, honest work you have to do on yourself — the kind no amount of white-knuckling can replace.
Community
They connect you with other addicts in a way that actually helps — where your honesty benefits them and their experience strengthens you.
A Higher Power
They help you connect to God, or your higher power — however you understand that to be. That spiritual connection is what fills the void the addiction was trying to fill.
Those three things will replace your addictive behavior. And with AI, working them daily has never been more accessible.
StepBuddy is free. And it always will be.
I built StepBuddy for myself — because I wanted to simplify this process and track my own progress. I don't think I'll ever charge someone to help them take the steps. Some people do choose to become supporters to access premium features, and that generosity is what keeps StepBuddy free for everyone else.
I hope you use it. I hope it helps.