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What a streak does to someone who still drinks
A streak counts consecutive days at zero. That suits a goal of zero. If you drink socially, a couple of evenings a week, the count goes back to nought most weekends, and the biggest number on the screen becomes the one that looks worst. People who meant to drink a bit less end up feeling they failed at quitting, which they never set out to do.
Official guidance is not a streak. It is a weekly total: 14 units in the UK, 10 standard drinks in France, with drink-free days recommended. A week over the line is followed by a new week. That is the measure Modraly shows, next to your own number, in your own country's unit. The moderate drinking vs quitting guide goes through it.
Why the account matters
A login means the drinks leave the phone and sit on a company's servers. That is what lets a coach read your week or a web dashboard show last March, and it is the right shape for those products. It also means a password, a privacy policy covering a drinking history, and a copy that stays until someone deletes it. Modraly has no account and no server for your log. The no-account guide covers what you lose with that, too.
What coaching costs
Coaching apps sell a programme, and price it like one. Sunnyside: 15-day trial. Membership £88.99/year, Premium Membership £299/year. US: $99.99 / $299. Sunnyside Med is separate. Reframe: 7-day trial, then a subscription. Monthly plans run from £11.99 to £21.49, annual plans from £67.99 to £119.99. US: from $13.99/month, from $59.99/year. Coaching costs extra. Neither is a diary you keep using for free once the trial ends. If a plan, a course or a person checking in is what makes you follow through, that money buys something real. If you wanted to know what your week adds up to, it is a programme price for a count.
Eleven trackers, three questions
| App | Streak or reset count | Account | Coaching or programme | Usable for free |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modraly | No | No | No | Unlimited logging, with no ads, from the app, Siri, the Lock Screen and the Apple Watch. Stats and the calendar show the last 7 days; older days stay on the device, never deleted, and Premium opens them. 2 favourites. No time limit. The App Clip is a demo week and saves nothing. |
| DrinkControl | Yes, dry days | No | No | Yes for logging. Longer stats, widgets, reminders and export are Premium. |
| Drylendar | Green days, a yearly recap | Not stated. The listing mentions friends. | No | Partly. App Store reviews from 2026 say some of the calendar now needs a subscription. |
| I Am Sober | Yes. A drink resets the count. | Yes | A community, no coach | Yes: counter, pledge and community. Extra workbook material, more addictions and private groups need Plus. |
| Try Dry | Yes: dry streaks, badges, missions | Yes | No. Optional free email programme. | Yes, all of it |
| NHS Drink Free Days | Milestones on pledged days | No | Tips, no coach | Yes, all of it |
| MyDrinkaware | Drink-free days and goals | Yes, by email | Goals and reminders, no coach | Yes, all of it |
| Option Zéro | Goals and a calendar | Anonymous login, hosted in France | Optional video appointment with an addictologist | Yes, all of it |
| Reframe | Course milestones | Yes | Yes, it is the core of the app. Thrive Coaching costs extra. | No. There is only the trial. |
| Sunnyside | A weekly plan, no sober streak | Yes | Yes, human coaches by text | No. There is only the trial. |
| PintPal | No | No in Local mode, yes in Live mode | No | Yes, all of it |
Read from each App Store listing and the publisher's site on 23 October 2026. Listings change: check the day you install. The full comparison adds prices, ads, privacy labels and countries.
What Modraly shows instead
Units, spend and calories, day by day and week by week, next to the official weekly guideline for your country, in fourteen countries and 22 languages. Days without a drink show on the calendar as drink-free days. Nothing resets, nothing turns red, and the app has no opinion about your week.
Logging is free and unlimited, from the app, Siri, the Lock Screen, Control Center and the Apple Watch, with no ads. Free shows your last 7 days. Nothing older is deleted: it stays on the iPhone, and Premium opens the whole history and adds widgets, CSV export and custom icons, by the month, the year or as a one-time purchase.
When a streak or a coach is the better choice
- You want to stop drinking: a sober-day count can help, and I Am Sober is built around one.
- You are doing Dry January and want badges and missions: Try Dry is free and made by Alcohol Change UK.
- You want someone to plan the week with you: Sunnyside has coaches by text.
- You want a structured course: Reframe runs a 160-day programme.
- You need clinical support: no app replaces it. The NHS is the right place to start.
Free to download. Logging is unlimited. No streak, no account, no coach.
Common questions
Is there an alcohol tracker without streaks?
Yes. Modraly has no streaks, badges or sober-day counter: days without a drink show on the calendar and nothing resets. PintPal has no streak either, but it splits rounds rather than keeping a weekly diary. DrinkControl, I Am Sober and Try Dry all count dry or sober days in a row.
Is there an alcohol tracker with no account?
Modraly, DrinkControl, NHS Drink Free Days and PintPal (in Local mode) need no account. Modraly keeps the log on the iPhone with no Modraly server. Try Dry, MyDrinkaware, I Am Sober, Reframe and Sunnyside need a login.
Which alcohol tracker has no coaching and no subscription?
DrinkControl and Modraly are free to log with no coach. Modraly's Premium is optional and can be bought once, with nothing to renew. Reframe and Sunnyside are coaching programmes: after the trial there is no free tier.
Is Modraly free?
Logging is unlimited and free, with no ads and no time limit. Free shows your last 7 days in stats and the calendar, with 2 favourites. Nothing older is deleted: it stays on the device and Premium opens the whole history.
Do streaks help you drink less?
For some people, yes, especially when the goal is to stop altogether. For someone who still drinks, a dry-day streak resets most weekends, so the main number on screen is the one that looks worst. Official guidance is a weekly total (14 units in the UK, 10 standard drinks in France), which you can miss one week and come back under the next.
