Comparison

Dr. Walker vs Water Planner

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

Head to head
About

Dr. Walker

This app transforms your iPhone into an intelligent step tracker, utilizing its motion coprocessor for power-efficient tracking. It displays hourly and daily steps, offers goal recommendations, and provides context for walking distance with relatable equivalents. Enjoy detailed step data without significant battery drain.

Highlights
  • Hourly and daily step tracking
  • Daily goal recommendations
  • Step equivalent comparisons
  • Power-efficient motion coprocessor use
  • Clear and beautiful data presentation
Features
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So you just bought your shiny iPhone and want to take full advantage of the forward thinking hardware. Well, look no further and give Dr. Walker a try! Dr. Walker turns your iPhone into an intelligent step tracker. By utilizing the unique motion coprocessor, it presents your hourly and daily steps in a beautiful and clear way. Moreover, it motivates you to walk more and become more healthy with DailyGoal and StepEquivalents. Unlike GPS-based step counting apps, Dr. Walker is super power-efficient and has very little effect on battery life. So you no longer have to decide whether to track your steps, or still be able to write iMessages in the evening - you get both! - Shows your hourly and daily steps - DailyGoal: remind you of your daily goal with professional recommendations - StepEquivalent: helps making sense of your walking distance by showing famous objects of similar lengths - Based on motion co-processor, not GPS, to preserve crucial battery life - Easy to use, pleasure to look at

About

Water Planner

This app helps you track your daily fluid intake and calculate your personalized water needs based on weight and activity. It converts various beverages into actual water intake and provides smart reminders to keep you hydrated.

Highlights
  • Personalized daily water intake calculation
  • Tracks diverse drink types and amounts
  • Converts beverages to actual water intake
  • Customizable container sizes
  • Smart hydration schedule notifications
  • Data export and sharing options
  • Apple Health and Apple Watch integration
Features
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Water is essential to our life. 2/3 of human tissue is made up of water, only with sufficient water can the blood and lymph circulate smoothly, the human body can effectively absorb the nutrients in the food,and eliminate harmful substances to the human body. However, not all beverages that contain water are good for the body, and it’s also not that the more water you drink, the better for your body. If you want to keep healthy, drink enough and right, Install Water Planner! It will help you to calculate the recommended water your body needs based on your weight daily activity, and track your daily fluid intake. Besides, it would converts fluid (such as tea, coffee, etc.) ingested by the body into actual water intake according to the intake amount and water factor. Key Features: - Calculate how much water you should drink per day based on your weight and activity. Also supports customize manually. - Diverse nearly 30 kinds of different drinks. - Convert the drink amount to actual intake automatically. - Supports multiple container type. - Customize the amount of each drink. - Show the amount of Already Drink & Goal. - Tracks the daily drinks, including drink type, amount and date time. - Chart to show you the drink time and daily intake. - Supports printing the water logs and sharing it to your doctors or friends. - Supports exporting data in CSV and HTML format. - Provides the best water schedule notifications, also supports customize the schedule. - Supports fl.OZ and ml. units. - Supports Dropbox (Backup & Restore) to share the data between multiple devices. - Supports iCloud (Backup & Restore) to share the data between multiple devices. - Supports 3D Touch function. - Integration with Apple Health. ⁃ Supports Apple Watch version. ⁃ Supports Today Widget. ⁃ Supports universal version. If you feel Water Planner is useful, share it with your friends and family. Above all, we are excited and hope to receive your feedback or ideas for we can complete and develop this app in the next version. Any feedback please send to yqapps@tom.com.

Screenshots

Dr. Walker4 screens
Water Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dr. Walker at none against Water Planner's shown. Water Planner's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Dr. Walker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Water Planner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Water Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Dr. Walker versus Water Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDr. WalkerWater Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings57 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 10 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShuo YangZhengzhou Yeqiang Technology Co., Ltd

Customer experience

Dr. Walker

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Water Planner

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dr. Walker

One-time1
  • Standard Version$0.99
5 purchases

Water Planner

Subscriptions5
  • Premium - 1 month7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium - 1 year3 Months trial$4.991 Year
  • Premium - 6 months1 Month trial$5.496 Months
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  • Premium - 1 year3 Months trial$6.991 Year
  • Premium - 1 year3 Months trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Dr. Walker free?
Dr. Walker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Water Planner free?
Water Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dr. Walker or Water Planner?
Water Planner is rated higher. Dr. Walker averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Water Planner averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Dr. Walker or Water Planner have ads?
Water Planner shows ads; Dr. Walker does not.
Which is updated more often, Dr. Walker or Water Planner?
Dr. Walker ships an update every 10 months, and Water Planner every 10 months. Most recently, Dr. Walker was updated on October 7, 2026 and Water Planner on October 10, 2026.

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