Comparison

Pine vs Hey! Hydrate!

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

Head to head
About

Pine

Find moments of calm with guided deep breathing exercises, soothing ambient sounds, and a personal journal to track your emotions and daily events. Access a variety of exercises and sounds to target stress and anxiety, all synced across your devices.

Highlights
  • 8 deep breathing exercises
  • 16 ambient sounds
  • Personal journal with emotion log
  • Customizable exercise duration
  • Syncs across Apple devices
  • Integrates with Apple Health
Features
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Pine lets you find a moment to relax with deep breathing exercises, ambient sounds, and a personal Journal. Pine guides you through deep breathing exercises on your iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. Pine features up to 8 different breathing exercises, each designed to target different types of stress, anxiety, fatigue, and depression. There are also range of ambient sounds with up to 16 different sounds in Pine. Pine has a personal journal built right in, so you can record the daily events throughout your day. The journal also features an emotions log, so you can record your emotions during the day, and the thoughts and/or events that lead may have caused those feelings. Pine Premium gives you access to the journal, all breathing exercises and ambient sounds. Pine Premium syncs to all of your devices. Complete Feature List: * 8 deep breathing exercises. * Ability to change the duration of your breathing exercise between 1 minute and 15 minutes (10 minutes on Apple Watch). * A great design that helps you relax. * 8 high-quality ambient sounds. * Ambient Sounds can play in the background or while your phone is asleep. * Reminders to take a minute to relax every day. * Works with Apple Health: Sync Mindfulness Minutes with the Health App. * iCloud syncing between your devices so all of your breathing exercises and journal entries stay in sync. * Universal Purchases with Pine Premium, pay on one device to get access to Pine Premium on all of your supported devices. Thank you for considering Pine, I hope it helps you improve your life and allows you to take a minute to appreciate the day, Casey

About

Hey! Hydrate!

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A simple app to track your water consumption. Set custom goals and make sure you're drinking enough water.  Integrates with Apple Health and has an Apple Watch companion app. Hey! Hydrate!

Screenshots

Pine4 screens
Hey! Hydrate!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pine at Free against Hey! Hydrate!'s $0.99. Pine also leads on device support (5 vs 2). Hey! Hydrate!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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

Pine is free to download; Hey! Hydrate! costs $0.99 up front. Pine sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Hey! Hydrate! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pine ships an update fortnightly, Hey! Hydrate! every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pine versus Hey! Hydrate!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPineHey! Hydrate!
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.3 (28 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews11.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.3 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size187 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBean's Bytes, LLCNifty Tree Studios

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pine

Subscriptions2
  • Pine Premium Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Pine Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pine Premium Lifetime$19.99
None

Hey! Hydrate!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pine free?
Pine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hey! Hydrate! free?
Hey! Hydrate! costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pine or Hey! Hydrate! have ads?
Neither Pine nor Hey! Hydrate! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pine or Hey! Hydrate!?
Pine ships an update fortnightly, and Hey! Hydrate! every 9 days. Most recently, Pine was updated on June 5, 2026 and Hey! Hydrate! on September 9, 2026.

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