Taking on board suggestions from the brilliant Try Dry® community, and exploring further how the app keeps us motivated, engaged and inspired to improve our relationship with alcohol, these latest developments give you even more opportunity to challenge yourself and earn rewards for all your hard efforts.
January 2025 |
8 minutes
With what’s set to be our biggest ever Dry January® challenge coming up just around the corner, we are really excited to announce fresh updates to the Try Dry® app!
Update Try Dry® now to make use of all the new features listed below.
Make sure you update your app, so you don't miss out. If you haven't got automatic updates enabled in your device's settings and you're not sure how to update the app, check out the help pages from Apple and Google Play.
Missions to get stuck into
Try Dry® version 1.8.0 sees the introduction of a whopping 21 new alcohol-free Missions to claim! These have been suggested by our community and represent activities, events, or situations that many of us believe require alcohol. The aim of Try Dry® missions is simple – to show us that alcohol doesn’t have to take centre stage and it’s possible to enjoy a whole host of activities alcohol-free. (Maybe you’ll even find something is more enjoyable without alcohol!)
From milestone birthdays to bottomless brunches, there’s an alcohol-free mission for everyone to try and conquer. Missions are great to use during the Dry January® challenge and year-round to support your journey, so why not take a look and set your sights on one that would push you out of your comfort zone? You might just be surprised by what you can achieve.
Badges to keep you motivated
We are also pleased to share our first update to the badges section since it was introduced back in 2020. Badges are automatically awarded when you meet milestones in the app and are a boost to spur you on as you get closer to reaching your goals. And the great news is that there are now 84 new ones to work towards! Long term users of the app will also see some extended badges in the dry streaks, low risk weeks, reducer, and total dry days categories. Plus we’ve added brand-new badges for money and unit savings, calendar streaks, and for using various Try Dry® features designed to support you make lasting changes to your drinking.
Gaining insights from your Try Dry® data
And just to top it all off, we’re also launching a new ‘Insights’ section, which has been designed following feedback from app users looking to get more out of the ‘My charts’ section. These have been updated and now allow you to compare your drinking data with trends from your wellbeing scores, baseline and savings, giving you an incredible range of data insights to get stuck into. Check and explore your progress from the last 30 days with ease, see your top dry streaks of all time, calculate your badges and missions totals at a glance, and so much more in your powerful new Insights section.
We’re so excited to be sharing more tools with our Try Dry® community to help you understand your unique patterns and trends, and to help you reach your goals with this latest Try Dry® update. We’d love to hear your feedback and if you would like to be involved in our next round of testing with the Insights section, please get in touch at [email protected]
Try Dry® is the official app for the Dry January® challenge and beyond, and can be your perfect companion for cutting back or cutting out alcohol. If you haven’t already, why not download it for free from the App Store or Google Play below?
