Comparison

Water Tracker vs Hydrate

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

Head to head
About

Water Tracker

This app helps you track your daily water intake with smart reminders and personalized goals. It supports various liquid types, integrates with health platforms, and offers gamified progress tracking to encourage healthy hydration habits.

Highlights
  • Personalized daily hydration goals
  • Track 10+ liquid types
  • Apple Health integration
  • Gamified progress tracking
  • Customizable smart reminders
  • Home screen widgets
  • Multiple color themes
Features
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Water Tracker is a calm, clear way to drink enough water every day. Your daily goal starts from your weight and activity, and it can rise with the weather on hot days. Today's intake is one water level that rises as you drink, with the number large and everything else quiet. Log a glass with one tap and get on with your day. WHAT YOU TRACK • Water, tea and coffee, plus juice, milk, soda, sports and energy drinks, smoothies and alcohol with Premium • Every drink counts by how well it hydrates, so coffee and alcohol count for less than water • Caffeine from every cup, with an optional sync to Apple Health • Your own drinks, glasses and bottles as one-tap choices (Premium) GOAL AND REMINDERS • A daily goal from your weight and activity level, in ml or oz • On warm days, add a boost yourself, or let Premium raise the goal from your local weather • Reminders at the interval you pick, with quiet hours for the night • Smart reminders (Premium) speed up when you fall behind and ease off near your goal • A post-workout guide shows how much to drink after exercise JOURNEY AND STATS • Journey turns your streak into milestones, from your first day to day 90 • Achievements celebrate the habit as it grows • Weekly and monthly charts show where your habit slips (Premium) • Export your history as CSV or JSON whenever you like WATCH AND WIDGETS • Home Screen widgets show today's level and add water with a tap • The Apple Watch app (Premium) puts today's ring on your wrist and logs water in one tap PREMIUM Weather goals, smart reminders, every drink plus your own, caffeine insights with a last call for coffee, the full Journey, stats, extra color themes and the Apple Watch app. Choose a subscription, or pay once for lifetime access with no renewals. PRIVACY • Your hydration history stays on your device, no account needed • Anonymous usage analytics only if you allow it, and you can switch it off in Settings • Location is used only for weather goals, and only after you turn them on • Apple Health is optional, and you choose what it can read and write • No third-party ads Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Lifetime access is a one-time purchase. Privacy Policy: https://water-tracker.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://water-tracker.app/terms Support: contacts@trifoiltrailblazer.com

About

Hydrate

Features
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Hydrate makes drinking enough water simple. Set your daily goal, then log each glass with a tap and watch the water-fill ring rise toward your target. Hydrate keeps your streak going day after day and shows your weekly history at a glance, so you can see your progress build. Forget to drink? Gentle local reminders nudge you through the day to stay on pace — no nagging, just a tap away from logging. Hydrate is built to respect you and your privacy: • Private by design — all your data stays on your iPhone. No account, no sign-up. • No servers, no tracking, no ads, no analytics. • Works fully offline. • Designed for iOS with dark mode, Dynamic Type, and VoiceOver support. Just water, your goal, and a little encouragement. Stay hydrated.

Screenshots

Water Tracker4 screens
Hydrate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hydrate at none against Water Tracker's 4. Water Tracker's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Water Tracker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. Hydrate asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Water Tracker versus Hydrate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWater TrackerHydrate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIvan TerekhinAlessandro Gentil

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Water Tracker

Subscriptions3
  • Water Tracker Premium Weekly$1.497 Days
  • Water Tracker Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Water Tracker Premium Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium$29.99
None

Hydrate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Water Tracker free?
Water Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hydrate free?
Hydrate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Water Tracker or Hydrate have ads?
Neither Water Tracker nor Hydrate shows ads.

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