Comparison

LiftCortex vs Free Water Tracker

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

Head to head
About

LiftCortex

Track workouts, log macros, and set countdowns for your goals. This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for lifters and athletes, with a focus on customization and privacy. Enjoy all features for free, with an option to remove ads.

Highlights
  • Workout planning and live session logging
  • Macro and calorie tracking with extensive food library
  • Customizable countdowns for goals
  • Apple Watch and Home Screen widgets
  • Automatic iCloud backup and restore
  • Multilingual support and localization
  • Personalized app interface and settings
Features
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The all-in-one app for lifters. Plan your blocks. Run your sessions. Hit your macros. Drink enough. Log the cardio. Watch it all add up. NO SUBSCRIPTION. NO PAYWALL. NO FEATURE GATES. Every feature is unlocked from day one — Apple Watch, widgets, iCloud Backup, the full food library, all of it. Nothing is held back for a paid tier, and there are no ads. If LiftCortex earns a place in your training, you can spot the dev with a one-time purchase that rings a brass bell on every PR. That's it. SEE WHERE YOU'RE HEADED Progression bars for every lift, weekly and monthly recaps, your biggest movers, lifetime milestones, and body-weight trends that smooth out the daily noise. PRs, week-after-week consistency and comebacks are each noticed and celebrated at a scale that fits. WORKOUTS THAT KEEP UP WITH YOU Browse a full exercise library by muscle and build a split with live muscle-coverage as you go. Run live sessions with timing, pause/resume, and quick set check-offs. Log warm-ups, drop sets, rest-pause, failure, and supersets inline. Finish to a review that calls out PRs, rep gains, and pace. The plate calculator handles barbells in pounds or kilos — never math your warm-up sets again. MACROS, DIALED IN Point your camera at a nutrition label and LiftCortex reads the calories and macros for you — entirely on your device, nothing uploaded. Or scan a barcode: with your OK, only the number goes to Open Food Facts. Or pull from a built-in library of 2,000+ lifter-focused foods with serving sizes auto-filled. Save a multi-ingredient meal as one entry. Set hard goals or flexible ranges. WATER AND CARDIO, IN THE SAME LOG Save the vessels you drink from — one tap logs the name and the amount, and your daily goal follows your bodyweight and what you trained. Run, ride, row or walk with a stopwatch that keeps ticking on the Lock Screen. Both land in the same history and weekly totals as your lifting. REMINDERS AT YOUR OWN TIMES Opt-in nudges around when you actually eat and train — learned from your own log, weekly program or Push/Pull/Legs rotation included, or set by you. They stay quiet once you've logged, and they're scheduled on your phone. AN EVIDENCE GUIDE, NOT A RECOMMENDATION A read-only reference to the published research on 69 supplements lifters ask about. Each entry carries an evidence tier that grades how strong the research is — not how good the supplement is — alongside its actual citations: journal, authors, year. Plenty land on "Emerging / Mixed"; some on "Ineffective / Caution". LiftCortex and its creators don't suggest or endorse taking any supplement. No brands, no shopping links, no affiliates. For educational purposes; not medical advice — consult a doctor or nutritionist before taking anything. COUNTDOWNS FOR MEET DAY, RACE DAY, GAME DAY Countdowns for competition day, cut deadlines, and training milestones — with icons, colors, and optional photos, ticking down on your Home Screen. APPLE WATCH + HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Log sets, check off exercises, and glance at remaining macros — without unlocking your phone. Widgets for macro rings, water, session start and countdowns. BACKUP & RESTORE YOU CAN TRUST Automatic iCloud Backup, restored on a new device in seconds. Merge or replace when importing. WORLDWIDE-READY 12 languages, the 2,000+ foods included: type "chicken," "pollo" or "鸡胸肉" and land on the same item, all on-device. Exercise names and form cues use each language's own gym vocabulary — the words lifters actually say. Native right-to-left layouts for Arabic and Urdu. MAKE IT YOURS Reorder features. Hide what you don't use. Pounds or kilos. Accent colors, high-contrast modes, app icon variants. Pick a finish and the app is made of something: Flat, Matte, Forged, Anodized, Carbon or Heavy Forged. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Workouts, macros, water, cardio, countdowns — all stored locally unless you opt into iCloud Backup. No account required. No tracking. No telemetry. Your training stays yours.

About

Free Water Tracker

This app helps you build healthy hydration habits by making water tracking simple and engaging. Log your drinks, customize your virtual companion, and receive gentle reminders to stay on track with your daily water intake.

Highlights
  • Quick drink logging
  • Customizable virtual companion
  • Daily history and milestones
  • Apple Watch and widget integration
  • Gentle, customizable reminders
  • Optional Apple Health integration
  • Multiple language support
Features
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Small sips. Happy habits. Meet Sip, the little glass that cheers you on. Sipline makes daily water tracking feel lighter: log a drink, watch Sip fill up, and build a routine at your own pace. Completely free, with no ads, account, subscriptions, or paywalls. MAKE EVERY SIP COUNT • Tap a Quick Sip for water, coffee, tea, and your other favorite drinks. Save your own amounts and choose a default. • Sip reacts with a hop, wave, dance, or wink. Reach your daily goal for a little celebration. On iPhone, the water gently follows your phone’s tilt. YOUR LITTLE WINS, TOGETHER • Keep your daily history in a monthly calendar. Revisit a day, see weekly recaps, and collect milestones as your recorded days add up. • Add a missed drink, edit an amount or time, and undo a change. Your story stays yours. A SIP, WHEREVER YOU ARE • Log water, coffee, or tea right from Apple Watch. • Keep progress nearby with Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Watch widgets, or log with Siri Shortcuts. • Choose gentle reminders that fit your day. Log, snooze, or pause from a notification. • Set your own daily goal and use ml or fl oz. Optional Apple Health integration writes your water entries. YOUR SIP, YOUR STYLE • Choose Original, Male or Female Sip and try different outfits. Unlock more pieces by recording drinks on different days; earned items stay yours after a break. Weekly collections are optional. • Bring your chosen Sip to companion widgets and share a monthly story made from your recorded entries. • Add an optional personal bottle and log a quarter, half or the rest. Refill it when you start again. Made for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, with native controls, dark mode, large text, VoiceOver, and support for Reduce Motion. Your journal is stored locally. If you choose to enable iCloud sync, it also syncs through your private iCloud account. One little sip is a lovely place to start. Sipline now speaks English, Slovak, Czech, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish and Brazilian Portuguese, across iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and widgets.

Screenshots

LiftCortex4 screens
Free Water Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Free Water Tracker at none against LiftCortex's 1. Free Water Tracker also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). LiftCortex's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. LiftCortex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Free Water Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LiftCortex holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LiftCortex ships an update every 5 days, Free Water Tracker every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LiftCortex versus Free Water Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiftCortexFree Water Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better4.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size141 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTatzel Labs LLCPeter Hlavatik

Customer experience

LiftCortex

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Free Water Tracker

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

LiftCortex

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99
None

Free Water Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LiftCortex free?
LiftCortex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Free Water Tracker free?
Free Water Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LiftCortex or Free Water Tracker?
LiftCortex is rated higher. LiftCortex averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Free Water Tracker averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do LiftCortex or Free Water Tracker have ads?
Neither LiftCortex nor Free Water Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LiftCortex or Free Water Tracker?
LiftCortex ships an update every 5 days, and Free Water Tracker every 2 days. Most recently, LiftCortex was updated on November 5, 2026 and Free Water Tracker on November 1, 2026.

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