Comparison

Hydro Paint vs Always Pause

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

Head to head
About

Hydro Paint

Features
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Hydro Paint turns daily hydration into a quiet ritual with art. Each day starts with a blank canvas. As you drink, layers of a classic ukiyo-e painting are gradually revealed. Tilt your phone and the painting responds with parallax and light. Tap the card and it sways. Reach your goal and the full artwork comes alive with a celebration. Currently featuring three interactive paintings from Hokusai's "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji," with more works by Hiroshige, Koitsu, and others on the way. FEATURES • Art Card with motion parallax, dynamic lighting, and tap interaction — powered by device sensors • Ukiyo-e masterworks with hand-separated layers that reveal as you hydrate • Radial quick-add menu: long press to fan open, slide to choose a drink, hold to adjust the amount • Track water, coffee, tea, milk, juice, soda, and more • Home Screen widget that shows your painting progress and lets you add water with one tap • Gallery to browse and choose your daily painting • Data Room to review today's intake with category filters and swipe-to-delete • Customizable daily goal and quick-add slots • Gentle encouragement messages and ukiyo-e trivia throughout the day • Haptic feedback • Localized in English, Chinese and Japanese • No account required. All data stays on your device.

About

Always Pause

Features
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Sometimes you just need to breathe. Pause+ is a quiet library of 50 breathing techniques — box, 4-7-8, physiological sigh, coherence, and more. Each one is real, researched, and ready the moment you need it. No streaks. No programs. No notifications chasing you down. Open the app, pick what you need, breathe, close it. What's inside · 50 science-backed breathing techniques · Four moods — calm, sleep, focus, energy · Haptic guidance on Apple Watch — phone-free breathing, anywhere · One-tap rescue for the hard moments · Widgets for your home screen, lock screen, and Control Center Who it's for For people who've tried the other apps and felt worse. For anyone who wants a breathing tool, not another thing to keep up with. For the ones who want quiet — not content. Pause+ is ad-free, tracker-free, and designed to be used briefly. Practice when you need to. Don't when you don't. Breathwork, backed by science. Designed to stay out of your way.

Screenshots

Hydro Paint3 screens
Always Pause4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hydro Paint at none against Always Pause's 3. Always Pause's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price and ads 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. Always Pause sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Hydro Paint asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Hydro Paint versus Always Pause: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHydro PaintAlways Pause
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRUNXI DENGWork OnDeck LLC

In-app purchases

None

Hydro Paint

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Always Pause

Subscriptions2
  • Always Pause+7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Always Pause+7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Always Pause+ Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Hydro Paint free?
Hydro Paint is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Always Pause free?
Always Pause is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hydro Paint or Always Pause have ads?
Neither Hydro Paint nor Always Pause shows ads.

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