Second Chance: Recovery Tool
Cristea Codrin Health & Fitness iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Second Chance: Recovery Tool is a free Health & Fitness app for iPhone and iPad by Cristea Codrin. Requires iOS 18.0. Updated October 12, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 12 MB
- Age 17+
- Updated
- Oct 12
- 2026 · v1.0.2
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About Second Chance: Recovery Tool
Second Chance is a serious, privacy-first platform for those navigating the path of recovery from behavioral and substance addictions—including gambling, alcohol, nicotine, and pornography. This is not a game. You won’t find badges, public leaderboards, or loud notifications here. Second Chance is designed to be a "quiet room"—a safe, grounded space to help you build self-awareness and find steady footing through radical honesty. Core Features: Virtual Buddy — Find an accountability partner on your recovery journey and stay connected through check-ins Community Garden — Plant your seed, watch your tree grow with every sober day. Your progress, visualized Daily Urge Tracking: A deliberate, non-judgmental check-in process. Track the intensity of your urges and identify the specific drivers behind them. Reflective Journey: Gain clarity on your progress through a dedicated history of your check-ins and logs. See your patterns over time without the pressure of a public "streak." Structured Journaling: Use daily guided prompts designed to help you process triggers, identify your "why," and document your small wins. Moderated Peer Communities: Connect with others in a safe, structured environment. Share "Wins" or "Relapse Reflections" in spaces moderated for safety and support. Emergency Mode: Immediate access to grounding exercises and your personal "Reason for Quitting" for the moments when things feel overwhelming. Compassionate Relapse Logging: We treat setbacks as information, not failure. Log setbacks with honesty and receive immediate grounding support to help you start again. Privacy First: Your recovery is personal. Second Chance is built with privacy as a priority, ensuring your sensitive data remains yours. Note: Second Chance is a support tool, not a medical or therapeutic service. It does not provide clinical diagnoses or treatment. Premium features require a weekly ($5.99/week) or an yearly subscription ($24.99/year). Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s new
Version 1.0.2 · Updated October 12, 2026
Safer browsing: Added blocking for 18+ and gambling sites, so your recovery space stays protected. Find Buddy, simplified: We redesigned it to be cleaner and easier to use. Community, refreshed: A fresh new look for the Community page. New trees: Trees are now illustrated instead of basic shapes, with multiple varieties to grow.
App privacy
The developer, Cristea Codrin, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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