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What I Am Sober does well
I Am Sober is a free sobriety counter with a daily pledge, a running total of money and time saved, and a large recovery community. One drink resets the day count, which is the whole idea. Sober Plus adds more workbook material, extra addictions to track and private groups. It is on iPhone, Apple Watch and Android. It is built for people who have stopped, so it is not a diary for people who still drink. Price on 23 October 2026 (UK and US App Store listings): Free counter. Sober Plus: £9.49 to £10.49/month, £24.99 for six months, £29.99 to £37.99/year. US: $9.99/month, $29.99 to $39.99/year. We are not affiliated with I Am Sober LLC.
Stay if you want a daily pledge, a large recovery community, and a clock that only moves when you do not drink. The App Store listing calls it a sobriety tracker for recovery. That sentence is the product.
Why people look for an I Am Sober alternative
The mechanic is public: consecutive sober days. A drink is not a sober day, so the run returns to zero. For someone who has stopped, that bright line is the feature. For someone who still drinks, it is a punishment loop: one pint becomes "the streak is dead," and the log stops. The no-streaks comparison lists the trackers where nothing resets.
A public App Store review dated 22 July 2024 described hitting reset by accident and being unable to put the date back. That is a support problem as much as a philosophy problem. It is also a reminder that the number lives in their account, not on your device alone.
People also leave because they wanted a drink diary and downloaded a recovery counter. Units, spend and a weekly guideline are a different job. I Am Sober does not pretend to do it.
Four alternatives, if you still drink
Modraly is not first. The first three cover diaries, planned drinking, and coaching.
DrinkControl
A drinking diary, and the closest app to Modraly
DrinkControl converts what you drink into units, calories and money, and sets the total against moderate or low-risk guidelines. It marks dry days and keeps a streak of them. Your data stays on the phone, with no account. Widgets, longer charts, reminders, CSV export and custom drinks are in Premium, sold as a subscription or a one-off lifetime purchase. It has been on iPhone since 2011, is back on Android, and is in English only.
For a unit diary with streaks, or for anything on Android, start here. It is the most direct alternative to Modraly and has been around since 2011.
Try Dry
The official Dry January app, usable all year
Try Dry is the Dry January app from the charity Alcohol Change UK, and it works all year. Each day you record whether you stayed dry, drank, or drank as planned. It tracks units, calories and money against a baseline you set, awards badges (84 were added in 2025), runs missions and keeps dry streaks. It is entirely free, with no ads, but you have to create an account. Everything is built around UK units and the 14-unit week.
The best free option in the UK if badges and the Dry January framing help you. It will not suit you if you refuse an account, or if you count in French standard drinks rather than UK units.
Sunnyside
Moderation with a weekly plan and human coaches
Sunnyside sends you a drink plan every Sunday and you log against it through the week. If you want, human coaches reply by text. After a 15-day trial it is an annual membership, with a dearer Premium Membership above it. Sunnyside Med, which prescribes naltrexone in the US, is a separate medical product. The point of Sunnyside is accountability to a plan and a person, which Modraly deliberately leaves out.
Choose it if knowing someone expects to hear from you is what makes you follow through. Skip it if you want a private count and no plan.
Modraly
A private drink tracker for people who still drink, set against your country's guideline
Modraly is a private drink tracker for people who still drink. It counts units, spend and calories and shows your week next to the official guideline for your country, in that country's own unit, for fourteen countries and in 22 languages. Your drinks never leave the device: there is no account, no Modraly server, no ads and no tracking, and the only entry on its App Store privacy label is purchases, not linked to you. Logging is free and unlimited; stats and the calendar show the last 7 days, older days stay on the device and are never deleted, and you get two favourites. Premium adds unlimited history, widgets, tonight's count on the Lock Screen, custom date ranges, CSV export and alternative icons, by subscription or as a one-time purchase. It is built for Apple devices: iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, with free logging from Siri, Shortcuts, Control Center, the Lock Screen, a long press on the app icon and the watch, plus an App Clip that shows an example week without installing. It has had eleven releases since it launched on 6 September 2026. Modraly has no coaching and no streaks.
Choose Modraly if you still drink, want the number next to your own country's guideline, use Apple devices and want your drinks kept off any server. Choose something else for a programme, a streak or an unlimited free history.
I Am Sober vs the four
| Modraly | I Am Sober | DrinkControl | Try Dry | Sunnyside | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job | Units vs your country's line | Days without a drink | Unit diary, with streaks | Cut back or go dry, with badges | Weekly plan and a coach |
| If you drink | You log it. Nothing resets. | The run goes to zero | You log it | You can mark "drank as planned" | You log it against the plan |
| Account | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Price (23 October 2026) | Free to log. Premium £5.99/month, £34.99/year or £59.99 once (UK); 6,99 € / 44,99 € / 69,99 € (France); $7.99 / $49.99 / $79.99 (US). 7-day trial on annual only. | Free counter. Sober Plus: £9.49 to £10.49/month, £24.99 for six months, £29.99 to £37.99/year. US: $9.99/month, $29.99 to $39.99/year. | Free, with Premium at £3.99/month or £11.99/year. Lifetime purchases are listed at £14.99 and £24.99. US: $3.99 / $11.99. | Free. Funded by the charity Alcohol Change UK. | 15-day trial. Membership £88.99/year, Premium Membership £299/year. US: $99.99 / $299. Sunnyside Med is separate. |
| Ads | No, free or Premium. | Declared on the App Store listing. The Google Play listing says there are no ads. | No | No | No |
| App Store privacy label | Not linked to you: purchases. | Linked to you: contact details, content, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics. | Not linked to you: content, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics. | Linked to you: contact details. Not linked: health, location, contact details, identifiers, usage data, sensitive information, diagnostics. | Linked to you: contact details, content, identifiers, usage data, sensitive information, diagnostics. |
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, App Clip. Siri, Shortcuts, Control Center, Lock Screen, widgets. | iPhone, Apple Watch, Android | iPhone, Android | iPhone, iPad, Android | iPhone, Android |
Prices move. Check each App Store listing the day you pay. None of this is medical advice.
Free to download. Logging is unlimited. No streaks.
Common questions
What is the best I Am Sober alternative if I still drink?
I Am Sober is a sober-day counter. If you still drink, a diary is the other job. DrinkControl logs units and still has streaks. Try Dry lets you mark a day as drank as planned. Sunnyside plans the week with a coach. Modraly counts units with no streak to reset. None of them replace recovery support.
Does I Am Sober reset if I have a drink?
Yes. Consecutive sober days are the product. A drinking day is not a sober day, so the count of days in a row goes back to zero. That is honest arithmetic if you have stopped. It is the wrong mechanic if you are logging drinks you still have.
Are there free apps like I Am Sober that are not recovery counters?
Try Dry is free (account required, UK units, badges). DrinkControl is free to log. Modraly is free to log and shows the last 7 days on free; older days are kept, not deleted. Nomo is often named as a free sobriety clock; it is still a counter, not a drink diary, so it is not on this page.
Should I stay on I Am Sober?
Yes if you have stopped and the unbroken count, the daily pledge and the community are what you use. Switch if the job is to measure drinks, not days without them.
Can I log drinks in I Am Sober instead of sober days?
Not really. I Am Sober counts days since your last drink, and a drink resets the count. To record what you drink, you need a diary: DrinkControl, Try Dry and Modraly all log drinks in UK units.
Does I Am Sober have ads?
Declared on the App Store listing. The Google Play listing says there are no ads. Its App Store privacy label, read on 23 October 2026: Linked to you: contact details, content, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics.
