Sip vs Cup Count
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sip
Easily monitor your daily fluid intake, including various beverages like water, tea, and coffee. The app intelligently calculates your hydration levels, considering factors like caffeine. It helps you establish healthy habits with personalized goals and timely reminders.
- Log various beverage types
- Calculate true hydration levels
- Set daily hydration goals
- View progress history
- HealthKit integration
- Home screen widget
- Daily reminders
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Stay hydrated with Sip, your friendly hydration companion. Track every drink throughout your day - from water and tea to coffee and smoothies. Sip calculates your true hydration based on what you drink, accounting for caffeine and other factors. Features: - Quick-add buttons for fast logging - Track multiple beverage types - Daily hydration goals - Progress history - HealthKit integration - Home screen widget - Daily reminders Simple, beautiful, and designed to help you build better hydration habits. Privacy Policy: https://apalos.co.uk/sip/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://apalos.co.uk/sip/terms.html
Cup Count
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A tiny semantic-colour counter for cups of coffee, tea and water per day — privacy-respecting hydration tracking. • Three big chips: coffee, tea, water • Tap to add, long-press to remove • Today's totals colour-coded • Seven-day chart for each drink (Pro) • Themes and reminders (Pro) Who it's for For coffee, tea and water drinkers tracking caffeine and hydration without a wellness ecosystem. Subscription Premium is available as a weekly, monthly, or yearly subscription, with pricing shown in the app before you buy. Subscriptions auto-renew unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the period. You can cancel anytime in your Apple ID Subscription Settings — no charge on the first day if you cancel during the introductory window. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy: everything stays on your device by default. No analytics SDKs, no cross-app tracking. Privacy policy at https://bestpaid.app/legal/privacy. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Sip at none against Cup Count's shown. Sip also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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
Both are free to download. Sip sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Cup Count sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sip ships an update every 2 days, Cup Count weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sip | Cup Count |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apalos LTD | Vasilii Polovnikov |
In-app purchases
Sip
- Sip premium monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
Cup Count
- Premium · 1 week$0.997 Days
- Premium · 1 month$1.991 Month
- Premium$6.997 Days
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- Premium · 1 year$9.991 Year
- Premium · Lifetime$19.99
