Comparison

DrinkControl vs meatless

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

About

meatless

Track your meat consumption to understand its environmental impact. Monitor CO2 and water savings, participate in challenges, and receive daily reminders to log your meals. Ideal for flexitarians looking to reduce their meat intake.

Highlights
  • CO2 tracker
  • Water tracker
  • Dietary challenges
  • Meal logging calendar
  • Daily reminders
  • Dark mode
  • Widgets
Features
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meatless is a free food tracker / meal tracker for meat consumption, so it’s basically like a diary for your diet! Keep an overview of your daily meat consumption and learn how you can help your health and the environment with it. Who is meatless for? Everyone! If you are a flexitarian, the app can help you to reduce your meat consumption. If you already live vegetarian, pescetarian or vegan, the app offers you useful information on CO2 and water consumption. At the moment, this app is mainly intended for flexitarians, i.e. for people who are actively looking to consume less meat, but as stated above, it can also be used as a vegetarian, pescetarian or vegan. Why should I eat less meat? * The production of meat produces a lot of Co2 and uses lots of water and is therefore very harmful to the environment. * If you do without meat, you spare a lot of innocent animals. Features: * Co2 tracker * meatless offers you a built-in Co2 calculator that shows how many kilograms of Co2 you have saved. * The values that serve as the basis for this calculation vary for each country and for the type of meat you consume. * If you create an entry, the following types of meat are available: fish, pork, beef, poultry and lamb. * Water tracker * Similar to the Co2 calculator, the water calculator calculates how many liters of water you save if you do without meat. * Challenges * Compared to other food tracker apps, meatless offers many challenges to complete. * Calendar * The calendar offers a perfect overview of previous entries. * Reminder * The app reminds you every day to record your eating behavior. * Dark Mode * Widgets * There are 3 different widgets too choose from: * Co2 and water consumption * Get information about your Co2 & Water consumption * Co2 challenge * Get information about your progress of the current Co2 challenge * water challenge * Get information about your progress of the current water challenge Oh and by the way, this app is free to use! ======================== Terms of Use https://meatless-app.com/terms-and-conditions/ Privacy Policy https://meatless-app.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

DrinkControl4 screens
meatless4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DrinkControl at 94% against meatless's 50%. DrinkControl also leads on ratings volume (4.4K vs 22) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). meatless's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and meatless sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. 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 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DrinkControl has 4.4K ratings behind it against 22, 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 50% of meatless's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
DrinkControl versus meatless: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrinkControlmeatless
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4.4K ratings) — better4.5 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews93.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4.4K — better22
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.412.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB26 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperE-protectMaximilian Haider

Customer experience

DrinkControl

All ratings4,355 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews851 reviews
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative2.7%

meatless

All ratings21 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative40.0%

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

meatless

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 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-time3
  • Premium features$9.99
  • Premium, lifetime$14.99
  • Premium, lifetime$24.99
2 purchases

meatless

Subscriptions2
  • meatless Premium Monthly$3.491 Month
  • meatless Premium Annual$9.491 Year

Questions

Is DrinkControl free?
DrinkControl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is meatless free?
meatless is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DrinkControl or meatless?
DrinkControl is rated higher. DrinkControl averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4.4K ratings, while meatless averages 4.5 from 22 ratings.
Do DrinkControl or meatless have ads?
Neither DrinkControl nor meatless shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DrinkControl or meatless?
DrinkControl ships an update every 3 weeks, and meatless every 3 weeks. Most recently, DrinkControl was updated on November 6, 2026 and meatless on November 3, 2026.

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