Clearful vs Fasting Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clearful
This app provides a secure and private space to explore your thoughts, emotions, and experiences through journaling. It offers tools to express yourself with text, photos, and audio, organize entries with rich formatting, and rediscover past moments. Guided journals and habit-building features support personal growth and mental well-being.
- Text, photo, and audio journaling
- Rich text formatting options
- Rediscover past journal entries
- Encrypted and private storage
- Cross-device syncing
- Library of guided journals and prompts
- Habit building tools and reminders
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Clearful is your journaling companion for personal growth and mental health. Discover a smarter, less anxious, and happier you by exploring your experiences, thoughts, emotions, and ideas in a secure and private journal and diary. FEATURED App of the Day 5 Resolutions You'll Actually Keep New Year, New Beginnings Start Your Mindful Journey Your Personal Growth Toolkit Lower Your Stress Levels +20 more EXPRESS YOURSELF Capture your life with text, photos*, and audio (soon) in your journal and diary. Write what's on your mind in a peaceful yet powerful journaling canvas. Highlight life's moments in your journal entries with images*. Transform spoken words into text with audio journaling and transcription (soon). ADD STYLE & STRUCTURE Organize and stylize your journal and diary entries with our simple, powerful, and beautiful text editor with 13+ formatting options, including headings, bullets, numbers, checklists, quotes, dividers, links, and text styles. REDISCOVER MOMENTS With Rediscover, look back at your journal and diary entries from various time periods. Relive memories and milestones, see how far you've come, and uncover patterns and blind spots. PRIVACY & SECURITY Your journal and diary are encrypted, secure, and private. Privacy protections like Encryption, Face ID & Touch ID, Entry Lock*, No Ads, No Data Sharing, Device Manager, and Sign In With Apple give you more control over the data in your journal and diary. ACCESS ON ALL DEVICES Take your journal and diary wherever you go with iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Web apps. Everything stays in perfect sync across all your devices. GUIDED JOURNALS LIBRARY Discover journal prompts and journal templates for all of life's topics: work, career, creativity, emotions, goals, planning, habits, gratitude, happiness, self-care, health, wellness, memories, personal growth, self-development, self-reflection, relationships, self-love, sleep, stress, anxiety, and travel. BUILD A JOURNALING HABIT Small steps every day add up to big achievements over time. Stay accountable with daily or weekly streaks, and remember to journal with custom reminders. MAKE IT YOUR OWN Personalize your journal and diary with Dark Mode and Themes* to match your style, mood, and personality. Build Custom Templates* tailored to your unique journaling needs and curate guided journals into your own Custom Collections*. INSIGHTS & PROGRESS Visualize your journaling progress and gain insights with charts and analytics that reinforce your journaling habit. WORLD-CLASS CUSTOMER SUPPORT Get in touch with us for our quick, personal, and friendly customer support. JOURNALING TYPES Gratitude Journal Reflection Journal Work Journal Travel Journal Self-Care Journal Anxiety Journal Mental Health Journal Morning Pages Journal 5-Minute Journal Pregnancy Journal Sleep Journal Dream Journal Relationship Journal AND MORE Pinned Entries* Entry Search Writing Details Export Journal Entries Use Offline Template History* *Clearful is free to use forever with unlimited entries. Additional features, including photos, unlimited devices, insights, more guided journals, custom templates, themes, and more, are available with a Clearful Pro membership. PRICING & LEGAL Clearful offers auto-renewing subscriptions: $9.99 billed monthly and $59.99 billed annually. Your subscription will be automatically renewed unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Payment is charged to your iTunes account. Subscriptions may be managed, and auto-renewal can be turned off anytime in Account Settings. These prices are in United States Dollars (USD). Pricing in other currencies and countries may vary, and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Terms of service: https://www.clearful.com/terms-of-service Privacy policy: https://www.clearful.com/privacy-policy CONTACT US If you have any feedback or questions, please contact us at hello@clearful.com.
Fasting Timer
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Fasting Timer: 16:8 Tracker gives you a clear, private place to plan a fasting rhythm and follow it one window at a time. Choose a plan, start a fast, and see the time remaining at a glance. When your fast ends, the app moves into your eating window, so your next step is easy to understand. With Fasting Timer, you can: - Choose a fasting plan, including a 16:8 routine - Follow fasting and eating-window countdowns - Keep a local history of completed fasts - Review simple progress trends and empty-state guidance as you build a record - Receive relevant local notifications - Explore cautiously worded, time-based fasting-stage information - Restore purchases and manage helpful settings Your data stays on your device. No account or cloud setup is required. Fasting-stage information is general and timing varies between people. This app is a tracking tool, not medical advice or a medical device. Consult a qualified professional for personal health questions. The app includes an optional Pro unlock for the actions that make the tracker useful. Current purchase options and subscription terms are shown in the app before purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Clearful and Fasting Timer are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Clearful sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Fasting Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Clearful | Fasting Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 139 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Clearful Journal, Mindfulness Diary and Mental Health Inc. | Hewett Labs |
Bugs and requests
Clearful
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent app crashes or freezes
- Syncing issues across devices
- Password/login problems
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to customize text color and font
- Integration with music or ambient sounds
- Offline journaling capabilities
- More free templates and prompts
- Improved accessibility features
Fasting Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Clearful
- Journal & Diary - Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Journal & Diary - Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
- Clearful Pro: Journal & Diary$59.991 Year
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- Journal & Diary - Pro Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Journal & Diary - Pro Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year
Fasting Timer
- Weekly$4.997 Days
- Yearly$14.991 Year
- Lifetime$29.99
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