Comparison

Water Reminder vs Orbit Fasting

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Water Reminder

This app helps you track your daily water intake and reminds you to stay hydrated. It calculates your body's water needs, allows custom drink volumes, and tracks historical consumption. It also supports nutrition tracking and integrates with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Personalized drink notifications
  • Customizable drink volumes
  • Scheduled reminders
  • Historical consumption tracking
  • Daily nutrition tracking
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Water is essential to our life, drinking enough and right quantity of water is vital for our health. Water Reminder by VGFIT will help you to calculate, how much water your body needs, will track your hydration and gently remind you to drink water to fulfill your goal. * Improve your health with personal drink notification. * Create custom drink volumes easily. * Schedule notifications according to the time you wake up and sleep. * Choose the interval between notifications. * Track your historical consumption during the day, week and month. * Track your daily nutrition values. * It is Good for weight Loss and it is the base of every healthy diet. * Supports Imperial ( fl. oz. ) and Metric ( ml. ) units. * Drinking enough water, will improve your health. Water Reminder uses HealthKit in order to record drinking data to Nutrition section in Health application. The app requests access to the following data types: Water, Caffeine, Protein, Dietary Energy, Fat, Carbs and Sugars. When you add a drink to the app - it automatically sends to Health app the following nutritional information of that drink: water, caffeine, protein, calories, fat, carbs and sugars content. The synchronization with Apple Health can be switched off in the application Settings. As a Water Reminder app user, you can choose the subscription plan that best suits your needs. Our Premium 1-year subscription plan offers unlimited access to all drinks, notification sounds, app widget, watch and remove all advertising in exchange for a single payment. In addition, 1-month subscription is available for users. For your convenience, subscriptions are set to automatically renew within the 24-hour period prior to the subscription end date. You can cancel your subscription at any moment in your iTunes account settings but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the terms. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of Use: https://vgfit.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://vgfit.com/privacy Do you have questions or feedback? Feel free to contact us at support@vgfit.com

About

Orbit Fasting

This app offers a flexible intermittent fasting timer and tracker. It provides insights into metabolic phases, allows for journaling, and tracks weight and hydration. It also integrates with Apple Health and prioritizes user privacy.

Highlights
  • Flexible fasting schedules
  • Fasting phase insights
  • Weight and hydration tracking
  • Journaling and streaks
  • Apple Health integration
  • Privacy-focused data export
Features
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Orbit is a flexible intermittent fasting companion designed to help you fast on your terms, understand your progress, and build sustainable habits. Whether you follow 16:8, 18:6, OMAD, or a custom schedule, Orbit gives you a simple fasting timer, educational metabolic phase insights, hydration and weight tracking, journaling, streaks, and Apple Health integration in one privacy-focused experience. FASTING THAT FITS YOUR LIFE • Start, pause, resume, or extend a fast whenever you need. • Choose popular fasting plans or create a schedule that works for you. • Track elapsed and remaining time with a smooth visual fasting ring. UNDERSTAND YOUR FAST Follow an educational timeline of fasting phases, including digestion, glycogen use, fat burning, ketosis, and later-stage fasting. See what may be happening during each stage and learn what to expect as your fast progresses. JOURNAL YOUR PROGRESS Keep a chronological record of completed fasts. Add mood, energy level, notes, photos, and tags so you can look back and understand your habits over time. WEIGHT & HYDRATION • Log body weight and follow trends over time. • Track progress toward your weight goal. • Quickly add 250 ml or 500 ml of water. • View hydration progress throughout the day. INSIGHTS & STREAKS Stay motivated with current and longest streaks, consistency tracking, average fasting duration, completed fasts, and personalized insights based on your history. APPLE HEALTH Sync supported body weight and dietary water data with Apple Health for a more connected health-tracking experience. YOUR DATA, YOUR JOURNEY Orbit is built with a privacy-first approach and gives you tools to export your fasting, weight, and hydration history as CSV files. Orbit is intended for educational and personal tracking purposes only and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Consult a qualified healthcare professional before beginning extended fasting or making significant dietary changes.

Screenshots

Water Reminder4 screens
Orbit Fasting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Water Reminder at Free against Orbit Fasting's $1.99. Water Reminder also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Orbit Fasting's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Water Reminder is free to download; Orbit Fasting costs $1.99 up front. Water Reminder sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Orbit Fasting asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Water Reminder versus Orbit Fasting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWater ReminderOrbit Fasting
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.7 (79K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings79K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperVGFIT LLCMaydaysec

Customer experience

Water Reminder

All ratings78,530 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews1,378 reviews
Positive63.4%
Neutral11.2%
Negative25.4%

Orbit Fasting

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Water Reminder

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Drinks logged multiple times on phone
  • App crashes or freezes
  • Reminders not working as expected
  • Incorrect unit conversions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more drink options (e.g. decaf, sugar-free)
  • Allow customization of drink amounts and nutrients
  • Improve Apple Health integration
  • Provide a one-time purchase option
  • Add more personalization and goal-setting features

Orbit Fasting

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Water Reminder

Subscriptions8
  • Premium$0.997 Days
  • Premium7 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Premium$2.991 Month
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  • Premium$3.991 Month
  • Premium7 Days trial2 variants$3.991 Month
  • Premium$17.996 Months
  • Premium$29.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$35.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium$79.99
None

Orbit Fasting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Water Reminder free?
Water Reminder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orbit Fasting free?
Orbit Fasting costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Water Reminder or Orbit Fasting have ads?
Neither Water Reminder nor Orbit Fasting shows ads.

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