Comparison

Hydration Bear vs Setva

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

Head to head
About

Hydration Bear

Features
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Hydration Bear is a hydration reminder that is harder to ignore. At the times you choose, Hydration Bear reminds you to drink and can temporarily lock selected apps. Take a sip using the front camera to confirm that you are done, then continue using your apps. Manual confirmation is available when the camera cannot be used. Key features: - Set reminder intervals or multiple custom reminder times - Choose the apps, categories, or websites to lock during a reminder - Confirm a drink using on-device recognition - Log each drink by beverage and actual volume - View daily progress, streaks, history, and seven-day statistics - Estimate a daily hydration goal from the body information you provide Camera frames are analyzed only in device memory. They are never recorded, saved, uploaded, or shared. Body information, reminder settings, and hydration records stay on the current device by default. Daily hydration goals are health estimates, not medical advice. If you have a kidney, heart, or other condition that requires limits on fluid intake, follow guidance from a qualified healthcare professional. Apple Watch app and watch-face complications, plus Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Hydration Bear Pro (optional): lock other apps when a reminder is due and set unlimited custom reminder times. The yearly plan includes a 7-day free trial; monthly and lifetime options are also available. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be cancelled anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://wateralarm.deepfish.tech/wateralarm/en/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://wateralarm.deepfish.tech/wateralarm/en/privacy/

About

Setva

Features
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Setva helps you keep your GLP-1 treatment on track: every dose, every side effect, every week. Log a shot in two taps. See where your medication level sits today. Find out why some days feel harder than others. YOUR LEVEL, DRAWN FROM YOUR OWN DOSES Setva plots an estimated medication level curve from published half-life data and your real dose history. You can see the climb after a shot, the peak, and the long slope down before the next one. It is an educational estimate, labelled as such on every screen that shows it. It is not a blood measurement and it is not medical advice. DOSE DAY, HANDLED A time-sensitive reminder gets through Focus on shot day, and if you have not logged by the evening, it asks again. A Live Activity sits on your Lock Screen until the dose is in. Taking a daily pill instead? Setva tracks oral doses too, with a fasting timer for the wait after you take it. TWO TAPS, AND THE SITE IS PICKED FOR YOU The body map remembers where your last shots went and suggests the next site in the rotation. Tap it, confirm, done. PATTERNS BY CYCLE DAY Log nausea, fatigue, reflux or headache with one tap and an intensity. Setva lines them up against the day of your dose cycle, so instead of "some days are awful" you get "day 2 is your rough one". Weight goes in with a moving-average trend, no drama. ON THE SCREENS YOU ALREADY LOOK AT - Home Screen widget with your curve or a countdown to the next dose - Lock Screen widget with the days to go - Live Activity and Dynamic Island on dose day - Apple Watch app to log a dose and check the curve from your wrist APPLE HEALTH, IF YOU WANT IT Optional weight sync both ways, asked for only when you switch it on. On iOS 26 Setva can also read the medications you log in the Health app. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account, no sign-up, no server of ours. Everything you log lives on your iPhone and in your own private iCloud, and you can delete all of it from the You tab in one go. WHAT SETVA IS NOT Setva does not suggest doses, does not change your prescription and is not a medical device. Nothing in the app is medical advice. Always talk to your prescriber before you change anything about your treatment. Setva is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Novo Nordisk or Eli Lilly. Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus, Saxenda and Victoza are trademarks of Novo Nordisk. Mounjaro and Zepbound are trademarks of Eli Lilly and Company. Brand names appear only so you can identify the treatment you were prescribed. SUBSCRIPTION Full access to Setva requires an auto-renewing subscription. Plans: 79.99 USD per year or 12.99 USD per week. There is no free trial. The subscription renews automatically until you cancel. You can cancel at any time in your Apple account settings. Terms: https://setva.app/terms Privacy: https://setva.app/privacy EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hydration Bear4 screens
Setva4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hydration Bear and Setva 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hydration Bear sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Setva sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Hydration Bear versus Setva: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHydration BearSetva
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB14 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHangzhou Deep Sea Fish Information Technology Co., Ltd.Jan Daniel Naftanaila

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hydration Bear

Subscriptions2
  • WaterAlarm Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • WaterAlarm Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • WaterAlarm Pro Lifetime$34.99
2 purchases

Setva

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$12.997 Days
  • Annual$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Hydration Bear free?
Hydration Bear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Setva free?
Setva is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hydration Bear or Setva have ads?
Neither Hydration Bear nor Setva shows ads.

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