Comparison

Pathy vs Water Buddy

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

Head to head
About

Pathy

Visualize your outdoor workout history on a beautiful, interactive map. Discover new areas, track your progress, and relive your adventures. Requires an Apple Watch for GPS data.

Highlights
  • Visualize workout history on a map
  • Discover unexplored areas
  • Track coverage of cities and trails
  • View photos and details from workouts
  • Filter routes by activity and date
  • Syncs with Apple Watch workouts
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Pathy transforms your Apple Watch outdoor workout history into a beautiful, interactive map of all your adventures. See all your outdoor walks, hikes, runs, and bike rides together in one place. Built by an independent developer, and designed to enhance your outdoor adventures, Pathy transforms both daily workouts and worldwide travels into opportunities for discovery, helping you explore more of your world. From discovering new areas in your own neighborhood to exploring new cities, as well as reliving your past outdoor adventures, Pathy makes it easy to track, reflect, and explore. Watch your personal map evolve as you move through the world—one route at a time. DISCOVER & EXPLORE • Visualize your complete outdoor workout history on a single map • Find unexplored areas in your neighborhood • Break free from familiar routes with visual guidance • Track your coverage of cities, neighborhoods, trails and parks • Make the most of time spent traveling by charting new paths everyday POWERFUL FEATURES • View photos and details from every workout • Filter routes by activity type and date • Search and navigate to any location • Select routes to see distance, duration, and location info • Automatically syncs with your Apple Watch workouts PERFECT FOR • Daily walks and neighborhood exploration • Hiking and trail adventures • Global travels and city sightseeing • Running and cycling route tracking • Enjoying a visual history of your journeys PATHY PRO Unlock the full potential of your outdoor workout history: • Load unlimited routes • Experience your routes in a stunning 3D globe view • Access detailed workout statistics • Choose from 10 custom color themes • Remove ads Note: Pathy requires an Apple Watch for recording outdoor workouts with GPS data. If you've already been tracking outdoor workouts for years – great! All that past data will load into Pathy.

About

Water Buddy

This app helps you build a consistent drinking habit with personalized goals and timely reminders. Track your progress easily with widgets and quick logging options. Your data stays private on your devices.

Highlights
  • Set daily hydration goals
  • Log water intake with a tap
  • Track progress visually
  • Receive timely local reminders
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Live Activities and Apple Watch integration
Features
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Water Buddy is a lightweight, playful hydration tracker for everyday water rhythm. Quickly log a cup or a sip, or backfill a drink for today or a previous day. Starting with 0.2.0, every cup leaves its own record. You can review the time, amount, cup, and source, then edit or delete a specific record if something was entered incorrectly. Water Buddy is not built around complex health dashboards or streak pressure. It acts more like a quiet companion: reminding you to drink, showing your daily rhythm, and saving small moments of self-care. Key features: - Per-cup hydration records: review, backfill, edit, and delete individual drinks. - Custom cups: common default sizes plus 24 playful cartoon cup styles. - Week, month, and year history: trends aggregated from real records. - 7, 30, or 90-day insights: average and median intake, recorded days, goal days, and time-of-day patterns, with clear explanations when records are limited. - Private-by-default sharing: create an insight image on your device without exact times, cup names, or individual drink details; optionally include the median. - Reminder suggestions: review a suggestion based on your rhythm before applying it to existing settings. Reminders are never turned on automatically. - Date-filtered export: export JSON/CSV records for a chosen range. JSON can include an insight summary, with range and time zone information. - Flexible reminders: choose interval or fixed-time schedules, active weekdays, and quiet hours. Use gentle notifications, or choose system alarm-style strong reminders on supported systems. - Lightweight rewards: water-mark, half-cup, and full-cup stamps celebrate progress without pressure. - Lasting milestones and sharing: collect total-cup and goal-day milestones, then create a keepsake card locally when you choose to share. - Widgets and Live Activity: keep today’s progress on the Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities. Choose a separate 7, 30, or 90-day insight range for the large records widget. - Shortcuts and system controls: log or check hydration through Siri, Shortcuts, Home Screen quick actions, and on iOS 18, Control Center, Lock Screen controls, and the Action Button on supported devices. - Apple Watch: check progress and log water from your wrist. - Languages and themes: Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, and multiple cartoon themes. - Optional iCloud sync: sync per-cup records, cups, daily stamps, and milestones through your private CloudKit database while local logging remains available offline. - Privacy-first: no developer account required; hydration facts are not sent to developer servers or Firebase. Water Buddy is for people who want an easy way to remember water, enjoy cute widgets, and prefer calm progress over complicated metrics. Premium offers monthly and annual auto-renewing subscriptions and a one-time lifetime purchase, all with the same features: iCloud sync, all hydration insights, extra themes, custom cups, advanced reminders, Apple Watch, widgets and Live Activity, Shortcuts and system controls. Local records and editing, basic goals, default cups and theme, basic interval reminders, and data export remain free. Saved data and settings are retained when Premium ends; paid features pause. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://waterbuddy.microspotlight.team/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Pathy4 screens
Water Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pathy and Water Buddy both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Pathy's written reviews are positive against 0% of Water Buddy's. Pathy also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Water Buddy's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 months). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pathy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Water Buddy sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pathy against 5.0 for Water Buddy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Pathy's written reviews are positive against 0% of Water Buddy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pathy ships an update every 5 months, Water Buddy every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pathy versus Water Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPathyWater Buddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZakkariah Roberts浩 王

Customer experience

Pathy

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Water Buddy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pathy

One-time1
  • Pathy Pro$19.99
5 purchases

Water Buddy

Subscriptions2
  • WaterBuddy Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • WaterBuddy Premium Annual$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • Offer a Milk Tea$0.99
  • Offer a Coffee$2.99
  • WaterBuddy Premium Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Pathy free?
Pathy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Water Buddy free?
Water Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pathy or Water Buddy?
Pathy and Water Buddy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Pathy or Water Buddy have ads?
Pathy shows ads; Water Buddy does not.
Which is updated more often, Pathy or Water Buddy?
Pathy ships an update every 5 months, and Water Buddy every 5 days. Most recently, Pathy was updated on November 3, 2026 and Water Buddy on October 31, 2026.

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