Comparison

Cactus vs frogwater

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

Head to head
About

Cactus

This app simplifies hydration tracking with quick logging, personalized goals, and smart reminders. Watch a virtual cactus flourish as you meet your daily water intake targets, making healthy habits rewarding and stress-free.

Highlights
  • Quick drink logging
  • Personalized daily hydration goals
  • Smart, schedule-aware reminders
  • Visual progress with a growing cactus
  • Detailed history and stats
  • Tracking for 9 drink types
Features
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There's a tiny cactus living on your phone — and right now, it's thirsty. Every glass of water you drink brings it back to life. Skip your water and it slowly wilts; hit your daily goal and it stands tall, blooming and proud. Cactus turns drinking water into a habit you actually want to keep — because nobody likes to see their cactus sad. A MASCOT THAT MIRRORS YOUR DAY Your cactus has 5 moods, from bone-dry to thriving. It follows your hydration in real time: every drink you log perks it up a little. And each morning it wakes up thirsty again — your daily little reason to drink water. A WATER GOAL MADE FOR YOU No generic "8 glasses a day". Cactus calculates your daily water intake from your weight, your activity level and your climate — so you drink toward YOUR number. Prefer to pick your own target? You can. EVERY DRINK COUNTS — JUST NOT EQUALLY Water, tea, coffee, juice, milk, smoothies, sparkling water… each drink has a real hydration value. Coffee only counts half, and (sorry) alcohol counts zero. Your progress reflects what your body actually gets. REMINDERS THAT NUDGE, NEVER NAG A water reminder at the pace you choose, only between your wake-up time and bedtime. No guilt trips, no buzzing at 3 AM — just a friendly nudge to drink water. ALSO IN THE POT • Log a drink in two taps, with quick-add amounts • A drink-by-drink timeline of your day, plus your best-day record • Daily streak and weekly hydration stats • Light, fast, works offline — no account, no sign-up • Your data stays on your phone FREE, WITH A SIMPLE DEAL Cactus is free to use, supported by ads. The optional Premium upgrade just removes the ads — every feature stays free for everyone. Whether you're looking for a water reminder, a simple water tracker, or just a little green friend who cheers every time you hydrate — Cactus is waiting for you. Fair warning: it's a bit thirsty. Terms of Use: https://trainrboost.com/cactus-terms Privacy Policy: https://trainrboost.com/cactus-privacy

About

frogwater

This app tracks your water intake with a charming frog mascot. Log water with quick taps or a hold-to-pour gesture, and watch a realistic water animation fill your progress ring. It also includes a fun Frogger-style game earned through hydration, with unlockable accessories and trivia.

Highlights
  • Realistic water progress ring animation
  • Quick-log and hold-to-pour water logging
  • Frog mascot with reactions and trivia
  • Frogger-style mini-game
  • Unlockable frog accessories
  • Local data storage, no ads or accounts
Features
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frogwater is a hydration tracker that gives a damn. You have a frog. He gets thirsty. You log water with quick taps or a satisfying hold-to-pour gesture, and the ring fills up like a glass jar with real animated water inside. Hit your daily goal and the screen erupts in confetti while a tiny green champion celebrates with you. That's it. That's the app. But the details are what make it stick. WHAT'S INSIDE • A real progress ring — water actually fills it from the bottom with a rippling wave, not a flat bar • Quick-log buttons for 8, 12, 16 oz • Hold-to-pour — press and hold to pour any custom amount, with live oz counter and haptic ticks • Adjustable tank size (your daily goal) with sensible presets • Lily pad streak strip showing the last 7 days at a glance • A frog mascot who reacts to your patterns • Goal-hit celebration with bouncing frog, confetti, and a haptic high-five GAME MODE — HOP! A super-elementary Frogger built right in. Swipe the frog across lanes of cars and logs to reach the lily pads. Reach the top → score up + obstacles speed up. Hit something → splat. Plays are earned by drinking water. Every 16 oz logged = +1 play. You start with 3 free, max 10 saved. Beat your high score and unlock frog accessories — a bow at 5 hops, top hat at 15, crown at 30, hero cape at 50, legendary star aura at 100. TAP THE FROG FOR FACTS The mascot doubles as a trivia button. Tap him and a card pops up with a randomly-chosen fact from a library of 30+ — mixing frog biology with hydration science. PRIVACY No accounts, no networking, no analytics, no ads. Everything is stored locally on your iPhone. frogwater is a small app made with care. Drink up.

Screenshots

Cactus4 screens
frogwater4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: frogwater at none against Cactus's 1. frogwater also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Cactus's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, rating 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. Cactus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. frogwater asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cactus against 5.0 for frogwater. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cactus versus frogwater: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCactusfrogwater
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexandre JouanneBLAKE CHAPMAN

Customer experience

Cactus

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

frogwater

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cactus

One-time1
  • Remove Cactus Ads$6.99
None

frogwater

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cactus free?
Cactus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is frogwater free?
frogwater is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cactus or frogwater?
Cactus and frogwater are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Cactus or frogwater have ads?
Cactus shows ads; frogwater does not.

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