Fastinger vs Urge Surfin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fastinger
This intermittent fasting tracker prioritizes user privacy with all data stored locally. It offers various fasting protocols, progress tracking, and educational content without ads or account requirements.
- 100% Private Data Storage
- Multiple Fasting Protocols
- Progress Tracking & Streaks
- Phase Education
- Live Activity & Widgets
- Health Sync
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EARLY ACCESS — Download now and unlock ALL premium features FREE forever. Our gift to early adopters. Fastinger is the intermittent fasting tracker that respects your privacy. No account. No data collection. No ads. Ever. Your fasting data stays on YOUR device. WHY FASTINGER? - 100% Private — Everything stored locally. No servers. No tracking. - Timer That Never Breaks — Close the app, force quit, your timer keeps running. - Actually Free — No paywalls blocking basic features. PROTOCOLS 16:8 | 18:6 | 20:4 | OMAD | 36-Hour Extended FEATURES Progress ring | Phase education | Calendar history | Streak tracking | Notifications | Mood logging | Live Activity | Widgets | Health sync | Achievements | Dark mode BUILT DIFFERENT Most fasting apps monetize your health data. Fastinger is built by fasters, for fasters. Your health data is yours alone. Download now. Start your timer. Keep your privacy.
Urge Surfin
This app helps you quit habits by tracking clean days and offering a "urge surfing" game to manage cravings. It also includes a guided breathing exercise to help you calm down quickly.
- Habit tracking
- Clean day counter
- Urge surfing game
- Guided box breathing
- Daily check-ins
- Pattern analysis
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Urge Surfin tracks one thing: how many days you've stayed clean. Choose the habit you need to quit. Start your count. When a craving hits, you have somewhere to go. Urge Surf — draf the surfer to stay balanced on a wave. Urge surfing is a real DBT technique: cravings peak and pass, usually within minutes. The game holds your attention while that happens. Box Breathing — a guided breathing exercise for when you need to come down fast. Four counts in, hold, out, hold. Clinically simple. Actually works. Track your clean days with honest timestamps. Log daily check-ins so you can see patterns, not just streaks. No grace days. No second chances built into the math. Just your real count.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Fastinger at 3 against Urge Surfin's 1. Fastinger also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.4). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Fastinger against 5.0 for Urge Surfin. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Fastinger | Urge Surfin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Alejandro Beracasa | CTXA LLC |
Customer experience
Fastinger
Urge Surfin
In-app purchases
Fastinger
No in-app purchases
Urge Surfin
No in-app purchases








