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May 7, 2026
The best way to track water in Notion is with Blocs — a free embeddable water tracker widget that lives inside your Notion page as an iframe. No separate app, no complex database setup. You click to log each glass, and your daily progress updates in real time, right inside your workspace. It takes about 60 seconds to set up and works on every Notion plan.
Notion is where a lot of people already manage their day — tasks, journaling, goals, habits. Adding a water tracker to the same workspace removes one more context switch. Instead of opening a separate health app, glancing at a widget on your phone, or maintaining a manual tally in a Notion database, you get a live interactive tracker embedded directly on whatever page you actually open every day.
The alternative approaches have real friction. A manual Notion database with a "glasses today" number property works, but you have to navigate to it, click into the cell, type a number, and save. A formula-based progress bar looks impressive in a template screenshot but breaks the moment your setup drifts. A dedicated hydration app is fine on mobile but invisible when you're working in Notion on a laptop. None of those options is as frictionless as clicking a button inside your existing workspace.
Blocs uses Notion's built-in embed block support. Any Notion page can embed an external URL as an interactive iframe — and that's exactly how the water tracker works. Here's the full process:
The Blocs Water Tracker embed URL is:
https://blocs.me/water-tracker
You don't need an account for the free version. Just copy that URL.
Go to the Notion page where you want the tracker to appear — your daily dashboard, morning routine page, health tracker, or wherever you'll actually see it each day.
Type /embed in Notion and select the "Embed" block option. Paste the URL into the field that appears and press Enter (or click "Embed link").
Notion will render the widget inline. You can drag the bottom edge to adjust the height. The water tracker looks best at around 420px wide and tall enough to show the full glass graphic and progress indicator — roughly 360px tall.
Click the glass to log each cup of water. Your daily count updates immediately. The widget remembers your progress for the day.
The Blocs Water Tracker widget is designed to be simple and visual. Here's what you get on each tier:
| Feature | Free | Pro ($17 one-time) |
|---|---|---|
| Daily water logging | Yes | Yes |
| Visual progress display | Yes | Yes |
| Default daily goal (8 cups) | Yes | Yes |
| Custom daily goal | No | Yes |
| Custom units (oz, ml, cups) | No | Yes |
| Weekly and monthly analytics | No | Yes |
| Streaks | No | Yes |
| Theme customization | No | Yes |
| Cloud sync across devices | No | Yes |
| No Blocs branding | No | Yes |
The free tier is fully functional for simple daily tracking. Pro is worth it if you want to track trends over time, hit specific volume targets, or match your workspace's color scheme.
If you're building a health or wellness section inside Notion, water tracking rarely lives alone. Most people also want to track exercise, sleep, meals, or a morning routine alongside hydration. Blocs offers a Habit Tracker widget that embeds the same way — paste the URL as an embed block, and you get a full habit checklist that sits next to your water tracker on the same page.
You can embed multiple Blocs widgets on a single Notion page and arrange them side by side in a two-column layout using Notion's column blocks. This gives you a compact health dashboard without building any databases or writing any formulas.
For more ideas on building a habit system in Notion, see the guide to Notion widgets for habit tracking and the detailed Notion habit tracker widget walkthrough.
There are a few other ways people track hydration in Notion. Each has trade-offs:
You can create a database with a "Date" property and a "Glasses" number property, then use a formula to calculate a progress bar. This works but requires manual entry, formula maintenance, and a filtered view to show just today. It's fragile and slow to interact with compared to a dedicated widget.
There are free hydration tracking templates on the Notion template gallery. Most are static — they give you a structure but no interactivity. You still fill in numbers manually. They also don't carry over daily resets automatically.
Other widget platforms like Indify or Apption offer some embeddable Notion widgets. However, they typically operate on subscription pricing models, whereas Blocs offers a one-time $17 payment for Pro access with no recurring charges. For a single tool like a water tracker, a subscription adds up quickly compared to a lifetime purchase.
Apps like WaterMinder or Hydro Coach are well-built for mobile tracking with reminders. But they live outside Notion entirely. If your daily system is Notion-based, switching to a separate app just to log water adds a context switch that most people stop making within a week.
Yes. The basic water tracker — daily logging with a default 8-cup goal — is completely free and requires no account. You just embed the URL into Notion and start using it. Advanced features like custom goals, units, analytics, and themes require Blocs Pro.
Yes. Notion's embed block is available on all plans including the free tier. You don't need Notion Plus or Business to embed external widgets.
Yes. The free tier stores your daily count locally so it persists across page refreshes and browser sessions on the same device. Pro users get cloud sync, which means your data carries across devices.
Custom units (ml, oz, cups) are a Pro feature. The free tier uses cups as the default unit. With Blocs Pro, you can set any unit and a custom volume goal.
Notion's mobile app has limited embed support — embeds may not be fully interactive on mobile. The widget works best on Notion for desktop and web. For mobile tracking, a dedicated app may be more practical alongside your Notion setup.
It's a one-time payment of $17. No subscription, no renewal. You get lifetime access to all widgets and Pro features for a single flat fee.
Copy https://blocs.me/water-tracker, open a Notion page, type /embed, paste the URL, and you have a live water tracker in your workspace. No sign-up, no install, no template to maintain.
If you want analytics, custom goals, or a full suite of productivity widgets alongside it, Blocs Pro is $17 once — every widget, every feature, forever.
Try the free Water Tracker or read more about the widget's features.