Comparison

Drip vs Water Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Drip

This app helps you build healthier hydration habits with a free, ad-free experience. Track your daily intake with a vast drink catalog, customizable reminders, and insightful progress visualizations. It even syncs with HealthKit and offers widgets for easy access.

Highlights
  • Free and ad-free experience
  • Expansive drink catalog
  • Customizable reminder notifications
  • Daily hydration snapshot
  • Interactive history and trends
  • HealthKit sync
  • Homescreen widgets
Features
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Stay perfectly hydrated with Drip, your personal companion for healthier hydration habits – entirely free to use! Why Choose Drip? • A completely free app, with no premium-only features or hidden costs. • Enjoy an ad-free experience to focus entirely on your hydration journey. • Daily Hydration Snapshot: Instantly review your water intake for the day. • An expansive catalogue of drinks to ensure accurate hydration tracking. • Customizable reminder notifications, so you never miss a sip. • Drink Coefficients: Precisely calculate your water intake, focusing only on hydration value. • Interactive History: Visualize your hydration progress and spot patterns. • Rewards & Awards: Get recognized for achieving your hydration goals! • Trends: Analyze your 7-day, 30-day, and all-time hydration trends. • Health Kit Sync: Seamlessly record your water intake data (can be disabled at any time). • Homescreen Widgets: Access your hydration stats in a glance, anytime, anywhere. • Watch Companion App: Keep your hydration data handy on your wrist. Need help? Want to suggest a feature? Drop us a line at contact@dripmobile.app -- Drip integrates with HealthKit to automatically record your water intake data. With your permission, drink entries are added to the nutrition section of the Health app. This feature is off by default and can be enabled in your app settings. Drip only requests access to your Water data for precise hydration tracking. -- Attributions: Beverage & Education Icons made by Freepik

About

Water Tracker

This app helps you track your daily water intake with personalized goals and smart reminders. It logs various beverages, visualizes your progress, and integrates with Apple Health. Stay hydrated and build healthy habits with this intuitive hydration assistant.

Highlights
  • Personalized water goals
  • Smart drink reminders
  • Hydration history tracking
  • Customizable drink logging
  • Apple Health integration
  • Metric and imperial units
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Water is the foundation of good health. HydroTrack is a powerful water tracker that helps you stay on top of your daily water intake by calculating your personalized goal, sending smart reminders, and tracking your progress — all in a simple and intuitive app. Why Choose HydroTrack? • Personalized Water Goals – HydroTrack calculates how much water your body needs based on your profile. • Smart Drink Reminders – Set custom reminders that fit your lifestyle and sleep schedule. • Hydration History – Track your water intake by day, week, and month with easy-to-read graphs. • Custom Drink Volumes – Log water, tea, coffee, or any beverage in the volume you choose. • Flexible Notification Intervals – Choose how often you’d like to be reminded to drink water. • Supports Weight Loss & Healthy Living – Staying hydrated helps with metabolism and energy. • Metric & Imperial Units – Choose between ml and fl. oz. to suit your preference. • Apple Health Integration – Syncs hydration and nutrition data seamlessly. HydroTrack isn’t just a water tracker — it’s your all-in-one hydration assistant, helping you build healthy habits and meet your wellness goals. HydroTrack uses HealthKit in order to record drinking data to the Nutrition section in the Health application. The app requests access to the following data types: Water, Caffeine, Alcohol. When you add a drink to the app, it automatically sends to the Health app the nutritional information of that drink: Water, Caffeine, Alcohol. The synchronization with Apple Health can be switched off in the application Settings. You can get unlimited access to all the advanced functionality by subscribing to a monthly or a yearly plan inside the app. There’s also a free 3-day trial period to get a taste of what HydroTrack Premium has to offer. Once expired, the trial period automatically changes to a paid monthly subscription. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/hydrotrack-privacy Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/hydrotrack-terms

Screenshots

Drip4 screens
Water Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drip at none against Water Tracker's 11. Drip also leads on ads (none vs shown). Water Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (14.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Water Tracker sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Drip asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Drip against 4.8 for Water Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 18 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drip ships an update every 4 weeks, Water Tracker monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Drip versus Water Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDripWater Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (35 ratings) — better4.8 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews95.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.014.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKaiman MehmetZeeshan Ahmad

Customer experience

Drip

All ratings35 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive95.4%
Neutral3.1%
Negative1.5%

Water Tracker

All ratings19 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%

Bugs and requests

Drip

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Random resets when traveling abroad
  • Calendar date doesn't auto-change at midnight

Requested features

15 requests
  • Ability to edit past entries more easily
  • Calendar date to change automatically at midnight
  • Add dynamic reminders based on inactivity
  • Display drink history by clicking the % complete circle
  • Add favourites directly to the home view
Show 10 more
  • Sync with iCloud to prevent data loss
  • Expand goal limit beyond 4 liters
  • Add statistics section with graphs showing trends
  • Option to change notification sound
  • Include more coffee drink types (Mocha, flat white, cappuccino)
  • Add widgets and badge notifications
  • Allow customization of pre-programmed drinks
  • Add wine to drink coefficient list
  • Allow entering amounts in 5ml intervals
  • Add a watch counterpart

Water Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Drip

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

Water Tracker

Subscriptions9
  • Weekly Premium3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Weekly Premium$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
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  • Monthly Premium3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Pro Access$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$9.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium3 Days trial$16.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium$16.991 Year
  • Yearly Pro Access$23.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Access$12.99
  • Lifetime Premium$23.99

Questions

Is Drip free?
Drip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Water Tracker free?
Water Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drip or Water Tracker?
Drip is rated higher. Drip averages 4.9 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Water Tracker averages 4.8 from 18 ratings.
Do Drip or Water Tracker have ads?
Water Tracker shows ads; Drip does not.
Which is updated more often, Drip or Water Tracker?
Drip ships an update every 4 weeks, and Water Tracker monthly. Most recently, Drip was updated on October 24, 2026 and Water Tracker on October 24, 2026.

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