Compared
AlcoTrack vs DrinkControl
The closest cousin on this site. DrinkControl is a drink diary that is "private by design" with no account and the data on the phone, which is the same promise AlcoTrack makes. It counts standard drinks against the guidelines of your country and colours a calendar with the result. AlcoTrack adds the thing DrinkControl leaves out: a blood alcohol estimate, live, with the hour it reaches zero. And it reads your watch.
The short version
If units and guidelines are how you think about drinking, DrinkControl is good at that, it has been around since 2012 on iOS, and its paid tier can be bought once for less than a round. If you want to know what your blood is doing tonight, and what the night did to your sleep, that is AlcoTrack. Both keep your data on the phone, so this is a choice about features, not about trust.
Where DrinkControl is better
- Low-risk and binge guidelines for five countries and the WHO, built in and colour-coded on the calendar.
- Calories per drink, next to units and money.
- Syncs units and calories to Apple Health on iOS.
- The paid tier costs $14.99 to $24.99 once.
- iOS as well as Android.
Where AlcoTrack is better
- A live blood alcohol estimate, a session peak, the time it reaches zero, a widget for it.
- Sleep, resting heart rate and HRV from Health Connect next to the nights you drank.
- An AI coach that answers from your own log.
- 80 cocktail recipes with the maths done, hydration reminders, a morning check-in, pledges, 41 achievements.
- CSV export in the free version; 28 languages.
Side by side
| AlcoTrack | DrinkControl | |
|---|---|---|
| Blood alcohol estimate | Live curve, time back to zero, widget | Standard drinks and grams of alcohol; no blood alcohol estimate in the listing |
| Drink diary | Presets, favorites, 80 cocktail recipes with the alcohol worked out | Quick logging of beer, wine, cider, cocktails and shots; custom drinks and serving sizes on PLUS |
| Guidelines | ~A legal BAC limit and your own weekly limit | Low-risk and binge guidelines for the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany or the WHO, built in |
| Alcohol-free days | A calendar, streaks, pledges, achievements | A colour calendar, sober streaks, a dry-day counter; a streak widget on PLUS |
| Statistics | Weekly and monthly trends, the hours you drink in, cost; longer ranges on Plus | Units, drinks, dry days, calories and money with trend lines; longer ranges on PLUS |
| Calories | Not offered | Calories per drink |
| Sleep and heart rate from a watch | Read from Health Connect, drinking nights next to sober ones | Syncs units and calories to Apple Health on iOS; reads nothing from a watch |
| Coaching | An AI coach that answers from your own log, in beta | None |
| Reminders | Hydration reminders during a session, a morning check-in | Daily tracking reminders, on PLUS |
| Export and backup | Backup files you keep, CSV export | Backup and restore; CSV export on PLUS |
| Account | None | None: "no account, no sign-up" |
| Where your data lives | On your phone, never uploaded | On your phone: "your data stays on your phone" |
| Price | Free with ads. Plus: monthly, yearly or paid once | Free, no ads. PLUS $3.99 a month, $14.99 a year, or $14.99 to $24.99 once, on the US App Store |
| Platforms | Android 9 and newer | iOS 17.4 and newer, Android |
| On Google Play, 25 October 2026 | 4.4 stars, 500,000+ installs | 4.5 stars, 10,000+ installs; its App Store listing has 4.8 stars from 4,300 ratings |
Every DrinkControl cell comes from its Google Play listing and its App Store listing (prices, Apple Health, the privacy label) as they read on 25 October 2026. "Not offered" means neither mentions it. German advertising law asks a comparison to be objective and checkable, which is also simply the honest way to do it. If a cell has gone stale, tell me.
Which one
On iPhone the choice is made for you, since AlcoTrack is Android only. On Android: if you count in units and want your country's line drawn for you, DrinkControl. If you want the blood alcohol curve, the watch data and CSV export without paying for it, AlcoTrack.
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Sources
- DrinkControl on Google Play, the description, the rating and install count, read on 25 October 2026.
- DrinkControl on the App Store, the in-app purchase prices, Apple Health, the iOS requirement and the privacy label, read the same day.
- AlcoTrack on Google Play, read the same day. The rest of the AlcoTrack column is the app itself.