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AA Grapevine App Review: Comprehensive Digital Recovery Companion

by AA Grapevine, Inc.

The AA Grapevine app consolidates recovery resources including digital magazine archives, podcasts, sobriety tracking, and community features. Designed for Alcoholics Anonymous members seeking accessible spiritual tools and content.

Detailed Review

The AA Grapevine app serves as a digital companion to the longstanding Alcoholics Anonymous publication, providing mobile access to recovery resources previously available only in print or through multiple platforms. This iOS application represents a significant modernization effort for the organization, bringing together historical archives, current content, and practical sobriety tools in a unified interface. The application's core functionality centers around its comprehensive content library, featuring the complete Grapevine magazine archive dating back to 1944, audio versions of articles, and the associated podcast series. Unique app-exclusive features include a spiritual maintenance checklist, daily inspirational quotes, and an enhanced sobriety calculator that tracks recovery milestones. The platform enables content sharing capabilities and personal experience submissions, creating a digital extension of AA's tradition of sharing experience, strength, and hope. User experience demonstrates thoughtful design with intuitive navigation between content types. The interface organizes materials into clearly labeled sections, with audio content presented as playlists for continuous listening. Real-world usage patterns show members accessing daily quotes for morning inspiration, listening to audio articles during commutes, and using the sobriety calculator during meetings or personal reflection moments. The calendar integration for AA events provides practical utility for maintaining meeting schedules and service commitments. User feedback consistently praises the consolidation of resources, with TurkeyRun (December 28, 2023) noting 'No more multiple apps for tracking sober time, listening to stories, reading Grapevine.' Multiple reviewers including manbearpig2006 (September 6, 2023) describe the app as 'another great tool for my toolbox,' though some users report subscription synchronization issues that occasionally limit full access to premium content. The application demonstrates significant strengths in content depth and organizational alignment with AA principles, though technical implementation occasionally falters regarding subscription management. Ideal for AA members seeking portable access to recovery literature and tools, particularly those who value historical archives and audio content. The app serves best as a supplemental resource rather than replacement for in-person meeting participation, maintaining appropriate boundaries within AA's tradition of personal connection.

Key Features

  • Complete digital archive of Grapevine magazines since 1944, providing historical perspective on recovery experiences across decades
  • Audio article playlists and podcast integration enabling hands-free consumption of recovery content during daily activities
  • Enhanced sobriety calculator tracking recovery milestones with spiritual context beyond simple day counting
  • Daily inspirational quotes delivering consistent motivational content aligned with AA philosophy and principles
  • Spiritual maintenance checklist offering structured self-assessment tools for ongoing personal growth work
  • AA events calendar with meeting information and service opportunities supporting community engagement

Why Users Love It

Comprehensive recovery resource consolidation
Historical archive accessibility

Perfect for: Alcoholics Anonymous members seeking digital recovery tools

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User Reviews

TurkeyRun
Dec 29, 2023

This app is awesome. I love the idea of having all this material, in my pocket, 24x7. And the audio is great too! No more multiple apps of tracking sober time, listening to stories, reading Grapevine, etc. I am having some challenges tho. I subscribed through the App Store. It’s never really unlocked all the features. It tells me I need to subscribe. If I try to subscribe again, it tells me I’m already subscribed, and to use “Restore Subscription”. When I do that, sometimes it seems happy, then sometimes it gives me a “data not available” message. In either event, I can’t get the pay-for features. Never have gotten them. Please please fix this! This could be the app I live in once all the features are available to me! *** Update *** The subscription sync started working. I’m gonna change this to 5 Stars as that was my only issue. Great app. Having all this experience, strength, and hope in my pocket. Awesome!! I love this app! But technical challenges This app is awesome. I love the idea of having all this material, in my pocket, 24x7. And the audio is great too! No more multiple apps of tracking sober time, listening to stories, reading Grapevine, etc.I am having some challenges tho. I subscribed through the App Store. It’s never really unlocked all the features. It tells me I need to subscribe. If I try to subscribe again, it tells me I’m already subscribed, and to use “Restore Subscription”. When I do that, sometimes it seems happy, then sometimes it gives me a “data not available” message. In either event, I can’t get the pay-for features. Never have gotten them. Please please fix this! This could be the app I live in once all the features are available to me!*** Update ***The subscription sync started working. I’m gonna change this to 5 Stars as that was my only issue. Great app. Having all this experience, strength, and hope in my pocket. Awesome!!

Jorge54321
Sep 8, 2023

The quotes are a great way to start my day and happy to now see them in an app! Love the quotes! The quotes are a great way to start my day and happy to now see them in an app!

manbearpig2006
Sep 6, 2023

I was excited to see the new Grapevine app and it’s another great tool for my toolbox. Thank you AA Grapevine great job! Long overdue app! I was excited to see the new Grapevine app and it’s another great tool for my toolbox. Thank you AA Grapevine great job!

Create2day
Sep 5, 2023

This App has everything I was hoping for and more. I LOVE that the audio articles are now a simple playlist, and that the Podcast is so easily accessible. This subscription has all of the benefits of the former digital subscription: access to archives since 1944, sobriety calculator, past issues, and more. Well done! Outstanding! This App has everything I was hoping for and more. I LOVE that the audio articles are now a simple playlist, and that the Podcast is so easily accessible. This subscription has all of the benefits of the former digital subscription: access to archives since 1944, sobriety calculator, past issues, and more. Well done!

Tribulls
Sep 2, 2023

I’ve been excited to try this app out and I’m not disappointed. It’s giving me yet another tool in my toolbox. Another tool I’ve been excited to try this app out and I’m not disappointed. It’s giving me yet another tool in my toolbox.

App Details

Developer

AA Grapevine, Inc.

Platform

ios

Rating

3.9

Last Updated

9/6/2025