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What Reframe does well
Reframe is a course in neuroscience and CBT with a tracker inside it: daily tasks, readings, meditations, a community and monthly challenges. What you pay for is the course. After a 7-day trial it is a monthly or annual subscription, with coaching on top. It is in English and aimed at the US. Modraly does none of this. We are not affiliated with Reframe.
The App Store listing on 23 October 2026 still led with cut back or quit, a 7-day trial, and Thrive Coaching as an add-on. That is a programme storefront. A unit diary is a smaller product, sold at a smaller price.
Why people look for a Reframe alternative
Price. 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. That was the UK and US App Store listings on 23 October 2026. An account is required. The daily task is the loop, not an optional extra.
Some people wanted to log drinks and found a course. English, US-centric, naltrexone behind a separate medical product (Reframe Med+). If any of that is the mismatch, a diary or a lighter moderation plan is the other shelf.
Four alternatives
Modraly is not first. Sunnyside is still a programme; it is the closest job, not the cheapest.
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.
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.
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.
Reframe vs the four
| Modraly | Reframe | Sunnyside | DrinkControl | Try Dry | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job | Units vs country line | 160-day course | Weekly plan + coach | Unit diary + streaks | Free cut-back, badges |
| Account | No | Yes | Yes | No | 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. | 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. | 15-day trial. Membership £88.99/year, Premium Membership £299/year. US: $99.99 / $299. Sunnyside Med is separate. | 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. |
| Ads | No, free or Premium. | No | No | No | No |
| App Store privacy label | Not linked to you: purchases. | Used to track you: identifiers. Linked to you: identifiers. Not linked: location, contact details, content, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics. | Linked to you: contact details, content, identifiers, usage data, sensitive information, 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. |
Free to download. Logging is unlimited. No course.
Common questions
What is the best Reframe alternative if I still drink?
Sunnyside if you want a weekly plan and a human coach, without a 160-day course. DrinkControl or Modraly if you only want a private count. Try Dry if you want free UK units and badges. Reframe itself if the course is the point.
Is there a free Reframe alternative?
Try Dry is free. DrinkControl and Modraly are free to log. 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. None of the free diaries is a neuroscience course.
Does a Reframe alternative need an account?
Sunnyside, Try Dry and Reframe do. DrinkControl and Modraly do not. If the login screen is why you are leaving, those two are the shortlist.
Reframe vs Modraly: which one?
Reframe if you want daily tasks, a community and a programme to change the habit. Modraly if you want units, spend and calories next to your country guideline, with no course and no account. They are not substitutes.
Does Reframe track you?
Its App Store privacy label, read on 23 October 2026, declares data used to track you. In full: Used to track you: identifiers. Linked to you: identifiers. Not linked: location, contact details, content, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics. Modraly's label: Not linked to you: purchases.
Is there a Reframe alternative on Android?
Sunnyside, DrinkControl and Try Dry all run on Android.
