Comparison

Pinchly vs Cravings Ace

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

Head to head
About

Pinchly

This app creates personalized intermittent fasting plans based on your schedule, chronotype, and goals. It offers adaptive timers, consistency tracking, hour-by-hour coaching, and craving management tools to help you build healthy habits.

Highlights
  • Personalized fasting plans
  • Adaptive eating windows
  • Consistency score and streak tracking
  • Hour-by-hour fasting guidance
  • Craving rescue techniques
  • Gentle, relevant reminders
Features
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Fasting that fits your life. Most fasting apps hand you a generic timer and wish you luck. Pinchly does the opposite — a short quiz builds an intermittent fasting plan around your real schedule, chronotype, and goals, then adapts as you go. YOUR PERSONALIZED PLAN Not another generic 16:8 timer. Pinchly builds your eating window around your wake and sleep times, your cravings, and your goals — and quietly adjusts it as you build the habit. A TIMER THAT ADAPTS Open the app and see exactly how long until your next eating window. Stick the landing and Pinchly steps you up; miss a few days and it softens the plan instead of punishing you. YOUR CONSISTENCY SCORE + STREAK Every completed fast builds your Consistency Score and your streak — a simple, motivating way to watch your habit grow from day one. The number climbs as you stay consistent. HOUR-BY-HOUR COACHING Every fast comes with a milestone timeline, so you always know what stage you're in — from settling in, to the metabolic switch, to deep fasting. The hard hours feel normal instead of scary. CRAVING RESCUE Pinchly sees the wave coming and warns you before it hits, with quick, proven moves to ride it out — a glass of water, a short walk, box breathing, and more. GENTLE REMINDERS Only the nudges that matter: when your eating window opens, when it's time to fast, and your weekly check-in. No spam, ever. OPTIONAL PROGRESS PHOTOS If you like, keep a private before/after photo on your own device to look back on. It's optional, never rated or scored, and never leaves your phone. Pinchly is a wellness and habit app, not a medical device — nothing in it is medical advice. If you're pregnant or nursing, under 18, managing a condition like diabetes, take medication with food, or have a history of disordered eating, please talk with a clinician before starting a fasting plan. Start your plan and your first fast in minutes. Terms of Use (EULA): https://intuiv.dev/pinchly-terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://intuiv.dev/pinchly-privacy-policy

About

Cravings Ace

This app helps you manage food cravings and combat diet-related "food noise." It offers tools to intercept tempting apps, identify "danger zones," and deploy strategies when cravings strike, all without calorie counting or meal plans.

Highlights
  • Intercept food and delivery apps
  • Identify and get alerts for Danger Zones
  • Deploy Countermeasures for cravings
  • Guided breathing resets
  • Talk through cravings with Copilot
  • Schedule Check-Ins
  • Call a Wingman for human backup
Features
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Fight food noise, combat cravings and lose weight. Cravings Ace is your copilot for the moments when cravings and food noise threaten to knock your diet off course. Intercept the apps that trip you up. Get a heads-up when you enter a Danger Zone. Deploy Countermeasures when a craving hits. Talk it through with your Copilot. Then learn what actually works for you. No calorie counting. No meal plans. No lectures about willpower. Just backup when you need it—and a better plan for next time. YOUR WHOLE DEVICE, ON YOUR SIDE • Schedule Check-Ins for the times you’re most likely to get knocked off course. • Mark Danger Zones and get a heads-up when you’re in enemy territory. • Intercept food and delivery apps before you open them on autopilot. • Use widgets, Siri, Live Activities, and Quick Actions to get to Cravings Ace to the action quickly. WHEN A CRAVING HITS, YOU’VE GOT OPTIONS Cravings happen. What matters is what you do next. • Take Evasive Action with a quick guided breathing reset. • Enter a Holding Pattern until the threat passes. • Talk to Copilot and figure out what’s really pulling at you. • Divert Course with an alternative that still hits the spot. • Take Tactical Action and change what’s happening around you. • Call your Wingman when you need some human backup. MEET YOUR COPILOT Talk through a craving while it’s happening. Make a plan for tonight. Ask what’s been tripping you up lately—or what’s worked when you’ve been here before. Copilot can use your Cravings Ace history to help you spot patterns, understand your triggers, and remember the moves that have actually worked for you. It doesn’t just know about cravings. It knows about yours. JAM THE SIGNAL Choose the food and delivery apps that tend to get you. App Intercept puts a pause between the impulse and the tap, giving you a chance to make a different move. You’re still in control. Cravings Ace just makes sure you get a vote. KNOW YOUR DANGER ZONES Mark the restaurants, drive-thrus, and other places that tend to knock you off course. Cravings Ace can give you a heads-up when you’re nearby—before the craving gets the jump on you. LEARN WHAT ACTUALLY HELPS Your Mission Log keeps track of cravings, triggers, outcomes, and the Countermeasures you used. Intel turns that history into patterns you can actually use: when cravings tend to hit, what sets them off, and which moves work best for you. One rough night is just data. Learn from it and keep flying. CALL A WINGMAN Some situations call for human backup. Choose someone you trust as your Wingman, then call or message them when you need them. You make the call. Nothing sends itself. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your craving history is yours. Cravings Ace keeps your personal history on your device and only shares information with online services when needed to provide features you choose to use. Wingman calls and messages always stay under your control. Core tools work without turning your private history into a cloud database. Cravings Ace is built to help, not to snitch. Cravings Ace is a wellness and habit-support tool. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you are concerned about your eating or health, please speak with a qualified professional. Cravings Ace requires a paid subscription to access the app. Terms of Use: https://www.cravingsace.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.cravingsace.app/privacy Support: https://www.cravingsace.app/support

Screenshots

Pinchly4 screens
Cravings Ace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cravings Ace at 5.0 against Pinchly's 4.0. Cravings Ace also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). Pinchly's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Pinchly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Cravings Ace sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cravings Ace holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pinchly ships an update weekly, Cravings Ace every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Pinchly versus Cravings Ace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinchlyCravings Ace
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB64 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSamuel Yost (Apps)MD Apps, LLC

Customer experience

Pinchly

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cravings Ace

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pinchly

Subscriptions2
  • Pinchly Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Pinchly Annual$59.991 Year
2 purchases

Cravings Ace

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Annual$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Pinchly free?
Pinchly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cravings Ace free?
Cravings Ace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pinchly or Cravings Ace?
Cravings Ace is rated higher. Pinchly averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Cravings Ace averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Pinchly or Cravings Ace have ads?
Pinchly shows ads; Cravings Ace does not.
Which is updated more often, Pinchly or Cravings Ace?
Pinchly ships an update weekly, and Cravings Ace every 2 days. Most recently, Pinchly was updated on October 31, 2026 and Cravings Ace on October 31, 2026.

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