Try Dry: Dry January® & beyond

4.5
945 reviews
100K+
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PEGI 3
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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!
Updated on
May 7, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Financial info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.5
927 reviews
Sandra Borthwick
February 18, 2024
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.
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Alcohol Change UK
February 23, 2024
Wow Sandra, thanks for your feedback and 5* review, we really appreciate it. Sounds like you are making significant change, we are so happy to hear that Try Dry has been a part of that. Best wishes
Lindsey Thompson
December 23, 2023
This app is great for accountability to oneself when trying to cut down or quit booze. Really helps with motivation. What I would really like to see added, is the ability to be able to view the data (total dry days, units etc) for any given year, in isolation. At the moment, you can only view the data for the current year that you're in, or the total to date. I've been using the app since 2019 and would love to refer back to each year's stats to compare my year on year progress.
20 people found this review helpful
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Alcohol Change UK
December 31, 2023
Hi Lindsey, thank you for taking the time to leave us a 4* review and to give us feedback on how you would like the insights to look in the app. We will be reviewing this in 2024 and will take your feedback into consideration. Best wishes and we hope you continue to enjoy using Try Dry :)
Adam M
December 31, 2023
I like it but it could be improved. I'd like to see total dry days for a given year. Also for me I only care about dry days vs non dry days. It could be a lot more simple, literally just one click. I'm not bothered about calories or money saved, or taking time fiddling about trying to input specific drinks and units. Just simple button for dry or not would be better for me personally. Otherwise good app, thank you.
8 people found this review helpful
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Alcohol Change UK
January 2, 2024
Hi Adam, thank you for providing your valuable feedback. Please reach out to us at dryjanuary@alcoholchange.org.uk if you have other suggestions. Thanks for using the app and leaving a review :)

What's new

Bug fix for custom goals using US definition of units