DrinkControl vs BoozeBuddy
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
BoozeBuddy
This app helps you monitor your alcohol intake with easy logging and detailed insights into your drinking habits. Track units, spending, and view your history at a glance. Receive personalized health advice based on your consumption.
- Log various drink types
- Track standard drink units
- View consumption statistics
- Monitor spending
- Calendar history view
- Customizable health insights
- Dark mode interface
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BoozeBuddy is your friendly companion for mindful drinking. This elegant, easy-to-use app helps you track your alcohol consumption while providing valuable insights about your drinking patterns. Features: Effortlessly log beers, wines, cocktails, shots, and create custom drinks Track standard drink units to stay aware of your consumption View beautiful, detailed statistics and identify your drinking patterns Monitor spending with optional cost tracking Use the calendar view to see your history at a glance Add locations, notes and other details to each entry Create favorites for quick logging of your regular drinks Get customized health insights based on your actual consumption Dark mode interface designed for comfort in all environments BoozeBuddy is designed for anyone who wants to be more mindful about their drinking - whether you're looking to cut back, stay within health guidelines, track expenses, or just be more aware of your habits. Your privacy is important to us. All your data stays on your device and is never shared. Download BoozeBuddy today and take control of your drinking habits with a sleek, non-judgmental companion.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BoozeBuddy at none against DrinkControl's 13. BoozeBuddy also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.4). DrinkControl's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (4.4K vs 60). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. DrinkControl sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. BoozeBuddy asks for nothing beyond the download.
BoozeBuddy holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DrinkControl has 4.4K ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 94% of DrinkControl's written reviews are positive against 92% of BoozeBuddy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
DrinkControl ships an update every 3 weeks, BoozeBuddy every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DrinkControl | BoozeBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.4K ratings) | 4.9 (60 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.4% of reviews — better | 91.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.4K — better | 60 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | E-protect | Manav Modi |
Customer experience
DrinkControl
BoozeBuddy
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
BoozeBuddy
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
BoozeBuddy
No in-app purchases
Questions
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