Comparison

Drinkwise vs BeanFade

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

Head to head
About

Drinkwise

This app helps you track your alcohol intake to build healthier drinking habits. It offers easy logging, smart analytics, and personalized goal setting with a privacy-first design. Understand your patterns and make informed decisions about consumption.

Highlights
  • Easy drink logging with custom details
  • Smart analytics and consumption insights
  • Personalized goal setting and reminders
  • Alcohol-free day tracking
  • Standard drink calculations
  • Privacy-first data security
Features
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Build Healthier Drinking Habits with DrinkWise Take control of your relationship with alcohol using DrinkWise, the comprehensive alcohol tracking app designed to help you drink more mindfully and make informed decisions about your consumption. Key Features: Easy Drink Logging • Quick log feature for instant drink recording • Detailed logging with custom drink names, volumes, and alcohol content • Automatic standard drink calculations • Support for all drink types: beer, wine, cocktails, spirits, and more • Add location and personal notes for better tracking Smart Analytics & Insights • Daily consumption summaries with visual progress tracking • Weekly and monthly drinking pattern analysis • Alcohol-free day tracking and streak counting • Personalized statistics and trends over time • Progress visualization with intuitive charts and graphs Personal Goal Setting • Set custom daily drinking limits based on health guidelines • Track progress toward your personal goals • Get gentle reminders when approaching your limits • Celebrate alcohol-free days and build positive streaks Health-Focused Approach • Standard drink calculations based on official health guidelines • Visual feedback system with color-coded progress indicators • Educational tips for mindful drinking and harm reduction • Privacy-first design - your data stays secure and private Beautiful, Intuitive Design • Clean, modern interface that makes tracking effortless • Dark and light mode support for comfortable viewing • Animated feedback and encouraging progress indicators • Seamless user experience across all features Why Choose DrinkWise? Unlike generic habit trackers, DrinkWise is specifically designed for alcohol consumption with features that matter most for mindful drinking. Our app uses evidence-based standard drink calculations, provides health-focused insights, and maintains a supportive, non-judgmental approach to help you build a healthier relationship with alcohol. Whether you want to cut back on drinking, track your consumption for health reasons, or simply become more aware of your habits, DrinkWise provides the tools and insights you need to succeed. Perfect For: • Anyone looking to drink more mindfully • People wanting to reduce their alcohol consumption • Those tracking drinking for health or medical reasons • Users building alcohol-free streaks and celebrating progress • Anyone interested in understanding their drinking patterns better Privacy & Security Your personal data is completely private and secure. We never share your information with third parties, and all data is stored securely with industry-standard encryption. Start your journey toward more mindful drinking today with DrinkWise - your personal companion for building healthier drinking habits. A purchase is required to access the apps content and use the app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

BeanFade

Features
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Enjoy your coffee. Know when to call it a day. Can you fit in another flat white before bedtime? BeanFade helps you decide. Log your drinks, see how much caffeine may still be in your system, and find your estimated last-coffee time for the day. Whether you want to cut back or simply understand your daily cups, BeanFade makes the numbers easy to follow. SEE WHAT'S LEFT, NOT JUST WHAT YOU DRANK Follow an interactive caffeine curve showing your estimated level now, how it changes through the day, and what's likely to remain at bedtime. See when it falls below your chosen sleep threshold, with a clear daily summary and a forecast for tomorrow morning. CHECK BEFORE YOUR NEXT CUP Choose a drink and see how it would change your daily total, bedtime caffeine and sleep-ready estimate before logging it. Your last-coffee time takes your usual drink, logged caffeine, metabolism setting and bedtime into account. Turn on a reminder for 30 minutes before your cut-off. LOG THE WAY YOU DRINK Track coffee, tea, matcha, energy drinks, soft drinks, chocolate and caffeine tablets. Search a catalogue of 190+ entries, including coffee-shop drinks and home coffee pods. Regional shop menus cover the UK, US and France; available drinks vary by country. Choose sizes and quantities, add a drink you had earlier, or create your own with a custom caffeine amount. Keep three favourites free and log favourites or recent drinks with one tap. Edit a mistake or undo a log in seconds. MAKE IT FIT YOUR ROUTINE Set your bedtime, wake-up time, daily limit and sleep threshold. Choose fast, average or slow metabolism, and set the drink you usually reach for. Overnight schedules and a pregnancy preset are supported too. SEE YOUR HABITS OVER TIME Keep your full drink history, browse weekly charts and explore a calendar shaded by daily caffeine intake. Revisit any logged day to see its total, peak and estimated bedtime level. Share a monthly summary or export your records as CSV. LESS TIME OPENING THE APP Log from Apple Watch, a Home Screen widget, Control Center, Siri or Shortcuts. Check your estimated caffeine level and daily guidance on your wrist, with Watch face complications for a quick glance. Connect Apple Health to save your caffeine and include caffeine logged by other apps without double-counting BeanFade's entries. THE EVERYDAY TOOLS ARE FREE Unlimited logging, the full drink catalogue, custom drinks, full history, the in-app curve, sleep-ready and cut-off estimates, drink previews, Apple Health, Apple Watch logging, caffeine-now and quick-log widgets, reminders and CSV export are all included free. GO DEEPER WITH BEANFADE PREMIUM • Explore 30-day trends, usual last-cup times, days over your limit and average caffeine at bedtime. • Compare sleep duration on nights above and below your sleep threshold using Apple Health sleep data. • Follow your caffeine with Live Activities and Dynamic Island. • Set your own caffeine half-life and compare the full curve with and without another drink. • Unlock unlimited favourites, curve and Lock Screen widgets, and 12 extra app icons. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Made for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, with light and dark modes and English and French interfaces. No account needed. Your caffeine calculations and sleep comparisons happen on your device; your caffeine and sleep records stay on your devices. Download BeanFade and get to know your daily caffeine, one cup at a time. Caffeine levels and sleep-ready times are estimates based on your logs and settings, not a measurement or a guarantee of sleep. BeanFade does not provide medical advice. Terms of Use: https://beanfade.com/terms/

Screenshots

Drinkwise3 screens
BeanFade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Drinkwise at 15.1 against BeanFade's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Drinkwise sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BeanFade sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Drinkwise versus BeanFade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrinkwiseBeanFade
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB38 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperBryan EllisQuentin Domenjoud

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Drinkwise

One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$24.99
3 purchases

BeanFade

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$13.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$35.99

Questions

Is Drinkwise free?
Drinkwise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BeanFade free?
BeanFade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Drinkwise or BeanFade have ads?
Neither Drinkwise nor BeanFade shows ads.

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