Comparison

AfroCal vs Fasting Timer & Hydration Log

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

Head to head
About

AfroCal

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Track your nutrition the African way. AfroCal is the first calorie tracker built specifically for African cuisine โ€” from Jollof Rice and Egusi Soup to Injera and Bobotie. AfroCal is free during beta. More features on the way for early supporters. **SNAP & TRACK** Take a photo of your meal and let AI identify the dish instantly. AfroCal recognises 100+ African dishes across West, East, North, South, and Central Africa with accurate calorie and macro breakdowns. Sign in with Apple to unlock AI food recognition. **QUICK LOG** No camera? Just type what you ate. Enter "Jollof rice with chicken" or "Small bowl of pepper soup" and get instant nutrition data from our curated African food database โ€” no sign-in required. **DAILY DASHBOARD** See your calories, protein, carbs, and fat at a glance. A visual progress ring shows how close you are to your daily goal, with a personalised health score for every day. **SMART INSIGHTS** Track your weekly trends with calorie charts, macro breakdowns, and your most-logged dishes. Understand your eating habits and make informed choices. **MEAL HISTORY** Browse every meal you've logged, organised by date. Each entry shows the food photo or emoji, calories, portion size, and how it was logged. **PERSONALIZED GOALS** Choose from quick presets (Lose Weight, Maintain, Build Muscle) or set custom targets for calories, protein, carbs, fat, and fibre. **YOUR DATA, ALWAYS SAFE** Log meals anytime โ€” even when signed out. Your meals are saved on your device and sync automatically to your account the moment you sign back in. Nothing is ever lost. **PRIVACY FIRST** Sign in with Apple keeps your identity private. Your food photos are analysed securely and never stored on our servers. Delete your account and all data at any time directly from Settings. **KEY FEATURES** - AI food recognition for 100+ African dishes (requires sign-in) - 112-dish curated nutrition database - Quick text-based meal logging โ€” no sign-in needed - Offline-first: meals saved locally, auto-sync on sign-in - Daily calorie and macro tracking - Weekly insights and trends - Portion size adjustment (small, regular, large) - Health score for daily nutrition quality - Sign in with Apple for secure, private sync - In-app account deletion - Dark mode support - Available in English, French, Spanish, German, and Italian

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Fasting Timer & Hydration Log

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An intermittent fasting timer that tells you exactly where you are: hours elapsed, hours left, and which metabolic stage your body just entered. Most fasting apps stop at a countdown. This one draws the whole fast on a stage timeline โ€” fed state at 0h, glycogen use at 4h, fat burning at 8h, ketosis at 12h, autophagy at 16h, deep ketosis at 24h โ€” so the number on screen finally means something. Underneath it sits a hydration log, because water is what makes the last four hours bearable, and a Learn library that answers the questions every beginner hits in week one. WHAT YOU GET - Know your fasting window at a glance: a live ring timer with hours elapsed, time remaining and the exact clock time your eating window opens - Follow your body, not just the clock โ€” a metabolic stage timeline that fills in as you pass 4h, 8h, 12h, 16h and 24h - Start in two taps with 16:8, 18:6, 20:4 or OMAD 23:1, and get a completion notification the moment you hit your goal - Hit your water target every day โ€” a 250 / 500 / 750 ml quick-add, a custom amount, an adjustable daily goal and a progress ring for today - See whether it is working: total fasts, average length, longest fast, a consecutive-day streak and a bar chart of your last ten fasts - Close each fast honestly โ€” rate how it felt and your energy level from 1 to 5, then browse the full history of every fast you finished PERFECT FOR - Beginners starting 16:8 who want to know what is happening inside the fast, not just when it ends - OMAD and 20:4 fasters chasing longer ketosis and autophagy windows - Anyone who keeps forgetting to drink water once meals disappear from the day - People who quit fasting before because the hours felt pointless and invisible WHY NOT JUST USE A KITCHEN TIMER? A timer tells you 6:42 is left. It cannot tell you that you crossed into fat burning two hours ago, when your eating window opens tomorrow, how long your streak is, or whether last week's fasts were actually longer than this week's. That context is the difference between counting down and building a habit. PRIVACY Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no sign-up, no servers โ€” your fasts, water logs and notes are stored on the device and are never uploaded. FULL ACCESS This is a paid app: one plan unlocks everything โ€” all four fasting protocols, the live timer and stage timeline, unlimited history, insights and charts, the hydration log and the full Learn library. Choose weekly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. No ads at any tier. This app is a fasting timer and hydration log for general wellness, not medical advice. Talk to a doctor before fasting, especially if you are pregnant, diabetic or managing a health condition. Pick 16:8, tap Start, and watch your first stage light up tonight. Terms of Use (EULA): https://web-levi.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://web-levi.web.app/privacy-policy Questions? tphuc.work@gmail.com

Screenshots

AfroCal4 screens
Fasting Timer & Hydration Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AfroCal at none against Fasting Timer & Hydration Log's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Fasting Timer & Hydration Log sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. AfroCal asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
AfroCal versus Fasting Timer & Hydration Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAfroCalFasting Timer & Hydration Log
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNestamedia Studios LtdPhuc Pham

In-app purchases

None

AfroCal

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Fasting Timer & Hydration Log

Subscriptions2
  • Ketosis Tracker Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Eating Window Yearly$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Autophagy Access, One-Time$69.99

Questions

Is AfroCal free?
AfroCal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fasting Timer & Hydration Log free?
Fasting Timer & Hydration Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AfroCal or Fasting Timer & Hydration Log have ads?
Neither AfroCal nor Fasting Timer & Hydration Log shows ads.

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