StepUp vs Hydro Dots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StepUp
This app helps you track your daily steps and reach your fitness goals. It offers supportive notifications, a unique feature to block distracting apps until your goal is met, and customizable home screen widgets. Your health data remains private on your device.
- Step tracking
- Supportive notifications
- App blocking feature
- Home screen widgets
- 100% private data
- Customizable widgets
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Health care professionals recommend to walk 10,000 steps per day to stay in good shape. You want to take that daily challenge? StepUp is the app you need. Easy to use, it helps you to reach your goal every single day. Stay focus and concentrate on your steps thanks to great features. Taking care of you has never been easier! …SUPPORTIVE NOTIFICATIONS… StepUp sends you notifications to help you reach your daily goal. When you’ve reached 10,000 steps, what a pleasure to be congratulated! …BLOCKING OTHER APPS… It’s not easy to concentrate when we are constantly distracted. How many times a day are you using the different apps you have on your phone? StepUp is a good coach: it can block your apps until you hit your daily goal. You want to connect to Instagram? First, walk! …100% PRIVATE… Our responsibility is to protect your privacy. StepUp asks to access your Apple Health data. This way, your data stays on your phone. It is not collected or used in any way. …STUNNING WIDGETS FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN… Get a nice StepUp widget for your home screen. It will help you follow your daily steps’ number. You can personalize your widget with different colors! Privacy Policy https://app.termly.io/policy-viewer/policy.html?policyUUID=718952c6-ffb8-4367-b9c2-87b11da8d05c Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Hydro Dots
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Hydro Dots is a water tracker that draws your day as a rising water level, one dot at a time. Tap once to log a cup, a mug, or a bottle. The water climbs. That is the whole idea. WHAT IT DOES • One tap to log — your usual sizes sit on the first screen. Custom amounts and drink types are one tap further. • Not every drink counts the same — coffee, tea, juice and the rest are converted by their hydration index, so what you log is what your body keeps. • A goal that follows your day — body weight, temperature, humidity, UV and activity shape the target. It settles once, the first time you open the app each day, so it never moves under you. • Reminders that know where you stand — each one carries how much you have had and the pace that would get you there. • History and recap — a week of bars, a month of dots, a streak counter, and the month's total turned into things you can picture: bottles, kettles, sugar you avoided. • Widgets — log from the home screen or the lock screen without opening the app. A month of dots fits on the large one. • Shortcuts and Siri — log a drink or ask what you have had today, hands free. Every action is available to build your own routines. • Apple Health — records can be written to Health, and removing a record takes it back out. PRO A one-time purchase. No subscription. • No ads • Every theme — seven palettes, from cream LCD to OLED black • iCloud sync — records and drinks across your devices PRIVACY What you drink stays on your device. Your records are not sent anywhere unless you turn on iCloud sync, and then they go to your own iCloud, not to us.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: StepUp at none against Hydro Dots's shown. StepUp also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. StepUp sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Hydro Dots sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly daily. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StepUp | Hydro Dots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (62 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | App Craft Consulting | Kengo Tate |
In-app purchases
StepUp
- StepUp Extended | Weekly3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- StepUp Extended | Monthly$2.991 Month
- StepUp Extended | Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- StepUp Extended | GiftFree
- StepUp Extended | Lifetime$24.99
Hydro Dots
- A drop$0.99
- A glass$2.99
- A bottle$5.99
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- Pro — Founding Member$5.99









