Comparison

168 vs Minimal168

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Minimalist tracking
  • Visual progress rings
  • Weekly/monthly data insights
  • Scientific dietary advice
  • Dark mode support
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

Screenshots

1684 screens
Minimal1684 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Minimal168 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. 168 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
168 versus Minimal168: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter168Minimal168
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB43 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer凌青 张TING CHUN WANG

Customer experience

168

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Minimal168

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

In-app purchases

None

168

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Minimal168

Subscriptions2
  • Minimal 168 Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Minimal 168 Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Minimal 168 Premium (Lifetime)$7.99

Questions

Is 168 free?
168 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Minimal168 free?
Minimal168 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 168 or Minimal168?
168 and Minimal168 are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do 168 or Minimal168 have ads?
Neither 168 nor Minimal168 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 168 or Minimal168?
168 ships an update every 2 weeks, and Minimal168 every 9 days. Most recently, 168 was updated on October 17, 2026 and Minimal168 on October 1, 2026.

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