Sip Count vs The Murph
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sip Count
This app helps you reduce or eliminate sugary drink consumption and improve your overall hydration. Log your intake easily, monitor sugar and calorie consumption, and visualize your progress with insightful data and goal-setting tools.
- Quick logging of various drink types
- Track sugar, calories, and hydration stats
- Set goals for sugary sips and hydration
- View daily and weekly progress charts
- Add custom beverages with nutritional data
- Apple Watch integration for logging
- Access hydration research within the app
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Sip Count is your personal coach for quitting sugary drinks and improving hydration. Log every sip with a tap, track your sugar, calorie, and hydration stats, and see your progress over time. Whether you want to cut back slowly or quit altogether, Sip Count’s intuitive design and data-driven insights keep you motivated. Features: • Quick Logging: Record sips, bottles, cans, or custom amounts in seconds. • Trends & Insights: View daily and weekly charts for sips, sugar, calories, and hydration. • Goal Setting: Limit sugary sips, set hydration targets, and track streaks. • Hydration Research: Learn from scientific studies built right into the app. • Custom Beverages: Add your own drinks with accurate sugar and calorie data. • Dark Mode Support: Beautiful gradient design in light or dark themes. • Apple Watch App: Log sips from your wrist. • Pro Features: Unlock advanced metrics, detailed trends, streak tracking, and unlimited history with Sip Count Pro. Sip Count is designed with a clean teal gradient interface, large tap targets, haptic feedback, and accessibility in mind — making it easy for anyone to start improving their health today. - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
The Murph
This app is a dedicated timer and rep counter designed for the iconic Murph workout. It offers customizable partitioning, tracking for runs and reps, and historical data logging to monitor progress. Built for athletes, it features a clean interface and offline functionality.
- Murph Timer for run, reps, and rest
- Customizable partitioning (20-round Cindy or custom)
- Full, Half, and Mini Murph options
- Weighted vest toggle
- Workout history and progress tracking
- Offline functionality
- Dark mode
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Honor Lt. Michael P. Murphy every rep of the way. The Murph is purpose-built for the CrossFit community's most iconic Hero WOD. Whether you're training for Memorial Day or chasing a new PR, this is the only timer and tracker you need. BUILT FOR THE MURPH • Murph Timer — track your run, reps, and rest with precision • Classic 20-round Cindy partitioning (5/10/15) or customize your own split • Full Murph, Half Murph, and Mini Murph options for every fitness level • Weighted vest toggle for Rx tracking TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Log your times and see improvement over time • Save workout history across years • Compare your Memorial Day performances side by side DESIGNED WITH PURPOSE • Clean, distraction-free interface built for the box • Works offline — no Wi-Fi needed mid-workout • Dark mode for early morning sessions This app was made by athletes, for athletes — to honor a hero and push your limits. See you on Memorial Day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sip Count at daily against The Murph's every 10 days. The Murph's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.5). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Sip Count sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and The Murph sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. 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 Sip Count against 5.0 for The Murph. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Sip Count ships an update daily, The Murph every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Sip Count | The Murph |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zachary Marvin | MuckStack, LLC |
Customer experience
Sip Count
The Murph
In-app purchases
Sip Count
- Sip Count Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Sip Count Pro Annual$6.991 Year
- Sip Count Pro For Life$9.99
The Murph
- Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
