Try Dry® is the powerful, easy-to-use, and totally free premium app helping tens of thousands of people to take control of their drinking. Try Dry® is the official app of Dry January®, which was created and is run by the charity Alcohol Change UK.
Co-created with drinkers and based on behavioural science and a spirit of experimenting (hence the name), Try Dry® contains unique features such as 'planned drinking', custom goals, and special missions. Unlike 'sobriety-only apps', it works brilliantly whether you want to cut back or try being sober.
Whether you’re taking on Dry January®, doing Sober Spring, trying a sober October, making a longer-term change to your drinking, or just cutting back, Try Dry® is your trusted 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
• 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 see how you are doing
• Led by science, developed for you. Try Dry combines behavioural science with a highly responsive approach to feedback from users.
• Totally free. No upfront costs. No hidden costs. No ads. Entirely funded by the charity Alcohol Change UK.
Why cut down your drinking?
• Better sleep. More energy. Glowing skin (yes, really).
• More money in your pocket (the average UK adult spends £50,000 on booze in their lifetime!)
• Get healthier - cutting back on the booze 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
• Be more present, enjoy life more, and really be there for your family and friends.
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Motivating
I have been using the app since Dry Jan 2020 and have found it very helpful in cutting way back on my stubborn habit of rewarding myself after work with a beer or two. I have lost 12 pounds, upped my exercise time and most notably am sleeping soundly.
Shout out to the developers who have addressed some of the early glitches that were a bit annoying but really never affected the usability of the app. The UK system of tracking units was unfamiliar to me, but once I understood it, it was so much more precise. I saw just how much of a difference there is between a 7% pint of beer and a 5.3% 12oz can of beer. It is important to note the difference between a UK pint and US pint.
Highly recommend the app. Thanks to AlcoholChange UK!
Excellent accountability tool!
I’ve been using the app for two or three years since my first dry January. It helps me keep consumption lower and keeps me honest. The stories and added tools like the test are all so well thought out and developed. Thanks!!
Well Done
Really helped me with Dry-uary. Easy to use, and motivating.
Great app and a big help!
I am very grateful that this app was made and available for my Dry January attempt. I am happy to say that I was successful and this app was a great benefit and contribution to that effort. The (optional) emails that I received during January were extremely helpful and the blogs were great as well. Just an all-around great experience through this app.
Being able to see my journey, the units and money saved, and the ability to journal was actually very helpful.
So I am continuing to use the app for my next goal, an alcohol free Lent. Thank-you to the developers of the app. You were a great help to me.
Hugely helpful
Love to see those tea cups with umbrellas crowding my calendar with their bright cheery yellow. Far from the “blow it once and start from scratch”, Try Dry lets me watch my improvement over time. Highly recommend.
Great App
This is a great app, really helps you stay on target, whatever your personal goals are. I also found the articles they provide in the app motivating and insightful.
Great tracker and accountability partner
I have been working on reducing my alcohol consumption and this app is easy to use and reminds me every night. I like that I can see how many units I have had in any increment of time. The one thing that could be better is using oz for the US but I understand it is for UK. I get it close and that works for me.
I have continued to use it for over 7 months now and have seen a decrease in my consumption. Thanks!
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Fun. Not judgey, preachy, etc.
A key to my success and a happier, healthier life!
This tool has been indispensable to me. I have tracked every day since January 1, 2023. When I started to drink more often than I had decided to around August, it was plain to see and impossible to ignore. It wasn’t horrible, an extra 2 drinks a week, but it wasn’t what I want. And there it was for me to see, reflect on, and act upon. Back on track after another dry January and drinking even less than last year. From an every day many drinks person to a twice a week 2 small drinks person, I am a happy camper!
Support and validation
I have done Dry January for the past three years. I downloaded the Dry January app and found that it supported my efforts to take a break from alcohol and to hold myself accountable. Last year I used Dry January for Dry September as well, and this year I am well into February with just a handful of days with social events when I have enjoyed a drink. I like seeing the yellow screen and falling congratulatory confetti at the end of day without alcohol. If I don’t use the app regularly it is too easy to let the days when I have a glass of wine creep up. Thank you for helping me to retrain and recognize my patterns.
