Water vs Bacu Water
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Water
This app helps you monitor your daily water intake and reminds you to drink throughout the day. You can customize your daily goal, reminder intervals, and beverage types to suit your personal needs and health goals.
- Customizable daily water goal
- Personalized reminder intervals
- Beverage type logging
- Today widget support
- Apple Health integration
- Statistics and iCloud sync
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For your health und to reach best productivity it’s important to drink enough. It's too late only to drink when you are thirsty. Water is a simple app which helps you to monitor your daily water intake and reminds you to drink. You can adjust your daily goal and the reminder intervals individually to your needs. Features • Beautiful and easy-to-use interface, optimized for iOS 8 and iOS 9 • Today widget • Apple Health integration (iOS 9 only) • Beverage type logging • Customizable daily goal • Customizable beverage volumes • Customizable beverage types • Customizable reminder intervals • Statistics • iCloud sync • Support for metric (ml) and imperial (oz) units • Support for English and German language • Completely free and without ads
Bacu Water
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With this app you will know the recommended amount of water you should drink according to your weight, physical activity and the weather. By logging your water intake, you can tell if you're drinking enough water to stay hydrated. Your weight and exercise minutes are automatically updated from Apple Health to give you a more accurate goal. With notifications you can be reminded when to drink and how much. Smart Reminders use Apple Health sleep analytics to let you know when your day starts and ends.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bacu Water at every 5 days against Water's every 3 weeks. Water's advantage is iOS requirement (8.2 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Water ships an update every 3 weeks, Bacu Water every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Water | Bacu Water |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Johmann | Jose Amaury Lopez De La Cruz |
In-app purchases
Water
No in-app purchases
Bacu Water
No in-app purchases









