Comparison

Bottle Cap vs Intake

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bottle Cap

Easily log your alcohol intake to encourage more mindful drinking. Set personal weekly limits and track your progress with a simple, intuitive interface. Your data is kept private and synced securely with your health app.

Highlights
  • Effortless drink logging
  • Personalized weekly limits
  • Intuitive progress visualization
  • Secure Health app sync
  • Private data storage
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The simplest way to more mindful drinking. Bottle Cap is focussed on making logging your alcohol intake quick and easy. Forget about calculating measures or alcohol strength; it's the alcohol tracking app you'll actually use. Set your weekly limit, tap to log a drink, and keep an eye or your intake. All synced securely to Health. EFFORTLESS DRINK LOGGING Tap to log a single drink or an entire session. It's fast, easy, and super simple. PERSONALISE YOUR LIMIT Choose a weekly limit that feels right for you, no judgement. FUN AND INTUITIVE DESIGN See your remaining drink allowance at a glance. SEE YOUR JOURNEY Track your entries directly in Bottle Cap or jump into Health for a more detailed historic view. PRIVATE AND SECURE Bottle Cap never tracks you. Your data stays on your device, syncing only with Health. ABSOLUTELY FREE No hidden fees or pay-walls. Created to support better drinking habits, not to turn a profit. Bottle Cap is the easiest way to keep tabs on your alcohol intake, start your journey to mindful drinking today.

About

Intake

This app helps you track your alcohol consumption privately and understand its impact on your sleep, mood, and mornings. Log drinks easily, set goals, and monitor your progress without ads or requiring an account. It offers insights into how drinking affects your well-being and supports healthier habits.

Highlights
  • One-tap drink logging
  • Daily and weekly goal setting
  • Drink-free streak tracking
  • Morning mood check-ins
  • Sleep and steps integration
  • Customizable challenges
  • Privacy mode and Face ID
Features
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Drink less. Feel better. Intake is a simple, private alcohol tracker. Log a drink in one tap, see how you're doing against your goals, and learn how drinking affects your sleep, mood and mornings. No ads and no account: your drinks stay on your iPhone and in Apple Health. TRACK • Log beer, wine, spirits and cider, or add a drink in one tap from a widget or Apple Watch. • Set daily and weekly goals and see where you stand at a glance on the Dashboard. • Build drink-free streaks and see every day on the Calendar. • Count in drinks, UK units, or EU, Australian, New Zealand or Canadian standard drinks. UNDERSTAND • Morning check-in: the morning after drinking, tell Intake how you feel in one tap. • Log symptoms and how strong each one is, and your mood with a slider that saves to Apple Health's State of Mind. • See last night's sleep and today's steps next to your drinks. • Charts and stats for your week, month and year. STAY ON TRACK • Take on challenges like Dry January. • Optional reminders to log your day and check in the next morning. • Share a card when you reach a milestone, with your drink counts hidden by default. • Privacy mode and Face ID keep Intake discreet. • Export your data to CSV anytime. INTAKE PLUS • See how drinking affects your sleep and steps over time. • Drink-free day wins: how much better you slept and how much more you moved. • Weekly reviews and more stats for goals, symptoms and trends. • Set milestones and see forecasts. • Describe your mood with feelings and what's affecting it. • Create your own challenges. Plus is a one-time purchase: pay once and keep it. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Bottle Cap4 screens
Intake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bottle Cap at none against Intake's 6. Bottle Cap also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 1). Intake's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Intake sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Bottle Cap asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Intake holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bottle Cap has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bottle Cap ships an update every 3 weeks, Intake weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bottle Cap versus Intake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBottle CapIntake
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (15 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB5 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperRichard PicotGregory Bell

Customer experience

Bottle Cap

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Intake

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bottle Cap

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Intake

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$8.991 Year
One-time4
  • High Five$1.99
  • Intake Plus$4.99
  • Heartfelt Appreciation$5.99
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  • You're the best!$9.99

Questions

Is Bottle Cap free?
Bottle Cap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Intake free?
Intake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bottle Cap or Intake?
Intake is rated higher. Bottle Cap averages 4.6 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Intake averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bottle Cap or Intake have ads?
Neither Bottle Cap nor Intake shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bottle Cap or Intake?
Bottle Cap ships an update every 3 weeks, and Intake weekly. Most recently, Bottle Cap was updated on November 4, 2026 and Intake on November 8, 2026.

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