Water Reminder - Daily Tracker Reviews

by Gadgetgirl1010

I bought WaterReminder for the obvious reason of helping me drink more water and because it had an Apple Watch interface. Unfortunately the Apple Watch interface does not work. Every time I try to log a drink it gets stuck on a screen that says “sending” and although it does not record it on my watch, it will record it in multiples of what I drank on my phone so if I look at my watch it says I haven’t had any water today but if I look at my phone it shows double entries from me getting frustrated with the Apple Watch being stuck on the sending screen and navigating out. I tried leaving the watch alone on the “sending” screen for over an hour and it still never recorded what I entered. My watch is my primary tool for reminders as I don’t always carry my phone on me so if I can’t get the watch app to work it is useless to me. For reference, I have an iPhone 13 Pro and an Apple Watch 7.

by SuperSunnyDXL

So I have had WaterReminder for a few months, and it’s been fine. But today out of nowhere it starts spamming water reminder notifications like crazy. When I tried to open WaterReminder to see if I could stop it, WaterReminder crashed everytime I tried to open it. I deleted WaterReminder (or so I thought), but even after I deleted it, WaterReminder wouldn’t stop spamming notifications. And yes, I did delete it, I checked and made sure it wasn’t in my App Library or in my settings. So I force reboot my phone, and that seems to work, except when I came back to WaterReminder on WaterReminder Store to leave this review, WaterReminder is still installed on my phone, yet I can’t find any trace of it actually being there! It’s not in my App Library, it’s not in settings. Either this is a glitch on apples end, or WaterReminder is doing some weird crap.

by Irish1280

I like the simplicity of WaterReminder, it’s pretty easy to use, as water reminder apps go. Simplicity is high on my list of priorities. I gave WaterReminder 2 stars for that. But you know what else is high on that list? Accuracy. And WaterReminder is lacking that big time.

For the life of me I can’t figure out how WaterReminder is calculating total daily amount of fluids. Their percentage calculation is pretty suspect too.

Example: my daily goal is 100 ounces. As of right now, I’ve consumed 94 ounces of fluids today. But WaterReminder is telling me I’ve only had 86 ounces. Which apparently is 84% of 100 ounces.

Math was never my strong suit, but even I can add up a few simple numbers and divide by 100. But the point is that I shouldn’t have to do that math in my head because I have an app that’s supposed to do it for me.

This is a deal breaker for me. I have a chronic illness that requires me to drink a certain amount of fluids every day and it’s very important that I not fall short of that goal. I also use fluid intake data to help my doctors determine adjustments to medications. I emailed the developers over a week ago and haven’t gotten a response nor has the issue been resolved. So I’m back to square one looking for a water reminder that actually works.

by Ansalong

The interface and watch reminders are so good, and the wide variety of drinks you can add with the paid account is so useful! Two things make this not work for me. (1) As others have mentioned the watch takes 5 full minutes to log your choices and then logs multiple instances of your choice, so you have to go back and delete the extra logs. It renders the watch pretty useless for this function which is one of the main reasons I got WaterReminder in the first place. (2) You can’t customize drink ingredients. I think there would be a difference between a whole milk latte and skim milk latte, for instance, so it would be more accurate if we could customize.

by Tptwyman

Ive had WaterReminder for several months now and it worked fine until about a month ago. Now I cannot get the application to change from Celsius to Fahrenheit, my pre-stored beverages amounts have disappeared and when I go to log a beverage it logs it to to three times on my phone app.

I added preset drinks to my shortcuts connected to my Apple Watch, and it does not work. It only works from shortcuts that I have to manually input from my iPhone. Completely missed the point of having a verbal shortcut

Please fix this glitch.

by Cinder77

Updated: The developers listen to feedback and fix issues. The issue reported below has been fixed BUT I found another glitch when adding amounts of water or other liquids. The math is INCORRECT. For example 4oz plus 4oz is 8oz and it adds it as 9oz in WaterReminder and on the watch. Please fix the math. Also, it would be nice to have 24oz and 32oz options rather than having to log and add intake together to get full amounts of liquid consumed. I’m still willing to give a 5 star rating if the developers continue to fix WaterReminder when issues such as these are reported.

I’m satisfied with WaterReminder and the beverage choices as well as the amount of water (%) for each choice.

There’s an issue with setting the daily water goal in WaterReminder and coinciding with the Apple Watch. If I set the daily goal at 64oz in WaterReminder , the watch reads 66oz for the goal.

The amounts should be the same. Hopefully the developers can fix this glitch and then the rating would be 5 stars.

by WmnOfStl

4 stars because overall, it’s a great app in the free version. Problem.... why should I have to pay $3 a MONTH just to have the sound feature? WaterReminder is a rip off if you need to have a sound notification. I’m sorry, but that’s ridiculous. I’m a nutrition and weight loss coach and personal trainer, and I need my clients to use a hydration app. Can you imagine the look I get from them when I tell them they have to pay for a simple feature like SOUND when they are only using it to track water and be reminded to hydrate when they aren’t good at drinking water? WHY are you charging for this feature? What a TERRIBLE TRAP!! You need to rethink what your ultimate goal is here.... creating a helpful app that is truly a gift to those who need the simple features, or making money off of EVERYONE for a sound notification. Charging for SOUND.... really?!!

by Chic_Chef

So far, I am really enjoying WaterReminder. I have tried a few of the other water reminder apps in the store, but some of them have too many features and some of them have too few. I wanted something that would track water as well as other beverages as some items can actually reduce your hydration. WaterReminder was definitely worth the in app purchase to get the additional beverages.

