Comparison

Leaf vs Bottle Cap

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Bottle Cap

Easily log your alcohol intake to encourage more mindful drinking. Set personal weekly limits and track your progress with a simple, intuitive interface. Your data is kept private and synced securely with your health app.

Highlights
  • Effortless drink logging
  • Personalized weekly limits
  • Intuitive progress visualization
  • Secure Health app sync
  • Private data storage
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The simplest way to more mindful drinking. Bottle Cap is focussed on making logging your alcohol intake quick and easy. Forget about calculating measures or alcohol strength; it's the alcohol tracking app you'll actually use. Set your weekly limit, tap to log a drink, and keep an eye or your intake. All synced securely to Health. EFFORTLESS DRINK LOGGING Tap to log a single drink or an entire session. It's fast, easy, and super simple. PERSONALISE YOUR LIMIT Choose a weekly limit that feels right for you, no judgement. FUN AND INTUITIVE DESIGN See your remaining drink allowance at a glance. SEE YOUR JOURNEY Track your entries directly in Bottle Cap or jump into Health for a more detailed historic view. PRIVATE AND SECURE Bottle Cap never tracks you. Your data stays on your device, syncing only with Health. ABSOLUTELY FREE No hidden fees or pay-walls. Created to support better drinking habits, not to turn a profit. Bottle Cap is the easiest way to keep tabs on your alcohol intake, start your journey to mindful drinking today.

Screenshots

Leaf4 screens
Bottle Cap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bottle Cap at 100% against Leaf's 34%. Bottle Cap also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.8) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Leaf's advantage is iOS requirement (7.1 vs 18.6). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bottle Cap holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Leaf's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bottle Cap's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Leaf ships an update every 2 months, Bottle Cap every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and July 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Leaf versus Bottle Cap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeafBottle Cap
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (16 ratings)4.8 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS7.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB20 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperOcasta Studios LtdRichard Picot

Customer experience

Leaf

All ratings15 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive34.0%
Neutral17.0%
Negative48.9%

Bottle Cap

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Leaf

No in-app purchases

None

Bottle Cap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Leaf free?
Leaf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bottle Cap free?
Bottle Cap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Leaf or Bottle Cap?
Bottle Cap is rated higher. Leaf averages 2.8 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Bottle Cap averages 4.8 from 12 ratings.
Do Leaf or Bottle Cap have ads?
Neither Leaf nor Bottle Cap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Leaf or Bottle Cap?
Leaf ships an update every 2 months, and Bottle Cap every 3 weeks. Most recently, Leaf was updated on July 5, 2026 and Bottle Cap on July 29, 2026.

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