Gulps vs Hydration Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gulps
Easily monitor your daily hydration with this intuitive application. Set personal goals, log your usual portion sizes, and track your progress directly within the app or via a convenient notification center widget. It seamlessly integrates with your health data.
- Track daily water intake
- Set custom goals
- Log usual portion sizes
- Notification center widget
- Health app integration
- Customizable reminders
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Keep track of a simple yet healthy habit: drinking water. Gulps lets you track your daily water intake in a simple and intuitive way: set your goal, set your usual portion, and start keeping track from within the app or the widget in your notification center. HEALTH Gulps is now fully integrated with the Health app. THEY SAY ABOUT US "I lost track of my water intake throughout the day, and this is the perfect way to keep up with it. I love the way you can customise it" "Wouldn't have thought it would change my behaviour so much, but it has. The gasification of drinking water... Who's have thought? And competing daily with my husband always helps!" "I started looking for water intake apps because I had a kidney stone. This one is excellent and the best I found! I love the simple design and it is very easy to use. You can customise 2 different cup sized and there is a calendar that tracks your progress. Oh and the tracker now shows you if you drank more than your goal, although it doesn't show it on the calendar. My favourite part is the reminders. You can tell it during what times you want to be reminded and also how often. And all of this is free! Really excellent app and recommended for everyone!"
Hydration Tracker
This app helps you monitor your daily water intake to improve health and energy. It calculates your personalized hydration needs based on various factors and sends friendly reminders to ensure you meet your goals. Log different drink types and view your progress graphically.
- Calculate required water intake
- Set daily hydration goals
- Receive timely alerts
- Log drinking times and units
- Track multiple drink types
- View daily consumption graphs
- Motivational freebies and tips
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Water is essential to life. Stay hydrated to improve your health, boost your energy, and make healthier choices throughout the day. Water Balance keeps you healthy by tracking your water intake and reaching your daily goals through a friendly reminder system. How much water do you need? The amount is based on weather conditions, how active you are, your body health, your eating intervals, etc. This app calculates it for you. It supports Apple Watch and is also integrated with Apple Health. Features: • Calculate your required water intake • Set goals • Get alerts • Log in drinking time • Enter glasses or units • Enter multiple types of drinks • Daily consumption in graph view • Freebies to maintain the motivation • Water Tips • Achievement Keep yourself hydrated by never forgetting to drink the required amount of water regularly. Stay healthy, Stay fit. Privacy Policy and Terms of Service: https://www.loyal.app/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Gulps at none against Hydration Tracker's shown. Gulps also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 70%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Gulps sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Hydration Tracker sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Gulps against 4.6 for Hydration Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 143 and 218 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Gulps's written reviews are positive against 70% of Hydration Tracker's.
Gulps ships an update every 6 weeks, Hydration Tracker every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Gulps | Hydration Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (143 ratings) — better | 4.6 (218 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.2% of reviews — better | 69.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 143 | 218 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fancy Pixel S.r.l. | Loyal Health & Fitness, Inc. |
Customer experience
Gulps
Hydration Tracker
User reviews
Gulps
From 143 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface
- ⏰ Effective reminder notifications for hydration
- ⌚ Seamless Apple Watch integration
- 🎯 Customizable water intake goals
- 📊 Clean visual progress tracking
Room to improve
- 🐛 Daily water intake fails to reset properly
- 🐛 Watch app sync issues with iPhone app
- 🐛 Notification typo ('Time tro drink water')
- ⌚ Watch complication randomly disables
- 📝 Limited customization for water amounts
Hydration Tracker
From 218 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💧 Helps increase water intake
- 🔔 Reminders are helpful
- 🏆 Badges and awards are motivating
- 🔗 Links with Apple Health
Room to improve
- 💸 Ads are unnecessary
- 💳 App requires payment for features
- 🚫 No easy way to close ads
- 🔢 No decimal option for logging
- 🔄 Units and settings not synced
Bugs and requests
Gulps
Reported bugs
14 issues- Water intake not resetting at start of new day
- Watch app entries not syncing to iPhone app
- Widget entries not updating in Apple Health
- Watch complication graphic disables randomly
- Siri Shortcut returns 'an error occurred' notification
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- Notification quick response redirects to app instead of logging
- App crashes when adding gulp for previous days
- Watch app doesn't sync when in airplane mode
- App crashes at 13% water intake on watch
- Drop image disappears when exceeding 100% on watch
- Data from watch entries lost or not recorded
- App shows previous day's data on new day start
- Custom gulp size settings not applying correctly
- Notification quick actions not registering gulps
Requested features
13 requests- Custom water intake amounts (not just two preset sizes)
- Variable gulp sizes for flexible tracking
- Dark mode theme
- Smart reminders based on current intake progress
- More granular reminder scheduling options
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- Apple Health data reading capability
- History view with detailed time entries
- Display water amount in ml alongside percentage
- MyFitnessPal integration
- Restore original water drop notification sound
- Ability to input water for previous days without crashes
- Apple Watch complication feature
- Exceed 100% consumption display on calendar
Hydration Tracker
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes frequently
- App freezes when logging drinks
- App closes immediately after logging fluid intake
- Cannot see logged information due to freezing
- Ads pop up on app boot
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- App requires payment again after initial purchase
- Units (oz/ml) are inconsistent between pages
- Apple Watch app glitches, won't stay in Oz, closes when adding water
- App crashes on opening
- App does not work on Apple Watch
- Paid features (add-ons) disappear after a few weeks
- App doesn't work on watch at all
Requested features
8 requests- Add decimal option for logging drinks
- Allow customization of notification times
- Include soda and yogurt as drink options
- Improve drink and volume choices
- Provide a clear option to remove ads
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- Sync Apple Watch and iPhone units and goals
- Clarify subscription pricing in description
- Add more accurate ounce options for logging
In-app purchases
Gulps
- Glass Half Full tip$0.99
- Full Glass tip$2.99
- Generous tip$4.99
Hydration Tracker
- Weekly$0.997 Days
- Weekly Trial3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Water Balance Premium$1.991 Month
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- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Monthly Trial3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Yearly$5.991 Year
- Yearly Trial3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Loyal Pass Monthly WB$9.991 Month
- Loyal Pass Yearly WB$59.991 Year
- LifeTime Access$1.99
