Comparison

DrinkControl vs Eat Five

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

Head to head
About

DrinkControl

This app helps you track your alcohol intake, calories, and expenses. It converts drinks into standard alcohol units and provides insights into your drinking habits to help you cut back or stay mindful. Features include history tracking, dry day streaks, and personalized statistics.

Highlights
  • Track drinks, alcohol units, and calories
  • Monitor alcohol expenses
  • View drinking history in a calendar
  • Mark dry/sober days and streaks
  • Analyze alcohol and calorie consumption trends
  • Sync with Apple Health
  • Personalized drink infographics
Features
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More than a log — it’s your accountability partner. Track what, when, and how much you drink. Non-judgemental with full privacy (data is on your device only). DrinkControl helps you stay accountable and notice patterns in your drinking habits. Whether you're trying to cut back, stick to certain days, or simply stay more mindful, this app keeps you on track. “This app helped me reduce my drinking by simply making me aware.” We think and drink in glasses, cans and bottles — not alcohol units. But not all beers, wines, or cocktails contain the same amount of alcohol. DrinkControl takes the guesswork out of the equation by converting every drink into standard alcohol units / grams of pure alcohol, based on real guidelines from health institutions. “Really opens your eyes when you see how many units are in a few ‘innocent’ drinks.” Alcohol doesn’t just affect your liver — it affects your waistline and wallet too. Drinks are full of empty (without any nutritional value) calories. DrinkControl helps you stay aware of the amount of calories in your drinks, making it easier to manage your weight, cut down for health reasons, or save money. “This app helped me lose weight and drink less at the same time.” Features: - Easily and quickly track your drinks and alcohol expenses - Track and see your drinking history in calendar - Stay within low-risk/moderate alcohol limits - Mark your dry/sober days and streaks - Charts, trend-line and statistics on alcohol/calories consumed, money spent on drinks - Sync alcohol units (standard drinks) and alcohol calories with Apple Health - Get your personal infographic on drinks consumed Premium features include: - Add DrinkControl widgets for your homescreen - Set and customize drink tracking reminders/notifications - Get statistics and charts for previous months/weeks, quarters or years - Look back in the history, create an infographic for full month or year - Customize with your favourite types of drinks and serving sizes - Export data to .csv file for use in Excel/Numbers - Back up your data to iCloud or Dropbox - Select one of many alternate app icons Terms, Conditions and Privacy: https://drinkcontrolapp.com/privacy.htm

About

Eat Five

Easily track your daily fruit and vegetable intake to meet your healthy eating goals. Monitor your progress with daily and weekly charts, and receive helpful tips. Enhance your experience with an optional in-app purchase for an extensive food list and personalized features.

Highlights
  • Record fruit and vegetable portions
  • View daily and weekly progress charts
  • Set custom daily portion targets
  • Access NHS 5 a Day tips
  • Optional food list with portion sizes
  • Personalized food entries with photos
  • Virtual medals for hitting targets
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Hit your healthy eating target the easy way with Eat Five. Just record how many portions of fruit and vegetables you eat, then check your progress day by day and week by week. You can use the app straight away or you can buy a list of over 150 foods with portion sizes, full colour photos and Wikipedia links using the in-app purchase. With Eat Five you can: - Record how many portions you have. - See your daily totals. - Check a chart showing your progress each week. - Set your own target from 5 to 10 portions a day. - See 5 a Day tips from the NHS. If you buy the food list you can also: - See recommended portion sizes for over 150 different foods. - Add your own foods with photos. - Show your most recently used foods first when adding a new record. - Get monthly summaries showing your monthly totals and daily average. - Win virtual medals for hitting your target 7 or more days in a row in 1 month. - See how many consecutive days you've hit your target. - Set a daily reminder telling you how many more portions you need.

Screenshots

DrinkControl4 screens
Eat Five4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DrinkControl at 94% against Eat Five's 56%. DrinkControl also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (4.3K vs 72). Eat Five's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. DrinkControl sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Eat Five sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DrinkControl holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DrinkControl has 4.3K ratings behind it against 72, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of DrinkControl's written reviews are positive against 56% of Eat Five's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DrinkControl ships an update every 3 weeks, Eat Five every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DrinkControl versus Eat Five: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrinkControlEat Five
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4.3K ratings) — better4.4 (72 ratings)
Positive reviews94.3% of reviews — better56.3% of reviews
Number of ratings4.3K — better72
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.415.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB83 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperE-protectChristopher Ratcliffe

Customer experience

DrinkControl

All ratings4,341 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews644 reviews
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.1%
Negative2.6%

Eat Five

All ratings72 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive56.3%
Neutral18.8%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

DrinkControl

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Calendar view shows incorrect day colors
  • Email button opens wrong mail app

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add custom drink size and ABV options
  • Allow users to set their own drink limits
  • Improve overall UI and UX
  • Implement time-of-day tracking for drinks

Eat Five

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

DrinkControl

Subscriptions7
  • Monthly tip/donation$0.991 Month
  • Premium$2.991 Month
  • DrinkControl Plus (monthly)$3.991 Month
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  • DrinkControl Premium (monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Premium$6.991 Year
  • DrinkControl Premium (yearly)$11.991 Year
  • DrinkControl Plus (annual)$14.991 Year
One-time6
  • Generous Tip$2.99
  • Premium features (promo)$4.99
  • Premium features$9.99
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  • Premium, lifetime$14.99
  • Premium, lifetime$19.99
  • Premium, lifetime$24.99
1 purchases

Eat Five

One-time1
  • Food List$0.99

Questions

Is DrinkControl free?
DrinkControl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Eat Five free?
Eat Five is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DrinkControl or Eat Five?
DrinkControl is rated higher. DrinkControl averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4.3K ratings, while Eat Five averages 4.4 from 72 ratings.
Do DrinkControl or Eat Five have ads?
Neither DrinkControl nor Eat Five shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DrinkControl or Eat Five?
DrinkControl ships an update every 3 weeks, and Eat Five every 3 months. Most recently, DrinkControl was updated on October 19, 2026 and Eat Five on October 16, 2026.

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