Comparison

Hydro Coach vs DripDrip

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

Head to head
About

Hydro Coach

This app helps you stay hydrated by calculating your personalized daily water intake needs. It sends smart reminders and allows you to track your progress with various drink types and insightful statistics. Achieve hydration goals and unlock fun achievements.

Highlights
  • Personalized intake calculation
  • Smart drink reminders
  • Record daily intake
  • Various drink types
  • Stats & History
  • Integrates with Apple Health
  • Lifetime Sea Creature Status
Features
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Join over 100,000 happy users in staying healthy and hydrated! The #1 best thing you can do for your health is drink water. Water is a super drug that flushes out toxins, lowers your stress, and boosts your energy. So it may shock you to learn that around 75% of people are chronically dehydrated. Want to take control of your hydration? We got you covered. Our app is simple, elegant, and easy to use. Learn how much you need to drink, get reminded to drink, and drink until you reach the titanic rank of Giant Squid! Really though... Just drink water, silly. It doesn't need to be much more complicated than that. Feature List Personalized intake calculation Get Reminded to drink Record your daily intake Various drink types Quick Drinks Stats & History Widget Apple Watch app & complications Integrates with Apple Health Lifetime Sea Creature Status Get celebrated Feature Details Based on scientific research, our app estimates the amount of water you should drink based on your weight, sex, and lifestyle. Smart reminders nudge you to drink at just the right moments. If you're on top of things, you won't see a reminder. If you're behind, you will see a lot of them. You can always turn them off in the settings. Record what you drink and visually see how you are doing, how much you have drank, and how much you still need to. Record various types of drinks. The app will automatically calculate how much actual water was in the drink. Some drinks such as alcohol, actually dehydrate you. The app learns your favorite drinks and allows you to record these with one tap. Track your hydration right from your wrist with the Apple Watch app. Check your daily progress and log your drinks without ever reaching for your phone. Add watch complications to keep your progress front and center on your watch face, and they even match your chosen theme, so your stats always look right at home. See a variety of insightful stats about your hydration: Streaks, Weekly Performance, Lifetime Water Drank, and an elegant Graph showing your hydration level over the past two weeks. As you drink more and more water, you elevate your status from a bubble all the way up to some of the biggest most powerful creatures in the ocean. Get a unique celebratory message each day you complete your goal. We are always open to feedback and always available to answer your questions. Please use our in-app feedback option to send us feedback. Premium Subscription Choose the length of subscription: 1 Month / 1 Year. The purchase will be charged to your iTunes account. The subscription will be auto-renewed 24 hours prior to it running out. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Manage your subscription from User Settings in iTunes after purchasing. Cancel the auto-renewing subscription from there at anytime. Terms of use: http://www.wiredbetterment.com/water/termsofuse.html Privacy Policy: http://www.wiredbetterment.com/water/privacypolicy.html

About

DripDrip

This app helps you and your friends stay hydrated by sending and receiving water drinking reminders. It also calculates your daily water needs and tracks your progress, promoting a healthier lifestyle through social accountability.

Highlights
  • Social hydration reminders
  • Personalized water intake calculation
  • Hydration progress tracking
  • Community-fueled reminders
  • Healthy lifestyle promotion
Features
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Friends don't let friends get dehydrated!! Download this app, and never go dehydrated again!! Remind your friends to drink water. Get reminded to drink water. Love your life. Live healthy. Be social! DripDrip is a community-fueled hydration reminder app. Remind your friends to drink water. Your friends remind you to drink water. Calculate how much water you should be drinking. And track your hydration progress! Be a good friend. Download DripDrip

Screenshots

Hydro Coach4 screens
DripDrip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hydro Coach at 4.7 against DripDrip's 3.3. Hydro Coach also leads on ratings volume (990 vs 41) and review sentiment (65% vs 50%). DripDrip's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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

Both are free to download. Hydro Coach sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. DripDrip asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hydro Coach holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hydro Coach has 990 ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Hydro Coach's written reviews are positive against 50% of DripDrip's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hydro Coach versus DripDrip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHydro CoachDripDrip
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (990 ratings) — better3.3 (41 ratings)
Positive reviews65.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings990 — better41
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWired BettermentJustin Rodriguez

Customer experience

Hydro Coach

All ratings984 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral4.1%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive65.0%
Neutral11.7%
Negative23.3%

DripDrip

All ratings41 ratings
Positive58.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative39.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral4.5%
Negative45.5%

Bugs and requests

Hydro Coach

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on launch for some users
  • Premium subscription issues (not recognized)
  • Syncing problems with other devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add custom drink options
  • Allow setting custom reminder times
  • Integrate with fitness trackers
  • Provide more detailed hydration analytics
  • Add Apple Watch app support

DripDrip

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Hydro Coach

Subscriptions6
  • Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Premium (Monthly)3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Premium (Yearly)2 variants$9.991 Year
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  • Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Premium (Yearly)$19.991 Year
  • Premium (Yearly)3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Premium (Lifetime)$8.99
  • Premium (Lifetime)$24.99
None

DripDrip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hydro Coach free?
Hydro Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DripDrip free?
DripDrip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hydro Coach or DripDrip?
Hydro Coach is rated higher. Hydro Coach averages 4.7 out of 5 from 990 ratings, while DripDrip averages 3.3 from 41 ratings.
Do Hydro Coach or DripDrip have ads?
Neither Hydro Coach nor DripDrip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hydro Coach or DripDrip?
Hydro Coach ships an update monthly, and DripDrip monthly. Most recently, Hydro Coach was updated on November 11, 2026 and DripDrip on November 3, 2026.

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