AA Big Book Ultimate Companion

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1. ★★★★★paywall despite AA's free spirit

   A monthly subscription to read the Big Book?. A blatant cash off the big book.

2. ★★★★★technical glitches and missing content

   Help!!!. It won’t let me download this app. It says it was unable to download at this time and now it’s stuck. I’ve tried trouble shooting it. Is this something other people are having a problem with as well?

3. ★★★★★paywall despite AA's free spirit

   Get Your Credit Card Out!. Very Little content unless you purchase a Monthly subscription or pay the lifetime fee. Like most support group apps, they are very eager to capture email addresses. Big Brother is watching.

4. ★★★★★paywall despite AA's free spirit

   Clickbait - $$ for reading real content. There are only a couple of features included for free, and it’s not much beyond the Table of Contents. There are real, free, online versions of the Big Book. I just got suckered in to this one first.

5. ★★★★★technical glitches and missing content

   Incorrect Daily Reflections. I regret spending money on this app. Wrote support about the incorrect Daily Reflections...no response. There’s been 2 app updates and still not fixed.

6. ★★★★★paywall despite AA's free spirit

   Not free, not suitable for OA. Not free, not suitable for OA

7. ★★★★★paywall despite AA's free spirit

   Says is free, it’s not. When launching the free app you are presented with the option to pay to use it. That’s not a free app. App authors don’t seem to grasp the honesty part.

8. ★★★★★paywall despite AA's free spirit

   Not a good decision. Difficult to navigate and no access to items that were purchased.

9. ★★★★★paywall despite AA's free spirit

   Why can’t I purchase a subscription?. I have tried to subscribe 6 times, every time it says approved, then an error message comes up and tells me that I can’t sign into Apple Music. Then I go back to the content, it tells me I’m subscribed😌. I have no idea how to unlock content, or if I’ve been charged 6 times for failing to unlock anything?!

10. ★★★★★paywall despite AA's free spirit

    Be prepared to spend money. It's a shame that this content is not free... completely against what AA stands for as a program.

11. ★★★★★paywall despite AA's free spirit

    Cost too high. Was sorely disappointed to see the high price for access to 75% of this app. Lower the cost and I may use again.

12. ★★★★★paywall despite AA's free spirit

    Really?. Free version worked fine, paid the $9.99 and nothing worked

13. ★★★★★technical glitches and missing content

    Wish did not crash every time I open it!. See title

14. ★★★★★paywall despite AA's free spirit

    Horrible app. AA is NOT meant to be exploited. Waste of data and time. I pity the person or people who made this. Not to mention the only other review that says they actually paid the $9.99 and they still can't use anything on this app. The most sickening scam I've seen yet.

15. ★★★★★paywall despite AA's free spirit

    App not working. Paid for a month but content wouldn’t unlock on app. Very disappointed.

16. ★★★★★paywall despite AA's free spirit

    Dishonest. Said it was free. It's not. Uninstalled.. Rubbish waste of time.

17. ★★★★★paywall despite AA's free spirit

    Terrible. 5-10x the price of other apps with nothing of value. Download the big book or buy one for the same price as a month of this app.

18. ★★★★★paywall despite AA's free spirit

    Should be free. Downloaded thinking it was free, as the AA big book should be. Then boom, wants a monthly subscription to get to the core of it. Get F. You’re a disgrace to what the book is all about

19. ★★★★★paywall despite AA's free spirit

    Rip off. $10 a month auto renewing subscription or $30 upfront, are you kidding me? The big book is free with “12 steps guide” app and just $5 including book and audio with “aa big book” app. Also lots of great free speaker apps like “speakers Sandy B”

20. ★★★★★technical glitches and missing content

    Would be great, if..... This app hasn’t been updated since apple released iPhones with bigger screens, and so it doesn’t fill up the entire screen. For an app that costs $12.99, I would expect better. The biggest flaw that it has is that it doesn’t save your place when listening. This is a problem, especially when listening to a longer, 8 hour workshop. Maybe you don’t open the app for two days, then when you do, you have to remember which chapter you were listening to. If you can do that, at least the app remembers where you left off in that track. Still - it should have that track loaded and ready to start where you left off in a “now playing” section. This seems like such a basic feature that it knocked my review from 5-stars to 2-stars. An outdated interface, I can almost forgive. This fundamental flaw, however, I cannot. I hope the developer can correct these two flaws so that I can come back and revise my review to be 5-stars and glowing.

21. ★★★★★technical glitches and missing content

    Big Book Text. I wish you had a printed version not just audio.

22. ★★★★★paywall despite AA's free spirit

    All paid content. Can't tell if this app is good or not as all of the content is via in-app purchases.

23. ★★★★★paywall despite AA's free spirit

    Can’t upgrade. This app would earn 5 stars if the upgrade to premium function worked!

24. ★★★★★technical glitches and missing content

    Not satisfied. Chapters 6,7,8,9 missing from my download and no way access or re-downloads

25. ★★★★★technical glitches and missing content

    AA the big book. The reader doesn’t always have the words correct example: would say should instead of should not. Completely changing the context.

26. ★★★★★technical glitches and missing content

    Quantity va quality. Glad to be able to listen to the Big Book and AA speaker meetings with members with years and years of sobriety but the quality of the recording is not good. The voice for the stories of the Big Book is awful. Can't even listen. Mix & match of too much recovery stuff and even best movies?!? but they should have concentraded on the quality over the quantity. Still listen to the Big Book but wish for a better app

27. ★★★★★technical glitches and missing content

    Great App for Daily Check-Ins. I love this app. I purchased the lifetime membership. I have a long commute and listening to the daily reflection and Big Book were worth the upgrade! I would have given this 5 stars, but from time-to-time I have to delete the app and reload it because the date is incorrect. Sometimes there are bugs and it won’t even update. The bugs have gotten better since my purchase 3 months ago, but they are not completely fixed. I suggest purchasing the lifetime membership. It’s the best deal and my sobriety is worth it!

28. ★★★★★technical glitches and missing content

    Not Bad. The app is not as polished as I was expecting. It could use some proof reading and the audio tracks could stand to be cleaned up a bit. All in all it is good enough. I will continue to use it, even if it doesn’t get fixed.

29. ★★★★★technical glitches and missing content

    Nice app. I like this app a lot and I paid for the full version. The only downfall I have on this is it doesn't mark where you left off. I'm working on one that has 18 parts to listen to and I keep forgetting where I left off and its hard to find.

30. ★★★★★technical glitches and missing content

    Pretty Good. The only thing I have to write negative is that the inspiration quotes don't change daily..