Hydrator vs Elsewhere
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hydrator
This app helps you effortlessly stay hydrated with personalized reminders and easy drink tracking. Set custom goals, monitor your progress, and sync with health platforms for a complete wellness experience.
- Personalized water goals
- Smart, adaptive reminders
- Easy logging for all beverages
- Streaks and badges for motivation
- Apple Health and Google Fit integration
- Distraction-free design
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Hydrator – The Smart Water Reminder and Hydration Tracker **KEY FEATURES** - Personalized daily water goals based on your weight, activity, and weather - Smart, non-intrusive reminders — specific times, custom intervals, or pace-based - Fast, one-tap water logging - Goals, friends & leaderboards to stay motivated - AI Assistant Integration (MCP): Connect Hydrator to AI assistants and agents over a standard Model Context Protocol (MCP) server - Apple Health Integration - Complete privacy - Clean, distraction-free design - No ads **WORKS ON EVERY DEVICE** The same app on iPhone, Android, and the web, with the same data everywhere. Change phones or open it on a laptop and nothing changes — history, goals, and reminders all come with you. **A LOT FOR FREE** Health sync, goals and streaks, friends and leaderboard, smart reminders, and AI assistant access are all free — the kind of thing many other hydration apps put behind a paywall. Optional Pro adds automatic weather, activity, and weight tracking. Hydrator is a modern, actively maintained app. Many water trackers were last updated years ago; Hydrator keeps current with the latest iOS releases and ships improvements regularly. Stay hydrated, energized, and on track. Free with optional Pro features. Terms & Conditions: https://hydrator.app/terms_and_conditions.html Privacy Policy: https://hydrator.app/privacy_policy.html
Elsewhere
Find relaxation and aid sleep with a curated collection of stories and soundscapes. Easily search for content matching your current mood or needs, and save your favorites for later.
- Sleep stories
- Relaxing soundscapes
- Mood-based content
- Easy search functionality
- Save favorite content
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There are moments you just need to relax, or need help drifting off to sleep. Elsewhere gives you stories and soundscapes made for exactly that, matched to what you actually need in the moment. What's inside: Stories spanning a range of moods and genres Soundscapes to relax, focus, or fall asleep to Easy search to find what fits your mood Save your favorites to revisit anytime Come here to relax. Stay to fall asleep.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Elsewhere at 5.0 against Hydrator's 3.8. Elsewhere also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Hydrator's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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. Hydrator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Elsewhere asks for nothing beyond the download.
Elsewhere holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Hydrator's written reviews are positive against 100% of Elsewhere's.
Hydrator ships an update every 5 days, Elsewhere every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hydrator | Elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Terry | Tal Sheldon |
Customer experience
Hydrator
Elsewhere
In-app purchases
Hydrator
- Hydrator Pro - Monthly1 Month trial$0.991 Month
- Hydrator Pro - Yearly1 Month trial$9.991 Year
- Hydrator Pro Perpetual$19.99
Elsewhere
No in-app purchases









