Comparison

Caffeine Mate vs Alcohol Free Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Caffeine Mate

Features
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Can I have another coffee before bed? Log your drinks with Caffeine Mate, then check your estimated caffeine now and at bedtime. Preview your next coffee, tea, matcha, or energy drink before you add it to your day. TRACK YOUR DRINKS • Log coffee, espresso, tea, matcha, energy drinks, or a custom caffeine amount • Find familiar drinks, save favorites, and reuse recent entries • Review and edit your drink history • Log from iPhone, Apple Watch, or an interactive widget PLAN YOUR NEXT CUP • See your modeled caffeine estimate now and at your chosen bedtime • Compare your bedtime estimate with the target you set • Preview how another familiar drink would change that estimate • Adjust your processing settings, bedtime, and target • Follow the caffeine curve and inspect the formula behind the estimate The forecast uses your drink log and settings. It works without connecting sleep data. LEARN FROM YOUR ACTUAL SLEEP WITH CAFFEINE PRO Connect Apple Health sleep data or record your sleep manually. Caffeine Pro helps you review how your drink timing and actual sleep line up over time. • Review each night's saved bedtime, actual sleep, and estimated caffeine • Correct sleep entries and reversibly exclude nights from your patterns • Explore private patterns as sufficient reviewed history becomes available • Receive a conservative bedtime target and finish-by window when the evidence supports them • Try a guided earlier-cutoff experiment and review what happened Collecting nights is the start. Recommendations depend on the amount and quality of your history. Pro does not promise a personal answer after a fixed number of nights. YOUR HISTORY STAYS ON YOUR DEVICES Use Caffeine Mate without an account. Your caffeine history, settings, and optional Pro sleep data stay on your devices. Apple Health access is optional and controlled by you. Estimates and observed patterns are for planning. They are not body measurements or medical advice. Sleep patterns do not establish cause and effect, and individual caffeine response varies. Download for free, then choose Caffeine Pro Lifetime or Annual after your personal onboarding preview. Lifetime is a one-time purchase with Family Sharing. Annual includes a 7-day free trial for eligible Apple accounts, then renews automatically each year unless cancelled. Pro unlocks continued tracking, live forecasts, sleep insights, Apple Health syncing, Apple Watch, and widget logging. Your saved history and data export remain accessible without an active plan. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Alcohol Free Tracker

Track your alcohol-free days and mindful drinking progress with this private, local-first application. It offers simple tools to help you notice your progress without social pressure or community features. Focus on your personal journey with thoughtful insights and transparent data handling.

Highlights
  • Private, local-first tracking
  • Mindful check-ins
  • Log alcohol-free days
  • Track drinking patterns
  • View consistency and patterns
  • Estimate savings
  • Set milestones
Features
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Alcohol Free Tracker is a private, local-first tracker for alcohol-free days, mindful drinking, and calm progress. The app intentionally avoids social pressure, community feeds, coaching scripts, and streak-shaming. Just simple, thoughtful tools that make progress easier to notice. Private by Design Your profile, check-ins, drink log, and notes stay on your device. The app requires no registration, no account creation, and no network connection to work. Mindful Check-ins Log check-ins daily to build your streak. Mark an alcohol-free day or record a broad drink level. Add time and a private note only when the context helps. See Patterns Move between monthly and yearly views to notice consistency, drinking patterns, and the days that deserve reflection. Let Small Wins Add Up Follow total days, sober time, logged streaks, savings estimates, and milestones without turning them into pressure. Simple & Transparent Your data stays 100% private on your device. No third-party ads or hidden tracking. Alcohol Free Tracker is a self-directed tracking tool. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or emergency support. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://liuys614.github.io/AlcoholFreeTracker-Website/privacy.html

Screenshots

Caffeine Mate4 screens
Alcohol Free Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Caffeine Mate and Alcohol Free Tracker are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Caffeine Mate sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per year and Alcohol Free Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Caffeine Mate ships an update every 6 days, Alcohol Free Tracker every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Caffeine Mate versus Alcohol Free Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaffeine MateAlcohol Free Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB24 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNicholas WongYI SHIH LIU

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Caffeine Mate

Subscriptions2
  • Caffeine Pro Annual7 Days trial$5.991 Year
  • Caffeine Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
One-time2
  • Caffeine Pro Lifetime$9.99
  • Caffeine Pro Lifetime$14.99
3 purchases

Alcohol Free Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro: Drink Tracker$4.991 Month
  • Annual Pro: Alcohol Tracker7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro: Sober Counter$49.99

Questions

Is Caffeine Mate free?
Caffeine Mate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Alcohol Free Tracker free?
Alcohol Free Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Caffeine Mate or Alcohol Free Tracker have ads?
Neither Caffeine Mate nor Alcohol Free Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Caffeine Mate or Alcohol Free Tracker?
Caffeine Mate ships an update every 6 days, and Alcohol Free Tracker every 3 days. Most recently, Caffeine Mate was updated on October 28, 2026 and Alcohol Free Tracker on October 29, 2026.

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