How to set a water reminder on your iPhone
Most water apps remind you on a timer, which means they nag you right after you have drunk a glass and stay silent when you have forgotten for three hours. Sippy plans its reminders around your day instead: when you wake up, before meals, and otherwise only when you are actually behind.
Set it up in about two minutes
- Open Sippy. Choose what you would like to look after: a cat farm or a little forest. You can switch later without losing anything.
- If you chose cats, pick the drawing style you like best — the whole farm is drawn in it.
- Set “Wake up” and “Bedtime” to the times you actually keep. Sippy spreads your goal across those hours and keeps quiet near bedtime.
- Look at the suggested daily goal. It is built from your activity level, climate and, if you give them, your sex and weight. Keep it or set your own.
- Log your first glass by tapping one of the cup buttons on the Today screen.
- Allow notifications when you are asked — Sippy only asks after that first glass, so you know what you are agreeing to. Reminders start the same day.
What a reminder looks like
A short note from your companion — “Mochi wants to drink water with you 💧” — with two buttons on it: “💧 Drank 150ml” and “💧 Drank 250ml”, taken from your two smallest cup sizes. Press and hold the notification (or pull it down on the Lock Screen) to see them.
Tapping one logs the drink without opening the app, and it counts straight away: the farm reacts, the widget updates and the rest of the day's reminders are replanned.
What happens next
Reach the goal and the reminders stop for the day. The newest cat or sapling brings you a gift with a hydration tip, and the day is marked as a goal day. Thirty goal days — not in a row, just in total — and a new companion is born.
FAQ
- Do I need an account?
- No. There is no sign-up, no email address and no server. Everything you log stays on your iPhone.
- Is it free?
- Yes. Every hydration feature — reminders, logging, widgets, the Apple Watch app, Apple Health, the last 30 days of stats and backups — is free, with no ads. Sippy PRO is an optional subscription that unlocks the whole wardrobe at once, your full history and the weekly tips.
- What if I say no to notifications?
- The app still works: you can log drinks, watch your companions grow and keep your history. Sippy will show a note in Settings so you can turn notifications on later from the iPhone's own Settings.
Sippy is a reminder and a record of what you drink, not medical advice. Its suggested goal follows published guidance for healthy adults, and the app is for ages 14 and up. If you have heart, kidney or liver disease, low blood sodium, take diuretics, or have been told to limit fluids, ask your doctor before setting a goal.
Drink water, grow cute cats
Sippy nudges you only when you are behind, logs a glass in one tap from the Lock Screen, and grows a cat farm — or a tiny forest — as the goal days add up. Free, no ads, and nothing leaves your iPhone.
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