Empty Fasting vs Grounded
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Empty Fasting
This app helps users focus on a single fasting period at a time, offering both overnight and daytime schedules. It provides customizable themes and icons, home screen widgets, and tracks fasting streaks and trends with encouraging messages.
- Single fast focus
- Home screen widgets
- Overnight and daytime schedules
- Customizable themes and icons
- Streak and trend statistics
- Encouragement during fasts
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· Full-focus on one fast at a time · Home screen widgets & live activities · Overnight and daytime fasting schedules · Make it yours with 6 themes and 18 icons · Statistics for your streaks and trends · Encouragement throughout your fasts
Grounded
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Grounded helps you find one clear next move when your mind is scattered, stuck, or spinning. You speak or type what's going on - the overwhelm, the half-started tasks, the thing you've been avoiding - and Grounded structures it into: • One starter action to do right now • One open loop to close • One thing that can wait That's it. No life system. No 47-step framework. Just a concrete place to start. VOICE OR TYPE Speak your situation out loud or type it. Grounded's on-device transcription turns the mess in your head into a structured protocol — instantly. SEVEN GROUNDING MODES Get Unstuck · Start My Day · Before Inbox · Switching Tasks · Calm Down · End My Day · Focus and Execute. Each mode is shaped for a different mental state, or let Grounded auto-detect based on what you say. GUIDED REFLECTION Each session includes ritual prompts - questions like "What actually landed today?" and "What can wait?" You can journal your answers right in the app. They're saved with your session so you can look back. TIMER Start a focus timer for your action. Pause, resume, or escape if you're stuck. The timer keeps you honest without adding pressure. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything is processed on your device. No account required. No data leaves your iPhone. Voice is transcribed locally and never uploaded. No ads, ever. PERSONALIZED AI PLANS (Premium) On supported devices, Grounded uses Apple's on-device intelligence to generate plans tailored to exactly what you said - not generic advice, but specific actions based on your situation. Try 5 AI sessions free. CRISIS RESOURCES If you're going through something serious, Grounded surfaces the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and Crisis Text Line. You are not alone. Grounded works for: • ADHD and executive function challenges • Anxiety and overwhelm • Task-switching paralysis • Afternoon mental fog • "I don't know where to start" moments GROUNDED PREMIUM Unlock personalized AI-generated plans, ritual journaling, full session history, and Siri shortcuts. Annual ($19.99/year) or Lifetime ($49.99). Free version includes unlimited sessions with template-based plans, all 7 modes, voice input, and timer - no account or subscription required. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.creatuity.com/grounded/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Empty Fasting at none against Grounded's 2. On price and iOS requirement 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. Grounded sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Empty Fasting asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Empty Fasting | Grounded |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (84 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 84 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 169 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Light Nudge | Creatuity Corp. |
Bugs and requests
Empty Fasting
Reported bugs
1 issue- Fast reminders still sent even if the fasting session is currently active.
Requested features
12 requests- Custom fasting length (days/hours)
- More options for ADF
- Apple Health integration
- Ability to edit start time of a running timer
- Set multiple start fast reminders
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- Option to set app to allow fasting from specific things (alcohol, meat)
- Manual time input for fasting
- Apple Watch addition
- Watch widget
- Start fasts automatically
- Ability to start countdown from a previous time
- Ability to add a fast started yesterday
Grounded
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Empty Fasting
No in-app purchases
Grounded
- Grounded Premium (Annual)$19.991 Year
- Grounded Premium (Lifetime)$49.99
Questions
Is Empty Fasting free?
Is Grounded free?
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