Gulps vs waterdrop® Hydration App
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!"
waterdrop® Hydration App
This app helps you establish personal hydration goals and daily targets to make drinking water a habit. It tracks your fluid intake, sends reminders, and offers challenges to keep you motivated. It also integrates with Apple Health for automatic target updates based on activity.
- Personalized hydration goals
- Daily drinking targets
- Fluid intake tracking
- Water intake reminders
- In-app challenges
- Apple Health integration
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Your dry spell ends here! How much water should you drink a day? Everybody has different needs. We help you establish your personal hydration goals & daily targets and make sure that drinking water becomes second nature. App your drinking game. The waterdrop® Hydration App helps you keep on track with your fluid-intake. It's your water tracker app that reminds you to drink water and challenges you to take it one sip further. Our app... • Tracks Keep track of your drinking habits 24/7 and reach daily targets. • Reminds Regular water reminders help you reach your daily drinking goals – sip by sip. • Challenges Discover in-app challenges, collect exclusive Club points and exchange them for free accessories. We even integrate with Apple Health, which means you can sync your water intake to Apple Health and automatically update your hydration target based on the activity you logged in Apple Health. NEW: Fancy an extra smart water bottle? The innovative LUCY Smart Cap automatically measures your every sip in the waterdrop® Hydration App, uses UV-purification to gently clean your water (without any chemicals!) and reminds you to reach your daily drinking goal by flashing softly. Thanks to LUCY, your water bottle tracks, purifies your water and reminds you to drink – all in one.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: waterdrop® Hydration App at none against Gulps's 3. waterdrop® Hydration App also leads on ratings volume (781 vs 142). Gulps's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. waterdrop® Hydration App asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Gulps against 4.8 for waterdrop® Hydration App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: waterdrop® Hydration App has 781 ratings behind it against 142, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Gulps's written reviews are positive against 83% of waterdrop® Hydration App's.
Gulps ships an update every 6 weeks, waterdrop® Hydration App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gulps | waterdrop® Hydration App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (142 ratings) | 4.8 (781 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.2% of reviews | 83.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 142 | 781 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fancy Pixel S.r.l. | Waterdrop Microdrink GmbH |
Customer experience
Gulps
waterdrop® Hydration App
User reviews
Gulps
From 142 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
waterdrop® Hydration App
From 781 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helps track water intake
- 💡 Challenges and points system motivate users
- 🚀 Easy to use and intuitive
- 👍 Integrates with Waterdrop products
- 👍 Customizable hydration goals
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional data loss or reset of progress
- 🔍 Limited drink options (no milk, smoothies, etc.)
- 🔍 Cannot edit or backdate entries
- 🔍 Inconsistent tracking of some drink types (e.g. coffee)
- 🔍 Lack of Apple Health integration
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
waterdrop® Hydration App
Reported bugs
3 issues- Challenges/progress sometimes reset unexpectedly
- Connectivity issues with Lucy smart cap
- App crashes or freezes on some devices
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to edit or backdate entries
- Integration with Apple Health
- Option to save custom drink sizes
- Mixing/blending of Waterdrop flavors
- Inventory tracking for Waterdrop products
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- Apple Watch app or complications
In-app purchases
Gulps
- Glass Half Full tip$0.99
- Full Glass tip$2.99
- Generous tip$4.99
waterdrop® Hydration App
No in-app purchases
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