Log drinks, monitor your blood alcohol content in real time, and set your own limits. All data stays on your device. No account required.
Drink Buddy keeps it simple — log, track, stay in control.
Log beers, wines, spirits and cocktails in one tap. Customise your favourites or add your own.
Know exactly where you stand. Uses the Widmark formula — the same method used in medical and legal contexts — calculated from your weight and gender.
See exactly when you'll be back at 0.00 or 0.05. Optional push notifications so you don't have to keep checking.
Review your drinking history with weekly, monthly and yearly charts. Every drink logged, every timestamp recorded.
Set your own daily and weekly standard drink limits and get notified when you're approaching them.
Designed for night use. Dark mode is built-in — no squinting at a white screen at midnight.
No account, no sign-up. Just download and go.
Install Drink Buddy from Google Play. No account required — ever.
Enter your weight and gender for accurate BAC calculations. Stays on your device.
Tap a drink to log it. Watch your BAC update in real time as the night progresses.
Check your limit, see your sobriety timer, and make informed choices all night long.
Everything you need to know before you download.
Yes. The free version is ad-supported. A paid version is also available which removes ads entirely.
No. Drink Buddy requires zero sign-up. All your data is stored locally on your device — nothing is shared or uploaded.
Drink Buddy uses the Widmark formula, which is the scientifically validated method used in medical research and legal blood alcohol estimation. Results are estimates — individual metabolism varies.
Yes, Drink Buddy is currently available on Android via Google Play.
The free version covers everyday tracking — logging drinks, BAC estimates and your recent history. Premium removes all in-app advertisements and unlocks extra features: graphs and analytics, unlimited drink history (free shows the last 30 days), export and import of your drinking data, and custom drinks.
No. Drink Buddy is intended for adults aged 18 and over. It is a drink tracking tool — not a product that promotes alcohol consumption.
Free calculators and guides to help you drink smarter.
Enter any drink's size and strength to see exactly how many standard drinks it contains — plus a chart of common Aussie drinks.
How fast your body actually clears alcohol, a sober-up time calculator, and the myths (coffee, cold showers) that don't work.
How to use drink tracking to make your alcohol-free month stick — baselines, streaks, Golden Tickets and life after July.
Why a nightcap helps you fall asleep but wrecks your rest — REM suppression, the 3am rebound, and how to sleep better.
0.08% everywhere except Utah's 0.05% — the limits for commercial and under-21 drivers, and why you can be arrested below the number.
Espresso martinis, margaritas and negronis are all around two standard drinks — here's how to count what's really in your glass.
One unit is 10ml of pure alcohol, a large wine is 3.3 of them — how to count units, the 14-a-week guideline and UK drink-drive limits.
Up to 24 hours, peaking as your BAC hits zero — the science of acetaldehyde, congeners and dehydration, and why no cure actually works.
No more than 10 standard drinks a week and 4 on any day — where the NHMRC numbers come from, and why most serves count as more than one drink.
Nine hours of free-flowing champagne is a trap — the top-up trick, toast etiquette, and a pacing plan that gets you to the last dance.
Alcohol packs 29 kJ per gram — nearly as much as fat. What beer, wine and spirits really cost in kilojoules, and how to cut back without quitting.
250mcg breath, 50mg blood, zero under 20 — New Zealand's two-tier penalty system explained, from $200 infringements to criminal charges.
Sleep doesn't sober you up — your liver clears about one drink an hour, awake or not. The morning-after maths that keeps you under 0.05.
Heat, 10-hour days and lost count — why festivals hit harder than a night out, with a pacing plan, hydration rules and can-by-can counts.
0.08 is criminal, but most provinces suspend licences from 0.05 — Canada's two-limit system, mandatory screening and zero-tolerance rules.
Why the same drinks hit harder with no food — how a meal slows absorption and lowers your peak BAC, and the one thing eating can't do.
A 750ml bottle is about 7–8 standard drinks, not three glasses — the simple formula, a table by ABV, and why home pours add up so fast.