Comparison

Personal Bests vs HealthyFast

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

Head to head
About

Personal Bests

This app analyzes your workout history from Apple Health to find your fastest segments of any distance. It ranks these personal bests across all your activities and timeframes, offering detailed insights and flexible tracking for athletes focused on performance.

Highlights
  • Finds fastest segments of any distance
  • Works across running, cycling, swimming, rowing
  • Segments can be anywhere within a workout
  • Customizable segment lengths
  • Rankings across all timeframes
  • Detailed segment analysis and export
  • Syncs via iCloud
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Personal Bests finds the fastest efforts hidden inside your workouts and awards you medals for them, with nobody to compete against but yourself. Your fastest 5K might be kilometers 7 to 12 of a half marathon. Your best mile might be buried in the middle of a long run. Personal Bests looks inside every workout in Apple Health, finds your fastest segment for every distance you care about, and ranks it against your whole history. Just You vs. You Personal Bests isn't a social network. There's no feed, no followers, no leaderboard of strangers and no challenges telling you to go faster. You earn gold, silver and bronze for real work, and the only person you're up against is you. Your Game, Your Rules • Choose the distances that count: 400 m, 5K, 10 miles, a marathon or anything else, for every sport. • Choose what you're compared against: all-time, the past year, or any window of days, weeks, months or years. • Coming back from an injury or a break? Rank against the last three months instead of your all-time best. • Keep the medals you've earned, even after you beat them, or let them move on. • Rank indoor and outdoor workouts separately, so a treadmill run isn't compared with a trail run. Find Your Fastest Efforts • Segments can start and end anywhere in a workout, not just at the start. • Running, cycling, swimming, rowing, paddling, walking, cross-country skiing and more. • Your whole Apple Health history, from Apple Watch, iPhone and other apps. • New workouts are analyzed automatically, even in the background. See Where You Were Fastest • On iPhone, your fastest segments are drawn on the route, each in its own color. • Leaderboards for your fastest times, longest workouts and farthest distances. • A short written summary of any workout, using Apple Intelligence where it's available. Keep Bad Data Off the Podium • Forgot to stop your watch on the train? Segments that are too fast to be true for you are flagged, judged against your own history. • Crop a workout to the part you actually did, or remove GPS spikes with one tap. • Your Health data is never changed. Celebrate Your Progress • Get a notification when a new workout earns a medal. • "While you were away": a recap of your new medals and training when you come back to the app. • Rankings and Recent Bests widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen. On iPhone, iPad & Mac • Your iPhone reads Apple Health and does the analysis. • iPad and Mac show your workouts, rankings and medals, with the list and details side by side. Private by Design • No account, no ads, no tracking. • Analysis runs on your device. • Syncs only through your own iCloud, and you can switch that off. • Read-only access to Apple Health. Make It Yours • Three app icons and three themes. Personal Bests is for anyone who loves earning medals but doesn't need to race strangers for them: runners tracking PRs from 400 m to the marathon, cyclists comparing their best 40K across seasons, swimmers, rowers, and everyone who has ever wondered, "When was I actually at my fastest?"

About

HealthyFast

Features
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Fasting, food, strength training and stretching — together in one ad-free app. HealthyFast helps you build a daily routine around the things that matter to you. Track your fasts, log meals, follow a workout and make time to stretch. Choose the screens you use, arrange them your way and open the app on your favorite. FASTING AT YOUR PACE • Follow your fast with a clear timer and progress ring. • Choose a fasting goal and get reminders to keep track. • Explore educational fasting phases with links to supporting research. • Review your fasting history over time. Fasting phases are general, time-based estimates. They do not measure your metabolism or tell you exactly what is happening in your body. MEALS, CALORIES AND MACROS • Keep your meals and daily nutrition in one place. • Describe or photograph a meal for an AI estimate of calories, protein, carbohydrates and fat. • Compare your intake with an estimated daily energy target based on your profile. • Follow weight and nutrition trends over time. AI estimates are approximate. Cloud AI is optional, requires sign-in and asks for your consent before sending meal descriptions or photos for processing. STRENGTH TRAINING • Choose a program suited to your experience and follow guided sessions. • Log sets, reps and weights, with exercise guides to help you along the way. • Use progression guidance and review your training history. • Create and organize your own programs. GUIDED STRETCHING • Explore stretching routines and programs. • Follow timed sessions with visual exercise guidance. • Save favorites and keep a history of completed sessions. YOUR APP, YOUR ROUTINE • Show the screens you need and hide the rest. • Reorder your menu and choose your favorite start screen. • Swipe between fasting, meals, training, stretching, Journal and Insights. • See your activity history and trends in one place. APPLE WATCH AND APPLE HEALTH • Follow your fast and log strength workouts on Apple Watch. • Keep fasting progress close with watch complications. • Connect Apple Health to bring supported steps, sleep, weight, nutrition and workout data into your overview. • Share supported meal, weight and workout entries with Apple Health when you grant permission. OPTIONAL CLOUD BACKUP Sign in to back up your data and restore it on another phone. Core tracking does not require a HealthyFast account. SUBSCRIPTIONS You can explore the app and set up your profile before choosing a plan. New users need a subscription to start tracking. Eligible existing users retain their basic access. Premium features require an active subscription. HealthyFast Premium is available monthly or yearly. Any available trial and the current price are shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, or after an eligible free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. HealthyFast is a wellness and education tool, not a medical device or a substitute for professional medical advice. Energy, nutrition and fasting information are estimates. Consult a qualified healthcare professional before changing your fasting or exercise routine, especially if you have a medical condition, take medication, or are pregnant or breastfeeding. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/northernappdev/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Personal Bests4 screens
HealthyFast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Personal Bests at none against HealthyFast's 2. HealthyFast's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HealthyFast sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Personal Bests asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Personal Bests ships an update every 4 months, HealthyFast every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Personal Bests versus HealthyFast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPersonal BestsHealthyFast
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarkus KettnerJimmy Hansen

In-app purchases

None

Personal Bests

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

HealthyFast

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Display Name: Premium Yearly7 Days trial$22.991 Year

Questions

Is Personal Bests free?
Personal Bests is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HealthyFast free?
HealthyFast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Personal Bests or HealthyFast have ads?
Neither Personal Bests nor HealthyFast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Personal Bests or HealthyFast?
Personal Bests ships an update every 4 months, and HealthyFast every 8 days. Most recently, Personal Bests was updated on October 15, 2026 and HealthyFast on October 16, 2026.

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