Drink Smart vs Vesper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Drink Smart
This app helps you monitor and manage your alcohol consumption. It offers features like scanning drinks to log them, real-time tracking of alcohol content, and personalized insights to understand your drinking habits and set personal goals. It also includes hydration tracking and a drink journal.
- Scan and log drinks instantly
- Real-time alcohol tracking
- Personalized insights and reports
- Smart hydration tracker
- Drink journal with custom notes
- Simple, modern design
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Drink Smart β The Ultimate Alcohol Tracker & Drink Log App Take control of your drinking habits with Drink Smart, the most advanced alcohol tracking app built for people who want to stay aware, stay healthy, and drink smarter. Top Features: β’ Scan & Log Any Drink Instantly Use your camera to scan beverages and automatically track alcohol content, calories, and hydration. No manual entry needed! β’ Real-Time Alcohol Tracking Monitor your alcohol consumption as you go. Stay informed with real-time data on ABV, hydration loss, and more. β’ Personalized Insights & Monthly Reports Get powerful drink insights and monthly summaries to help you understand trends, reduce binge drinking, and set personal goals. β’ Smart Hydration Tracker Balance your intake with hydration suggestions and daily wellness tips. β’ Drink Journal with Custom Notes Keep a personal drink diary to remember what you had and how you felt. β’ Simple, Beautiful Design Track your drinks in style with a clean, modern interface. Drink Smart Requires a subscription to access Terms Of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Vesper
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Drink mindfully and wake up feeling fine. Vesper is the one-tap way to keep an honest count of your night, see how you're tracking against your own limit, and learn how it all adds up over time. Vesper is for people who still enjoy a drink and want to stay in control, not quit. No lectures, no guilt. Just a clear picture of tonight, and of your drinking over time. HOW IT WORKS Set a unit limit before you go out. Tap the big plus button each time you have a drink. Vesper keeps the count, draws a fluid gauge, and updates an estimate of what's still active as the night goes on. The first drink starts a session automatically. It closes itself quietly once the night winds down and moves to History. YOUR LIMIT, YOUR RULES Choose how firmly the app responds as you approach your limit: β’ Relaxed: colours shift quietly, nothing nags β’ Encouraging: friendly nudges as the night fills up β’ Strict: stronger warnings, heavier haptics, and one deliberate confirmation past the limit No mode ever blocks logging. Vesper records the night as it actually happened. THE MORNING AFTER The next day, one tap notes how the morning went: rough, okay, or good. Over time Vesper connects how you felt to how much you drank, so you learn your own tipping point instead of guessing. INSIGHTS See this week at a glance for free: units, nights out, and how often you stayed under your limit, with a seven-day chart. Go further with Pro: long-term trends, your heaviest weekdays, the point where nights tend to turn, and your drink-free streaks. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK β’ Apple Watch app with a gauge and one-tap logging β’ Home and Lock Screen widgets β’ Live Activity and Dynamic Island β’ Siri shortcuts β’ Smart Stack card Every surface shows the same session, whichever device logged the drink. APPLE HEALTH Opt in and your drinks are saved as alcoholic-beverage records you own. Delete a drink and the record goes too. With Pro, you can also let Vesper read your sleep and resting heart rate to show how a heavier night lands the next morning. It reads only those two, only with your permission, and works fully without any of it. MAKE IT YOURS Recolour the whole evening with gauge themes, from Classic gold to Sunset, Ocean, Forest, and Mono. Preview any theme for free; applying one is a Pro touch. VESPER PRO Tonight is always free. Logging, the gauge, the live estimate, the Watch, widgets, and the Live Activity never cost a thing. Pro is for the morning after: β’ Insights: full trends, your tipping point, and Apple Health correlations β’ Personalization: gauge themes, with more looks to come β’ Your whole story: every night you've logged, not just the last few THE ESTIMATE, HONESTLY The "still active" number models steady clearance at roughly one unit per interval you set. It is deterministic and tested, but it is not blood alcohol content, and it knows nothing about your weight, food, or tonight's generous pours. It can never tell you that you're safe or fit to drive. Only time and a clear head can. SUBSCRIPTIONS This app offers a Vesper Pro version with additional features, available as a lifetime purchase, a monthly subscription, or a yearly subscription. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period and will be charged to your iTunes account. You can manage or turn off auto-renew in your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Vesper at fortnightly against Drink Smart's every 9 months. Drink Smart's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Drink Smart sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per year and Vesper sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Drink Smart ships an update every 9 months, Vesper fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drink Smart | Vesper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Fortnightly β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | β |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch β better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 β better | 26.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | digitechdynamics LLC | RocketScience IT |
In-app purchases
Drink Smart
- Yealry3 Days trial$12.991 Year
Vesper
- Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$6.991 Year
- Pro (Lifetime)$11.99









