Comparison

Fastinger vs The Fast

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

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.

Highlights
  • Customizable fasting timer
  • Home screen widgets
  • Live Activities support
  • Fasting history calendar
  • Shareable progress images
  • Optional account for sync
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Fastinger4 screens
The Fast4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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 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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Fastinger versus The Fast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFastingerThe Fast
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlejandro BeracasaPrime Adventure LLC

Customer experience

Fastinger

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

The Fast

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fastinger

No in-app purchases

None

The Fast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fastinger free?
Fastinger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Fast free?
The Fast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fastinger or The Fast?
Fastinger and The Fast are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Fastinger or The Fast have ads?
Neither Fastinger nor The Fast shows ads.

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