Leaf vs DrinksRation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Leaf
This app helps you monitor your alcohol consumption and gain better control over your drinking habits. It provides discreet feedback and personalized challenges to encourage a healthier relationship with alcohol.
- Track drinks discreetly
- Set personal drinking targets
- Receive timely, helpful hints
- Suggests monthly challenges
- Promotes healthier alcohol habits
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Are you worried about how much you are drinking? Want to have more control over what you drink on a night out? Leaf, created by Action for Change, lets you simply track your drinks and subtly makes you aware if you go over your personal target. Timely and helpful hints let you control what you drink on a night out. Leaf will give you discreet tips and advice so that you can decide whether you want to make a change. By tracking your drinking and suggesting monthly challenges, Leaf will help you begin making positive steps towards a healthier relationship with alcohol.
DrinksRation
This app helps individuals, particularly those in or who have served in the Armed Forces, reduce alcohol consumption. It tracks drink units and calories, offers personalized feedback, and supports research into military community drinking behaviors.
- Track drink units and calories
- Log low alcohol drinks
- Set drinking reduction goals
- Receive personalized feedback
- Visualize drinking behavior
- Support military health research
- Integrate with Apple Health
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Do you currently, or have you served in the Armed Forces? Is it time to feel better and save money by drinking less alcohol? If so, DrinksRation can help. DrinksRation allows you to keep track of the units and calories in your drinks, set goals and provide feedback on how you drink compared to others. With DrinksRation, you can: - Track the units and calories in your drinks - Log low alcohol drinks - Learn more about the health benefits of cutting down - Set goals to support you in drinking less alcohol - Feel supported with regular and personalised feedback via notifications - Visualise your drinking behaviours and identify difficult periods - Support research by allowing access to Apple Health data. DrinksRation has been developed by the King’s Centre for Military Health Research with support from the British Armed Forces, Lancaster University, Combat Stress and the Armed Forces community. By using this app you’ll be helping us understand the drinking behaviours of the Armed Forces community and allow us to help those in need. DrinksRation has been recommended by Combat Stress. DrinksRation has been funded by the Medical Research Council and the Forces in Mind Trust. The app is managed by Dr Daniel Leightley (daniel.leightley@kcl.ac.uk) who is a researcher based at the King’s Centre for Military Health Research. If you have any feedback, please contact Dr Daniel Leightley (daniel.leightley@kcl.ac.uk). All feedback will be responded to within 7 working days.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DrinksRation at 100% against Leaf's 34%. Leaf's advantage is iOS requirement (7.1 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Leaf | DrinksRation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 34.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ocasta Studios Ltd | King's Mobile |
Customer experience
Leaf
DrinksRation
In-app purchases
Leaf
No in-app purchases
DrinksRation
No in-app purchases
