Comparison

The Fast vs CoreFast

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

Head to head
About

The Fast

Track your fasting periods with a visual timer and home screen widgets. Review your history in a calendar and share your progress as an image. Use the app without an account for local data storage, or sign in to sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Visual fasting timer
  • Home screen widgets
  • Fasting history calendar
  • Shareable progress images
  • Account-free operation
  • Cross-device sync
Features
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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.

About

CoreFast

This app helps you track intermittent fasting with customizable plans and a live timer. It offers optional food and water logging, and can integrate with health data. Features include reminders, streaks, and social challenges, all while prioritizing user privacy.

Highlights
  • Customizable intermittent fasting plans
  • Live accurate timer
  • Optional food and water logging
  • Apple Health integration for readings
  • Privacy-focused, data stays on device
  • Widgets and Apple Watch app support
Features
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CoreFast is a calm intermittent fasting tracker that keeps your data on your phone. Pick a plan, tap Start, and see where your fast is at a glance. No account. No ads. No surprise charges. Ending a fast early is recorded neutrally, never as a failure. Today and plans • A live timer that stays accurate if you close the app or go offline • Daily plans from 12:12 to 23:1, plus 5:2, alternate-day, Sunrise to sunset and a custom plan • Each plan explains what a day on it looks like before you switch • Water tracking with your own daily goal • Optional local reminders, with quiet hours • Optional streaks with a weekly rest day, and challenges you choose to join • Longer fasts come with a short sheet on what to expect and when to stop Food log (optional) • Log what you eat during your eating window • Scan packaged foods by barcode (you can turn this off in Settings) • See calories that other apps log to Apple Health Health readings (optional) Connect Apple Health to see last night's sleep, steps, active calories, resting heart rate, HRV and glucose next to your fast. CoreFast only reads; it never writes to Apple Health. Vitals shows your readings over 7 days, 30 days or all time, compared only with your own usual range, and a summary you can share if you choose. Readings are shown as recorded, not as an assessment. Insights and Learn Trends, history and a month calendar show how your fasts have gone. Week on week compares you only with yourself. Learn has 18 short reads in plain language, each with a link to its source. New to fasting? For your first four weeks, Today shows one short tip a day. Circles (optional) Fast alongside a few friends. Share your status, send a cheer, or run a group challenge, like Sugar free or a water goal, with a shared leaderboard. Updates are encrypted and pass through a relay that keeps them for up to 24 hours. Your fasting history and health readings are never sent. Widgets, Watch and Siri • Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets; fast details stay hidden while your iPhone is locked • A Live Activity and Dynamic Island countdown • An Apple Watch app with one-tap End and Undo • Siri, Shortcuts, and Controls for Control Center, the Lock Screen and the Action button Private by design Your fasts, food log, water and health readings stay on your device, stored encrypted. They are never sent to us or to any server. If you turn on barcode scanning, only the barcode number is looked up, at Open Food Facts. No account, no ads, no third-party analytics or tracking. Your location is used only if you choose the Sunrise to sunset plan, and is kept on your phone. Export a backup or spreadsheet whenever you like, or delete everything from Settings. A note on safety CoreFast is a tracking tool for general wellness. It is not a medical device and does not give medical advice. Fasting isn't right for everyone: talk to your clinician before you start, especially if you are pregnant, take medicines for diabetes, or have a history of disordered eating. Stop and eat if you feel unwell. A few private questions at the start can switch CoreFast to simple time logging, a quieter app with no streaks or longer plans. Questions or feedback: corefast.support@icloud.com

Screenshots

The Fast4 screens
CoreFast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CoreFast at daily against The Fast's every 3 days. CoreFast also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The Fast against 5.0 for CoreFast. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Fast ships an update every 3 days, CoreFast daily. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
The Fast versus CoreFast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe FastCoreFast
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB55 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPrime Adventure LLCSATISH CHANDRA KOLLI

Customer experience

The Fast

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

CoreFast

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

The Fast

No in-app purchases

None

CoreFast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Fast free?
The Fast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CoreFast free?
CoreFast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Fast or CoreFast?
The Fast and CoreFast are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do The Fast or CoreFast have ads?
Neither The Fast nor CoreFast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Fast or CoreFast?
The Fast ships an update every 3 days, and CoreFast daily. Most recently, The Fast was updated on October 29, 2026 and CoreFast on October 29, 2026.

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