Comparison

DrinkControl vs Pour Decision

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

Pour Decision

This app helps you track your alcohol consumption and set personal goals for reducing or quitting drinking. It provides detailed logs, stats, and a drink database to support your journey towards mindful consumption.

Highlights
  • Set personalized drinking goals
  • Track alcohol units, calories, and money spent
  • Detailed logs and historical data
  • Visualizations of consumption patterns
  • Extensive drink and cocktail database
  • Offline data storage
  • Privacy-focused local data storage
Features
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Pour Decision is an alcohol tracker and mindful drinking companion. Whether your goal is to reduce drinking or quit entirely, we're here to help you at your own pace. SETTING A GOAL - We guide you through setting up your drinking goal in alcohol units. You can choose from recommended presets based on country guidelines or customize your own. Decide how many days per week you'll likely drink, and we'll calculate your daily and weekly limits. SUMMARY - Your summary page features two sections: a list of today's drinks and a weekly breakdown. Quickly see your consumption for today and the current week so make your pour decisions wisely :) LOGS - The Logs tab is a detailed view of your drinking history. Scroll through quickly to find what you've had on specific dates and add or update entries as needed. TRACKING - Beyond logging drinks, Pour Decision tracks alcohol units, calories, and money spent on drinks. STATS - This tab includes visualizations of all tracked metrics, broken down into weekly, monthly, and yearly views. Find average values and discover your top drinks for the selected period. DRINK DATABASE - An extensive list of drinks and cocktails comes with pre-filled calories, ABV, portion sizes, and more. Popular drinks are covered, and you can request new additions. Remember, values are approximate, so double-check when necessary. DRINK CALENDAR - Take a quick glance at your drinking throughout the year presented in a compact calendar format. Using the drink calendar feature, you can easily recognize patterns and work on breaking your habits where it matters most. ONE TIME PURCHASE - This helpful companion is available with a one-time purchase and is yours forever! OFFLINE - All data is stored locally, so you can log drinks even without an internet connection! PRIVACY - Your data stays on your device and never leaves. ===================== Attributions - Drink icons designed by Freepik from https://www.freepik.com - Hand illustrations designed by Lionel Taurus from https://www.figma.com/community/file/990218169140929445 ===================== For questions, bug reports, feature request or anything else, please contact oz@ozbuilds.dev

Screenshots

DrinkControl4 screens
Pour Decision4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DrinkControl at Free against Pour Decision's $4.99. DrinkControl also leads on ratings volume (4.4K vs 3). Pour Decision's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads 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

DrinkControl is free to download; Pour Decision costs $4.99 up front. DrinkControl sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Pour Decision asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pour Decision holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DrinkControl has 4.4K ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of Pour Decision's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DrinkControl ships an update every 3 weeks, Pour Decision monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DrinkControl versus Pour Decision: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrinkControlPour Decision
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.8 (4.4K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.4K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.413.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB34 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperE-protectOzBuilds, LLC

Customer experience

DrinkControl

All ratings4,355 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews645 reviews
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.1%
Negative2.6%

Pour Decision

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Pour Decision

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
None

Pour Decision

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DrinkControl free?
DrinkControl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pour Decision free?
Pour Decision costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DrinkControl or Pour Decision?
Pour Decision is rated higher. DrinkControl averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4.4K ratings, while Pour Decision averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do DrinkControl or Pour Decision have ads?
Neither DrinkControl nor Pour Decision shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DrinkControl or Pour Decision?
DrinkControl ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pour Decision monthly. Most recently, DrinkControl was updated on October 23, 2026 and Pour Decision on October 8, 2026.

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