Comparison

Intake & Burn vs Drift

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

Head to head
About

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 โ€ข Balance: See instantly if you're consuming more calories than you burn โ€ข Intake: Track your daily calorie consumption โ€ข Basal: Your resting energy expenditure โ€ข Activity: Calories burned through movement โ€ข 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).

About

Drift

Features
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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/

Screenshots

Intake & Burn4 screens
Drift4 screens

Verdict

The call

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.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Intake & Burn versus Drift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntake & BurnDrift
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB67 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperJurgen Hollfeldernomadcodemaster

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Intake & Burn

One-time4
  • Small Tip$1.00
  • Medium Tip$2.00
  • Large Tip$5.00
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  • Generous Tip$10.00
3 purchases

Drift

Subscriptions3
  • Lightly committed$0.997 Days
  • I can do it$4.997 Days
  • Drift High Weekly$9.997 Days

Questions

Is Intake & Burn free?
Intake & Burn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drift free?
Drift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Intake & Burn or Drift have ads?
Neither Intake & Burn nor Drift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Intake & Burn or Drift?
Intake & Burn ships an update every 4 days, and Drift every 3 days. Most recently, Intake & Burn was updated on October 24, 2026 and Drift on October 10, 2026.

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