Comparison

Fasting Timer vs MacroCap

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

Head to head
About

Fasting Timer

This app tracks intermittent fasting, visualizing your body's biological phases and progress. It offers customizable timers, water tracking, a journal, and gamified elements to motivate users. Monitor body measurements and weight to see your transformation.

Highlights
  • Biological phase tracking
  • Customizable fasting timers
  • Home screen widgets
  • Body measurements and weight tracking
  • Water tracking with reminders
  • Fasting journal
  • Gamified progress with XP and badges
Features
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Nova Fast is the intermittent fasting tracker that shows you what's really happening inside your body — from fat burning to autophagy and cellular renewal. WHY NOVA FAST? Nova Fast combines a powerful fasting timer with real-time biological phase tracking, beautiful widgets, body measurements, water tracking, a fasting journal, and a gamification system that makes fasting fun and rewarding. BIOLOGICAL PHASE TRACKING See your body's real-time fasting stages. Watch as you transition through 7 phases — from burning glucose to entering ketosis, activating autophagy, and triggering deep cellular repair. Understand the science behind every hour of your fast. SMART FASTING TIMER Start any protocol with one tap. Choose from popular intermittent fasting plans including 16:8, 18:6, 20:4, OMAD (23:1), 14:10, and 12:12 — or create your own custom fasting schedule. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Keep your fasting progress visible with beautiful widgets. See your timer, current biological phase, and streak right from your home screen or lock screen. BODY MEASUREMENTS & WEIGHT TRACKING Track more than just weight. Log body measurements, see your progress over time, and watch your transformation unfold with detailed charts and trends. WATER TRACKING Stay hydrated during your fasts with built-in water tracking and customizable reminders. Proper hydration is essential for maximizing your fasting results. FASTING JOURNAL Document your fasting journey. Log how you feel, what you ate, your energy levels, and any notes. Look back on your progress and find the patterns that work best for you. GAMIFICATION — EARN XP, LEVEL UP, COLLECT BADGES Fasting should be fun. Earn experience points for every fast, level up your profile through 30 ranks, unlock 29 achievement badges, and build streaks that keep you motivated. Turn healthy habits into a rewarding daily challenge. PERFECT FOR BEGINNERS AND EXPERIENCED FASTERS Whether you're just starting with intermittent fasting or you're an experienced faster looking for a better tracker — Nova Fast has everything you need to succeed. Start your fasting journey today. --- LEGAL: Privacy Policy: http://www.jakubl.com/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): http://www.jakubl.com/terms.html SUPPORT: support@jakubl.com X: @jakublaszczyk

About

MacroCap

Easily track your daily calorie and protein goals when dining out. This app provides detailed macro information for over 7,000 restaurant menu items, allowing you to build meals and see real-time nutritional updates. It also includes grocery scanning and progress tracking features.

Highlights
  • Restaurant menu macro data
  • Build custom meals
  • Sort menu items by macros
  • Grocery barcode scanning
  • Daily calorie and protein tracking
  • Progress trends and recaps
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Eating out shouldn't mean guessing. MacroCap has the real numbers for 180+ restaurant and fast-casual menus — over 7,000 items with calories, protein, carbs, fat, and sodium. Pick something that fits your day before you order, instead of reconstructing it afterward. BUILD THE MEAL, WATCH THE MACROS Assemble anything from a menu and see the totals update as you go. Swap the side, skip the cheese, double the protein — the numbers follow every change. SORT BY WHAT'S LEFT Rank a menu by what's closest to your remaining calories, highest in protein, or lowest in cals. You choose from what actually fits, instead of scrolling blind. FIND WHAT'S NEAR YOU Sort restaurants by distance, so your shortlist is places you can actually get to. SEARCH GROCERIES TOO Scan a barcode or search by name across USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts for packaged food and whole ingredients. YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE A calorie cap that counts down and a protein floor that counts up. Logging a meal takes about twenty seconds. SEE THE PATTERN Streaks, weekly recaps, and calorie and protein trends. The headline numbers are median-based, so one blowout day doesn't rewrite your whole week. APPLE HEALTH Write your logged meals to Health as dietary energy and macros whenever you want to. NO ACCOUNT NEEDED Everything works signed out. Sign in with Apple or Google only if you want your history synced across devices. Nutrition data comes from restaurants' own published menu disclosures, USDA FoodData Central, and Open Food Facts. MacroCap is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any restaurant.

Screenshots

Fasting Timer4 screens
MacroCap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MacroCap at 5.0 against Fasting Timer's 4.7. MacroCap also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MacroCap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Fasting Timer versus MacroCap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFasting TimerMacroCap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB40 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJakub LaszczykSameer Naik

In-app purchases

None

Fasting Timer

No in-app purchases

None

MacroCap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fasting Timer free?
Fasting Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MacroCap free?
MacroCap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fasting Timer or MacroCap?
MacroCap is rated higher. Fasting Timer averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while MacroCap averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Fasting Timer or MacroCap have ads?
Neither Fasting Timer nor MacroCap shows ads.

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