Comparison

Water Alert vs Real Water

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

Head to head
About

Water Alert

This app helps you monitor your daily water intake and sends timely reminders to ensure you stay hydrated. It offers customizable container sizes, various units of measurement, and progress tracking through graphs and lists. Syncs seamlessly across devices and with the Health app.

Highlights
  • Customizable drink reminders
  • Personalized container sizes
  • Multiple units of measurement
  • Progress tracking with graphs
  • iCloud device sync
  • Health app integration
  • Siri and Shortcuts support
Features
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Welcome to Water Alert! Water Alert is an app that helps you track your water consumption and reminds you to drink water more frequently in the easiest way. Features: - Reminders at specific intervals or set at specific times. - Custom containers so you can add data easily. - Various units of measurement and the possibility to earn badges. - Siri and shortcuts app availability (NEW iOS 16). - Widgets (NEW iOS 16) - Syncs across all your devices with iCloud, no registration needed. - Sync with the official Health app. - View data in different ways with graphs, tables a various types of lists. - Available in five different languages. Thank you for downloading Water Alert, stay safe and healthy.

About

Real Water

Features
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Real Water is a water tracker and drink reminder that makes hydration effortless. Log a glass in one tap, watch your daily goal fill up, and get nudged at the times you actually drink. No sign-up. No account. Works completely offline. WATER THAT ACTUALLY MOVES Forget flat progress bars. Your day is a sphere of thousands of real liquid particles that slosh, splash and settle as you tilt your phone — and rise with every drink you log. LOG IN ONE TAP • Quick-add carousel — your favourite drinks, one touch each • − / + stepper for any serving, plus custom amounts • 8 built-in beverages: water, sparkling water, coffee, tea, juice, soda, milk, sports drinks • Create your own drinks with their own size and emoji • Coffee and tea count for what they're really worth — every beverage has its own hydration value • Forgot yesterday? Edit any past day in seconds A GOAL BUILT AROUND YOU Your daily target comes from your weight, height, age, activity level and climate — not a one-size-fits-all number. Want your own? Set it by hand any time. Millilitres or ounces, your call. ⏰ REMINDERS THAT FIT YOUR DAY • Interval reminders (every 2 hours, 8:00–22:00) or fixed times • Pick the days: every day, weekdays, weekends, or your own mix • Smart Reminders learn when you actually drink, stay quiet when you're ahead of your goal, and respect your evenings STREAKS & 24 ACHIEVEMENTS Hit your goal, keep the streak alive, and unlock badges from First Drop to Unstoppable (100 days). Track your current streak, your longest, your total days, and every streak you've finished. STATISTICS & INSIGHTS • Week, month and year charts • Goals met, daily average, best day, total logged • Insights that find your patterns: your peak drinking hour, the weekend dip, whether you're ahead of last week MAKE IT YOURS • Any water colour you like, plus rainbow • Custom spheres, charms and goal-ring gradients • Light, dark, or follow your system theme • 9 alternative app icons • Avatars for your profile PREMIUM — ONE PAYMENT, NO SUBSCRIPTION Real Water is free to use. One optional purchase unlocks: • No ads • Every water colour, including rainbow • Smart Reminders • All avatars • All app icons One time, lifetime access, no recurring fee. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account, no login, nothing about what you drink sitting on someone else's server. Your history lives on your device. Start today — tap once, drink up.

Screenshots

Water Alert4 screens
Real Water4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Water Alert at none against Real Water's 1. Water Alert also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). Real Water's advantage is iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.0). On price 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. Real Water sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Water Alert asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Water Alert versus Real Water: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWater AlertReal Water
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJad TaljabiniOmar Busto Santos

In-app purchases

None

Water Alert

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Real Water

One-time1
  • Realwater Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Water Alert free?
Water Alert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Real Water free?
Real Water is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Water Alert or Real Water have ads?
Real Water shows ads; Water Alert does not.

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