Better Fasting vs The Fast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Better Fasting
This app helps you track your intermittent fasting journey with customizable timers and progress monitoring. It offers various fasting protocols and helps you maintain streaks and analyze your fasting habits over time.
- Customizable fasting timers
- Support for multiple fasting protocols (OMAD, 16:8, etc.)
- Streak tracking for daily goals
- Progress ring visualization
- Detailed fasting analytics and charts
- Pro features for custom schedules and history
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Better Fasting is a simple intermittent fasting tracker and companion. Pick a protocol, hit start, and get on with your day. THE TIMER Choose between OMAD, 12:12, 14:10, 16:8, 18:6, 20:4 or longer protocols up to 72 hours, and watch a glanceable progress ring count your fast. Stop early and log why, or hit your goal and mark it. Start fasting straight away. No account required. STREAKS AND SCHEDULES Keep a streak alive with clear daily goals. Pro unlocks custom weekly schedules: a different target for each day, plus planned off days and cheat days that bridge a gap instead of breaking your streak. ANALYTICS Charts, totals, and averages turn every fast into a trend you can read at a glance. Without Pro you see your last seven days. Pro opens your complete all-time history and your 30-day completion rate.
The Fast
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Fasting, at your pace. Choose a duration and start. A slowly moving record marks the time, with elapsed time and time remaining always within reach. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Small and medium widgets keep your fast in view. See elapsed time at a glance, or use the larger widget for the full record, progress and time remaining. A MONTH, ON RECORD Browse your fasting history in a simple calendar. Finished goals retain their record color. Early endings appear in gray. Open any day to see each fast. YOURS TO SHARE Share one fast or your whole month as a single image. Include record details and exact times when you want to. LIGHT BY DESIGN Use the timer, history and widgets without an account. Your records stay on your device unless you choose to sync them. Optional Apple, Google or email sign-in lets you keep records across devices. Free to use. No ads. The Fast records time. It does not provide medical or dietary advice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Fast at 5.0 against Better Fasting's 4.0. The Fast also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Better Fasting's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Better Fasting sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Fast asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Fast holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Better Fasting | The Fast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Duc Trinh | Prime Adventure LLC |
Customer experience
Better Fasting
The Fast
In-app purchases
Better Fasting
- Better Fasting Pro$4.99
The Fast
No in-app purchases
