Fastinger vs The Fast
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.
The Fast
Track your fasting periods with a visually engaging timer and home screen widgets. Review your history in a calendar view and share your progress as an image. An account is optional for local use, with cross-device syncing available.
- Customizable fasting timer
- Home screen widgets
- Live Activities support
- Fasting history calendar
- Shareable progress images
- Optional account for sync
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Fasting, at your pace. Choose a duration and start. A slowly moving record marks the time, with elapsed time and time remaining always within reach. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Small and medium widgets keep your fast in view. Choose elapsed time or time remaining. The larger widget shows both, with the full record and progress. Live Activities keep the timer on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island on supported iPhones. ON YOUR WRIST Check your timer, choose a duration for this fast, and start or end from Apple Watch. Add a watch-face complication for quick access. Requires The Fast on your paired iPhone. A MONTH, ON RECORD Browse your fasting history in a simple calendar. Finished goals retain their record color. Early endings appear in gray. Open any day to see each fast. YOURS TO SHARE Share one fast or your whole month as a single image. Include record details and exact times when you want to. LIGHT BY DESIGN Use the timer, history and widgets without an account. Your records stay on your device unless you sign in to save them across devices. Optional Apple, Google or email sign-in lets you keep records across devices. Free to use. No ads. The Fast records time. It does not provide medical or dietary advice.
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Verdict
Fastinger and The Fast are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 The Fast. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Fastinger | The Fast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alejandro Beracasa | Prime Adventure LLC |
Customer experience
Fastinger
The Fast
In-app purchases
Fastinger
No in-app purchases
The Fast
No in-app purchases









