It’s not really surprising that an Aussie developer has created an iPhone App that lets you monitor your alcohol consumption in real time to give you a fair idea of your blood alcohol percentage during a night on the booze.
The app works by setting up a profile based on your gender, height and weight and your target blood alcohol content. Then as you have a drink, you add it to the app, along with the time you drank it. As time goes by and your speech starts to slur, the app will give you an approximate BAC reading.
The biggest problem I see with this type of app is that as time goes on and more and more drinks are consumed, how likely are you to remember to update the app? I’ve had plenty of nights where I’ve lost count of the number of drinks I’ve had. You should also remember that the BAC figure you’re given is an approximation, and won’t help you if it says your under the limit but get busted for drink driving anyway.
Still, for $2.50 it’s a fairly comprehensive way of monitoring your boozing ways. And it’s all Aussie, all the time, which is reason enough to pick it up.
Matt Krumins
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 12:23 PMThis is the worst App i have ever downloaded!
I took it out for a night out and tracked every drink (even customised it to my favorites). The next morning it calculated that I needed to wait until 8pm that night to drive.
This sounded reasonable, it was a pretty epic night but i did need to drive.
Got a proper breathalizer at 1pm and it read 0.02… the app calculations were way out. Very unimpressed for a paid app, would only recomend it if your one of those poeple who likes to analyse how they blew $500 on booze the next morning.
DrinkTracker
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 12:56 PMSorry about that Matt – the fix is mentioned below.
Some users have reported an issue where the calculated BAC reads about a factor of 10 too low or too high.
This only happens when the initial units of measurement are set, the initial profile is created, and then the units of measurement are changed again BEFORE the first session is started. It’s a pretty unique set of circumstances.
If this happens to you then simply DELETE the user profile and RE-CREATE it – it’s all good after that.
This workaround is mentioned on both the app store description, and on our website. Users who have contacted us for tech support have been successful in every case.
A permanent fix was done last week and will be in the next update which has been submitted to iTunes for review and is still waiting for approval.
James Owen
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 1:39 PMHave been using this app for a few big nights out but found it’s especially brilliant for checking if I’m good to go after a few drinks at a restaurant.
@Matt, don’t know what you’re on about, the app worked first time every time for me – calculations seem spot on.
Mr Shelf
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 3:09 PMApp works well for me, but is missing some features (like multiple profiles). I contacted the developer and they said it’s coming in an update soon. Sounds like they are committed to bringing out bigger and better versions, which is always good to see.
It says on the website and here that these guys are from Australia. Does anyone know where from? Seems like Victoria is the place most of the iPhone stuff is happening?
Simon
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 9:12 PMThis app is great ive taken it for a spin multiple times even tested it on my friends and it hasn’t let me down. I first heard about it from Kochie on Sunrise, he gave it a great review.
This app has saved me multiple times from DUI. So thanks heaps, I really appreciate, if your a parent make sure you get your kids to use this especially if they are driving after or during a night in the town, it could be a life saver.