DrinkControl Reviews

Needed improvements: Timestamps, notes, location.
Exact number of drink units often isn’t the crux, & lacks context. Sports out, wanting to feel like you’re living life, social aspects, etc habits or tendencies. I’m trying to break the habit of “avoiding the bore” of a subdivision home by engaging with the town/city through going to “the usual” bars, or am I exploring/trying something new? Location important. “Totally makes sense I had a couple there.” Maybe DrinkControl says you binged, but ya never got a buzz with everything spaced out across time. Timestamps, please. Maybe a couple were during a social business chat. Maybe you’re proud for not having more. Notes would be an important add.

I’ve been tracking drinks with DrinkControl for quite awhile and did get the premium version to keep better track. It has really helped me to see how much I overconsume without even realizing it. I hope to slowly cut back to drinking healthier amounts over time with the help of DrinkControl. It is a great app, you can track many types of drinks, and each day will show up as a different color depending on how much you drink (blue for nothing or up to the recommended daily amount, purple if you go a bit over or red if you go way over). Edit to my original post, I thought you could only track beers in increments of .5% and was happy to find out in the premium version there is a way to track by increments of .1%. My only suggestion would be add a way to track additional Oz options, like 1/2 a beer of the different size options if I share it with someone. Would like to see that option show up in the future! Overall great app and will continue to use.

Let me start by saying I love DrinkControl, helps me understand how much I’m drinking. One thing I don’t like is the fact that I work 3rd shift. I got into work on a Monday and get off work at 7am on Tuesday. It’s still technically Monday to me. I have to put it back a day for each drink I have after work. Wish there was a setting or something for us night shift workers to better control it I guess. Yes it’s technically a Tuesday (so to speak) but it’s still Monday to me (just using Monday and Tuesday as an example here). Otherwise I love DrinkControl. Let’s me look at how much I’m spending, calories and other stuff. If I have a drink after work on Monday (which is technically Tuesday to normal people) but I don’t have a drink Tuesday after work DrinkControl still says that technically I had a drink on Tuesday if I don’t go in and change it to the day before. That’s my only complaint but it’s minor!

Wish life were simple enough to just count drinks, but I realize that’s not how it goes. A margarita carries more “weight” than a light beer. I like DrinkControl because it does show me a true picture/diary of how much and how often I drink, but as far as considering myself “moderate” for drinking, I’m not going to beat myself up. I’ll drink more on a dinner date or attending a college football game on a weekend, than on an average Tuesday night. I’ll continue to pay the most attention to the number of drinks, regardless of the type, and try not to exceed what’s acceptable for a woman. Most of the time I stick to lower ABV beers and average glasses of wine, so counting drinks and seeing how many I drink each week helps keep me on track.

I’ve been using DC for about a year, and as long as one is faithful to logging daily and accurately, DrinkControl is great for tracking, trending, and allowing users to monitor (and reduce or moderate) consumption. My only complaint is the free version provides only incremental measurement that does not allow precise tracking . For instance, ABV for beer is in .5% incremental steps so that if the beers consumed are,say, 4.2%, one has to either measure slightly higher or lower to track. Still, one can get a reasonable measurement of consumption, and the trend graph and calendar are useful for determining long term consumption rates and trends, if the goal is reducing or moderating alcohol use through setting personal goals or targets.

I’ve never seen myself as a big drinker, but after having a stroke, I knew I needed to more carefully and completely monitor my alcohol intake. DrinkControl has not only helped to monitor my drinking, but more importantly, help measure actual alcohol units. For example, I like microbrews, especially IPAs. With DrinkControl I discovered the true volume of my alcohol intake I never had considered: a single IPA pint, clearly not a problem drinker kind of drink, is actually nearly 2 alcohol units given the high average alcohol content of modern microbrews. Think of it, in my younger days, 2 pints would be the norm yet that’s actually equal to 4 alcohol units. Without a doubt, an eye opener. I really appreciate DrinkControl for its usefulness but also for its well thought out layout. Inputting information is straight forward and simple. The data presentation is clear and meaningful. Great app!

I’ve been using DrinkControl for 3 years and have found it so helpful in tracking my alcohol units consumption. Seeing a downward trend overtime has felt empowering and I know that I’m being honest with myself about exactly how much I’m consuming. I used to consider every beverage “one drink”, but now I am more aware of the abv and ounces of that drink, aspects I didn’t used to pay much attention to before. Im glad to say that hangovers are incredibly rare these days, and I attribute much of that to DrinkControl!

I love DrinkControl. It helps me to control the amount of alcohol I drink. This tracker shows you how many drinks you have had in a day, week and month, and if you are over the recommended amount of drinks. You can track cost so you realize how much money you are spending. You can look beck at previous months and see how many days in a month you drank. As long as you can be honest with yourself and enter your drinks, it is super helpful to see how much you are consuming, $$ you are spending, and empty calories you are drinking. Love DrinkControl!

I started using DrinkControl back in February 2020 when I started my new job at a brewery. When the pandemic started, a lot of us were drinking just to pass the time. I recorded almost every drink I had and realized an upward trend in my consumption that was a little terrifying. I turned sobriety into a kind of game. Trying to stay “in the blue” has been a huge lifestyle change and one I’m glad I have made. DrinkControl is very user-friendly and made it easy to track alcohol (and water,) even if everyone who uses it hates it for the first few weeks on account of the reality check it provides.

I have tried 4 of the alcohol tracking apps and a number of the calorie tracking apps and this one is definitely the best. There is no reason to not try DrinkControl. If you get frustrated with DrinkControl make sure you locate the calendar feature that allows you to edit and review what you have entered for the day and pervious days, which isn’t obvious, I used DrinkControl for 4 days before I made a significant mistake and couldn’t figure out how to fix. So in frustration I emailed the developer and suggested that they add a edit feature. They responded practically immediately that the feature was already there! Great App! Great support!

