Watercheck

In a sea of hydration tracking apps, Watercheck is one of my favorites, if only for the minimalistic interface and the ease of entering data. It usually takes only one tap to record a drink using one of five preset volumes; a swipe is all that's needed to vary from a preset or change the liquid type. The app is one of a few that has a Today widget or a Watch app. Using either makes data entry even easier. My wish would be for actionable notifications, so I can quickly record a drink when I get a reminder. Speaking of reminders, you can set a daily time period to be reminded, as well as an interval, and choose to have reminders stop after you've reached your goal; I would, however, like to be reminded only when I'm behind in my daily progress. Your daily goal can be set automatically based on your weight (with Health integration), but the app doesn't take into account your activity (except as set manually) or location (for temperature). Using both would make the daily goal more accurate. History is limited to a line chart and you can't edit or delete entries (the app does have shake to undo); worse, Watercheck records to Health only once a day. This means you can't even check your Health dashboard to see your progress. Oddly, there's a setting in the app to reset your progress each day — I can't imagine why you would not do this. I hope some of my suggestions to the developer will come to pass, but so far they've been unresponsive to my email messages — not a particularly good sign. However, the app is currently supported, according to the App Store listing. By the way, two additional apps from the developer — Watercheck Black and YourWater — are available; the only difference between the three appears to be the icon on your home screen.

I love the notifications screen entry widget and the app integration with Apple health. I like the different size beverage glass icons to choose from. I also like the in-app tracking of my goal met that turns if the reminders. I would really like a visible history within the app with a date/time stamp when fluids are consumed. And, a selection on the widget to change from water to tea, etc.

I got this app because my water intake was incredibly low, (probably around 40 oz a day intake). After seeing this app I downloaded it excitedly and have used it ever since! It does a great job of calculating your water intake, super user friendly, hooks up to apple health, and the UI is incredibly sleek. My only suggestion is that it would be nice if you could customize the icon shapes of the drink containers. Otherwise, great app and I'm happy that my water intake has increased dramatically.