Comparison

Water Tracker vs Sip

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

Head to head
About

Water Tracker

Features
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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.

About

Sip

This app helps you monitor your daily water intake with a straightforward interface. It calculates personalized hydration goals based on your lifestyle and provides simple analytics on your progress and streaks. The design is clean and intuitive, making it easy to log drinks and stay on track.

Highlights
  • Personalized daily hydration target calculation
  • Quick drink logging and removal
  • Streak and target achievement analytics
  • Intuitive iOS-inspired UI
  • Simple onboarding process
Features
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Sip is a minimalistic and simple hydration tracker that does everything that you'd expect it to do, no more and no less. Get started on tracking and hitting your hydration goals quickly and easily with the following features: - Onboarding to calculate daily targets according to your lifestyle and profile. - Quick addition and removal of drinks for the day. - Simple analytics of your streaks and whether you hit your daily targets. - Modern and intuitive IOS-inspired UI.

Screenshots

Water Tracker4 screens
Sip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sip at every 5 days against Water Tracker's every 3 weeks. Sip also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Water Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, Sip every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Water Tracker versus Sip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWater TrackerSip
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB44 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperISTACK DEVELOPMENTGeorge Hum

In-app purchases

None

Water Tracker

No in-app purchases

None

Sip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Water Tracker free?
Water Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sip free?
Sip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Water Tracker or Sip have ads?
Neither Water Tracker nor Sip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Water Tracker or Sip?
Water Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sip every 5 days. Most recently, Water Tracker was updated on November 4, 2026 and Sip on October 31, 2026.

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