إرواء vs Shifa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
إرواء
This app helps you stay hydrated by sending custom reminders to drink water throughout the day. It calculates your daily water needs based on personal factors and tracks your intake over time.
- Customizable water drinking reminders
- Daily water intake calculation
- Track water consumption history
- Adjustable reminder times and frequency
- Simple and user-friendly interface
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الماء ضروري لحياتنا، وشرب كمية كافية من الماء امر ضروري ومهم لصحتنا، ولكن بسبب سوء ذاكرتنا وحياتنا المزدحمة ينتهي اليوم من غير شرب كمية كافية من المياه. سيقوم هذا التطبيق بتذكيرك بشرب الماء و متابعة ذلك يوميا من خلال مذكرات و اشعارات تقوم بإختيارها و اختيار توقيتها و ترددها. خصائص التطبيق: بسيط وسهل الاستخدام مما يجعله مناسب لجميع الأعمار حساب كيمة المياه اليومية على اساس الجنس والوزن والنشاط الرياضي اليومي، مما يسهل عليك معرفة كمية المياه اللازم شربها يومياً تذكيرك بشرب الماء بناء على الوقت الذي تريده اضافه او تعديل وقت التنبيه يظهر لك كمية المياه التي شربها على مدار السنة من خلال رزنامة
Shifa
Access your personal health records securely. This app provides Omani nationals and foreign residents with access to their health information. Authentication is required via OTP using your registered mobile number.
- Access personal health information
- Secure OTP authentication
- For Omani nationals and residents
- Ministry of Health developed
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The Shifa app is developed by the Ministry of Health to provide all nationals and foreign residents of the Sultanate of Oman, access to their personal health information. Using this app requires an OTP authentication with the mobile number you registered to the ministry.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: إرواء at 64% against Shifa's 15%. إرواء also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.2) and ratings volume (510 vs 59). Shifa's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support 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
Both are free to download. إرواء sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Shifa asks for nothing beyond the download.
إرواء holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: إرواء has 510 ratings behind it against 59, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of إرواء's written reviews are positive against 15% of Shifa's.
إرواء ships an update every 2 months, Shifa fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | إرواء | Shifa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (510 ratings) — better | 3.2 (59 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.0% of reviews — better | 15.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 510 — better | 59 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Adeeb Haddad | Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman |
Customer experience
إرواء
Shifa
In-app purchases
إرواء
- Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- ازالة الاعلانات$1.99
Shifa
No in-app purchases
