Alcohol Units Calculator 17+

Know and Track your Alcohol

Essence Computing

Designed for iPad

    • £0.99

Description

The purpose of this App is to accurately record the units you are consuming. You do this by, at least, knowing the percentage alcohol and the amount of the drink - specified in ml, cl, litres, uk pints or US fl ozs. Unlike other Apps it does not care what the drink is (e.g. a glass of wine or a pint of beer) just the units. It does not judge you about the amount you are drinking it is trying to help you recognise how much you are drinking and manage that however you want.

Recent changes have introduced the ability to mark a day as Alcohol Free, change the number of days used to calculate the rolling averages shown and, with this update, the ability to change the percentage alcohol and drink amount using the watch App rather than having to use the phone to make these changes.

Ever wondered how many units there are in a drink? This App can can be used to just calculate the number of units in a drink but it can also be used to keep track of units consumed. Just press the 'Add Units' button. Until you ask yourself the question how many units am I consuming day by day, week by week and through the months you will have no idea. Many people wildly underestimate the amount they drink. This App can tell you and it can be very enlightening. Unlike other Apps this one makes no judgement on how much you drink it is a means for you to understand the amounts and to act as you see fit. If you choose to cut down then that is your choice. Maybe this App will confirm that apart from the odd day or two you are generally within guidelines.

This App is not restricted in the amounts that can be entered unlike other similar Apps. The values are entered using a decimal number pad so you are not restricted by the values specified on picker wheels. You can enter ANY amounts using US fl Ozs, millilitres, centilitres, litres, UK pints.

Drink Driving Limits: A 3.6% abv pint of beer has 2 units in it. In the UK to remain within the drink drive limit you can have no more than 1 pint of weak (3.6%) beer - any more and you risk being over the drink drive limit. Note, that the last sentence used the word 'weak', not one pint of beer but one pint of weak beer. So what difference does that make? Well a 5% beer has 2.84 units in it. So, you're probably pushing the upper limit, if not already over it.

Legal Disclaimer: Do not use this App as a guide to whether you can drive a car or not. This App is just for calculating and collating the number of units consumed.

Now with Apple Watch support & iCloud Support to save your precious information. Easy to add the same units from your Apple Watch. See how many units you've consumed today glancing at your Apple Watch. Save you units consumed to iCloud. Retrieve them on another device.

What’s New

Version 2.2.1

Bug Fix - fixed not being able to add units using the phone/ipad App.

Ratings and Reviews

4.3 out of 5
41 Ratings

41 Ratings

thedrumdoctor ,

Most flexible app of its kind, but UI could improve

By far, the best app I have ever used for alcohol consumption tracking is AlcoDroid but it’s not been ported for iOS. Trying to find a similar app for iPhone is near impossible but this ticks the best of the AlcoDroid boxes.

Its key advantage over all the rest, is its ability to allow the user to type in the ABV number and the quantity of drink consumed. All the other apps have fixed drinks, like you were only being served in a bar. I like to use digital scales at home to weigh measures and I don’t always make the 125ml on a glass of wine. Sometimes it’ll be 124 or 129 etc, so to be able to enter the numbers for every aspect of one’s own alcohol consumption is the USP for this app.

My only small criticism is the UI can be a little ‘clunky’ in parts. The section where it’s possible to edit historical drinks needs work in this area, but I rarely have to use it. Other than that, this is worth every penny of its modest price tag and the fact the developer has bothered to give the power to the user to record exactly what they drink, down to the exact millilitre, is priceless in a sea of apps which have overlooked this completely.

d_v_b ,

Unbeatable

My previous review from a few years back seems to have vanished.

I’ve been using this app for 3 years now. No disrespect to the developer, who is very helpful, but still hard to believe this is the best option on iOS. If you can’t quickly log data then there’s no incentive to keep track. This app is greased lightning compared to the rest.

I’ve recently re-tried & deleted a few other apps and this is still streets ahead. Ok it’s a bit iOS 8 looking but just a few tweaks e.g. more colours (amber?) on the charts not just red/green and maybe more entries on the recent list & job done.

Dai_Dant ,

Convenient & accurate

Data entry is easy. Just add quantity and abv and units are accurately added. There are several free drink tracking apps. None is as easy to use as this one. Most don't allow easy direct entry of abv, something which really is needed for convenience if one likes a variety of beers, ales, ciders and wines. I used to use the Drinkaware app. That still has a bug which can double or triple up entries, and offers pointless badges for "achievements". Considering the huge funding of the Drinkaware charity by the drinks industry it really is shocking that after multiple negative reviews over many months they are STILL unable to get somebody competent to sort out their coding mess.

App Privacy

The developer, Essence Computing, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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