Water vs Sip
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
Sip
Easily monitor your daily fluid intake, including various beverages like water, tea, and coffee. The app intelligently calculates your hydration levels, considering factors like caffeine. It helps you establish healthy habits with personalized goals and timely reminders.
- Log various beverage types
- Calculate true hydration levels
- Set daily hydration goals
- View progress history
- HealthKit integration
- Home screen widget
- Daily reminders
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Stay hydrated with Sip, your friendly hydration companion. Track every drink throughout your day - from water and tea to coffee and smoothies. Sip calculates your true hydration based on what you drink, accounting for caffeine and other factors. Features: - Quick-add buttons for fast logging - Track multiple beverage types - Daily hydration goals - Progress history - HealthKit integration - Home screen widget - Daily reminders Simple, beautiful, and designed to help you build better hydration habits. Privacy Policy: https://apalos.co.uk/sip/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://apalos.co.uk/sip/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sip at 5.0 against Water's 3.0. Sip also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Water's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.2 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Sip sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Water asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sip holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Water ships an update every 3 weeks, Sip every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Water | Sip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Johmann | Apalos LTD |
Customer experience
Water
Sip
In-app purchases
Water
No in-app purchases
Sip
- Sip premium monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
