Comparison

Easy Fast Tracker vs Vault Journal

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

Head to head
About

Easy Fast Tracker

This app simplifies intermittent fasting with a straightforward timer and progress tracking. It helps users build healthy habits by monitoring fasting windows, weight, and water intake. Features include customizable plans, reminders, and integration with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Customizable fasting timer
  • Progress charts and history
  • Customizable reminders
  • Live Activity & Dynamic Island integration
  • Home screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Your simple, no-clutter intermittent fasting app. Start a fast, track your progress, and build a healthy fasting habit with FastMinder. Whether you're trying 16:8 fasting for the first time or you've been doing 18:6 or OMAD for years, FastMinder keeps things simple. Set your fasting window, tap start, and let the timer do the rest. WHY FASTMINDER? Most fasting apps are packed with features you'll never use. FastMinder is different. It's lightweight, fast to open, and focused on one thing: helping you stick to your intermittent fasting schedule. FEATURES - Fasting Timer: Pick a plan (16:8, 18:6, 20:4, OMAD) or create your own custom fasting schedule. Start and stop your fast with one tap. - Progress Charts: See your fasting hours, weight, water intake, and daily steps on clear, easy-to-read graphs. Watch your streaks grow over time. - Reminders: Set custom notifications so you never miss your eating window or forget to start a fast. - Fasting History: Look back at every fast you've completed. Track your longest streak and celebrate milestones. - Live Activity & Dynamic Island: See your current fast countdown right on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island without opening the app. - Home Screen Widgets: Check your fasting status at a glance. Log water or end your fast directly from your Home Screen. - Apple Watch App: Start and finish fasts, log water intake, and enter your weight right from your wrist. - Apple Health Integration: Syncs with HealthKit to read and write steps, water, and weight data. Nothing leaves your device. HOW INTERMITTENT FASTING HELPS Intermittent fasting is one of the most popular approaches to weight loss and better health. Here's what the research shows: - Weight Loss: Creating a natural calorie deficit by limiting your eating window can help you lose weight without counting every calorie. - Better Metabolism: Fasting periods can improve insulin sensitivity and help regulate blood sugar levels. - Cellular Repair: Fasting triggers autophagy, your body's process for cleaning out damaged cells and regenerating new ones. - Heart Health: Studies link intermittent fasting to lower blood pressure, reduced triglycerides, and improved cholesterol. - Brain Health: Fasting may support cognitive function and protect against neurodegenerative conditions. - Reduced Inflammation: Regular fasting can lower chronic inflammation, which is tied to many long-term health issues. GETTING STARTED Download FastMinder, pick your fasting plan, and tap start. That's it. No complicated setup, no calorie logging required. Just a clean fasting timer and tracker that works. Join the millions of people using intermittent fasting to feel better, lose weight, and take control of their health. NOTES - HealthKit (Apple Health) integration reads and writes steps, water, and weight. No data is sent outside your device. Health app access required. - FastMinder is not a medical app. Goals are suggested based on your profile. Please consult your healthcare provider before using it for medical purposes or specific diet needs. Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/79156997 Terms of Use: https://funnmedia.com/terms-and-conditions/

About

Vault Journal

Features
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The private life OS. Powered by Apple Intelligence. Built for people who value their data. Vault Journal brings together journaling, document storage, and on-device AI into one beautifully simple app, with privacy not as a promise, but as the architecture. JOURNAL WITH INTENTION Write freely knowing your entries stay on your iPhone. Add mood scores, tags, habits, and sleep data. Lock individual entries behind Face ID so even the AI can't touch them. Search everything locally, instantly. STORE WHAT MATTERS Keep your passport, insurance policies, medical records, and contracts in an AES-256 encrypted Vault, protected by biometrics, organised by category, and always at your fingertips. UNDERSTAND YOURSELF Apple Intelligence runs entirely on-device to surface patterns in your mood, flag expiring documents, generate personalised journal prompts, and deliver a weekly digest of your life, without ever connecting to an external server. YOU'RE ALWAYS IN CONTROL Every AI feature, every tracking option, every sync setting is opt-in. Nothing is enabled without your explicit choice. Your data is always exportable as JSON or an encrypted ZIP. Because it belongs to you, not us. Vault Journal collects no data. Serves no ads. Sells nothing. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Easy Fast Tracker4 screens
Vault Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Easy Fast Tracker at 4 against Vault Journal's 2. Easy Fast Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (16.1 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Easy Fast Tracker sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Vault Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Easy Fast Tracker ships an update every 9 days, Vault Journal weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Easy Fast Tracker versus Vault Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEasy Fast TrackerVault Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (344 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings344 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size223 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFunn Media, LLCMichiel Devliegere

Bugs and requests

Easy Fast Tracker

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • 🐛 Scheduling not working (resets to current time)
  • 🐛 Cannot set a time later in the day to start a fast

Requested features

11 requests
  • Track impact of exercise on fasting stages
  • Share with friends option
  • Fasting leader boards
  • Tracking for ketones and blood glucose
  • Customize notifications or simplify them
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  • Specify days of the week for fasting
  • Set a target water goal that can be 'hit'
  • Fasting schedule (e.g., 16:8 Mon-Fri)
  • +/- toggle to easily add/subtract hours to current fast
  • Fix issue where fast duration is recorded as 17h 59m instead of 18h
  • Allow tracking of 'eating window' or daily flexibility

Vault Journal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Easy Fast Tracker

Subscriptions5
  • FastMinder Premium Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • FastMinder Premium Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • FastMinder Premium Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
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  • FastMinder Premium Yearly 27 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Premium Plus Bundle1 Year trial$59.991 Year
One-time2
  • FastMinder Premium One Time$29.99
  • FastMinder Premium One Time$39.99
3 purchases

Vault Journal

Subscriptions3
  • Vault Journal - Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Vault Journal - Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Vault Journal - Yearly14 Days trial$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Easy Fast Tracker free?
Easy Fast Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vault Journal free?
Vault Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Easy Fast Tracker or Vault Journal have ads?
Neither Easy Fast Tracker nor Vault Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Easy Fast Tracker or Vault Journal?
Easy Fast Tracker ships an update every 9 days, and Vault Journal weekly. Most recently, Easy Fast Tracker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Vault Journal on October 9, 2026.

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