Comparison

DrinkControl vs DayMark

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

DayMark

This tool helps you track daily routines and goals with a focus on detailed progress. It allows for nested sub-projects within main projects, enabling comprehensive monitoring of various aspects of your life, from fitness to personal development.

Highlights
  • Create projects and subprojects
  • Track daily check-ins
  • View check-in history
  • Yearly progress overview
  • Detailed statistics
  • Night mode support
  • iCloud synchronization
Features
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DayMark is a simple and easy-to-use habit tracker and daily tracking tool. The biggest feature of DayMark is that it supports sub-projects within a project for tracking. You can track anything you like on DayMark, such as fitness, study, work, menstrual period records, etc. For example, a fitness project includes: push-ups, squats, running and other sub-projects. You can track them simultaneously in the fitness project, and DayMark will automatically count the tracking data of push-ups, squats, running and other sub-projects. For example, how many push-ups did you do, how many kilometers did you run, etc. Currently supported features: - Create projects - Create sub-projects - Sub-project targets - Create groups - Project check-in - Check-in history - Yearly view - Statistics - Night mode - iCloud Syn Features supported in the future: - More dimensional statistics Contact the developer: linguny@gmail.com

Screenshots

DrinkControl4 screens
DayMark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: DrinkControl at 4.3K against DayMark's 7. DrinkControl also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 69%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 DayMark 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for DrinkControl against 4.7 for DayMark. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DrinkControl has 4.3K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of DrinkControl's written reviews are positive against 69% of DayMark's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DrinkControl versus DayMark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrinkControlDayMark
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4.3K ratings) — better4.7 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews94.2% of reviews — better69.2% of reviews
Number of ratings4.3K — better7
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.417.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperE-protect滚宁 林

Customer experience

DrinkControl

All ratings4,292 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews603 reviews
Positive94.2%
Neutral3.3%
Negative2.5%

DayMark

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral15.4%
Negative15.4%

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

DayMark

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

DayMark

One-time1
  • DayMark Pro$12.99

Questions

Is DrinkControl free?
DrinkControl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DayMark free?
DayMark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DrinkControl or DayMark?
DrinkControl is rated higher. DrinkControl averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4.3K ratings, while DayMark averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do DrinkControl or DayMark have ads?
Neither DrinkControl nor DayMark shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DrinkControl or DayMark?
DrinkControl ships an update monthly, and DayMark monthly. Most recently, DrinkControl was updated on September 24, 2026 and DayMark on September 22, 2026.

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