Simply Water Hydration Tracker vs StrideMap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simply Water Hydration Tracker
Effortlessly track your daily water intake with a beautiful, minimalist interface. Set personal hydration goals and view your progress with quick-log presets or custom amounts. Your data remains private and on your device.
- Quick-log presets
- Custom amount logging
- Daily goal tracking
- Hydration history
- Metric & Imperial support
- Minimalist design
- Dark mode
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Log water in one tap. No sign-up, no clutter. Build a hydration streak that actually sticks. Why Simply Water? Most hydration apps overwhelm you with features you never use. Simply Water takes the opposite approach: tap a button, log your water, and get on with your day. Key Features • Quick-Log Presets — Tap the 8 oz, 12 oz, or 16 oz button to log your water instantly. Nothing to enter. • Custom Amounts — Need to log a different amount? Enter any number with one tap. • Daily Goal Tracking — Set a personal hydration goal in ounces or milliliters and watch your progress throughout the day. • Hydration History — View your intake history grouped by day, with timestamps for every entry. • Metric and Imperial — Works with both oz and mL, detected automatically from your device settings. • Beautiful Minimal Design — A clean interface that stays out of your way, with smooth animations and haptic feedback. • Light and Dark Mode — Switches automatically to match your system settings. Designed for Simplicity No account creation. No social features. No complicated charts. Simply Water is a private, personal hydration tracker that lives on your device. Your data stays yours — we collect nothing. Unlock Full History The free version tracks your last 3 days of water intake. Upgrade once to unlock your complete hydration history forever — no subscriptions, just a single lifetime purchase. Download Simply Water and start tracking your hydration today.
StrideMap
This app transforms your daily step count into tangible distances, visualizing your progress through relatable real-world achievements. Explore milestones like traversing continents or completing famous marathons, all based on your walking data.
- Converts steps to real-world distances
- Visualizes progress with inspiring milestones
- 78 milestones across 10 categories
- View data by time period (daily, monthly, yearly)
- Customizable stride length
- Privacy-focused on-device processing
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How far have you actually walked? StrideMap converts your HealthKit step data into real-world distances and shows your achievements through familiar, inspiring milestones. "Last year, I walked the equivalent of Tokyo to Osaka — and back." "This month, I covered the full Hakone Ekiden course." Your daily steps suddenly feel a lot more meaningful. [78 Milestones across 10 Categories] StrideMap matches your steps to milestones you can picture. Islands Okinawa, Taiwan, Hawaii, Iceland… City Travel Tokyo–Osaka, Tokyo–Seoul, Earth's circumference… Rivers & Mountains Shinano River, Mississippi, Appalachian Trail… Events Tokyo Marathon, Hakone Ekiden, NY Marathon… Cycling Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, Vuelta… Circuits Suzuka, Monaco, Nürburgring… Railways Yamanote Line, Trans-Siberian, Orient Express… Continental Crossings & Traversals Space ISS orbit, Earth–Moon, Earth–Sun… [5 Time Periods] View yesterday, last month, last year, past 3 years, or all time. Find out exactly how far you've walked in your entire life. [Privacy First] All processing happens on your device. No data is ever sent to external servers. [More Features] - Customizable stride length for accurate distance - Metric and imperial units - Japanese, English, and Korean support - iPhone & iPad, all orientations Walking gets a little more exciting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: StrideMap at free against Simply Water Hydration Tracker's free with in-app purchases. Simply Water Hydration Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.5). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Simply Water Hydration Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and StrideMap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Simply Water Hydration Tracker against 5.0 for StrideMap. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simply Water Hydration Tracker has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Simply Water Hydration Tracker ships an update weekly, StrideMap every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simply Water Hydration Tracker | StrideMap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Corey Foster | Takumi Kanzaki |
Customer experience
Simply Water Hydration Tracker
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In-app purchases
Simply Water Hydration Tracker
- Pro$1.99
StrideMap
- StrideMap Premium$2.99
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