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 the Dry January® challenge, 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 and Italian.

Whether you’re taking on the Dry January® challenge, doing Sober Spring, making a longer-term change to your drinking, or just cutting back, the Try Dry® app 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

Seems like a decent app, but I'd like to see more customization like adding reasons for drinking that day, such as a wedding or an unexpected get-together. Badges seem cool, but it'd be nice if they're automatic to tie in with those events, or to choose specifically which days they applied. Widgets displaying streaks or reminders or inspiration would be amazing. Maybe even a quick-add widget. I can't seem to update what time the notification is set for, though; it's stuck at 21:00.

I like this app - has a lot of good tracking things from calories to money. It's better than just checking a box to stop or reduce drinking. However, I get a "you failed" message every week. I am not sure why since I have a custom goal set that I do achieve but the app seems to think I didn't. I am not sure how to fix it, but, I might end up uninstalling because it's a little disheartening. ----- After communicating with the Try Dry team - five stars! For a nonprofit group, they are so helpful and working hard.

The premise is great, but the functionality, not so much. I set a goal for a max # of units to drink in a week, and the app notified me that I failed even though the units shown on the calendar are less than the max I set. Maybe the drinks are being rounded for the calendar display but not for goals calculation. I also tried two other built in goals and accomplished them, but the app didn't acknowledge the accomplishments.

What’s new

Resolves issue with weekly summary notification