Water Tracker vs Simple Hydration
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Water Tracker
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Water Tracker makes drinking enough water effortless. Log a glass in one tap on your iPhone or Apple Watch, watch the drop fill up, and let gentle reminders keep you on track. They go quiet as soon as you reach your goal. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • One-tap logging: a glass, a bottle or any custom amount • A personal daily goal based on your weight and activity • Glasses, milliliters or ounces, whatever you think in • Smart reminders that stop once today's goal is reached • Weekly and monthly charts with your average and streak • Undo or delete anything you log APPLE WATCH • A full app on your wrist: turn the Digital Crown to pick an amount • Works on its own, no iPhone required • Complications for your watch face • Syncs with your iPhone automatically WIDGETS & SIRI • Home Screen widgets with a + button: log water without opening the app • Lock Screen and StandBy widgets • "Hey Siri, log water in Water Tracker" • Shortcuts and Action Button support APPLE HEALTH Save every drink to Apple Health as Dietary Water, next to the rest of your health data. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your data stays on your devices. Free, with no subscriptions.
Simple Hydration
Easily monitor your daily water intake with a straightforward and customizable goal-setting system. This app offers a clean interface for tracking your hydration progress over time without unnecessary complexity.
- Progress tracking over time
- Customizable hydration goals
- Simple navigation
- Clean interface
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This is a great app for simple hydration tracking. Think of it's lack of features as a feature of it's own. Our features - tracks progress throughout time - customization in your goals - simple navigation style
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Simple Hydration at daily against Water Tracker's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, 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.
Water Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, Simple Hydration daily. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Water Tracker | Simple Hydration |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ISTACK DEVELOPMENT | Max Linsky |
In-app purchases
Water Tracker
No in-app purchases
Simple Hydration
No in-app purchases
