Comparison

Drink Count Alcohol Tracker vs Moderation

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

Head to head
About

Drink Count Alcohol Tracker

Easily log your alcohol consumption with a simple interface. Track daily totals and view historical statistics. Features include lock screen and Apple Watch integration for quick logging.

Highlights
  • Single-page drink logging
  • Daily drink tally
  • Lock screen Live Activity
  • Apple Watch app and complication
  • iPhone widget
  • Track drinking over time
Features
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Drink Count is a simple drink-counting app that is easy to use no matter how many beers you've had. Keep a daily drink tally on the iPhone lock screen or record directly from your Apple Watch face. Track your drinking over time. Features: - Single-page app with current drink count, counts/stats in a lookback period, and ability to add/subtract drinks. - Live Activity on iPhone lock screen with buttons to add/subtract to the daily count. - Apple Watch app with current drink count and ability to add/subtract drinks. - Apple Watch complication displaying current count, linking to the Watch app on tap. - iPhone widget of same design. Drink Count is free to use, free of ads, and requires no login.

About

Moderation

Features
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Drink a little less, without the lecture. Moderation is a gentle drink tracker for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Set your own weekly goal, log a drink in one tap, and let two simple rings keep the score. TWO RINGS, ONE HABIT The inner ring is today against your daily limit. The outer ring is the week against your goal. Tighten or loosen your goals anytime, and past weeks keep the goals they were set under. LOG ANYWHERE IN ONE TAP • The big button in the app, with type, time, and cost when you care about them • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Control Center and the Action button • Apple Watch, with its own app and complications • Siri: "Log a beer in Moderation." Siri asks for anything you left out, then shows your week with an Undo button. DRY DAYS COUNT TOO Confirm alcohol-free days, build streaks, and set a dry-days goal. Each morning Moderation can ask whether anything from yesterday is missing, and "Nothing to add" marks the day dry. SEE YOUR PATTERNS A ring calendar of your whole history, charts by hour, day, week, and month, a breakdown by drink type, and a weekly wrap-up in plain numbers. Never judgment. SPENDING, IF YOU WANT IT Add what a drink cost and see your spending by week or month. Sometimes the wallet is the best coach. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account and no ads. Your drinks sync between your devices through your private iCloud, and can be saved to Apple Health, where you can view, export, or delete them anytime. MODERATION PRO Moderation is a subscription with monthly and yearly plans. New subscribers start with a free week. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Moderation isn't a medical app. If you're worried about your drinking, please talk to a healthcare professional. Privacy Policy: https://usemoderation.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Drink Count Alcohol Tracker2 screens
Moderation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drink Count Alcohol Tracker at none against Moderation's 2. Drink Count Alcohol Tracker also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). Moderation's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 10 days). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. Moderation sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Drink Count Alcohol Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Drink Count Alcohol Tracker against 5.0 for Moderation. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drink Count Alcohol Tracker has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drink Count Alcohol Tracker ships an update every 10 days, Moderation daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Drink Count Alcohol Tracker versus Moderation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrink Count Alcohol TrackerModeration
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB22 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBryce SandlundJonathan Hill

In-app purchases

None

Drink Count Alcohol Tracker

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Moderation

Subscriptions2
  • Moderation Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Moderation Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Drink Count Alcohol Tracker free?
Drink Count Alcohol Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Moderation free?
Moderation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drink Count Alcohol Tracker or Moderation?
Drink Count Alcohol Tracker and Moderation are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 10 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Drink Count Alcohol Tracker or Moderation have ads?
Neither Drink Count Alcohol Tracker nor Moderation shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drink Count Alcohol Tracker or Moderation?
Drink Count Alcohol Tracker ships an update every 10 days, and Moderation daily. Most recently, Drink Count Alcohol Tracker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Moderation on October 29, 2026.

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