168 vs Minimal168
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
168
This app helps you track intermittent fasting with a focus on simplicity and visual progress. It offers scientific dietary advice and integrates seamlessly with dark mode for a comfortable experience.
- Minimalist tracking
- Visual progress rings
- Weekly/monthly data insights
- Scientific dietary advice
- Dark mode support
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Make fasting fit your life. See every effort add up. Start a fast in just a few taps. 168 brings your timer, eating window, history, and trends together, so you can follow today's progress and see how far you've come. Know where you stand See elapsed time, progress toward your goal, and your expected finish time at a glance. Clear fasting and eating phases help you plan your day around your routine. Keep your progress close Add a widget to your Home Screen to see your time, progress, and expected finish without opening the app. Your routine stays in view while you get on with your day. See your effort add up Explore weekly, monthly, and six-month views of your fasting history. See completed fasts, total hours, and average duration, and turn individual sessions into a bigger picture. Find a plan that fits Choose from fasting schedules including 16:8, 18:6, and 20:4, or set a custom duration. Enable notifications to hear when you reach your fasting goal or your eating window ends. Fix a record in moments Correct the start and end times of completed fasts or delete entries you no longer need. Your statistics update along with your history, so your progress reflects what actually happened. Learn more, with sources to explore Discover tips for fasting and eating, with references to research papers you can explore for yourself. No account to create. Just open the app and get started. iCloud sync keeps your fasting history connected across iPhone and iPad. Available in English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish. Start your next fast. Make it part of your rhythm.
Minimal168
A minimalist intermittent fasting tracker designed for the 16:8 method. It offers a simple timer, adjustable eating windows, and daily check-ins to build streaks, all without ads or data collection.
- Minimalist 16:8 fasting timer
- Adjustable eating window
- Daily streak tracking
- Calendar view of completed days
- Local notifications for fasting/eating
- Multiple color themes
- 33 languages supported
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Minimal168 — a clean, focused intermittent fasting tracker for the 16:8 method. No clutter, no distractions. SIMPLE BY DESIGN • One elegant timer ring — see your fasting progress at a glance • Drag to adjust your eating window • Daily check-in to build your streak • Calendar view with colored markers for completed days STAY ON TRACK • Local notifications remind you when to eat and when to fast • 3 minimal color themes • 33 languages supported YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE No account. No analytics. No ads. Everything stays on your device. Less is more. Start your fasting journey today. Premium Subscription: Monthly or Yearly with 1-week free trial. Subscription auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage in App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 168 at none against Minimal168's 3. Minimal168's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Minimal168 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. 168 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 168 against 5.0 for Minimal168. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
168 ships an update every 2 weeks, Minimal168 every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 168 | Minimal168 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 凌青 张 | TING CHUN WANG |
Customer experience
168
Minimal168
In-app purchases
168
No in-app purchases
Minimal168
- Minimal 168 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Minimal 168 Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$3.991 Year
- Minimal 168 Premium (Lifetime)$7.99








