Intake & Burn vs Drift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Intake & Burn
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Intake & Burn gives you a clear view of your energy balance. The app connects to Apple Health and visualizes your calorie data in beautiful charts. YOUR ENERGY BALANCE AT A GLANCE โข Balance: See instantly if you're consuming more calories than you burn โข Intake: Track your daily calorie consumption โข Basal: Your resting energy expenditure โข Activity: Calories burned through movement โข Total Burned: Basal + Activity combined FLEXIBLE TIME PERIODS Analyze your data over 7, 30, or 90 days. Spot trends and track your progress over time. MULTIPLE CHART STYLES Choose between smooth lines, precise lines, or bar charts. Invert the Y-axis to match your preferences. STATISTICS Average, maximum, and minimum values at a glance. The data table shows you all the details. PRIVACY FIRST All data stays on your device. The app only reads from Apple Health and never sends anything to the internet. Requirement: The app needs data in Apple Health (e.g., from an Apple Watch or manual entries).
Drift
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You can't quit. But you can moderate. Drift is a habit app for the habits you don't want to break completely โ drinking less, smoking less, scrolling less, spending less. Most habit apps chase streaks, so one bad night wipes out weeks of progress and you give up. Drift tracks your moving average instead. A single slip barely moves the needle, and you can see yourself get back under your goal in a day or two, not a month. WHY AVERAGES, NOT STREAKS A 7-day average forgives a bad night and rewards you for the other six good ones. No shame spiral, no "I broke my streak so why bother" โ just an honest number that reflects how you're actually doing. STAY UNDER YOUR GOAL, PAY NOTHING Set a weekly or monthly target for each habit. Stay under it and Drift is free. Go over, and a small, pre-set charge kicks in โ real stakes, without a punishing up-front commitment contract. IT TIGHTENS ITSELF As you improve, your target quietly ratchets down with you, so the app keeps pace with your progress instead of staying static. SEE WHERE YOU'LL LAND A simple projection shows your average days ahead, so you know today whether you're on track before the week is over. BUILD HABITS UP, NOT JUST DOWN The same forgiving math works in reverse for habits you want to do more of โ gym, reading, water, anything with a number attached. ONE NUMBER, NO NOISE No gamification, no coach character, no streak fireworks. Just one honest number and a clean weekly view. LOG IT WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Add or subtract from the notification shade, or from a lock-screen widget. Press, tap, done โ the app never has to open. Drift is built for people who've tried quitting apps and commitment contracts and found them too punishing, and for people who've tried streak trackers and found them too fragile. It's the middle path: honest tracking, forgiving math, real stakes only when you need them. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Drift at 15.0 against Intake & Burn's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Intake & Burn sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Drift sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Intake & Burn ships an update every 4 days, Drift every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Intake & Burn | Drift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jurgen Hollfelder | nomadcodemaster |
In-app purchases
Intake & Burn
- Small Tip$1.00
- Medium Tip$2.00
- Large Tip$5.00
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- Generous Tip$10.00
Drift
- Lightly committed$0.997 Days
- I can do it$4.997 Days
- Drift High Weekly$9.997 Days









