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TRY DRY: The Dry January app 17+
Track your drinking year-round
Alcohol Research UK
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
Try Dry® the life-changing, science-based, totally free app (no ads!) for taking control of your drinking, created for and paid for by the charity Alcohol Change UK.
Try Dry® is the powerful, easy-to-use, and totally free premium app helping tens of thousands of people to take control of their drinking. Try Dry® is the official app of Dry January®, which was created and is run by the charity Alcohol Change UK.
Co-created with drinkers and based on behavioural science and a spirit of experimenting (hence the name), Try Dry® contains unique features such as 'planned drinking', custom goals, and special missions. Unlike 'sobriety-only apps', it works brilliantly whether you want to cut back or try being sober.
Whether you’re taking on Dry January®, doing Sober Spring, trying a sober October, making a longer-term change to your drinking, or just cutting back, Try Dry® is your trusted year-round support system.
Why should I download Try Dry®?
• Track your units, calories and money saved
• Set goals that work for you
• Loads of great badges to achieve with in-app celebrations
• Access our exclusive free coaching email programme
• See your progress using the charts
• Daily motivation - receive a reminder every day, at a time that suits you
• Use the drinking risk quiz to see how you are doing
• Led by science, developed for you. Try Dry combines behavioural science with a highly responsive approach to feedback from users.
• Totally free. No upfront costs. No hidden costs. No ads. Entirely funded by the charity Alcohol Change UK.
Why cut down your drinking?
• Better sleep. More energy. Glowing skin (yes, really).
• More money in your pocket (the average UK adult spends £50,000 on booze in their lifetime!)
• Get healthier - cutting back on the booze lowers your risks of over 60 serious medical conditions including heart disease, stroke, and 7 cancers
• Take control – if alcohol has become a habit, break free and take full control
• Be more present, enjoy life more, and really be there for your family and friends.
What’s New
Version 1.6.10 (4183)
Bug fix for some custom goals that were stuck
Bug fix for some custom goals that were being awarded early
Removal of month duration option for 'per week' custom goals
Definition of a month duration to be calendar month
Ratings and Reviews
Great, wish had US units
I downloaded this app about a year ago & it has been tremendously helpful in my recognition of my alcohol consumption. Other apps track days but this app calculating my alcohol units has been tremendously helpful in my path towards potentially quitting. I’m only giving it 4 stars because the only units are UK units, and maybe that is the only thing that exists, but UK units are 330 mL when a traditional US beer is 12 ounces or 355 mL. Just coming from someone who is obsessively tracking from an Excel and to know my month by month total is off by about 50 units from a year total. So offering US units and also one decimal point would probably help those obsessives when it comes to figures. Otherwise a tremendously helpful app!
Developer Response ,
Hi starlitdazzle, thanks so much for your review. It’s great to hear that the app has helped you recognise and moderate your drinking. We are a small UK charity but we've done a lot of work this year on app updates to launch unit definitions for two additional countries. At the moment, you can only opt for the UK, French or Swiss definition of units, but I'm pleased to report that we've already started working with an American partner. We hope in 2022 they'll be able to support further app updates. If you need any guidance on workarounds just get in touch at dryjanuary@alcoholchange.org.uk.
Excellent for Assessing the Problem
I’ve been drinking heavily for 56 years because I like to drink. Since retiring 20 years ago, my consumption increased to at least 10 drinks per evening. Mind you I’m large at 235# and only drank after 6 p.m. and when no business or volunteer functions, but I became worried about the health consequences. So my wife and I heard about this App, and gave it a try. I’d never tried to quit before, and we both found it relatively easy. No drinks for the first few months and afterwards, only on social occasion with a limit of two.
I thought I’d feel better and all that, but feel no different. Oh well. However I do feel better about my health prospects as I get older (approaching 80), and I’ve kept recording just to be in touch with my sleep cycles, moods, etc. Therefore, I obviously believe it’s a very good app and do recommend it for those who wonder whether or not they are true alcoholics.
Motivating
I have been using the app since Dry Jan 2020 and have found it very helpful in cutting way back on my stubborn habit of rewarding myself after work with a beer or two. I have lost 12 pounds, upped my exercise time and most notably am sleeping soundly.
Shout out to the developers who have addressed some of the early glitches that were a bit annoying but really never affected the usability of the app. The UK system of tracking units was unfamiliar to me, but once I understood it, it was so much more precise. I saw just how much of a difference there is between a 7% pint of beer and a 5.3% 12oz can of beer. It is important to note the difference between a UK pint and US pint.
Highly recommend the app. Thanks to AlcoholChange UK!
Developer Response ,
Thanks Dolores Teresa for your feedback and 5* review. We are always trying hard to improve the app so we are pleased you can see improvements. Thanks for using Try Dry and have a wonderful evening
App Privacy
The developer, Alcohol Research UK, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Health & Fitness
- Location
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Sensitive Info
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Alcohol Research UK
- Size
- 47.6 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 17+ Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information Frequent/Intense Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References Unrestricted Web Access
- Copyright
- © 2022 Alcohol Research UK
- Price
- Free