Comparison

Simple Hydration vs Hydrate Daily

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Progress tracking over time
  • Customizable hydration goals
  • Simple navigation
  • Clean interface
Features
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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

About

Hydrate Daily

Features
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Hydrate Daily is a free water tracker and drink reminder - designed to help you build a healthy hydration habit without stress or complexity. Most hydration apps feel like dashboards. Hydrate Daily feels like a friend quietly looking out for you. THE EXPERIENCE Meet your bear. As you drink throughout the day, your bear gradually fills with water - a satisfying, visual way to see your progress at a glance. Tap a quick-add button and your bear wiggles to celebrate. Logging has never felt this good. FEATURES * ONE-TAP LOGGING Log water instantly from the home screen. Your most-used amounts are always one tap away. No menus, no friction. * YOUR PERSONAL GOAL Set your own daily hydration goal — no formulas, no guesswork. Choose what works for your body and adjust it any time in settings. * TRACK ALL YOUR DRINKS Log water, herbal tea, coffee, juice, sports drinks, and more. Each drink type applies the correct hydration value - coffee counts differently from water, because science. * GENTLE REMINDERS Soft, friendly nudges throughout your waking hours. Reminders stop once you've hit your goal. Never naggy, always kind. * STREAKS & HISTORY Build a daily streak. Explore your history across week, month, and year views - from a fluid-tube week chart to a full year of water drops. See your consistency grow over time. * MORNING RITUAL Start each day with intention. A gentle morning card invites you to begin with your first glass of water - the single highest-impact hydration habit. * DAILY FEEL CHECK-IN Once a day, a simple optional question: how was your energy? Over time, Hydrate Daily quietly surfaces the connection between how you hydrate and how you feel. * HOME SCREEN WIDGET Add your bear to your home screen. See your daily progress without opening the app, and log water directly from the widget. WHY HYDRATE DAILY • Completely free - no subscriptions, no paywalls • No account required - your data stays on your device • Offline-first - works anywhere, no internet needed • Clean, soothing design - calming to look at, effortless to use • Accessible - supports Dynamic Type Start your first streak today. Your body will thank you.

Screenshots

Simple Hydration4 screens
Hydrate Daily4 screens

Verdict

The call

Simple Hydration and Hydrate Daily are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Simple Hydration versus Hydrate Daily: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple HydrationHydrate Daily
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.216.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMax LinskyMd Zahirul Islam

In-app purchases

None

Simple Hydration

No in-app purchases

None

Hydrate Daily

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Hydration free?
Simple Hydration is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hydrate Daily free?
Hydrate Daily is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple Hydration or Hydrate Daily have ads?
Neither Simple Hydration nor Hydrate Daily shows ads.

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