I’ve been saying “hydrate or diedrate” since the Marine Corps, 20+ years ago. I say it so much my 5-year-old daughter says it back to me whenever she drinks water.

So when I decided to build a hydration app, I had exactly one brand asset: a mildly threatening phrase my kindergartner uses as a toast.

Every other hydration app I looked at was pastel droplets and confetti and cartoon plants that die if you forget them. I wanted the opposite — something that felt like a field manual. A deadpan bureaucratic voice that observes and records rather than cheers or guilt-trips.

The reminders are what I’m most proud of. Instead of “Time to drink water! 💧” you get:

“No water logged. Bold strategy.”
“You are trending toward dust.”
“The skull notes your current intake. It is not impressed.”

There are 100+ of these, contextual by time of day and how far behind you are. The morning notice is mildly corrective. By 9pm with nothing logged it gets ominous.

The build:
∙ React Native / Expo
∙ AsyncStorage — no backend, fully private, data stays on device
∙ StoreKit for the one-time unlock

It’s a real tracker — daily goals, streaks, history, Apple Health sync. Home and lock screen widgets are coming soon. It just happens to have the bedside manner of a disappointed coroner.

Free download. One-time $4.99 for Preserved — Lifetime Access (custom reminders, customizable icons, extended history, dark mode). No subscription. The skull remembers you.

Hydrate or Diedrate on the App Store

Would love to hear from other solo devs — how do you approach the copy/brand voice side of an app when you’re also the one writing the code?

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