Comparison

Drynosaur vs Diet Score Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Drynosaur

Track your progress in reducing alcohol consumption with a unique pet that evolves as you achieve milestones. Monitor your feelings, temptations, and status with intelligent prompts. Access mindfulness exercises, games, savings tracking, and helpful guides to support your journey.

Highlights
  • Evolving companion pet
  • Daily check-ins and mood tracking
  • Milestone celebrations and Fossil Museum
  • Mindfulness exercises and games
  • Savings tracker
  • Alcohol-free guides and strategies
Features
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Take a break from drinking and watch your Drynosaur evolve alongside you. At its heart is a simple truth: the most meaningful transformations happen one day at a time. Your Drynosaur is a companion that grows stronger as you do: each alcohol-free day advancing it through distinct evolutionary stages. The daily check-in is remarkably straightforward. You track how you're feeling. Note your temptations. Record your status. The interface responds with intelligent prompts that understand where you are in your journey. What makes this feel entirely different are the evolution and era systems. These aren't arbitrary markers, they're celebrations of genuine milestones. The transformations are full-screen, deliberate. They mean something. The timeline gives you perfect clarity. A clean, calendar-based view of your progress. Every alcohol-free day visible at a glance. Paired with this are the health benefits associated with each stage of your journey. I've thought carefully about the moments that matter most. The Fossil Museum unlocks at key achievements - your first week, thirty days, meaningful journal entries. Each fossil is detailed, deliberate. A permanent record of what you've accomplished. There are moments when you need support. A social event. A late night. For these, the Campfire offers a collection of mindfulness exercises and focused games. Dryno Run, Cards, Dryno Hop. Simple tools, there when you need them. The savings tracker does exactly what it says - it calculates the money you've saved by not drinking. Sometimes the most powerful information is the most straightforward. And because knowledge matters, guides are included. Strategies and tools for staying alcohol-free, always at your fingertips. Whether it's Sober October, Dry January, or simply taking a break - Drynosaur is designed to make something challenging feel engaging. I think you're going to love it. ------ TERMS OF USE: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ------ SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION A Drynosaur+ subscription is required to use and enjoy full access to features and content. The subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your Apple Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. From your Apple Account settings you can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your Apple Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. If you subscribe before your trial ends, the remaining free trial period will be forfeited when your purchase is confirmed. ------ DISCLAIMER: This app is designed to support your sobriety journey but is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Alcohol withdrawal can be dangerous - please consult a healthcare professional if you are dependent on alcohol.

About

Diet Score Tracker

This app scores your last seven days of meals against four popular dietary patterns. Simply photograph a plate, confirm the dish, and receive scores based on MIND, DASH, Mediterranean, and HEI-2020 guidelines. All data is processed and stored locally on your device.

Highlights
  • Photograph meals for scoring
  • Scores against 4 dietary patterns
  • Local data processing and storage
  • No grams or guessing required
  • Export log and settings
  • Single purchase, no subscription
Features
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Adherence scores your last seven days of meals against four published dietary patterns — MIND, DASH, Mediterranean and HEI-2020. Photograph a plate, confirm what it is, and the score follows. HOW IT WORKS Point the camera at a plate. The app proposes what it recognises — five dishes, then five more if none of those fit, and a way to describe your own if the catalog doesn't hold it. Nothing is logged until you confirm it. Recognition proposes; you decide. FOUR DIET SCORES Each of the four is a published instrument with its own definition of a good week, and they disagree with each other — which is the point. A week that scores well on one and poorly on another is telling you something a single number cannot. Every component is shown with the rule it was scored against, so no figure is unaccountable. Run all four, or switch off the ones you aren't interested in. NO GRAMS, NO GUESSING A photograph cannot recover grams — the oil in the pan, the depth of the bowl — so the app does not pretend otherwise. Portions are four coarse steps. A dish you described yourself gets no invented nutrient figures, and where a rubric needs a measurement that was never taken, it leaves the plate out rather than scoring you on a number nobody has. A missing measurement is not a low one. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR PHONE No account, no sign-in, no server holding your meals. Photos are never uploaded, your log is never transmitted, and every score is arithmetic that runs on the device. The app sends anonymous milestone events — that it was opened, that a trial started, that a purchase completed — so we know it is being used. Never a dish, a photo, a score, or anything you typed. ONE PAYMENT Free for seven days, and the clock starts when you log your first plate rather than when you install — so you can take a photo, see what it recognises and read how the scoring works before anything begins. After that Adherence is a single purchase. No subscription. Nothing renews. YOUR LOG IS YOURS Export your log and settings to a file in Files or iCloud Drive, and read it back on a new phone. No account means nothing to lock you out. Adherence is a general wellness app. It is not a medical device, it does not give medical advice, and it does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Its scores describe what you logged; talk to a doctor or a qualified professional before making changes because of anything it shows you.

Screenshots

Drynosaur4 screens
Diet Score Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Diet Score Tracker at free with in-app purchases against Drynosaur's subscription. Diet Score Tracker also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). Drynosaur's advantage is ratings volume (468 vs 1). On price, 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. Drynosaur sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Diet Score Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Diet Score Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drynosaur has 468 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drynosaur ships an update fortnightly, Diet Score Tracker every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Drynosaur versus Diet Score Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrynosaurDiet Score Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (468 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings468 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB127 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGareth HarteKlodian Dhana

Customer experience

Drynosaur

All ratings462 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral3.1%
Negative46.9%

Diet Score Tracker

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

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Drynosaur

Subscriptions7
  • Weekly+$6.997 Days
  • Drynosaur+ Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Drynosaur+ Monthly$12.991 Month
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  • Drynosaur+ Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Yearly+$39.991 Year
  • Drynosaur+ Yearly3 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
  • Drynosaur+ Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
1 purchases

Diet Score Tracker

One-time1
  • Full Access$9.99

Questions

Is Drynosaur free?
Drynosaur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Diet Score Tracker free?
Diet Score Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drynosaur or Diet Score Tracker?
Diet Score Tracker is rated higher. Drynosaur averages 4.8 out of 5 from 468 ratings, while Diet Score Tracker averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Drynosaur or Diet Score Tracker have ads?
Drynosaur shows ads; Diet Score Tracker does not.
Which is updated more often, Drynosaur or Diet Score Tracker?
Drynosaur ships an update fortnightly, and Diet Score Tracker every 4 days. Most recently, Drynosaur was updated on November 7, 2026 and Diet Score Tracker on October 31, 2026.

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