Comparison

Daily Water vs Simple Hydration Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Daily Water

This app helps you track your daily water intake and reminds you to drink at optimal times. It allows you to set personalized goals, log consumption, and visualize your progress with historical data. Stay hydrated for better health and well-being.

Highlights
  • Set daily water intake goals
  • Log water consumption easily
  • Customizable glass volumes
  • Scheduled drinking reminders
  • View daily/weekly/monthly histograms
  • Sync with Health app
  • Supports Apple Watch and iPad
Features
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We all know that water is essential to our health, 2/3 of body is consists of water, yet most of us unknowingly suffer from chronic dehydration, this is a underlying cause of many illnesses. To most of us, we are always too busy to drink water, or we only drink water when we feel thirsty, that’s too late if so, thirst is signal which our body warn us that our body have lost water balance, and the cells have already dehydrated to serious situation. Water plays a very important role in our body, it transports nutrients and oxygen into cells, regulates body temperature, helps with metabolism and so on, drinking enough water can help us lose weight, look younger with healthier skin, less likely to get sick, helps in digestion and constipation, relieves fatigue, have a good mood, reduce the risk of cancer and more. While it is not to say that the more water your drink, the healthier you will be, too much water will also hurt your health, especially for those who suffer from heart disease, hypertension, nephrosis, edema and so on, drinking a healthy amount of water and drink water in right time is vital to your health. To majority of us, we only know that we drink ‘a lot of’ water or ‘a little’ water, we don’t know exactly how much water we drink, is that quantity suitable for us? Daily water is the app which helps us to track the quantity of water we drink and remind us to drink water in right time. Features: ⁃ Set goal amount of daily drinking water and track it. ⁃ Log amount of daily drinking water. ⁃ Touch to log each drinking. ⁃ Check glasses of water drunk each day. ⁃ Customize volume of each glass of water. ⁃ Customize how much of water you drink each time, 1/4 glass, 1/2 glass or A glass. ⁃ Plan drinking schedule and it will remind you when it’s time. ⁃ 10 free alert sounds to choose. ⁃ Histogram to show the amount of your one day’s, recent one week’s and one month’s amount of drinking water. ⁃ Show amount of glasses of water you have drunk one day on the icon. ⁃ Email the data of date, amount of water to anyone you would like. ⁃ Supports transferring data to Health app. ⁃ Supports WiFi backup & restore. ⁃ Supports Dropbox backup and restore. ⁃ Support oz and ml. ⁃ Supports Apple Watch version. ⁃ Supports 3D Touch function. ⁃ Supports Today Widget. ⁃ Supports both iPhone and iPad. If you have any question or suggestion, please send email to our support userfeed@vip.tom.com.

About

Simple Hydration Tracker

Easily log your daily water intake by selecting beverages, amounts, and times. Review your hydration habits with weekly and monthly charts. Add past entries and customize drink options for a stress-free experience.

Highlights
  • Easy drink logging
  • Add past entries
  • Weekly/monthly analysis charts
  • Customizable drink list
  • No login required
Features
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An app that allows you to record your daily hydration. Why don't you measure whether you are getting enough water, which is important for your health and diet? Registration is very easy! All you have to do is select the beverage you drank, the amount you drank, and the time you drank it, and tap the "Save" button. . You can use it stress-free with simple operations. Even if you forget to record a drink, you can add past data from the “Calendar” screen. On the "Analysis" screen, you can check your weekly and monthly water intake on a chart. The "Drinks" list screen allows you to add drinks and edit registered drinks. ● Features ・Easy to use, just select and register. ・No need to log in. ・With the calendar, you can quickly check your daily water intake. ●Disclaimer This App is not medical or treatment advice. It is neither professional diagnosis, opinion or service – and may not be treated as such by the user. We strongly recommend that you consult your own physician or another available health professional regarding any diagnosis, findings or interpretation. ● Privacy Policy https://apps.seeds-digital.com/privacy-policy/ ● Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Daily Water4 screens
Simple Hydration Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Simple Hydration Tracker at 5.0 against Daily Water's 4.3. Simple Hydration Tracker also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). Daily Water's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 1). On price, 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. Simple Hydration Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Daily Water asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple Hydration Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daily Water has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Daily Water's written reviews are positive against 100% of Simple Hydration Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daily Water ships an update every 3 months, Simple Hydration Tracker every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Daily Water versus Simple Hydration Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily WaterSimple Hydration Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (1.1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB51 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer倩 赵NAOYA ONO

Customer experience

Daily Water

All ratings1,132 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral5.3%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews405 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral8.1%
Negative21.2%

Simple Hydration Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Daily Water

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Reminders not working
  • Slider/input issues
  • Sync issues with Apple Watch
  • App crashing
  • Incorrect data display

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to set default glass size
  • Show countdown of remaining glasses
  • More customization options
  • Integration with Apple Health app
  • More sound/alert options
Show 2 more
  • Ability to delete/undo entries
  • Display progress towards daily goal more clearly

Simple Hydration Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Daily Water

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Simple Hydration Tracker

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Plan$1.491 Month
One-time1
  • Support Developer$0.99

Questions

Is Daily Water free?
Daily Water is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Hydration Tracker free?
Simple Hydration Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Daily Water or Simple Hydration Tracker?
Simple Hydration Tracker is rated higher. Daily Water averages 4.3 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Simple Hydration Tracker averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Daily Water or Simple Hydration Tracker have ads?
Both Daily Water and Simple Hydration Tracker show ads.
Which is updated more often, Daily Water or Simple Hydration Tracker?
Daily Water ships an update every 3 months, and Simple Hydration Tracker every 4 weeks. Most recently, Daily Water was updated on October 29, 2026 and Simple Hydration Tracker on October 5, 2026.

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