Comparison

Ember Fasting vs Stillhour

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

Head to head
About

Ember Fasting

This app provides a simple and beautiful intermittent fasting timer with a widget-first design. It offers precise tracking of fasting progress, various popular protocols, and metabolic insights for Pro users. The app focuses on a clean user experience without ads or dark patterns.

Highlights
  • Widget-first design for home and lock screens
  • Fast launch time and smooth animations
  • Live metabolic process tracking (Pro)
  • Support for 5 popular fasting protocols
  • Streak tracking and milestone celebrations
  • Smart notifications for fast completion
Features
Read full description

The fasting timer that respects your time and your wallet. Ember is a beautifully crafted intermittent fasting timer that just works. No account required. No ads. No dark patterns. Just a precise, reliable timer with stunning widgets and honest pricing. WIDGET-FIRST DESIGN Check your fasting progress without opening the app. Ember offers 7 widget styles: small interactive, medium, large, Lock Screen, and StandBy. Your progress is always a glance away. Start and stop fasts right from your home screen. BEAUTIFUL & FAST Launches in under a second. Your body runs multiple metabolic processes during a fast: fat burning, ketosis, autophagy. They overlap and build on each other gradually. Ember tracks your progress with smooth animations and warm, purposeful design. Choose from 10 curated color themes or set your own custom accent color. Pick from 8 app icon styles to match your aesthetic. METABOLIC INSIGHT (PRO) Fasting isn't a series of stages you enter and leave, it's overlapping biological processes that build on each other. Pro unlocks live metabolic process tracking: see fat burning, ketosis, and autophagy ramping simultaneously with intensity indicators. Tap the info icon during any fast to see exactly what's happening in your body. EVERYTHING YOU NEED, NOTHING YOU DON'T - All 5 popular protocols: 16:8, 18:6, 20:4, OMAD, or create your own - Streak tracking with milestone celebrations - History with weekly calendar view - Basic stats to track your progress - Smart notifications for fast completion, zone transitions, and daily reminders HONEST PRICING The full fasting timer is free. No trial traps. No surprise charges. Pro unlocks metabolic insight, extra widget styles, themes, icons, and advanced notifications for $1.99/month, $14.99/year, or $29.99 lifetime. That's it. PRIVACY BY DESIGN Your data never leaves your device. No account. No analytics. No tracking. Our App Store privacy label is "Data Not Collected"...and we mean it. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Stillhour

Features
Read full description

Stillhour is a calmer intermittent fasting app for days that do not go exactly to plan. Start with a realistic daily fasting plan, keep the active timer clear, and get recovery support when a meal, coffee, snack, meeting, or late dinner changes the day. With Stillhour, you can: • start with a first-day fasting plan shaped around your wake time, last meal, and daily pressure • track elapsed time, remaining time, and today’s fasting protocol at a glance • plan break-fast, mid-window, and close-window meals without turning fasting into calorie counting • save reusable meals and keep simple grocery prompts close to your eating window • get practical during-fast support when food questions or social pressure show up • use simple “Can I have this?” guidance without wellness theater • keep hydration visible with fasting-aware goals and quick logs • review the week in a clean Weekly Wrapped card • recover calmly after an early end and adjust the next plan Stillhour Premium adds the adaptive layer: daily plan adjustments, calmer recovery support, meal insights, and reminder timing around the hour you’re most likely to break. Your fasting plan data stays on this device. No account is required. Stillhour is a wellness app for fasting routine support and education. It is not medical advice.

Screenshots

Ember Fasting4 screens
Stillhour4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ember Fasting at none against Stillhour's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Ember Fasting sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Stillhour sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ember Fasting ships an update every 2 weeks, Stillhour every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Ember Fasting versus Stillhour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmber FastingStillhour
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB5 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperChris SchradeLaurence Hurwitz-Bremner

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Ember Fasting

Subscriptions2
  • Ember Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Ember Pro Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • FastApp Pro Lifetime$29.99
2 purchases

Stillhour

Subscriptions2
  • Stillhour Premium Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Stillhour Premium Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Ember Fasting free?
Ember Fasting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stillhour free?
Stillhour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ember Fasting or Stillhour have ads?
Stillhour shows ads; Ember Fasting does not.
Which is updated more often, Ember Fasting or Stillhour?
Ember Fasting ships an update every 2 weeks, and Stillhour every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ember Fasting was updated on October 9, 2026 and Stillhour on October 8, 2026.

Other comparisons