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What does the app do?
This app helps you keep track of how much alcohol you drink and how often. It uses a drinks' diary to log your drinks and a chart function to see your drinking habits in the past 24 hours, 7 days and 30 days, and whether you've reached binge drinking level. The app also helps you calculate the financial cost of your drinking. For a more detailed description of the app, see iTunes and, for a detailed review, see Reviews.
PROS
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✔ Easy to use.
✔ You can change the app icon, which helps with confidentiality.
✔ Good use of graphs and infographics to show data.
✔ Shows the caloric value of alcoholic drinks.
✘ The definition of a unit of alcohol is only the same as in New Zealand if the WHO definition is selected. New Zealand users will not necessarily know to select the WHO settings.
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Credits: Health Navigator Editorial Team. Reviewed By: Dr Peter Ou, GP and Clinical Editor, Auckland Regional HealthPathways
Last reviewed: 06 May 2021
User review
Reviewer: Member of the public, Wellington, New Zealand Date of review: February 2022 Comments: Easy to use. Great record of weekly, quarterly and annual alcohol units. Helped me get units to below moderate over 18 months.
Clinical review
Reviewer: Dr Peter Ou, GP and Clinical Editor, Auckland Regional HealthPathways Date of review: April 2021 Comments: Users can learn about the pattern of their alcohol intake, the alcohol content of their beverages (in units) and how this fits with recommended amounts as per guidelines from other countries (non-NZ guidelines). Users will also learn the financial costs and caloric values of their alcoholic beverages in graph and pictorial formats. Safety concerns: NZ users may be misled about how many units they are drinking, and whether their intake is within recommended guidelines if they select the incorrect regions within the settings. The WHO settings have the same definition for a standard unit of alcohol as NZ, but the recommended guidelines differ. New Zealand relevance: In NZ a standard drink is defined as 10g of ethanol; however, there is no NZ region setting in the app. If users select the WHO definition of alcohol units in the settings then the definition is the same as NZ. All other available regions have different definitions of a standard drink, eg, Canada 13.45g, Germany 15g, UK 8g and US 14g. Therefore, it is important for NZ users to ensure they select the WHO definition for alcohol consumption. This is the default option when the app is opened. However, even then the recommended alcohol intake thresholds will differ from NZ recommendations (WHO recommended amounts is lower).
Clinical review
Reviewer: Garren Espin, Dietitian, Auckland Diabetes Centre Date of review: July 2016 Comments: This app is most useful for consumers of alcohol, especially frequent consumers. It enables consumers to see the monetary and calorie cost of their drinking habits. The app allows users to reflect on what their current drinking habits are doing to their health, such as hindering weight loss and their financial security. Tracking the monetary and calorie cost of an individuals drinking habits may facilitate behaviour change more than simply tracking alcohol intake alone. Safety concerns: The weekly grading system could mislead one day binge drinkers into thinking their drinking behaviour was acceptable, eg, week graded as violet/non-excessive even though they consumed their weekly maximum in one night. New Zealand relevance: There isno option to pick NZ-specific alcohol drinking standards.
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