Hydration Buddy vs Set
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hydration Buddy
Effortlessly monitor your daily water and caffeine intake to maintain a healthy balance. This app is designed to help users establish better hydration habits and manage their caffeine consumption effectively.
- Track daily water intake
- Monitor caffeine consumption
- Set hydration reminders
- Maintain healthy balance
- Improve hydration habits
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Hydration Buddy helps you effortlessly track your daily water and caffeine intake, ensuring you maintain a healthy balance. Perfect for anyone looking to improve their hydration habits and manage caffeine consumption. Hydration Buddy utilizes the Apple Standard End-User License Agreement, which can be found at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Set
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Set-Rest Timer is a simple, customizable interval timer for any timed activity. - Set number of rounds, work time, rest time, and optional preparation time - Shows current phase and countdown with large, readable digits - Plays sound alerts at each transition - Useful for stretching, rehab, circuits, strength training, or similar routines - No ads, no login, no internet required Ready to use on install.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Set at none against Hydration Buddy's 1. Set also leads on update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Hydration Buddy sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per year. Set asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hydration Buddy ships an update fortnightly, Set daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hydration Buddy | Set |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glen Riden | Lari Partanen |
In-app purchases
Hydration Buddy
- Yearly Premium Subscription$6.991 Year
Set
No in-app purchases
