Hydrio vs Simple Sip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hydrio
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Hydrio helps you build a simple daily hydration habit. Log water in one tap, set your goal, and follow your progress through the day. Clear, focused, and easy to use. Hydrio is a simple app for tracking daily water intake and staying more consistent with hydration. It is built for people who want a lightweight water tracker without extra complexity. With Hydrio, you can: - set a daily hydration goal - start from a simple goal suggestion based on body weight - log water in one tap - enter a custom amount manually - get reminders throughout the day - follow your daily progress on a clean home screen - review your recent water history - choose how values are shown: ml, oz, or glasses - adjust glass size to fit your preference - personalize reminder rhythm and style Hydrio keeps hydration data consistent in milliliters internally, while letting you view it in the unit that feels most natural to you. This keeps tracking simple and clear across the app. The app is designed to be quick to set up and easy to return to every day. A short onboarding flow helps you get started, and the home screen brings together your progress ring, quick add actions, next reminder, and current goal in one place. Extended features are also available for people who want to remove limits, unlock full history, use extra themes, and access deeper hydration insights. Hydrio is not a medical app and does not replace professional health advice. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Simple Sip
Easily track your daily water intake with a simple tap. Customize drink sizes, set personal goals, and visualize your progress with clean charts and satisfying animations. Enjoy privacy with no accounts or data collection.
- Customizable drink buttons
- Daily goal setting
- Progress ring visualization
- History charts and streaks
- Apple Watch app
- Home Screen widgets
- Apple Health integration
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Staying hydrated shouldn't take more than a sip of your time. Simple Sip is a beautifully simple water tracker: set your daily goal, tap a button when you drink, and watch your progress ring fill up. That's it. No accounts, no ads, no clutter. MAKE IT YOURS • Create quick-add buttons for your real bottles and drinks — name them, set their exact size, and pick a color and icon for each • Track in milliliters or fluid ounces • Set any daily goal and adjust it anytime • Build streaks and review your history with clean charts LOG FROM ANYWHERE • One-tap logging in the app with satisfying animations when you hit your goal • Home Screen widgets: see your ring at a glance and log without opening the app (Premium) • Full Apple Watch app with complications — log from your wrist and stay in sync automatically (Premium) WORKS WITH APPLE HEALTH Optionally save every drink to the Health app as Dietary Water. Your health data stays on your device — Simple Sip collects nothing, ever. SIMPLE SIP PREMIUM — ONE PURCHASE, YOURS FOREVER A single one-time purchase (no subscription!) unlocks: • The full Apple Watch app and complications • All Home Screen widgets, including one-tap quick-add • Unlimited custom quick-add buttons • Family Sharing included — one purchase covers your whole Apple Family group PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No analytics. No ads. No data collection. Your hydration history lives on your iPhone and nowhere else. Simple Sip is a general hydration aid, not a medical device, and does not provide medical advice.
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Verdict
Hydrio and Simple Sip are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Hydrio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Simple Sip sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Hydrio | Simple Sip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pawel Ratajski | Luis Arosemena |
In-app purchases
Hydrio
- Monthly Premium$9.991 Month
- Yearly Premium$39.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$99.99
Simple Sip
- Buy Me a Coffee$0.99
- Simple Sip Premium$4.99









