Comparison

Steadfast vs Dawnwell

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

Dawnwell

Features
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Forgot to start the timer? Fix it in two taps. Dawnwell is an intermittent fasting timer built around the one thing that actually breaks a fasting habit: you forget. Start late, end late, remember it the next morning - every window stays editable, so your log ends up matching what you really did. START IN ONE TAP No sign-up, no onboarding quiz, no account. Open the app, tap once, and the countdown to your goal runs to the second - even after you close the app or restart your phone. FIX ANY RECORD, ANY DAY Tap a past window to change its start or end, switch fasting to eating, or delete it. Missed a whole day? Add the window straight from the calendar. The app blocks only what is genuinely wrong: overlapping windows and times in the future. SEE WHERE YOU ARE IN THE FAST A stage strip shows the six phases of a fast - fed, glycogen use, fat burning, ketosis, autophagy and deep fast - with the time left until the next one. Tap it for a detailed view. Informational only, not medical advice. YOUR WHOLE MONTH IN ONE CALENDAR The Timeline tab draws every fasting and eating window as a bar, day by day. Open a day to read and edit its windows, its water entries and its weight. PLANS WITHOUT LIMITS 16:8, 18:6, 20:4, OMAD, or count-up with no goal at all. Build your own plan with any number of hours. Every plan is open to everyone, with no subscription. INSIGHTS THAT STAY YOURS Current streak and streak freezes, longest fast, average duration, goal-reached ratio, a weekly chart, your weight trend, mood and energy from your journal, and achievements that unlock as you go. A JOURNAL FOR EACH FAST When a fast ends, log how it felt in one screen - mood, energy and a note. Skip it whenever you want. REMINDERS THAT RESPECT YOU One notification when your fast is done, and an optional daily reminder to start. Nothing else. YOURS, AND OFFLINE Everything is stored on your device. No account, no cloud, no sharing. Export every window, weight and water entry to CSV whenever you want. Dawnwell is supported by a small banner and one full-screen ad when you open the app - never while you are starting or ending a fast. If you would rather not see them, one purchase removes every ad permanently. There is no subscription, and nothing else is locked behind it.

Screenshots

Steadfast4 screens
Dawnwell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dawnwell at none against Steadfast's 2. Dawnwell also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.2). Steadfast's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Steadfast sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Dawnwell asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steadfast ships an update weekly, Dawnwell every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Steadfast versus Dawnwell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteadfastDawnwell
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCognitiveCore Technologies, LLCPantaLabs

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Steadfast

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

Dawnwell

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steadfast free?
Steadfast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dawnwell free?
Dawnwell is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Steadfast or Dawnwell have ads?
Dawnwell shows ads; Steadfast does not.
Which is updated more often, Steadfast or Dawnwell?
Steadfast ships an update weekly, and Dawnwell every 4 days. Most recently, Steadfast was updated on October 5, 2026 and Dawnwell on October 1, 2026.

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