The only areas that I would like to see improved would be 1) a widget to update my beverages without having open WaterReminder , and 2) the ability to edit previous days. Sometimes when I’m out at night I forget track, and there’s no way that I can see to update that information. I reached out to the developers about two weeks ago and have not heard back. That’s also disappointing. Other than that, WaterReminder itself is great!

by ShaimaSharaf

It is a nice application that reminds you of drinking water based on your schedule (when you wake up to sleep) and it has a good measurement with percentage of water drank; moreover, it is easy to add your water ml. Nevertheless, there is a feature that I believe will make it nicer, there should be a « Ramadan » or « Muslim fasting » option because during these times the Muslim cannot drink water as they please, so it provides an option that functions at after Iftar time. Also, it will be nice to have an option that allows us to save our mls, so we just tap on it and it will be added, instead of measuring each time. Having both will be better than having an individual.

by Just…bluue…💙💙…

I just got WaterReminder today, and haven’t tried it out yet, but one thing that really put me off right away was the strange buzzing sound as soon as I opened WaterReminder ?? It sounded like a swarm of bees… Very strange. Is this an actual glitch or is it just me?

Absolutely NOT the sound you wanna open ANY app and hear. Please fix this… Maybe use the sound of water splashing or ice clinking instead, but definitely not whatever that was…..

Also, it’d be nice if you could just put your height in feet.. or you could at least have the option to do so, that way people like me won’t have to search on google “whats 5’4 in inches” lol.

Anyway, I hope WaterReminder is a good one, because I don’t wanna have to spend forever downloading, trying and deleting every water tracking app on WaterReminder Store to find a good one. In short, I really hope WaterReminder lives up to its good rating. Who knows, maybe you’ll get that last start

(Note: I’d give it a 3 1/2 if I could, but I just decided to give it the benefit of the doubt and bump it up to 4 instead of down to 3. 😊)

by Ber84

Thank you Water Reminder. I used your app faithfully, every day, for two months. Last week I realized I hadn’t checked my app at all and yet I’d had more than my normal amount of water - and I’ve kept it up all week. You’ve helped me to build a habit! And it’s stuck so far. I am so pleased and was not expecting that it would happen so quickly. Highly recommend WaterReminder - and paying the $1 per week is totally worth the bonus of being able to input many types of beverages. Also loved that WaterReminder tells me what percentage of water my beverages are. Great app that does what it says. Thank you.

by Dyan007

WaterReminder is polished and has nice integration with the Health app and decent range of features. What I’m missing is the ability to add something to a previous day. I literally went to log my final drink of the day and couldn’t because it was 12:01. No way to edit on previous days.

Another of the final contestants (of water tracking apps) is also tracking additional things like caffeine which I think is helpful. But it has the same flaw as this one (no adding to previous days) and isn’t quite as polished.

Haven’t decided yet if I’m keeping this one ongoing but it has promise at least. Would really like to see an update.

by Bubby Of 4

After getting a diagnosis from an ER visit of dehydration from feeling dizzy and having heart palpitations, my kids demanded that I drink more water. I’ve always had difficulty doing that, so they recommended I try using a water app with a reminder to drink and keep tabs on my ingested amounts during each day.
I checked out several such apps and found this the easiest to use plus the reminder part keeps me in track! I’ve only been using it for 10 days, but it has made a big difference in my behavior with fluid consumption.
I recommend it highly.
Although I plan to check out with my family physician the true requisite amounts for daily fluid intake, WaterReminder bases it total daily amount in ones height weight and gender.
The ER doc said to try to drink 64 oz daily. WaterReminder suggests 55 minimum for me...which is an easier goal. I’ve most often surpassed that. But it is an easier “mountain to climb” when the minimum isn’t so tough to get to.

by ASHHHhHh🥺

At first I thought it was kind of sketchy because it looked a little bit cheap and weird but honestly it is one of the best ways to remind myself to drink water throughout the day and I have not only gained clear skin because of WaterReminder but also stayed healthy and reminded myself that water is a daily thing that I need to drink it’s definitely something that I think you should get if you’re looking for a Water Reminder app❤️✨❤️✨❤️✨

by Mentsh

After downloading the free version I was lucky enough to receive audio alerts on my IPhone for a few months. Found this extremely helpful. Then, after latest update, no audio. Well, this made WaterReminder useless since it neither provided audio or haptic notification on phone or Apple Watch and so no reminders. While the developer deserves payment for efforts, the monthly cost being charged is ridiculous. Charge a one time $3.99 fee for sound and I’m all in.

