Pine vs Hey! Hydrate!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 8 deep breathing exercises
- 16 ambient sounds
- Personal journal with emotion log
- Customizable exercise duration
- Syncs across Apple devices
- Integrates with Apple Health
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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
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!
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Verdict
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
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.
Pine ships an update fortnightly, Hey! Hydrate! every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pine | Hey! Hydrate! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (28 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.3 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 187 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bean's Bytes, LLC | Nifty Tree Studios |
In-app purchases
Pine
- Pine Premium Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Pine Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Pine Premium Lifetime$19.99
Hey! Hydrate!
No in-app purchases









