Drylendar User Reviews

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Great for visual people

Love this app

Cool app

Responsive admin that will help you if the price is too much.

Clear and simple

Great app! Clean and pretty design, very informative. I like the simplicity of it. It adds some fun and challenge to invite friends and try to beat someone’s dry streak

Response from developer

Thank you so much! Happy you like the design and the simplicity. Glad you're using Drylendar!

Great App

For those complaining about the black-and-white boxes despite paying for the subscription, the issue is in iPhone’s accessibility settings. Great app overall - so simple and effective.

Response from developer

So nice to read your comment, simple and effective are words I like to read about Drylendar! Thank you for using it!

Paywall

App was good until paywall was added to edit days from before. $5 per month is too much to justify for a basic feature like that.

Great app

I’ve been using this app daily for the last 5 months and I love it. It’s so simple yet helpful. I always look forward to logging every day and it’s satisfying to see all the green boxes. I initially just wanted to cut back on drinking (which I did!) but now trying to keep my streak going for sober days. On day 39 so far without any alcohol and excited to see how far I go. This app gives me something to look forward to. To log an accomplishment every day really makes you feel good about yourself. I would just recommend a dark mode for this app :)
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Response from developer

So nice to read this comment, and congratulations for reducing and stopping alcohol! That's a great accomplishment! So happy that Drylendar can help!

Easy to use

Easy to use and exactly what I was looking for in this type of app

Color coded feature got removed

I have been using this app since two months, but suddenly with an update the app turned colorful months into black and white. I thought maybe free users have this, so i bought free trial, to confirm this, but still it is black and white, which is very annoying and makes it hard to see the streak. Actively looking to switch to any other app, because bills can’t be that high.
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Response from developer

Hello there! Sorry for this bad experience, it’s because an accessibility option is enabled on your phone. Can you contact me so I can help you to get the colors back?

:-( paywall

Used to really love this app but recently important features were locked behind a paywall and it’s hard to justify $30 a year for it. Alas!

Paywall

I agree with other reviewers, adding a paywall without any notice or meaningful improvements feels frustrating. It seems like functionality was reduced just to push users toward paying.

Premium Features

This was a great app that I got a bunch of my friends on and we liked the features, the UI, and how easy it was to use. However, more and more features are now behind a paywall, to the point that there is nothing I can record other than that day’s count, recorded ON THAT DAY ONLY. I also cannot add notes anymore because that’s behind a paywall as well. This is not helpful. Very disappointed. I understand the app needs to make money but I’d prefer ads over this.
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Premium

Premium account allows previous days to be updated and viewed

Response from developer

Good morning and thank you for your feedback! I’m sorry to hear it was a bad choice from me. Can you please send me an email so I can unlock your account? Thank you! Best, François

Visually appealing and easy to use!

Downloaded on a whim, used it for several weeks on the free plan before buying a year subscription. It’s very easy to track your habits and it syncs directly with Apple Health. The colors are pleasing, the ability to write a note is a nice touch. The animation with balloons is my favorite part! Overall very strong UI design and a clear single purpose without extraneous clutter or trying to be a ‘lifestyle’ app. Thank you for a great app.
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Response from developer

So nice to read this comment! I'm happy you like the new design and that Drylendar helps you to track your habits. Thanks for the 5 stars!

app is useless now

Found this app a couple months ago and was loving it. Now we can’t do anything without having to pay. Checking or logging previous days. App doesn’t even show what you get for paying. $5 a month is insane. Real bummer

Response from developer

Thank you very much for your feedback! Can you send me an email so I can upgrade your account as gift for being user for a long time? Thank you!

paywall added with no warning

really liked this app until a paywall was added without warning, making it so you can’t see previous data of the amount you drank. not helpful for people who are trying to limit themselves to a number of drinks every week/month. i am someone who is tracking drinks casually and am not going to pay $5/month for something i could track in my notes app. i like the visual of this app but unfortunately will be looking for something else.
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Response from developer

Thank you very much for your feedback. I understand this is a disappointing update, but the app is currently profitable at all, and I had to change business model to make it possible to continue working on it. Could you please send me an email so I can upgrade your account as a gift for being user for a long time? Thanks!

No longer usable without a subscription

This app had a nice start, but the developer has become greedy and has gradually removed free features. Now the most basic function of the app, logging alcohol use, is fully paywalled. The subscription price is absurd for what is ultimately a very basic app with lots of free alternatives. I’m out.

Response from developer

Good morning and thank you for the feedback. I’m sorry for the disappointing update but I had to change business model to be able to keep the app alive. Can you send me your username so I can upgrade your account as gift to be a Drylendar user for a long time?

it’s WAS great…

It was great until dev completely changed app to be “pay to use”, you could’ve just add more ads to the app and no one would notice, but you completely ruined one of the main features of this app behind a paywall, so now you can’t change your previous day for free, you have to get “premium” subscription just to change your previous days… greedy asf.
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Becoming paywalled

Have had this app since January. Very helpful but features are becoming paywalled. You can’t even see how many drinks you put down for a day if it’s more than 2 days ago.

Not a huge deal cause there is color coding but really? I’m entering the data myself and you are now hiding it from me. Will start looking for other apps that don’t pay wall data that you enter yourself LOL
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Response from developer

Thank you very much for using Drylendar, and sorry if it was a wrong choice to lock past days. Could you please send me an email so I can compensate your bad experience?

Becoming more and more restricted

Why would I pay for something that I can manage in a notes app. 4.99$ a month is crazy.

Can’t use app without a subscription anymore

I’ve been using this app faithfully all year, even recommending it to multiple people. I’ve said how refreshing it is to have a simple, free app these days.. but no longer :/ I am really disappointed and now have to find another way to track my sobriety.

Developer, I know it’s important to be compensated for your work, but $5 a month is a lot to ask for, especially when your app is actively helping so many people. This will turn a lot of people off your app. I think $1-2 a month would be far more reasonable.
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Response from developer

Good morning! I’m sorry to hear that, and sorry if the pricing is too high, I’m still trying to find the perfect balance to continue working on this project without being too expensive. As I have some suggestions for you, can you send me an email so I can tell you more?