Affect: Addiction Recovery

4.5
2.85K reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
Mature 17+
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About this app

Affect is more than a sobriety app or sober tracker. It is the first integrated addiction recovery app to provide a full outpatient treatment program with rewards as you make progress. You don't have to go to rehab to stop drinking and using drugs. Affect puts a recovery program right in your pocket.

Through our scientifically-proven approach, you can learn to manage, reduce, and quit alcohol, cannabis, stimulants like meth and cocaine, opioids like heroin, or pain killers and other prescription medications. Affect gives you the support you need to get sober, improve your mental health, and build healthy habits.

The program is private, confidential, convenient, highly effective, delivered entirely through your smartphone, and covered by insurance. The addiction recovery app is free to use without enrolling in the treatment program.

Many people enroll in Affect's program to get professional support while attending 12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA) or SMART Recovery.

Sobriety is not a requirement. Affect helps people who struggle with relapses. Counselors work with people on their deeper issues where recovery coaches and peer communities fall short. Affect's program is also used by people who leave detox or inpatient residential rehab clinics to continue their recovery journeys.

There are sober apps where you go it alone. There are rehab clinics where you go away. There is nothing else like Affect.

ā–ŗ Rewards for successful participation in treatment, including for staying sober.

ā–ŗ Group and individual telehealth counseling with licensed counselors who are specialists in addiction and mental health.

ā–ŗ Medications to help you manage cravings, depression, and anxiety. Suboxone prescribed in some states.

ā–ŗ Support and resources to improve your life, including help finding healthcare, employment, and housing.

ā–ŗ Gamification tracks sobriety, helps manage your schedule, and speeds progress with tools like a sober counter and tasks that build healthy habits.

ā–ŗ Caring and private community offers support and understanding at all times.

Affect works better. Our rewards system is based on decades of research on successful behavior change and technology. People decrease use by 50% in the first month. Affect's program results in outcomes that are twice as effective as traditional clinical models. Recovery isn’t painful.

We accept many insurance plans including Medicare and Medicaid, which fully covers treatment for qualified members. Please see our website for the full list of plans we accept. There are no subscription fees or ads. Your private information is kept secure and is not shared with any third parties or online trackers.

Affect is a licensed treatment provider, accredited by CARF International. Our research was supported by grants from The National Institute on Drug Abuse and The National Institutes of Health (see our website for more information). You can trust us with your recovery.

When you are ready to reduce or stop drinking or using drugs, enrolling in Affect's revolutionary digital addiction treatment program gives you the expert help you need to truly succeed without having to go to a rehab clinic.

We beat the deadly game of addiction by changing the rules. Reward your recovery with Affect.
Updated on
Sep 25, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App info and performance
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 5 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.5
2.77K reviews
Alisha Fitts
November 8, 2023
Amazing (albeit minimal) incentive each and every day to at least log in and answer a couple questions regarding your use. Whether you're trying to completely stop using, or just decrease your usage, they can and will help. Even if your insurance isn't accepted for full counseling support you can still use their app, for free! Honestly, just having that little bit of accountability really set things in motion for me....
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J D
August 10, 2025
Great app for mental health. There is a tool kit to help with coping skills. There are quizzes to check out how depressed or anxious you are. There are a ton of articles to help you learn accurately about mental health and how to be healthier. The largest part of the app is telehealth. I had one appointment,and it worked great. The help team is smart and gets back to you.
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Kylie Offord
August 9, 2025
I REALLY LOVE THIS APP!! It runs smoothly. I love the idea of being able to be in outpatient treatment completely on my phone, and they reward you with real money for completing groups, 1 on 1 meetings with a counselor, UA's, and daily reflections, daily missions, and "challenges" which are questions you answer after reading a little bit about different subjects that are helpful to recovery. They also have a chat section for everyone in your regular group therapy to talk to others in recovery.
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What’s new

Affect is the first integrated all-digital addiction recovery program to offer professional support and rewards as you succeed in treatment. Through our scientifically-proven approach, you can learn to reduce or quit alcohol, cannabis, meth, cocaine, opioids like heroin, or ADHD meds and develop new habits to keep you healthy. The program is private, convenient, and highly effective. It is delivered entirely through your smartphone. We have released updates and bug fixes in this new version.