Comparison

Hydrate Easy vs Drip

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

Head to head
About

Hydrate Easy

Easily track your daily water intake with simple logging and visual progress. Set personalized goals, receive timely reminders, and sync data with Apple Health. Customize the app's appearance to your preference.

Highlights
  • One-tap logging
  • Daily goal tracking
  • Customizable reminders
  • Apple Health integration
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Streak tracking
Features
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Hydrate makes drinking enough water one tap. It tells you what's left today in plain words, logs a glass, can or bottle without typing, and keeps your streak going. No account, no subscription, nothing to set up beyond your goal. Today • What's left, up top: "24 oz to go", then "Goal reached". • A goal ring that fills as you drink. • One tap for a glass, can, bottle or large bottle, in ounces or milliliters. • Any other amount at any time, for the drink you forgot to log. • Change or delete any drink, on any day. History • Your daily average, goal days, streak and personal best for the last week or month. • A bar for every day, and every day's drinks to look back on or put right. Apple Watch • Log a drink from your wrist and see what's left today. • Complications for your watch face. • Drinks logged on your Watch reach your iPhone, even if it was out of reach for a while. Widgets • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show what's left at a glance. Reminders • Reminders every one to four hours, between the hours you choose. • Each one says what's left, and they stop for the day once you reach your goal. • Log a glass straight from the reminder. Apple Health • Connect Apple Health and every drink you log is saved there as Water. • Delete a drink in Hydrate and it's deleted from Apple Health too. • Hydrate only saves Water. It doesn't read anything from Apple Health. Make it yours • Eight accents, each with its own app icon. • Light, or one of two darks: soft Graphite or true Black. Private by design • Your drinks stay on your device. No accounts, analytics, ads or tracking. Hydrate helps you build a daily habit. It isn't medical advice; ask your doctor how much water is right for you.

About

Drip

This app offers a simple, one-tap method to track your daily water intake. Set a goal, log drinks with a single tap, and view your progress without any complex features or notifications.

Highlights
  • One-tap water logging
  • Customizable daily goals
  • Progress visualization
  • Undo last entry
  • History tracking
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Drip is water tracking without the bloat. One button. One tap. That's the whole interaction. Open Drip, tap the drop when you drink a glass of water, and see how you're doing. No account to create. No onboarding quiz. No permissions to grant. It works the moment you open it. Set a daily goal (default: 8 glasses) and watch your progress fill up throughout the day. When you hit your goal, you'll know — a quiet green checkmark, not a confetti explosion. Keep going if you want. Made a mistake? Undo your last tap. Want a different glass size? Change it in settings. Want to see how your week went? Check your history. That's it. That's the app. What Drip doesn't do: - No push notifications. Your phone nags you enough. - No streaks. Missing a day isn't a failure. - No health integrations. It's a water counter, not a medical device. - No premium tier. No ads. No in-app purchases. Ever. Drip exists because every other water app does too much. You don't need a hydration ecosystem. You need a counter. Tap. Drink. Done.

Screenshots

Hydrate Easy4 screens
Drip4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hydrate Easy and Drip are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hydrate Easy against 5.0 for Drip. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Hydrate Easy versus Drip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHydrate EasyDrip
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew StricklandMatthew Kearney

Customer experience

Hydrate Easy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Drip

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hydrate Easy

No in-app purchases

None

Drip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hydrate Easy free?
Hydrate Easy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drip free?
Drip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hydrate Easy or Drip?
Hydrate Easy and Drip are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Hydrate Easy or Drip have ads?
Neither Hydrate Easy nor Drip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hydrate Easy or Drip?
Hydrate Easy ships an update every 4 months, and Drip every 4 months. Most recently, Hydrate Easy was updated on October 28, 2026 and Drip on October 18, 2026.

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