Water Hubby vs Downshift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Water Hubby
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Stay hydrated and meet your daily water goals with our intuitive water tracking app. Log your liquid intake effortlessly and monitor your progress over time. The app works seamlessly offline, ensuring you can track your hydration anytime, anywhere. Enhance your experience with Widget support for quick access from your home screen, and stay updated on the go with Apple Watch compatibility.
Downshift
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Downshift offers guided breathing exercises for the moments you feel tense or stressed โ box breathing, 4-7-8, resonance breathing and the physiological sigh โ plus progressive muscle relaxation, a body scan and, with a watch or tracker, a daily nervous-system reading from your Apple Health data. Breathe along. Follow the animated orb through guided patterns: the Physiological Sigh, Resonance breathing, Box, 4-7-8, and more. Gentle haptics mark every inhale and exhale, so you can do it with your eyes closed. Build a daily rhythm. A simple daily checklist of evidence-based habits โ morning light, movement, a caffeine cutoff, a steady bedtime โ with a streak to keep you going. See your progress. Log your tension morning and evening and watch the trend over time. Let go of physical tension. Guided progressive muscle relaxation walks you head-to-toe. On your wrist and your Home Screen. A standalone Apple Watch app with guided breathing, complications, and your reading at a glance โ plus Home and Lock Screen widgets. Yours, and private. Your Apple Health data stays on your device. Your notes sync privately through your own iCloud โ no account with us, no servers of ours, no tracking. Ever. Free to download and use. No ads. Downshift supports everyday wellbeing and is not a medical device or a substitute for professional care.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Downshift at none against Water Hubby's shown. Water Hubby's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Water Hubby ships an update every 3 days, Downshift every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Water Hubby | Downshift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days โ better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 โ better | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Onur Ugur | Ioan-Cristian Vezure |
In-app purchases
Water Hubby
No in-app purchases
Downshift
No in-app purchases









