Comparison

Curb vs SugarGrip

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

Head to head
About

Curb

Features
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It's not 2pm when you fail your diet. It's 2am. You're tired. Your willpower is gone. And DoorDash is one tap away. Curb is the app you open instead. No meal plans. No calorie counting. No streaks you have to maintain perfectly. Just โ€” one button, at the moment the craving hits, that reminds you why you started. **HOW IT WORKS** When alcoholics want to drink, they call their sponsor. That one interaction is enough to break the loop. Nobody built that for food. Until now. Open the app. See your goal photo. Remember your reason. See how many days you have left. That's it. The craving passes. You win. **WHAT'S INSIDE** โ€ข Your photo โ€” your goal body, your before photo, someone you want to be there for โ€ข Your reason โ€” the truest thing you've got, in your own words โ€ข Your countdown โ€” days until the moment that matters โ€ข Your streak โ€” every day you open this instead of ordering out **THE SLIDESHOW** Press I'M STRUGGLING and Curb walks you through 4 cards โ€” your photo, your reason, your countdown, your streak โ€” each one a reminder of what you're doing this for. It ends with the numbers: cravings curbed, calories saved, money saved, days remaining. Then two buttons: I'M STAYING STRONG. I SLIPPED TODAY. No judgment either way. Just honesty. **THE SLIP FLOW** Slipping doesn't break your streak. The next time you open the app, Curb asks: was it worth it? Over time it builds your regret percentage โ€” the number that tells you whether caving actually makes you feel better. Spoiler: it usually doesn't. **WHO THIS IS FOR** You eat well during the day. You fall apart at night. You've tried apps before and they didn't stick because they were built for your best self, not your 2am self. Curb is built for 2am. **FREE FOREVER** The core experience โ€” photo, reason, countdown, slideshow, win/slip tracking โ€” is completely free. No paywalls on the thing that actually works. Premium unlocks multiple photos and reasons so the slideshow never gets stale, plus an alternatives card with exit ramps when you need options instead of willpower. --- Download Curb. Open it before you open DoorDash.

About

SugarGrip

Features
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Most sugar apps want you to quit. SugarGrip helps you stay in control instead. Cutting sugar out entirely is unrealistic for most people, and the all-or-nothing framing is exactly what makes one biscuit feel like a ruined week. SugarGrip is built on the opposite idea: you decide how much sugar fits your life, and three things keep you in that zone โ€” a log that takes seconds, real help the moment a craving hits, and a picture of your own habits that gets sharper every week. LOGGING THAT TAKES SECONDS One tap logs a treat. No food database, no barcodes, no grams to look up. The unit is a treat โ€” one sweet moment โ€” because the point is awareness, not nutritional accounting, and an app you have to fight is an app you stop opening by Thursday. You count up toward a daily allowance you set yourself, instead of down from zero. Add a category, a note or a photo if you feel like it. Or don't โ€” one tap is a complete entry. CRAVING SOS The moment a craving hits is the moment that matters. One tap opens the SOS: a breath, then three doors. โ€ข Ride it out โ€” most cravings pass within ten minutes โ€ข Downsize it โ€” a smaller version, on your terms โ€ข Have it โ€” if it fits your day, it fits Every door is a win. Choosing the treat on purpose is a completely different act from reaching for it on autopilot, and SugarGrip treats it that way. YOUR PATTERNS, FROM YOUR OWN LOG Everything you log builds a picture nobody else has: โ€ข Which day of the week is really your big one โ€ข What you actually reach for most โ€” drinks, snacks, dessert โ€ข What sets your cravings off: stress, boredom, tiredness, the clock โ€ข When they hit, and how far the intensity falls when you ride one out It describes, it never lectures โ€” no targets you're missing, no trend line pointed the wrong way. You can't consciously choose around a pattern you can't see, and seeing yours is what moves the decision upstream of the reach. NOTHING YOU DO BREAKS ANYTHING There are no "days clean." No red screens. No broken-streak punishment. Logging a treat earns XP, because noticing is the behaviour worth building. Going over your allowance earns XP too. The streak counts days you stayed aware, and it's designed to survive a slip โ€” because the week after a slip is the week that actually decides whether a habit changes. A PLAN THAT BENDS Set your own daily allowance. Mark cheat days ahead of time with a higher one โ€” a birthday, a Friday, a holiday. Planned indulgence is part of control, not a failure of it. The calendar shows the whole picture at a glance: days in control, clean days, cheat days, and the days you went over โ€” all in the same non-judgmental language. PROGRESS THAT MEANS SOMETHING XP, levels and titles that track the skill you're actually building. Level 7 is called "Pausing," because a beat between the want and the reach is the whole game. SugarGrip is a habit-awareness tool, not a medical or nutrition service, and it does not provide health advice.

Screenshots

Curb4 screens
SugarGrip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Curb at every 3 days against SugarGrip's weekly. Curb also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Curb ships an update every 3 days, SugarGrip weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Curb versus SugarGrip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCurbSugarGrip
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days โ€” betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size26 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHarry ChungTristan Stampfler

In-app purchases

None

Curb

No in-app purchases

None

SugarGrip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Curb free?
Curb is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SugarGrip free?
SugarGrip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Curb or SugarGrip have ads?
Neither Curb nor SugarGrip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Curb or SugarGrip?
Curb ships an update every 3 days, and SugarGrip weekly. Most recently, Curb was updated on October 31, 2026 and SugarGrip on October 29, 2026.

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