Daily Fast vs Fasting Journal
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+).
Fasting Journal
Track your fasting and feasting periods with customizable timers and notes. Monitor your weight, water intake, and energy levels with smart infographics to visualize progress. Plan future fasting schedules and record accountability photos.
- Customizable fast and feast periods
- Edit and delete fasting periods
- Add notes and hashtags to periods
- Record weight, height, and water intake
- Monitor energy levels and activity
- Smart progress infographics
- Customizable quick view timer
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The app allows you to: - create different types of fast and feasts without a break, when the next period starts, the last one ends - edit and delete the existing fast/feast periods - add a hashtag and note to each fasting/feasting period to save the relevant information - you can create a fast/feast period in the past and in the future depending on your planned activities - record and monitor your weight, height, water intake, energy level, activity and accountability photos - customizable quick view with the fasting time counter to motivate you and remind you of your goals - the smart info-graphics allow you to view your progress at a glance - change the profile picture
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Daily Fast at 88% against Fasting Journal's 0%. Daily Fast also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (3.5K vs 1). Fasting Journal's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Fasting Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.
Daily Fast holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daily Fast has 3.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Daily Fast's written reviews are positive against 0% of Fasting Journal's.
Daily Fast ships an update every 5 months, Fasting Journal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Fast | Fasting Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.5K ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.5K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| 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 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Travis Ma | Svetlana Siarska |
Customer experience
Daily Fast
Fasting Journal
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
Fasting Journal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Daily Fast
- Buy Me a Coffee$2.99
- 2 Cups of Coffee$5.99
- 3 Cups of Coffee$8.99
Fasting Journal
No in-app purchases
Questions
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