Waterful® Drink water tracker

62 of 100 · reviews
4.8of 5 · store
601ratings on the App Store
68reviews read

An editorial reading of the saved reviews

One of the most generous free trackers in the category: multiple drink types, widgets, stats, and Apple Health sync are all available without a subscription. The octopus character and mission-based gamification help keep the habit going. The weak spot is Watch instability: the app sometimes deletes itself, and reinstalling does not always restore the connection. The home screen widget occasionally freezes on a blurred placeholder. No Watch complications.

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What people use it for

People who want a full-featured tracker without a mandatory subscription and do not mind cute gamification.

What reviews praise

Maximum features for free: multiple drinks, widgets, Apple Health.
Gamification through the octopus character and daily missions.
One-time lifetime purchase for around $8.

What reviews complain about

Watch app is unstable: deletes itself, reinstalls poorly.
Widget sometimes fails to update.
No Watch complications.
Volume math occasionally rounds incorrectly by a fraction of an ounce.

What users experience

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

This is the app for tracking water. The watch complication works perfect, it didn't ask for money as soon as I installed it, syncs with Apple Health. After using the app for half a day I searched for how much they charge, $8 for a lifetime subscription! Yes please and thank you.

Defaults to ml and keeps it there even when you change it to oz.

This app is so freaking cute! Love the little badge awards and cute octopus friend! And I love that I can record multiple kinds of drinks for free! Where other apps make you pay for anything besides water.