Comparison

FastBell vs StepQuest

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

Head to head
About

FastBell

Features
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FastBell is the simplest way to start intermittent fasting. When the bell rings, eat. When it rings again, stop. Simple enough to stick with. 6 FASTING PLANS - 12:12 โ€” 12 hours fasting / 12 hours eating (free, gentle start) - 14:10 โ€” 14 hours fasting / 10 hours eating (free, easy intro) - 16:8 โ€” 16 hours fasting / 8 hours eating (most popular) - 18:6 โ€” 18 hours fasting / 6 hours eating - 20:4 โ€” 20 hours fasting / 4 hours eating - OMAD โ€” One Meal A Day (23:1) KEY FEATURES - Large countdown timer shows remaining time at a glance - Start and stop fasting with a single tap - Streak tracking to build your fasting habit - Push notifications when fasting starts and ends - Dark theme for comfortable nighttime use - Fully offline โ€” no internet required - No ads โ€” stay focused PRIVACY FIRST All data stays on your device. Nothing is ever sent to a server. FASTBELL PRO Upgrade to Pro to unlock the 16:8, 18:6, 20:4, and OMAD plans, detailed statistics, custom notifications, and widgets. 12:12 and 14:10 are free. Subscription Info: - Weekly, monthly, and yearly plans available - Billing begins after you confirm the selected plan - Payment is charged to your Apple ID account - Subscription auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://starcrown.co.jp/privacy

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StepQuest

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Your hero is only alive while you keep walking. StepQuest exists to make a daily walking habit something you actually keep. Not with another streak badge or a reminder you learn to ignore, but by turning your step count into a roguelite RPG where a character's survival is the thing at stake. -= How It Works =- You pick a daily step goal, and it locks in for the whole adventure, so you set your own difficulty. Every day you hit it, your character earns XP and levels up. Every day you miss, you lose a heart. Run out of hearts and the run is over. Steps come straight from Apple Health, so there is nothing to log by hand. You walk, the game keeps score. -= Missing a Day Is Survivable, Not Free =- Six days in a row earns a rest day, and your next miss is forgiven automatically. A full seven day streak regenerates a heart. Blue hearts, earned only from the hardest quests, absorb a missed day as a last resort. Use all of it and a run can last months. Ignore it and five bad days end everything. -= Death Is Not a Reset =- When the last heart goes, your level resets, but your gold and your avatar collection are permanent. You cash out gold based on how long you survived, spend it on cosmetics, and start the next run with everything you have collected. A bad run costs you progress, never your collection. -= Your Steps Are the Currency =- More than 140 avatars across five styles: standard, casual, edgy, fantasy, and cyberpunk. Every one of them is priced in gold, and walking is what earns it. The rarest take real distance to reach, so your character ends up wearing the ground you covered. -= Quests Worth Chasing =- Daily, weekly, monthly and legendary quests. A perfect month. Half a million steps in a single run. A hundred consecutive days. -= On Your Wrist and Home Screen =- An Apple Watch app, a Watch complication, Home Screen widgets and Lock Screen widgets keep today's steps and your remaining hearts one glance away, so you always know how close the day is to costing you a heart. Raise your wrist or glance at a locked phone, no need to open the app. No accounts. No sign up. Just your steps. Disclaimer: StepQuest is free to play and shows ads. Optional in-app support tiers grant bonus gold and remove ads. Nothing you can buy affects your hearts, your step goal, or your progress.

Screenshots

FastBell3 screens
StepQuest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: FastBell at none against StepQuest's shown. StepQuest's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. FastBell sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and StepQuest sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
FastBell versus StepQuest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFastBellStepQuest
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStarcrown IncAdam Golczak

In-app purchases

1 purchases

FastBell

Subscriptions1
  • FastBell Pro Weekly3 Days trial$0.997 Days
5 purchases

StepQuest

One-time5
  • Toss a Coin$1.99
  • Tavern Round$2.99
  • Squire's Tribute$4.99
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  • Royal Benefactor$9.99
  • Legendary Patron$19.99

Questions

Is FastBell free?
FastBell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StepQuest free?
StepQuest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FastBell or StepQuest have ads?
StepQuest shows ads; FastBell does not.
Which is updated more often, FastBell or StepQuest?
FastBell ships an update every 3 days, and StepQuest every 3 days. Most recently, FastBell was updated on October 5, 2026 and StepQuest on October 10, 2026.

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