Comparison

AlcoGrip vs Consume

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AlcoGrip

Track your alcohol intake with this straightforward iOS application. Log drinks manually or via presets, and gain insights into your consumption patterns over various timeframes. It offers Apple Health and Shortcuts integration, with Apple Watch support for convenient logging.

Highlights
  • Alcohol consumption tracking
  • Manual and preset drink logging
  • Apple Health integration
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Consumption insights and limits
  • Automatic reminders
  • Data export functionality
Features
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AlcoGrip is the no-nonsense alcohol tracker for iOS. Using AlcoGrip, you can keep track of your alcohol consumption via your phone, directly via your Apple Watch, or straight from your home screen or lock screen. Add your own drink presets or add consumptions manually, and gain insights in your alcohol usage. AlcoGrip automatically groups your consumptions in sessions, and you can see the consumptions you logged in the past 24 hours, week, month, or since the start of the year. AlcoGrip will also remind you to keep logging your consumptions, since thinking about an app is the last thing you want to do when you're enjoying some beverages. AlcoGrip can also integrate with Apple Health and Shortcuts, and provide data about your consumptions. AlcoGrip does not require any subscription or in-app purchases to work, once you got the app - it's yours forever. AlcoGrip includes: - iPhone widget for your home screen, lock screen, and smart stack - track your session, last 7 or 30 days, or year-to-date at a glance - Apple Watch complication in circular, rectangular, and corner styles - Edit any logged consumption to fix its time, drink, or notes - Swipe a logged drink in your history to log it again with the current time - Favourite your most-used drinks and search by name to keep your collection manageable - Smarter reminders that mention which drink you logged and let you log again in one tap - Integration with Apple Health - Integration with Shortcuts - iCloud sync to store your data on all your devices - Automatic grouping of consumptions in sessions - Manual consumption entry - Consumption entry based on manageable drink presets, based on a single alcoholic component or multiple alcoholic components - Insights into your alcohol consumptions - Set limits on your consumption (consumptions, standard units or grams of alcohol) per day, 7, or 30 days - See your consumption in standard drinks (definitions for multiple countries are available, as well as a custom option) - Companion app for Apple Watch to log consumptions from your wrist - Automatic reminders to help you keep logging your consumptions - Export functionality - Scan labels to automaticallly fill in consumption details

About

Consume

Monitor your alcohol consumption, including drinks, calories, and expenses. Make informed choices to foster a healthier relationship with alcohol.

Highlights
  • Track drinks consumed
  • Monitor calorie intake
  • Log alcohol spending
  • Metric-based decision making
  • Improve relationship with alcohol
Features
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Track your drinks, calories, and spending to improve your relationship with alcohol through metric-based decision making.

Screenshots

AlcoGrip4 screens
Consume3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Consume at Free against AlcoGrip's $2.99. Consume also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). AlcoGrip's advantage is ratings volume (63 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Consume is free to download; AlcoGrip costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Consume holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AlcoGrip has 63 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
AlcoGrip versus Consume: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlcoGripConsume
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (63 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings63 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB2 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperDavid van ErkelensAlexander Watts

Customer experience

AlcoGrip

All ratings63 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral6.3%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative15.4%

Consume

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

AlcoGrip

No in-app purchases

None

Consume

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AlcoGrip free?
AlcoGrip costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Consume free?
Consume is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AlcoGrip or Consume?
Consume is rated higher. AlcoGrip averages 4.5 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while Consume averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do AlcoGrip or Consume have ads?
Neither AlcoGrip nor Consume shows ads.

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