Fasting Tracker vs Tear Tales
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fasting Tracker
This app helps you track intermittent fasting with a simple, ad-free timer. It offers core features for free, with optional Pro upgrades for advanced tracking, widgets, and Apple Watch integration. Your data is kept private with no account required.
- Intermittent fasting timer
- Water tracking with reminders
- Weight tracking
- No account required
- Ad-free experience
- Advanced protocols (Pro)
- Home screen widgets (Pro)
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Join 2.4M+ people losing weight with intermittent fasting — the simple, private, ad-free way. Easy Fast helps you start fasting, stay consistent, and track your progress without clutter. Choose your goal, get a recommended fasting plan that fits your life, and keep your fast visible on your iPhone, Lock Screen, widgets, Dynamic Island, and Apple Watch. Hi, I'm Sam — a solo developer and long-time faster. I built Easy Fast because I was tired of bloated fasting apps that require accounts, show ads, or make a simple timer feel complicated. Easy Fast is different: • No required account • No third-party ads • Your data is never sold • The core fasting timer is free forever FREE FEATURES • Fasting Timer Track 14:10, 16:8, 18:6 and other popular fasting protocols. • Flexi Plan Open-ended fasting with no time cap — even extended fasts. You decide when to stop. • Fasting Stages Follow each stage of your fast — fat burning, ketosis, autophagy — with clear summaries. • Edit Fast Times Fix your start or end time when life happens. • Weight Logging Keep a simple record of your progress. • No Account Needed Open the app and start fasting. EASY FAST PRO Unlock the full fasting toolkit for consistency, insight, and long-term progress. • Advanced Plans & Programs Preset schedules matched to your goal — 20:4, OMAD — plus week-by-week programs. • Expert Stage Insights Practical answers at every stage — how long a hunger wave lasts, which drinks break a fast, whether one bite ruins it. • Widgets & Live Activities Keep your fast visible on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Dynamic Island. • Apple Watch App Start, stop, and check your fast from your wrist. • Full History See every fast you've completed, not just recent ones. • Advanced Stats & Trends Understand your consistency, weight progress, and long-term patterns. • Cloud Sync & Backup Keep your fasting history safe across devices. • Complete Tracking Body measurements, electrolytes, ketones, glucose, and progress photos. WHY EASY FAST? • Simple enough to start today • Flexible enough for real life • Private, ad-free, and account-free • Built by a solo developer who uses the app Start your next fast with Easy Fast. References: NCBI: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6314618 Healthline: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/10-health-benefits-of-intermittent-fasting Easy Fast is an intermittent fasting tool and does not replace professional medical advice. Please speak with a qualified health professional before fasting if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, under 18, have a medical condition, have a history of eating disorders, or take medication. Terms of Use: https://easyfastapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://easyfastapp.com/privacy
Tear Tales
This app helps you privately document and track your emotional journey through sad moments. Record crying episodes with details, categorize them with tags, and visualize your patterns over time. Enhance privacy with optional locking and biometric authentication.
- Document crying moments with date and intensity
- Categorize entries with custom tags
- Visualize emotional journey with charts
- Private mode with Face ID/Touch ID lock
- Sync data across iOS devices
- Export data in various formats (Pro)
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Tear Tales is your private journal, specifically designed to help document sad moments. Track your emotional journey over time and reflect on your past. What makes Tear Tales unique: DOCUMENT YOUR TEARS - Easily create records of your crying moments with a date, intensity level and a personal description - Optionally add custom tags to your records - Optionally lock the record to hide/mask its note (see Private Mode below) CATEGORIZE WITH TAGS - Create, edit and manage up to five tags for free to categorise your crying moments - Upgrade to *Tear Tales Pro* for unlimited tags and uncover deeper emotional patterns INSIGHTFUL STATISTICS - Visualize your emotional journey with a simple year chart - Filter the chart by month, intensity level and tags to find what you are looking for - Get a clear picture of how your sad moments ebb and flow PRIVATE MODE - Hide notes of locked/sensitive up to five records for free to prevent others from looking over your shoulder - Mark a record as locked and turn on Private Mode with Face ID/ Touch ID - Opening or editing a locked record will first require Face ID/Touch ID - Upgrade to *Tear Tales Pro* for unlimited locked records SYNC ACROSS DEVICES - Automatically sync your data with iCloud for seamless access on all your iOS devices - Never worry about losing your records; your emotional journey is safe and secure EXPORT YOUR DATA (Tear Tales Pro) - Export your records as a CSV table, JSON file, or text file for further analysis or sharing - Easily import your data into the app by using the same CSV or JSON schema I created Tear Tales to help you understand and process your sad moments in a meaningful way. It's not just about documenting tears — it's about finding patterns, gaining insights, and growing from your experiences. Start documenting your emotional journey with Tear Tales and discover the stories behind your tears.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Fasting Tracker at none against Tear Tales's shown. Fasting Tracker also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (8.7K vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Fasting Tracker sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Tear Tales sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Fasting Tracker against 5.0 for Tear Tales. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fasting Tracker has 8.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Fasting Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tear Tales's.
Fasting Tracker ships an update every 3 days, Tear Tales every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fasting Tracker | Tear Tales |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8.7K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.7K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Samtark Pty Ltd | Alexander Schmutz |
Customer experience
Fasting Tracker
Tear Tales
Bugs and requests
Fasting Tracker
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inability to save measurements
- Inconsistent widget updates
Requested features
4 requests- Integration with Apple Health
- Community/social features
- Ability to plan/schedule future fasts
- Ketosis/fat-burning tracking
Tear Tales
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fasting Tracker
- Seedling Sponsor$0.991 Month
- Seedling Sponsor$1.991 Month
- Seedling Sponsor$2.991 Month
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- Seedling Sponsor$3.991 Month
- Flourish Sponsor$4.991 Month
- Easy Fast Pro$9.991 Month
- Monthly Tip$9.991 Month
- Monthly Tip$14.991 Month
- Monthly Tip$19.991 Month
- Easy Fast Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Tip$1.99
- Tip$2.99
- Tip$3.99
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- Tip$4.99
- Tip$9.99
- Tip$19.99
- Tip$29.99
Tear Tales
- Buy me a coffee$1.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Enable data export$1.99
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- Tear Tales Pro - Discounted$2.99
- Tear Tales Pro$3.99
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