dot vs Drink Water
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
dot
Personalize your home screen with dynamic wallpapers that change throughout the day. Choose from various themes and place hand-drawn elements to create a unique look. More designs are planned for future updates.
- Dynamic home screen designs
- Theme-based wallpapers
- Customizable widget placement
- Hand-drawn wallpaper elements
- Daily changing designs
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With "dot" aka "differs over time" you can finally have a dynamic home screen that changes its design during the day. Choose a theme and get the matching wallpaper in the app. After that you can add the "dot"-Widget to your home screen. The beautiful and hand drawn wallpaper elements will blend in perfectly and can be placed wherever you want them to show up. Stay tuned for even more designs coming soon!
Drink Water
Easily log your daily water intake with quick taps and widgets. Set personalized hydration goals and build consistent habits with visual progress tracking and smart reminders. Enjoy a clutter-free experience designed for habit formation.
- One-tap water logging
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- Customizable daily goals
- Streak tracking
- Smart reminders
- Offline functionality
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Log water in one tap. Hit your goal. Build a streak. Water Tracker is the fastest way to stay hydrated every day. Open the app, tap once, close it. That is the whole loop. No accounts, no clutter, no health claims. LOG WITHOUT OPENING THE APP • Home Screen widget: one tap adds a glass • Lock Screen widget for a glance and a tap • Control Center widget on iOS 18 HOW IT WORKS • Set a daily goal in ml or fl oz • Tap Add water to log your default glass • Quick Add chips for 100, 250 and 500 ml • Drag up on the ring to pour a custom amount • Undo any log instantly STAY CONSISTENT • Current streak and longest streak, front and center • Weekly bar chart shows your rhythm at a glance • Monthly view shows days completed against the target • Smart reminders that back off when you are already on track • Quiet hours so you are never pinged at night WATER TRACKER PRO One purchase, yours forever. • No ads • Unlimited cups • All drink types with hydration multipliers: coffee, tea, juice, milk, soda, sparkling water, herbal tea DESIGNED FOR THE HABIT • Works offline, no account required • No medical or health claims • Metric and imperial • 15 languages Start your streak today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: dot at none against Drink Water's shown. dot also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
dot ships an update weekly, Drink Water every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | dot | Drink Water |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Bischof | CODEENSIS LTD |
Customer experience
dot
Drink Water
In-app purchases
dot
No in-app purchases
Drink Water
No in-app purchases









