Comparison

AlcoLog vs Sober

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

Head to head
About

AlcoLog

This app helps you understand your drinking habits through session tracking, habit scoring, and personalized goals. It offers smart alerts, insights into your patterns, and features like photo recognition for logging drinks. It supports medication tracking and integrates with widgets and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • AlcoScore habit system
  • Personalized goal tracking
  • Real-time session logging
  • Extensive drink library
  • Photo recognition for drinks
  • Medication logging
  • Widgets and Apple Watch app
Features
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We know how hard it is to control your drinking. We built AlcoLog because we needed it ourselves, and we use it every day. AlcoLog helps you understand your drinking with session tracking, habit scoring, personal goals, smart alerts, insights, and a fully functional sober support mode. One app, two modes. No judgment, just awareness. SOBER MODE Switch modes and AlcoLog counts alcohol-free days instead of drinks. A ten-second check-in each evening, a breathing exercise to ride out a craving, milestones marked as they land, and a running total of the money and calories you have not spent. Slipped? Tell AlcoLog. Your days stay in your history, and you can switch back to tracking whenever you want. ALCOSCORE HABIT SYSTEM A 0-100 habit score across six weighted pillars: frequency, intensity, trend, control, behavior and recovery, on a rolling 28-day window. Every session ends with Proud Points, Pinch Points and helper/harmer notes. PERSONAL GOALS Pick a goal at setup: cut back, stay under a limit, build sober days, or quit entirely, which turns on Sober Mode. AlcoLog tracks weekly progress with no nags. Hit a 4-week under-target streak or a sobriety milestone for a celebration card. REAL-TIME SESSION TRACKING Start a session and log drinks. Units, calories, cost, count and timer tick in real time. Dynamic Island, Live Activities and Smart Stack widgets add a drink, log water or end the session. Forgot last night? Add it as a past session. 1,174 DRINKS, 91 SIZES, 8 REGIONS 596 beers and ciders, 441 spirits and seltzers, 93 liqueurs and 44 wines, 46 of them alcohol-free, plus 44 cocktail recipes. Glass sizes follow your region. PHOTO, MENU & RECEIPT SCANNING Snap your drink and AI fills in its type, strength, size and calories. Photograph a menu and AI lists every drink with its sizes and prices. Scan a receipt to log the whole round. BARCODE SCANNER Scan any barcode. AlcoLog checks Open Food Facts, USDA, LCBO and FatSecret for ABV, calories and nutrition. All four scanners are Premium, with 5 free AI scans to try in total. LOCATION TAGGING & HOME LOCATION (PREMIUM) Every drink is auto-tagged with a friendly place name, and a session map shows where your night went. Auto-start when you leave home, auto-end on arrival, with saved venues. Location stays on your device. SMART ALERTS Limits for units (Free) or calories, cost and drinks (Premium). Cross-threshold alerts and auto-incrementing limits. Hydration reminders, motivational notes and session auto-stop. MEDICATIONS Log Naltrexone, Gabapentin, Acamprosate, Disulfiram, Nalmefene, Topiramate, and GLP-1 agonists. Track doses, set redose timers, pin reminders to venues. Built for the Sinclair Method and other evidence-based approaches. WIDGETS, SIRI AND APPLE WATCH Home and Lock Screen widgets in every size. Premium adds 10 Siri Shortcuts, Smart Stack widgets, and the Watch app: AlcoScore, sessions, drink logging, medications, and 16 complications with real-time sync. HISTORY AND INSIGHTS Calendar heatmap reveals patterns. Trend graphs track units, drinks, calories and cost. Sober-streak trophies mark your best runs. Export to CSV (Free) or PDF (Premium, unlimited). PRIVACY FIRST Your drink log never reaches AlcoLog's servers; Premium backs it up daily to your own iCloud. No account required. No third-party analytics, ads, or crash SDKs. Anonymous data sharing is off by default. TWO TIERS Free: Session tracking, Sober Mode, AlcoScore, personal goals, past sessions, medications, Apple Health sync, 1,174 drinks, widgets, Units alerts, CSV export. Premium: Everything above, plus iCloud backup, favorites, AI photo, barcode, menu and receipt scanning, location tagging, saved venues, session map, all alerts, unlimited PDF export, Dynamic Island styles, and the Apple Watch app. Track smarter. Drink better. Take control. Powered by fatsecret nutrition API (www.fatsecret.com) Terms of Use: https://alcolog.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://alcolog.app/privacy.html

About

Sober

Features
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Sober is a private, no-nonsense way to track what you drink. Log drinks on a simple calendar quickly via presets or manual, mark dry days, and watch your alcohol units against WHO low-risk guidelines with clear charts and a dry-streak widget. Keep sober-day-streaks alive to help control your habit. Everything stays on your device. No account, no sign-up, no servers, no analytics — your data never leaves your phone. Bring data in or take it with you anytime via JSON backup or plain CSV. • Calendar logging with quick-add drinks you can reorder and customize • Stats over month/quarter/year/all with trend lines and WHO comparison • Dry-day streaks and a home-screen widget • Full local privacy — no data collection of any kind • Import/export (JSON & CSV)

Screenshots

AlcoLog4 screens
Sober4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sober at none against AlcoLog's 8. Sober also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. AlcoLog sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Sober asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
AlcoLog versus Sober: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlcoLogSober
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB2 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperDean ChewTom Enzi

In-app purchases

8 purchases

AlcoLog

Subscriptions2
  • AlcoLog Premium Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • AlcoLog Premium Yearly14 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time6
  • Buy me half a pint$0.99
  • Buy me a pint$2.99
  • Buy me a double$4.99
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  • Buy me a round$9.99
  • Buy the bar a round$49.99
  • AlcoLog Premium Lifetime$149.99
None

Sober

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AlcoLog free?
AlcoLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sober free?
Sober is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AlcoLog or Sober have ads?
Neither AlcoLog nor Sober shows ads.

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