Comparison

Kitchen Can Wait vs FastKept

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

Head to head
About

Kitchen Can Wait

Features
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Know when to close the kitchenβ€”and when your next eating window begins. Kitchen Can Wait gives your daily fasting routine a clear shape, with a timer built around the hours you choose. Choose 16:8 or set your own hours. The timer makes eating and fasting easy to tell apart, with your progress and next boundary in view. Close the kitchen when you're done eating; open it when you're ready to begin again. A glance, wherever you are Follow your interval with Home Screen widgets or a Live Activity on your Lock Screen, with Dynamic Island support on compatible iPhones. Optional reminders help you keep your chosen boundary in mind when notifications are enabled. Room for real life Log food, correct a start time, and look back through your calendar and day summaries. If dinner runs late or plans change, record what happened and continue. Your history reflects the day you had. A useful daily routine, free The core timer, food log, essential history, reminders, basic widget and core Live Activity are free. No account required. No ads. More perspective with Plus Your first complete Rhythm Review is free when enough evenings are recorded. Plus adds ongoing reviews to show your typical closing time and how your recorded evenings compare with your plan. Plus also lets you start a Rhythm Plan with your chosen evening closing times and use the Apple Watch companion. Your data and choices Fasting history is stored on your devices. Limited product analytics can be turned off in Settings. Optional Apple Health access reads sleep and weight data on your device; it never writes to Apple Health. Plus is optional, with weekly or annual subscriptions and a one-time Lifetime purchase. Prices and any trial eligibility are shown before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled; manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Lifetime does not renew. Restore Purchases is available in the app. A personal tracking tool, not medical advice. Privacy: https://foxsterlabs.com/apps/kitchen-can-wait/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://foxsterlabs.com/apps/kitchen-can-wait/support/

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FastKept

Features
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Track your fasts with a clear timer and a plan that fits your week. What makes FastKept different? β€’ Every feature is completely free. No paywalls and no locked features. β€’ Home Screen widgets show the live clock under "Fasting". The medium widget also shows the goal end time, with wording such as "Your goal is 16 hours, so you're done at 12:58 PM." Lock Screen widgets show your running time and goal progress. β€’ Choose a weekday schedule with rest days, keep notes and mood with each fast, and export and restore your history through Files without an account. Everything is free. The only thing you can ever pay for is removing ads for other Solstice Suite apps. Choose a preset or a custom length, start and end a fast, and review week, month, and rolling range history. Keep optional water, weight, and mood logs. Set reminders and use a Live Activity while a fast is running. Privacy Fasts and logs stay on your iPhone unless you export them, enable the relevant Apple Health sharing, or choose an account backup. Local photos and records from Apple Health are excluded from online backups. This is a timer and journal, not medical advice; it does not measure ketosis or diagnose fasting stages. Optional supporter plans are billed by Apple through your App Store account, and the app checks subscription status with our purchase provider using purchase information and technical information. We do not send your personal app records to it. Crash and performance diagnostics help us fix problems; they exclude your identity, screenshots, and view attachments. Optional ad removal Removes ads in all our apps on this device. Choose $0.99 weekly, $2.99 monthly, or $19.99 yearly in the U.S.; local prices may vary. All features remain free. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account subscription settings. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription. Support: support@solsticesuiteapps.com Privacy: https://fastkept.com/privacy/ Terms: https://fastkept.com/terms/ Part of Solstice Suite. All features free. No account needed.

Screenshots

Kitchen Can Wait4 screens
FastKept4 screens

Verdict

The call

Kitchen Can Wait and FastKept are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Kitchen Can Wait sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and FastKept sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kitchen Can Wait ships an update every 9 days, FastKept fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Kitchen Can Wait versus FastKept: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitchen Can WaitFastKept
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 days β€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size44 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSIARHEI KHALANDACHOUTimothy Hess

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Kitchen Can Wait

Subscriptions3
  • Kitchen Can Wait Plus Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Kitchen Can Wait Plus$39.991 Year
  • Kitchen Can Wait Plus Annual Trial7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Kitchen Can Wait Plus$99.99
3 purchases

FastKept

Subscriptions3
  • Ad-free Supporter Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Ad-free Supporter Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Ad-free Supporter Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Kitchen Can Wait free?
Kitchen Can Wait is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FastKept free?
FastKept is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kitchen Can Wait or FastKept have ads?
Neither Kitchen Can Wait nor FastKept shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kitchen Can Wait or FastKept?
Kitchen Can Wait ships an update every 9 days, and FastKept fortnightly. Most recently, Kitchen Can Wait was updated on October 21, 2026 and FastKept on October 20, 2026.

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