Comparison

Daily Fast vs ThriveBaby+

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Ad-free experience
  • No sign-up required
  • Intermittent fasting alerts
  • 100% free to use
  • Focuses on fasting periods
Features
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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+).

About

ThriveBaby+

This app offers a private, integrated platform for pregnancy tracking, baby care logging, and postpartum recovery. It facilitates co-parenting and village support with customizable access levels and offline capabilities.

Highlights
  • Weekly pregnancy and baby development milestones
  • Feeding, sleep, and diaper logging
  • Mom recovery check-ins
  • Co-parenting and caregiver collaboration
  • Role-based access control
  • Offline functionality with sync
  • Private family timeline
Features
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ThriveBaby+ brings pregnancy, postpartum emotional wellbeing, newborn care, Mom aftercare, and coparenting into one calm, private family space. POSTPARTUM EMOTIONAL WELLBEING • Go directly to a dedicated support space without entering a due date or baby details • Use a private, unsaved, and unscored emotional check-in for reflection • Find educational guidance for baby blues, postpartum depression and anxiety, panic, anger, intrusive thoughts, bonding concerns, birth trauma, NICU stress, grief, and loss • See clear options to contact a clinician, the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline, 988, or emergency services when appropriate • Keep emotional-support reflections private: ThriveBaby+ does not save, score, share, diagnose, or monitor them FOR PREGNANCY • Follow weekly pregnancy and baby-development milestones • Organize appointments, questions, tasks, and important dates • Prepare for birth with a shared family plan FOR BABY CARE • Log feeding, pumping, bottles, sleep, diapers, medications, and care updates • Manage one baby, twins, or triplets with clear per-baby names and histories • Keep a private family Timeline of milestones, moments, and photos • Coordinate Calendar events across family devices FOR MOM AFTERCARE • Use respectful recovery check-ins tailored to the birth experience • Keep sensitive Recovery information Mom-private by default • Intentionally share selected updates with parent roles when desired • Review educational warning signs and questions to discuss with a clinician FOR CO-PARENTS AND THE VILLAGE • Invite a Dad, coparent, or trusted caregiver without repeating baby onboarding • Coordinate care, support requests, appointments, memories, and family chat • Use role-based access so each person sees only the information shared with them • Continue working offline and sync family changes after reconnecting PRIVACY BY DESIGN Family media is stored privately. Mom-private Recovery information is never visible to coparents or caregivers unless Mom intentionally shares an eligible update. Notification previews avoid sensitive health, message, and baby-care details. THRIVEBABY+ PLANS • Mom + Baby: free personal pregnancy, baby, Recovery, and emotional wellbeing tools • Mom + Dad: shared access for two parent roles • The Village: broader trusted-family and caregiver collaboration ThriveBaby+ built-in educational guidance is for general information, reflection, and organization only. It does not provide medical advice, diagnose, screen, monitor, treat, recommend medication, or replace professional care. Contact a qualified clinician with health concerns. If you or someone else may be in immediate danger, call local emergency services. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Daily Fast4 screens
ThriveBaby+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ThriveBaby+ at every 4 days against Daily Fast's every 5 months. ThriveBaby+ also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Daily Fast's advantage is ratings volume (3.5K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Daily Fast sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and ThriveBaby+ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ThriveBaby+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. 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 100% of ThriveBaby+'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daily Fast ships an update every 5 months, ThriveBaby+ every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Daily Fast versus ThriveBaby+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily FastThriveBaby+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.5K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.5K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB57 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperTravis MaJoshua PETTIT

Customer experience

Daily Fast

All ratings3,450 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive87.9%
Neutral2.2%
Negative9.9%

ThriveBaby+

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

ThriveBaby+

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Daily Fast

One-time3
  • Buy Me a Coffee$2.99
  • 2 Cups of Coffee$5.99
  • 3 Cups of Coffee$8.99
2 purchases

ThriveBaby+

Subscriptions2
  • Mom + Dad14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • The Village14 Days trial$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Daily Fast free?
Daily Fast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ThriveBaby+ free?
ThriveBaby+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Daily Fast or ThriveBaby+?
ThriveBaby+ is rated higher. Daily Fast averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.5K ratings, while ThriveBaby+ averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Daily Fast or ThriveBaby+ have ads?
Neither Daily Fast nor ThriveBaby+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daily Fast or ThriveBaby+?
Daily Fast ships an update every 5 months, and ThriveBaby+ every 4 days. Most recently, Daily Fast was updated on October 22, 2026 and ThriveBaby+ on October 13, 2026.

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