Comparison

Fastinger vs Urge Surfin

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 100% Private Data Storage
  • Multiple Fasting Protocols
  • Progress Tracking & Streaks
  • Phase Education
  • Live Activity & Widgets
  • Health Sync
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Habit tracking
  • Clean day counter
  • Urge surfing game
  • Guided box breathing
  • Daily check-ins
  • Pattern analysis
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Fastinger4 screens
Urge Surfin4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Fastinger versus Urge Surfin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFastingerUrge Surfin
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequency—Every 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB7 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAlejandro BeracasaCTXA LLC

Customer experience

Fastinger

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Urge Surfin

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fastinger

No in-app purchases

None

Urge Surfin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fastinger free?
Fastinger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Urge Surfin free?
Urge Surfin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fastinger or Urge Surfin?
Fastinger and Urge Surfin are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Fastinger or Urge Surfin have ads?
Neither Fastinger nor Urge Surfin shows ads.

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