Water tracker Waterllama

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4.9of 5 · store
155,581ratings on the App Store
289reviews read

An editorial reading of the saved reviews

The most visually rich tracker in the category, but an aggressive paywall cuts off most features. The free version is essentially just logging glasses of water with basic reminders.

Screenshots

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What people use it for

People willing to pay for a subscription or lifetime purchase who want polished visuals and shared family goals.

What reviews praise

Widgets work well, you can act on Watch notifications without opening the app, and the gamified llama character keeps the habit going for people who paid.

What reviews complain about

Reminders go silent if you do not open the app often enough because iOS kills the background process.
Logging a non-standard drink (sparkling water, coffee) requires a subscription.

What users experience

2 excerpts from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

I set notifications to go off every 5 minutes and then they randomly don't for a while until I open the app again.

Maybe this isn't the app's fault, but it appears that an iPhone stops sending you notifications from apps you don't interact with often enough. I never actually opened the Waterllama app - I just responded to the notifications on my Apple Watch, drank water, and moved on.