Try Dry: Dry January® & beyond

Alcohol Change UK

About this app

Try Dry® is the powerful, easy to use, and totally free app helping tens of thousands of people to take control of their drinking. Try Dry® is the official app of Dry January®, run by the charity Alcohol Change UK.

Co-created with drinkers and based on behavioural science and a culture of experimentation, Try Dry® contains unique features such as 'planned drinking', custom goals, and special missions! Unlike many 'sobriety-only apps', it works brilliantly whether you want to cut back or try being sober and is available with localised features in the following languages:
- Welsh, French, German, Norwegian

Whether you’re taking on Dry January®, doing Sober Spring, making a longer-term change to your drinking, or just cutting back, Try Dry® is your friendly 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 every time
• 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 check up on your drinking
• Led by science, developed for you. Try Dry® combines behavioural science with a highly responsive approach to feedback from users.
• Totally free. No hidden costs, no annoying ads.

Why cut down your drinking?
• People report better sleep, more energy and looking great!
• More money in your pocket (the average UK adult spends £50,000 on booze in their lifetime!)
• Get healthier - cutting back on your drinking 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
• Amazing sense of achievement!

Ratings and reviews

I made the choice to get sober. This app is phenomenal. All the free things are free. No ads and I find myself counting sober days and not even going for another drink. It's a great motivator and a great way to track your progress in many ways. I recommended it to my addiction counselor and anyone I know trying the sober ride!

It's really helpful. Adds an element of fun. I found it really useful to check progress every day. However, how can I change the prices of drinks in the baseline? At the outset, they are ridiculously low. E.g. £1 a pint of beer. I know I can change the price of an individual drink I've consumed, but that means I have to do it every single time. Currently prices are not visible or editable in "edit baseline drinking-weekly consumption "

I really enjoy using this app. It's like having a little help-buddy! It encourages me to keep aiming for more drink free days, then weeks, and before I know it I have a drink free month! The first emails are a great support to get you started. It's also inspiring to hear people's experiences and read their individual stories. The more I fill in this app, the more I don't even think about having a alcoholic drink. I feel healther, fitter and happier within myself.

What's new

Bug fix for custom goals using US definition of units