four seven eight vs Intermittently
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
four seven eight
This app guides you through the scientifically proven 4-7-8 breathing technique with visual cues and precise timing. It helps reduce anxiety, promote relaxation, and improve sleep by activating your body's natural calming response. Practice anytime, anywhere with its offline functionality.
- Visual breathing guide with animations
- Precise timing for inhale, hold, exhale
- Progress tracking calendar
- Distraction-free interface
- Offline functionality
- One-tap start
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What it does: Practice the scientifically-backed 4-7-8 breathing technique with guided animations and timing. Inhale for 4 seconds, hold for 7, exhale for 8 & repeat for 4 cycles. Why it works: This simple pattern activates your body's relaxation response, reducing anxiety and promoting better sleep Features: Visual breathing guide with smooth animations Precise timing for each phase Progress tracking calendar Clean, distraction-free interface Works offline — no account needed Perfect for: Quick stress relief during busy days Winding down before sleep Managing anxiety moments Building a daily mindfulness habit Tap once to start Privacy: All data stays on your device. No tracking, no ads, no subscriptions.
Intermittently
This app offers a completely free and private fasting tracker. It allows users to start and stop fasts with a single tap, track streaks, and view statistics without requiring an account or subscription. The app works offline and prioritizes user data privacy.
- Free fasting tracker
- No account or subscription required
- Offline functionality
- Streak tracking and statistics
- Apple Watch and widget support
- Optional one-time cosmetic unlock
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Most fasting apps want a subscription, an account, and your data. Intermittently wants none of that. The whole tracker is free. Start and stop with one tap, keep your streaks, and see honest stats — and it works fully offline, syncing only to your own iCloud, which we never see. It won't coach you, guilt you, nag you, or upsell you. No subscription. The entire fasting tool is free, forever. No account. Nothing to create, nothing to log into. No coaching. It observes your data; it never advises, diagnoses, or claims a fast caused an outcome. No guilt. Missing a goal is neutral — no shaming words, no warning-red "you failed." No ads, no tracking, no data harvesting. Your data is yours. We see none of it. What it does, simply: Pick a fasting rhythm, tap start, tap stop. See when a fast will finish before you commit to it, with a live projected end-time. Keep your streaks and read honest stats that observe your patterns without ever editorializing them. Forgot to start on time, or forgot to log a fast entirely? Fix the start, or add it after the fact — the app re-derives everything cleanly. Set per-weekday schedules if your week has a rhythm. Glance at a fast from your wrist with a first-class Apple Watch app and complications, or from Home- and Lock-Screen widgets. Your weight and trend (optionally) come straight from Apple Health, so you never re-enter them. Your data is yours to take, any time, with free CSV and JSON export. Set your fasting goals, then go achieve them. The one optional money moment is a single one-time unlock — once, never a subscription — that adds cosmetic themes, a deeper insights panel, and a quiet "I supported the developer" acknowledgment. Nothing that gates functionality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: four seven eight at none against Intermittently's 1. four seven eight also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Intermittently sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. four seven eight asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for four seven eight against 5.0 for Intermittently. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively.
four seven eight ships an update every 2 weeks, Intermittently every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | four seven eight | Intermittently |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | crtd labs, inc | Zachary Schiel |
Customer experience
four seven eight
Intermittently
In-app purchases
four seven eight
No in-app purchases
Intermittently
- Supporter Unlock$2.99