Found a simple workaround for audio alerts on the free version. Set up DAILY Reminders on Phone for the times that correspond to the reminders you set in WaterReminder . You’ll get a visual Water Reminder reminder as well as a sound alert from your phone.

by Emeritus Em

Hard to believe something this simple could be life-changing! But, that’s what it’s done for me. I get busy and forget to drink water on a regular basis. I was overestimating how much water I would drink in a day and often get headaches. It was when I started using the water app I realized I hadn’t been drinking nearly enough water, so with these prompts, I’d dutifully pour myself a cup each time. The number of headaches I have now have gone down significantly and I feel so much better!

by Philly_jen

I've tried about 4 different free water tracking apps before this one and the others were so frustrating. This one is everything I was looking for in a free easy to use water tracking app. And I am actually achieving my water goals with its help! I love so much about it:
-easy to add drinks
-several free drink types without having to make purchases
-easy to edit drinks if you accidentally added one or put the wrong ounces
-adjustable reminders so you can choose the frequency of when and how often you get reminded (if at all) to drink
-you always know how many ounces you drank AND how many you have left
-there is a physical icon for every drink entered and you can edit them at any time during the day.

The ONLY con is that it resets at midnight and with my work schedule, I am sometimes still on my last bottle to make my goal and it resets...so sometimes I have to cheat it which doesn't help.

by Mr. Lovit

This is a great app to keep track of your water intake. It also tracks your coffee, tea, soda and yogurt consumption . It gives me reminders every 2 hours that my body needs water, which is a good feature being that I don’t like drinking water. Therefore, it forces me to go grab a bottle. Once you have drunk your daily amount, it will congratulate you. The only minor problem is it reminds you to drink even when you have already drunk your daily amount. Maybe that’s no problem since you could never drink too much water. Other than that, I love it!

by Jjb22787

Been using for less than one day but I’m leaving a review because I can already say it’s better than another app that had more reviews. I just got an Apple Watch, downloaded another water app this morning which was so awkward on how to track your water. It showed you a bottle and you had to adjust the level which is fine if you start with like a 2 gallon of milk size jug or an enormous bottle of water but if you’re doing refills on a reusable 8-32 oz container and or cups of water THIS is where it’s at because once you drink one, you log it. And onto the next (or not) you still see progress clearly indicated.

by Rrdot

WaterReminder is great, ads aren't intrusive so for a free app, it really does the job. Works with my apple watch so the pop up is awesome. I just wish that you could remove a drink in the list because at first I thought that the "plus" sign meant that was how you added your water consumption and now I have a bunch of waters at the bottom before I realized that you just tap the water (or coffee!) to update the consumption for the day. Please please please update to remove our own goofs or identify that drink is already there and doesn't need to be added again. Thank you for a great app!!

by LilAsian101

I would say this is one of the best app I use in a long time, but on the second day, when I was putting in how many ounces I drank, it would not register and would stay at 0 percent. I don’t know if that’s some type of glitch but if you fix that, I would 100% download WaterReminder again. I would also like it if WaterReminder can connect to the health app on iPhone which would be a major bonus since I record all my health activity on there and use WaterReminder for water drinking reminder.

by Bredivad

WaterReminder has really helped me address my hydration issues, but the Apple Watch integration doesn’t work reliably. My guess is that the fundamentally intermittent Bluetooth connection between the phone and the watch causes drinks reported on the watch sometimes to be reported several times on the phone app. In any case, today, for example, when I reported one bottle of water on the watch while my phone was in the next room, my phone eventually reported that bottle eight times.

by Mama Bec

Been using WaterReminder for a couple months and the widget was great for helping to quickly track my water intake. But now they've made that a premium feature in order to try and get more subscriptions. And they didn't even include that in the release notes! Crappy, shady move. Not cool to change features on users to make them spend money, especially when you don't even tell them. I won't be paying and will start looking for a different app.

by BigDaveHuddy

This is the first I had had that tracks water so in that respect it’s great and it tracks on my watch as well very easy. It is missing a diet version for the drinks so it can’t toss the data to my other apps. But this only tracks water so I guess that is fine. My main upgrade wish is to have a voice or keyboard search for the drink. I’m getting older and reading the the fine print under the drink icon is difficult.

by 1Gamechanger

I've tested many water apps and this one has it all. Add any type of drink and links to apple health. The only thing I would like from it is to have a one time purchase instead of a monthly or yearly subscription. Although the free version is great already! Will continue to use. Thanks for your hard work, wish you success.

by Seniorgolfer

I like the user interface and that you can record different type of water intake. Also the watch support is good. However, looks like it doesn’t support the Apple Watch complication yet. It’ll be great if it does.

Is there way to review the notification sound? I am thinking about upgrading but would like to see what are the sound choices.

by Amycs87

I have tried almost all of the free water tracking apps available, and this one is the best in my opinion. The graphics are nice, the way it works is intuitive and user-friendly, ads are silent (so not too obnoxious), and the number of drinks available with the free version is reasonable. I will be recommending WaterReminder to my patients.