DrinkControl vs AlcoGrip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
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.
- Alcohol consumption tracking
- Manual and preset drink logging
- Apple Health integration
- Apple Watch companion app
- Consumption insights and limits
- Automatic reminders
- Data export functionality
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DrinkControl at Free against AlcoGrip's $2.99. DrinkControl also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (4.4K vs 62). AlcoGrip's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and chart position (#32 vs unranked). On ads and iOS requirement 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
DrinkControl is free to download; AlcoGrip costs $2.99 up front. DrinkControl sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. AlcoGrip asks for nothing beyond the download.
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 62, 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 77% of AlcoGrip's.
DrinkControl ships an update every 3 weeks, AlcoGrip every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DrinkControl | AlcoGrip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.4K ratings) — better | 4.5 (62 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.3% of reviews — better | 76.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.4K — better | 62 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #32 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | E-protect | David van Erkelens |
Customer experience
DrinkControl
AlcoGrip
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
AlcoGrip
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DrinkControl
- 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
- 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
AlcoGrip
No in-app purchases
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