Vol. 2.9 · For iPhone & Apple Watch · iOS 18+

Stay sober.
Keep your dog alive.

DryDog turns your sobriety streak into a Tamagotchi-style pet that grows the longer you stay clean — and wilts if you slip. No shame, no judgement, no medical claims. Just a quiet companion for the days that are hard.

Download on the App Store Free. No accounts. No ads.
I.The thesis

Most sobriety apps are just a number.

DryDog gives you something to care for — a pup that grows through seven life stages as your streak grows. Slip up and they wilt. Pick yourself back up and they bounce back. The same day, no shame. They've been waiting for you.

  • Seven life stages, from rescue crate to legendary.
  • One tap a day. Yes or no. A pet voice cheers the yes; a fresh-start sheet meets the no.
  • Pick what you're tracking — alcohol, nicotine, cannabis, sugar, or anything you name yourself.
  • The whole app rewords itself around your goal.
DryDog Home tab showing pet card, streak count, savings, and badges

01 · Bud the Rescue Mutt, on day sixty-five.

A quiet companion for the days that are hard.
— The whole pitch, in one sentence.
II.The work

Every check-in, kept for you.

A memory book scrolls every check-in, freeze day, and milestone in order. Pattern insights surface your longest streak, your most common trigger, and your most vulnerable weekday — quietly, without lecturing.

  • Memory book — your story, chronologically.
  • Insights — longest streak, trigger frequency, weekday risk.
  • Streak freeze — one free freeze a month bridges a missed check-in.
  • Anniversary milestones for every meaningful day.
Growth tab — Longest streak 65 days, Memory book, Wardrobe (3 of 5 accessories earned), and growth stages from Rescue Crate through Young Pup

02 · Growth — every life stage and every milestone, kept.

III.The proof

A heatmap that looks like progress.

Every sober day fills a square. The grid grows greener week by week. No streaks, no leaderboards, no shareable shame metrics — just a quiet record of the days you showed up.

  • Multi-week calendar heatmap.
  • Total sober days · current streak · longest run.
  • Differentiate-without-color and VoiceOver-ready.
  • Edit today's check-in. Slips are reversible until midnight.
History tab with calendar heatmap of sober days, with day-of-month label in each square

03 · 79 sober days, one slip, kept honestly.

IV.On your wrist

Your streak, at a glance.

DryDog rides along on your Apple Watch and surfaces a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Tap the Lock Screen widget to check in without opening the app. Say "Log my DryDog check-in" to Siri. The fewest taps your sobriety has ever taken.

  • Apple Watch companion — pet, streak, and stage gauge.
  • Live Activity + Dynamic Island.
  • Lock Screen tap-to-check-in.
  • Siri & Shortcuts — "log my DryDog check-in."
DryDog on Apple Watch Series 11 showing a young-pup sprite, 65 days sober, and a stage gauge

04 · Apple Watch Series 11 (46mm).

V.Yours, only

Privacy you can hold.

No accounts. No cloud. No servers. SwiftData stores everything on your device. The optional iCloud sync uses your own iCloud — we never see it. Blur the app when you background it. Disguise the icon as Notes. Face ID locks the front door.

  • Zero analytics, zero advertising, zero third-party SDKs.
  • Optional alternate "Notes" Home Screen icon disguise.
  • Background blur when the app isn't active.
  • Face ID lock on the front door.
DryDog Settings — Pro upsell, all five breeds available (no locks), tracking substance picker, and pet skin selection

05 · Settings — your shape, your secrets.

VI.When the day gets hard

A meeting in one tap. A person at the top.

Two doors out of a hard moment, both one tap from Settings. Find a meeting sends you to the directories that actually keep meeting data current — Apple Maps near-you, Meeting Guide, SMART Recovery, Recovery Dharma, In The Rooms, and round-the-clock online. My person stores one phone number — a recovery buddy, a therapist, whoever picks up — with Call and Text buttons big enough to find with your thumb. DryDog never sees who you call.

  • Curated outbound directory — every link opens Safari or the destination app.
  • "My person" — name, number, notes, on this device only.
  • Big Call (green) and Text (blue) buttons at the top of the editor.
  • "Call my person" sits next to 988 in Crisis Resources.
  • Not affiliated with any recovery program — we just point you at the real ones.
DryDog Settings showing Find help — meeting finder and my person

06 · Find help — a meeting, a person, one tap each.

VII.The numbers

Free forever.
Pro if you want skins.

Free
$0
and stays that way.
  • One pet (Rescue Mutt). All seven life stages.
  • Daily check-in & calendar heatmap.
  • Milestone badges, streak freeze, memory book.
  • Live Activity + Dynamic Island + Apple Watch.
  • Siri & Shortcuts, Lock Screen widget.
  • Alcohol tracking, Face ID lock, icon disguise.
Get DryDog →
DryDog Pro
$2.99 / month · or $14.99/year
  • Four Pro breeds (Labrador, Husky, Corgi, Beagle).
  • Five Pro skins (Husky, Corgi, Golden, Shadow, Rainbow).
  • Track nicotine, cannabis, sugar, or any custom goal.
  • Multi-pet — more than one streak at once.
  • Anniversary milestones screen.
  • Sobriety streak keepsake — shareable PDF.
Try Pro inside the app →
Crisis support

If you are in crisis, call or text 988 — the US Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Free, confidential, twenty-four-seven. DryDog is not a substitute for professional treatment, medical advice, or therapy.