DrinkControl vs DrinkCoach+
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.htm
DrinkCoach+
This app helps users monitor and reduce their alcohol consumption. It tracks units, calories, and costs, and offers tools like reminders, goal setting, and a CBT diary to manage cravings and associated issues. Users can also book one-to-one sessions with specialists.
- Track units, calories, and cost
- View and share drinking summaries
- Book one-to-one coaching sessions
- Set location and time-based reminders
- Set and share goals
- CBT diary for tracking hangovers, cravings, etc.
- Mindfulness and breathing exercise videos
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DrinkCoach is for those wanting to cut down, or simply keep an eye on, their drinking. • The Observer UK's Top Ten Health Apps • The Guardian UK's Top 30 iOS Apps of the Week • Sunrise Australia's App of the Week • NHS Health Library • Also profiled in Sunday Star Times, Nursing Times, Huffington Post and Refinery 29 With DrinkCoach you will be able to: • Keep track of units, calories & cost • View & share seven day summaries of your drinking • Book a one-to-one session with a specialist Drink Coach • Set location and time based reminders • Set & share goals • Track hangovers, arguments, cravings and accidents associated with your drinking via a CBT diary • Watch bespoke video covering mindfulness and breathing exercises to manage cravings and help you achieve your goals
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DrinkControl at 94% against DrinkCoach+'s 49%. DrinkControl also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (4.3K vs 108). DrinkCoach+'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. DrinkControl sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. DrinkCoach+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
DrinkControl holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DrinkControl has 4.3K ratings behind it against 108, 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 49% of DrinkCoach+'s.
DrinkControl ships an update every 3 weeks, DrinkCoach+ every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DrinkControl | DrinkCoach+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.3K ratings) — better | 4.4 (108 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.3% of reviews — better | 48.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.3K — better | 108 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 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 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | E-protect | Humankind Charity |
Customer experience
DrinkControl
DrinkCoach+
User reviews
DrinkControl
From 4.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 📊 Helpful data visualization
- 💰 Tracks cost and savings
- 🎉 Motivating dry day celebrations
- 🔍 Provides eye-opening awareness of consumption
Room to improve
- 🔢 Limited drink size and ABV options
- 🚫 Can't set custom drink limits
- 💻 Suboptimal interface design
- 🕰️ Lacks time-of-day tracking
DrinkCoach+
From 108 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and intuitive
- 📊 Visual representation of drinking habits
- 💡 Helpful for reducing alcohol intake
- 📈 Tracks alcohol-free days effectively
- ✅ Good for monitoring consumption
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inaccurate unit calculation
- 🐛 Buggy with time zone changes
- 🐛 Reports/exports not working correctly
- 🐛 App sometimes deletes data
- 🐛 Slow to load certain screens
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
DrinkCoach+
Reported bugs
12 issues- App sometimes deletes days when changing time zones
- Bug where it doesn’t give the correct average units over 30 days
- Screen with days to enter units is slow to come up
- Report doesn’t work, sends image instead of PDF
- If you fall off the wagon and fail to enter drinks, the app assumes a drink-free day
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- Bug that if you change time zone it moves the record to the previous day and gets confused
- Constantly crashed for me
- New version is crap
- Upgrade deleted over 12 months of tracking data
- App is randomly deleting stored tracking data
- Can’t track drinks for days in the top right of monthly calendar as it’s covered by the rewards badge
- Text is unhelpfully small and pastel blue on white background on iPhone
Requested features
24 requests- Export raw data to .csv or .xlsx
- Darker shade of red for high consumption
- Adjustable shot/standard drink sizes for different regions
- Personalized color coding
- Chart form for summary stats over time
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- Bar chart-type feature for tracking over longer periods
- Customizable drinks (add % and price when logging)
- More drink icons (sake, hard seltzer, stein)
- Option to add time/place of consumption
- Bring back at-a-glance viewing of units over time (not just PDF download)
- Add branded alcohols to select
- Option to affirm drink-free day before recording
- More customization options for units (e.g., ounces for US)
- Improve accuracy of unit calculation
- Fix bug with average units over 30 days
- Fix bug with time zone changes affecting records
- Improve reporting functionality
- Allow adding drinks by size and strength directly
- Allow tracking free drinks without altering other drink prices
- Allow differentiating units bought in supermarket vs bar
- Allow tracking spending on drinks for others (rounds)
- Include time and place alongside consumption
- Change day colors on calendar (green, amber, red)
- Make text more readable on iPhone (contrast and size)
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
DrinkCoach+
No in-app purchases
Questions
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