Reframe: Drink Less & Thrive

52 of 100 · reviews
4.7of 5 · store
41,966ratings on the App Store
293reviews read

An editorial reading of the saved reviews

An educational program for cutting back on alcohol using neuroscience, live meetings, and coaching. Real value exists, but navigation is overloaded, notifications are intrusive, and billing incidents (a subscription that sneaks up, hard-to-cancel flows) erode trust.

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What people use it for

People who want to drink less (not zero), are willing to commit to a structured curriculum, and value live group sessions.

What reviews praise

A library of content explaining how the brain works with alcohol dependence, plus live club meetings for people who want to understand the mechanism rather than just count days.

What reviews complain about

Onboarding walks the user through deep personal questions, then responds with a templated bot.
The gap between expecting a personal response and getting a script is jarring for a vulnerable audience.

What users experience

3 excerpts from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

A bit disappointed that it has virtually no spiel for if you fall off the wagon. I was expecting some big motivational slide show on how I can redeem myself but I got nothing other than my drinks avoided dropping to zero.

This is the second time I've used reframe on a regular basis. I love the daily coach ups, tasks, the science/brain information, the challenges, ability to journal or not, the tips and the community.

This was moderately helpful for about a month, then I resented it like a chore. Ultimately deleted because you can't opt out of AI features and I don't want to give AI my sensitive health data.