I really appreciate how simple DrinkControl can be. For the most part, every drinking option is covered. If I could change a couple things, one would be that I would like the ability to set personal drink limits along with the standard limits that you can select based on region/government recommendations . Another nice feature would be the ability to pick your own serving size/ounces. I get tall boys and they come in 25oz. Now, there is a 25.5 oz option, so it’s not completely missing. I would just like it to be exact if I’m trying to moderate my drinking.

Best drink tracker in App Store compared to cost.

My blood tests showed some liver stress so my Dr suggested tracking my alcohol intake. I started using “Drink Control” and was shocked at my consumption! I’d have a couple glasses of wine every night with my wife as we watched TV … I’d have a couple beers every time we went out to eat. I’d drink five or six beers before, during, and after my four-hour dance classes … never drunk … just enjoying beer and wine. “Drink Control,” with its excellent graphical representations of my consumption, enlightened me to the overall numbers! No wonder my liver was stressed! Now, using DrinkControl , I keep my average to under 2.5 and my blood tests show my liver is happy! Great app!!

The new Streak widget is great! It’s a home screen widget that shows how many days you’ve gone without a drink. Tap the widget and it takes you Straight to the calendar where you can hit “dry” again. So that’s awesome. I’m happy to see it. You have to add it manually though, it’s not in DrinkControl by default. It’s a Home Screen Widget. I think that it might be particularly helpful for folks in AA or those thinking about going totally sober. I think it’s a great feature. For me, I want to hit five or six days sober every now and then. That’s important to me to be able to know that I can go five or six days without a drink instead of zero or one. Thank you!

With my increased drinking during the pandemic, I was looking for a way to track consumption to better understand it. My doctor asked me how much I was drinking and I responded does it matter what type of beer I’m drinking, for example a 4% Light beer vs. a 8% IPA. My doctors answer was not really, which didn’t sit right. DrinkControl isn’t super flashy, but it has the tools to allow you to track this information. The obvious answer is the IPA mentioned above is 2x the light beer, doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this out but it’s easy to believe something we want to hear.

DrinkControl is a great tool to track and quantify drinking over time. I can say that it has encouraged me to drink less which has also lost me a few pounds in the time I have used it.

Thanks to the developer who has been very responsive to my questions about personalizing DrinkControl . Bottom line, if you pay for the premium version, there are tons of options you can personalize in Settings, like creating your typical go to drinks, their alcohol percentage and size.

Stay in control with Drink Control!

I have been using DrinkControl everyday for over 2 years. I wanted help to reduce my alcohol intake to the limit recommended for women- which is one drink a day. I used to drink wine everyday while making dinner and watching the news. A very enjoyable habit. However- this turned into .5 to 1 bottle a day! DrinkControl allows me to make a goal and it holds me accountable. If you are data oriented-and want a way to keep track of your intake-and become healthier and break this bad habit- DrinkControl has certainly helped me. Just an FYI- you also have to find something enjoyable to do when you used to be drinking to make it easier to break a habit and build new ones. Good luck!

DrinkControl works really good if your willing to put in just minimal effort & it’s absolutely free. I was able to use it to see how much I drank, when I drank, & how much I spent weekly/monthly on drinking. I’ve was able to notice trends & make adjustments over the course of the first 4 months to regain my health, have productive days, & save money. It’s a great way to see how much, & how often I drank. Eye opening. After having DrinkControl for 2 years I drink now only occasionally & it’s become a habit to fill this out each night if I’ve had a drink, or just click sober day if I haven’t. I’m very impressed with how easy this is with just some accountability & a small about of effort.

I am in my late 50s and was getting concerned that I had slowly drifted into drinking too much, both during the week (one glass of wine turns into 3) and on weekends when I would get together with friends and regularly have 5, 6 or more drinks. Drink Control has been great for me - I am honest with it, and it helps me think before I drink. I have reduced my alcohol consumption considerably and feel better. I also show it to my physician at my annual physical and get a great, objective opinion along with great advice. It’s without question one of the most valuable apps on my phone and will certainly contribute to my long term health and well being.

The first couple positive reviews I read of this completely capture my opinion of it. I’ve had it for three months and use it every day. it has had an immediate and profound effect on what I loosely considered to be my moderate drinking. I love the graphics. I find myself pausing a minute before ordering a second beer I don’t really want keeping in mind what it is going to do to my stats. I’ve also become more sensitive to the difference between a 6.5 ABV pint and a 12 (or 11) oz bottle of 5.0 ABV; I was aware of the very substantial
difference, of course, but it’s more striking when you see it graphically. I can’t recommend this highly enough if you take it seriously and use it diligently.

I started using DrinkControl five years ago because I was concerned that my drinking might be going over the limits of moderation. I enjoy alcohol and never want it to become a problem because I’d hate to have to give it up! It does take a lot of self-discipline to log each and every drink but if you’re serious about it, you get used to it pretty quickly. It’s really great data! I helps me make more conscious decisions about my drinking and has even gradually reduced my drinking over time, lowering my tolerance so that a drink or two is enough anyway. I’m sure it’s saved me a ton of money too. When my doctor asks how many drinks I have a week, I can show him! It’s so customizable as well. Highly recommended!

this app helps me maintain moderation when it comes to alcohol consumption. Before I had DrinkControl , I could only guess how many libations I enjoyed over a particular period. this app also allows me to correlate other events that may affect drinking. But DrinkControl is only as good as the data being entered. Are you being honest with yourself? A study was published recently that concluded no alcohol consumption is healthy. Despite that, I don’t plan to give up an evening tonic, a cold glass of white wine, or a bourbon on the rocks anytime soon.