Comparison

Casual dieting vs hæl

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

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About

Casual dieting

This weight management app uses charming Japanese illustrations to support your journey. Track your weight, body fat, and meals with a comprehensive journal featuring over 100 unique stickers. Unlock more stickers and use them as wallpapers to stay motivated.

Highlights
  • Cute, changing illustrations on graphs
  • Comprehensive weight and body fat journal
  • Daily meal and happenings logging
  • Over 100 unique mood-based stickers
  • Stickers usable as downloadable wallpapers
  • Motivational progress tracking
Features
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New weight-management app with very popular cute illustrations from Japan! This is a must-see for everybody who has ever tried a weight-management app without being able to actually stick with it! The cute rabbit and Pisuke will casually support your diet this time! [Characteristics] 1.- Cute graphs! The illustrations that show up change depending on your weight's increase or decrease. You can use the illustrations that appear on the graphs as stickers for the journal integrated within the app. This ensures you won't feel depressed even if you gain some weight! 2.- Very complete journal function! Not only you can keep a journal of your weight and body fat, but you can also write what you ate along with daily happenings! Over 100 different stickers that you can choose to use depending on your daily mood! The more you use the app, the more stickers you get, so that you can continue to enjoy keeping a daily record! 3.- You can use the stickers as wallpapers! You can download the stickers that you used on the journal as wallpapers! 5 backgrounds available to choose from as well! Keep writing on your journal to complete your wallpaper! 4.- Ideal for those who: - want to go on a diet - are looking for a healthy way to manage their weight - just had a rebound after a diet - always give up after dieting for a while - find that regular journal apps are not enough - are looking for cute wallpapers - love cute illustrations - like Kanahei - use the LINE sticker series "Pisuke & Rabbit" a lot! [A request from the app] We would appreciate it if you would contact us regarding any malfunction of the app via the "Contact" option available within the "Others" menu in the app. If you report errors in your review, we may not be able to further inspect the issue. We appreciate your cooperation in helping us to improve our service!

About

hæl

This app observes your fasting periods and menstrual cycle, reflecting your body's rhythms through literary prose. It offers a unique, non-prescriptive approach to tracking your body's data and personal journey.

Highlights
  • Observational fasting timer
  • Menstrual cycle tracking
  • Literary prose reflections
  • Body data ledger
  • Customizable fast durations
  • Hydration tracking
  • Shareable end-of-fast summaries
Features
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hæl is a fasting timer that observes instead of coaching. the app watches the hours, reads the cycle, and reflects what it sees in prose. no prescription. no congratulation. most fasting apps count down and celebrate. hæl counts and stays quiet. the interface is a single ring. the language is literary. the body’s rhythm shapes what the app says and when. THE FIRST ENTRY hæl opens like a book: a title page, a note before the text, then a first entry written in your own blanks. fill what you like, leave the rest. THE FAST an ensō ring marks the hours. turn it to choose a duration, from eight hours to seven days, or tap the number to write any length: in hours, or by the time you will eat. tap to begin. the timer carries a name that changes as the fast deepens. lauds, prime, terce, vespers. names borrowed from the canonical hours. prose arrives about what the body is doing, not what it should do. overtime continues past the goal without comment. on longer fasts, the inner rings breathe. a day can be marked as rest instead, held without penalty. the fast itself is free and complete. THE CYCLE hæl reads the menstrual cycle through Apple Health, or from the dates you set. the ring tint shifts with the phase, and suggested windows follow it: shorter during menstruation, longer in the follicular days. cycle tracking is optional. non-cycle users receive their own prose register, rotating by month. THE BODY LEDGER weight is read against the cycle, on a ring that holds it. each morning is a bead on a thread. the ring swells where this body usually carries water, so a luteal rise rides inside the swell instead of reading as a gain. last cycle runs beside it as a faint thread: inside it, lighter than then. one line of prose says what the mornings show. the numbers can stay out of sight entirely. THE LETTERS weekly letters arrive on mondays: the fasting, the weight, the cycle, in the same quiet voice. monthly readings take the longer view. quarterly readings mark the turn of each season. once a year, a year-in-review colophon gathers the whole arc into one page. in the ledger, a correspondence appears one letter at a time, on the ensō, the canonical hours, the luteal phase, autophagy. a finite pool that goes quiet when the last page turns. THE COLOPHON when a fast ends, a page stays. the date spelled out, the hours witnessed, a line composed from what happened. a small ceremony, shareable. THE LEDGER a bound record of every fast, grouped by cycle or by month. past groups fold to a spine; tap one to unseal the colophons beneath. THE PRACTICE hydration tracking with eight water drops. notifications that observe the season, the morning, the phase. never demanding, always noticing. live activities on the lock screen and dynamic island. siri shortcuts for starting a fast or checking the hours. Apple Watch companion with a complication that carries its own witness line. iPad support. on iPhone Duo, open the fold and the pages lie open as a book. buttons and settings in eight languages. the prose stays in english. THE FULL WITNESS (one-time purchase) the free app sees the fast. the full witness sees the cycle. the ring becomes phase-aware. the body ledger reads the water and the last cycle. the letters and readings arrive in full. the ledger keeps its whole history, and its letters appear. milestone ceremonies mark the long stretches, seven days, thirty, ninety, a year. one purchase, nothing recurring. PRIVACY all data lives on-device, in Apple Health, and in your own iCloud. no account. no server of ours sees it. purchases are verified by Apple and RevenueCat; usage and purchases are counted anonymously by TelemetryDeck. neither sees your records. hæl is not a medical device. it does not diagnose, treat, or prescribe. fasts beyond forty-eight hours should be medically supervised. the app says so every time. settings links to eating disorder support.

Screenshots

Casual dieting4 screens
hæl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: hæl at none against Casual dieting's shown. hæl also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Casual dieting's advantage is ratings volume (2.9K vs 7) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. Casual dieting sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and hæl sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

hæl holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Casual dieting has 2.9K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Casual dieting's written reviews are positive against 100% of hæl's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Casual dieting ships an update every 2 months, hæl every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Casual dieting versus hæl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCasual dietinghæl
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.9K ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.9K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB19 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperUNITED, Inc.KI-GEN STUDIOS LLC

Customer experience

Casual dieting

All ratings2,855 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral1.6%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews599 reviews
Positive96.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative1.0%

hæl

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Casual dieting

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Weight Entries Changing Automatically
  • Diary Entries Not Saving Properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add Photo Uploads to Diary
  • Integrate Calorie/Macros Tracking
  • Implement Fasting and Steps Tracking
  • Allow Sharing with Friends

hæl

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Casual dieting

One-time1
  • Hide adverts$0.99
2 purchases

hæl

One-time2
  • 14-day TrialFree
  • the full witness$19.99

Questions

Is Casual dieting free?
Casual dieting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is hæl free?
hæl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Casual dieting or hæl?
hæl is rated higher. Casual dieting averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.9K ratings, while hæl averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Casual dieting or hæl have ads?
Casual dieting shows ads; hæl does not.
Which is updated more often, Casual dieting or hæl?
Casual dieting ships an update every 2 months, and hæl every 4 days. Most recently, Casual dieting was updated on November 1, 2026 and hæl on October 31, 2026.

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