Daily Fast vs Rhythm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Fast
This app provides simple intermittent fasting alerts without ads or sign-up. It focuses solely on delivering timely notifications for your fasting periods, making it easy to manage your intermittent fasting routine.
- Ad-free experience
- No sign-up required
- Intermittent fasting alerts
- 100% free to use
- Focuses on fasting periods
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No ads. No sign up. No silly survey questions about your dreams and aspirations. 100% free. Just intermittent fasting alerts... nothing more, nothing less. Currently, this app is specifically built for "intermittent fasting" and does not support extended fasts (24hr+).
Rhythm
This app simplifies intermittent fasting with a daily tracker. It supports various fasting schedules, from beginner-friendly to advanced, and helps users monitor their progress over time. Get notifications when your fast is complete.
- Daily fasting tracker
- Flexible schedule support
- Weekly progress tracking
- Customizable fasting goals
- One-click start
- Progress monitoring
- Completion notifications
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Rhythm is a simple intermittent fasting tracker for people who want a clean fast timer without the bloat. No account. No ads. Just a focused way to start a fast, stay on track, and review your history when you're done. Choose any fasting goal from 7 to 24 hours, including popular rhythms like 16:8 and 18:6. Start a fast in seconds, follow your progress live, and switch between countdown and elapsed timer views. Rhythm helps you stay consistent with: - flexible fasting goals - multiple fasts in the same day - reminder and completion notifications - editable fasting history - weekly progress insights If you want a fasting app that feels simple, respectful, and easy to trust, Rhythm gives you the essentials and gets out of your way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rhythm at none against Daily Fast's 3. Rhythm also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). Daily Fast's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (3.5K vs 454). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Daily Fast sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Rhythm asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Daily Fast against 4.7 for Rhythm. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daily Fast has 3.5K ratings behind it against 454, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 88% and 89% positive.
Daily Fast ships an update every 5 months, Rhythm every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and August 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Fast | Rhythm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.5K ratings) — better | 4.7 (454 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.9% of reviews | 88.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.5K — better | 454 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Travis Ma | Bijan Cronin |
Customer experience
Daily Fast
Rhythm
User reviews
Daily Fast
From 3.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Simple, effective
- 👍 Perfect in its simplicity and practicality
- 👍 No nonsense app
- 👍 Fantastic, no frills
- 👍 Clean and clutter-free
Room to improve
- 🔔 Needs audible alert for eating/fasting windows
- 🐛 Countdown timer doesn't work
- 🐛 Notifications are spotty
- 🐛 Can't change times without restarting
Rhythm
From 454 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💎 Simple and easy to use
- 🆓 Free app with no ads or subscriptions
- ⏱️ Straightforward fasting timer
- 📊 Tracks fasting progress
- 🔍 Allows editing of start/end times
Room to improve
- ⏰ Can't track fasts longer than 24 hours
- 📅 Limited history view (only past week)
- 🔔 Lacks customizable notifications/reminders
Bugs and requests
Daily Fast
Reported bugs
3 issues- Countdown timer issues
- Notification problems
- Time adjustment issues
Requested features
4 requests- Apple Watch complication
- Home screen widget
- Ability to log notes/weight
- More customization options for fasting times
Rhythm
Reported bugs
2 issues- Can't add past fasts
- Inconsistent weekly progress tracking
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to track longer fasts (e.g., 48-72 hours)
- Option to view fasting history beyond the past week
- Customizable notifications and reminders
- Integration with health/fitness tracking apps
- Weight tracking and progress visualization
In-app purchases
Daily Fast
- Buy Me a Coffee$2.99
- 2 Cups of Coffee$5.99
- 3 Cups of Coffee$8.99
Rhythm
No in-app purchases
Questions
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