Comparison

Steadfast vs Climb

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

Head to head
About

Steadfast

This app helps you track your fasting windows and hydration with a simple, ad-free interface. It offers customizable schedules, water logging, and insights into your body's fasting zones. Premium features provide advanced analytics and customization options.

Highlights
  • One-tap fasting timer
  • Water tracking with goals
  • Fasting zone insights
  • Streak tracking
  • Hydration reminders
  • Home screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app
  • HealthKit integration
Features
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The simple fasting tracker for people who just want to fast — not navigate a bloated wellness platform. No account. No ads. No data collection. Free forever, with optional Premium for power users. Whether you're running 16:8, 18:6, 20:4, 14:10, OMAD, or a custom schedule, Steadfast tracks your fasting windows with a clean, focused interface that stays out of your way. EVERYTHING YOU NEED — FREE One-Tap Fasting Timer Start, pause, and complete fasts with a single tap. Choose from 9 presets (12:12 through 48-hour fasts) or dial in any custom duration. Water Tracking Built In Log water right from the Timer screen. Set your bottle size, pick a daily goal, and tap to log. Your hydration counts toward both your wellness goal AND Apple Health. Fasting Zones See what's happening in your body as you fast — from Fed State through Early Fasting, Fat Burning, Ketosis, and Autophagy. Evidence-based zone timings keep you informed and motivated. Fasting Streaks Stay motivated with streak tracking that rewards consistency. See your current streak and longest streak at a glance. Hydration Reminders Gentle nudges during active fasts to keep you drinking. Fully configurable — and never intrusive. Home Screen Widgets Fasting Timer, Fasting Heatmap, Hydration Heatmap, Combined Dashboard, and Water Quick-Add. All widgets match your app theme automatically. Apple Watch App Separate Fasting and Water tabs. Start fasts, log water, check your progress — all from your wrist. HealthKit Integration Water intake writes to Apple Health as dietary water. Weight syncs both ways. Your data stays yours. iCloud Sync Your fasts, water log, and streaks sync across all your devices. Fasting History and Calendar Review completed fasts with monthly stats — hours fasted, daily averages, and consistency tracking. PREMIUM — FOR THE EXTRA MILE Everything you need is already free. Premium unlocks: - Advanced Analytics — Heatmaps, week-over-week trends, and time-in-zones breakdowns - Custom Themes — Beach, Midnight, Slate, and more - CSV Export — Take your data wherever you need it - Extended Widget Library — Full widget gallery unlocked - Priority Support $3.99/month or $24.99/year — a fraction of what other fasting apps charge. WHY STEADFAST? Most fasting apps have expanded into calorie counters, meal loggers, AI coaches, and social networks — then locked basic features behind $70-80/year subscriptions. Steadfast does one thing well: help you fast consistently and stay hydrated. No bloat. No bait-and-switch. No account required. Just open the app and start. Built by ManifestLab. Questions or feedback? Reach us at support@manifestlab.dev. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://manifestlab.dev/steadfast/privacy

About

Climb

Features
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Climb is an intermittent fasting tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch. IT CAN'T LOSE YOUR FAST Most fasting apps store how long you've been going and count upwards. That is why they lose fasts after a restart, a reboot, or a daylight-saving change — the most common complaint in the category. Climb never stores elapsed time. It records the instant you started and works everything out from the current time whenever you look. There is no running total to drift, so there is nothing to lose. Change timezone mid-fast and the number stays right. A LADDER, NOT A RING Seven stages, marked by how long you have been fasting, with the colour moving amber to green to blue as you climb. The timings are typical ones drawn from research on averages — not measurements of you. WHERE YOU ALREADY LOOK • A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Home Screen widgets • An Apple Watch app, and complications for four watch face families All of them keep counting while the app is closed. EDIT ANYTHING • Start a fast late and move the start time back • Log one you forgot to record • Extend a goal mid-fast • End one by mistake and undo it • Export your whole history, and import it back NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE No account. No sign-in. No analytics. No advertising identifiers. No third-party SDKs. Climb makes no network requests at all — there is no server for your data to reach even in principle. Your fasts live on your device and nowhere else. Climb is a tracker, not medical advice. Talk to a doctor before changing how you eat — particularly if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, diabetic, taking medication, or have a history of disordered eating.

Screenshots

Steadfast4 screens
Climb4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Climb at none against Steadfast's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Steadfast sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Climb asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Steadfast versus Climb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteadfastClimb
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.2 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCognitiveCore Technologies, LLCDeop Inc

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Steadfast

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$24.991 Year
None

Climb

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steadfast free?
Steadfast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Climb free?
Climb is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Steadfast or Climb have ads?
Neither Steadfast nor Climb shows ads.

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