Water Reminder

Name: Water Reminder
Rating: 4.463768115942029 (69 reviews)
Author: Dylan B.

Choose to have an audio, visual, or audio and visual reminder to take a drink, along with a wide audio selection.

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The Water Reminder Chrome extension helps you maintain healthy hydration habits by sending timely reminders to drink water. You can customize the frequency of reminders, choose between audio, visual, or combined notifications, and select from a wide range of audio reminder sounds to suit your preference. All your settings are saved and synced across multiple browser instances for seamless use.

Key features include persistent notifications that remain until acknowledged, preventing missed alerts, and an easy way to disable default notification sounds through Chrome settings. This extension provides an unobtrusive yet effective way to ensure you stay refreshed and hydrated during your workday.

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Version:

2.0 Last updated: 2025-03-06

Creation date:

2016-06-27

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
notifications
offscreen
alarms

Size:

1002.00KB

Email:

be*****@gmail.com

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-11

Ranking

# 5,551 ▲ 58

Other rankings

#95 in Well-being #4 in reminder keyword 21 ▲ 1 #65 in include keyword 9 ▼ 3 #109 in notification keyword 16 ▼ 11

User reviews

The Water Reminder Chrome extension is praised for its simple, effective hydration reminders with customizable audio and visual notifications, aiding users in maintaining water intake during work hours. However, recurring drawbacks include lack of volume control, inability to set active hours to prevent nighttime alerts, and limited customization options such as custom sounds or motivational messages. Some users find notifications too loud or easily ignored, suggesting enhancements for more engaging alerts and better persistence control. Overall, it is valued for its minimalistic, ad-free approach but could benefit from improved notification flexibility and personalization features.

Pros

Simple and straightforward functionality that effectively reminds users to drink water.
Customizable settings including audio and visual notifications, and adjustable time intervals.
Useful for improving hydration habits during work or online activities.
Minimalistic design without ads, unlike many mobile apps.
Helpful for users with hearing impairments by allowing visual notifications.

Cons

Lack of volume control for notification sounds, leading to loud or disruptive reminders.
Notification persistence issues: stopping reminders sometimes resets timing instead of pausing.
Limited customization options such as inability to upload custom sounds or set personalized messages.
No option to restrict reminder hours, causing notifications during undesirable times like night.
Notifications can be easily ignored or unnoticed; users suggest more motivational or eye-catching messages.
Audio notifications sometimes too quiet or too loud, and visual notifications may not always appear as expected.

Recent reviews

This is the water reminder that I love the most, because it's so simple, just a notification and sound that plays from time to time reminding me to drink water. I would change this review to 5 stars if a sound volume slider could be added to this, so I can make it a little quieter. Thank you!

Jo*****, 2024-09-23

Love the app. But i started ignoring the notification when i am too busy. Using some bright icons and motivational messages like "Get hydrated" or "Your body needs water" may help. Anyone like me?

Ab*****, 2024-09-16

It's quite good. Only 1 problem, clicking on stop should not remove timing, it should persist and if user clicks on remind me then start again.

Ro*****, 2024-05-16

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Water Reminder requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Medium Enables sending notifications which can be spammed but have minimal direct security impact.

Risk likelihood

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Water Reminder is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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