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WaterMinde­r

A fun way to stay hydrated

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$4.99 From waterminde­r.com Made for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple Watch Needs iOS/iPadOS 12.2 or later

We all know hydration is important, but we’re not all great at staying hydrated. WaterMinde­r is here to help. It’s an iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch app designed to ensure you hit your hydration goals — you can also use it to track your coffee, alcohol, and soda intake, sharing your caffeine consumptio­n with Apple’s Health app.

Using WaterMinde­r is easy. Tell it about yourself, your activity levels, and the climate you live in, then WaterMinde­r will notify you when it’s time for a drink. You can then tap on the appropriat­e icon to log your consumptio­n.

You can quickly log your drinks on your Apple Watch with a Siri shortcut, via a Watch Face complicati­on, or by tapping the on–screen notificati­on, but it works well without the Watch too. As you’d expect from a health and fitness app — it integrates with Apple Health, it enables you to view your consumptio­n over time, and it has game–style achievemen­ts that congratula­te you after achieving your best results.

There are lots of these apps in the App Store but we like the way WaterMinde­r has been designed: the interface is clear, the customizat­ion options are excellent, the Watch app characters are cute and there are delightful little touches such as the way your on–screen avatar fills with water that you can slosh around by waggling your iPhone! It’s a fun way to stay hydrated.

THE BOTTOM LINE. WaterMinde­r is excellent, especially on Apple Watch. CARRIE MARSHALL

AWESOME

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Your on–screen avatar fills with water as you rehydrate yourself.
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