Compare fasting apps
Fasting Tracker vs Fastic
A focused fasting timer, or fasting with food, recipes and steps: what each app does, costs and collects
Fasting TrackerFlawless Studio
FasticFastic GmbHAn honest side-by-side by the makers of Fasting Tracker, from both apps' App Store listings.
Choose Fasting Tracker if you want
- Your fast on your Apple Watch, iPad or iPhone Duo
- No account, no ads and no data used to track you
- To use the app on all your devices at once, through your own iCloud
- To pay once for Pro, instead of a subscription
Choose Fastic if you want
- Food tracking and recipes alongside your fast
- A step counter in the same app
- Protein fasting and challenges
- A large community of other fasters
Side by side
| Fasting Tracker | Fastic | |
|---|---|---|
| Fasting timer without paying | Yes | Yes |
| Fasting stages | Yes | Yes |
| Food logging or calorie tracking | No | Yes |
| Apple Watch app | Yes | No |
| iPad app | Yes | No |
| Languages | 31 | 11 |
| Data used to track you (App Privacy) | None | Yes |
| "Contains Advertising" (App Store) | Not listed | Listed |
| Account needed | No | Not stated |
| Monthly plan | $6.99 | $14.99 |
| Yearly plan | $29.99 | Not stated |
| Lifetime purchase | $79.99 | Not listed |
What's free
Fastic's help pages say that without a subscription, the fasting timer, water tracker and step counter stay free; Fastic Plus adds the rest. Fasting Tracker's free version includes the timer, all 8 stages, four plans, streaks, badges, history, weight, water, widgets and the Apple Watch app.
Price
The US App Store lists Fastic Plus at $14.99 for a month and $27.99 for three months, and other prices from $12.99 to $79.99 without a period. Fasting Tracker Pro is $6.99 a month, $29.99 a year (about $2.50 a month) with a free first week, or $79.99 once for life. So a month of Pro costs less than half a month of Fastic Plus.
Devices and accounts
Fastic runs on iPhone and Apple Vision; its listing shows no Apple Watch or iPad app. Its help pages say your data stays available as long as you've registered an account, and that a Fastic account can only be used on one device at a time. Fasting Tracker needs no account and syncs your fasts through your own iCloud between your iPhone and iPad, with your Apple Watch alongside.
Privacy
Every App Store listing has an App Privacy label, filled in by the developer. "Data Used to Track You" means data linked with other companies' apps, websites or data for advertising, or shared with data brokers. "Contains Advertising" appears in the age-rating details when an app shows ads. Fasting Tracker's label lists no data used to track you; it does link purchase history, identifiers, product interaction and crash data to you, for analytics you can turn off in Settings.
Fastic's label lists data used to track you, including purchase history, coarse location, email address, identifiers and usage data, and its age rating lists "Contains Advertising".
Questions
Is Fasting Tracker a good alternative to Fastic?
If you want a fasting timer that works on Apple Watch and iPad without an account, yes. If you want food tracking, recipes and a step counter in the same app, Fastic does more.
Does Fastic work on Apple Watch?
Fastic's App Store listing doesn't list an Apple Watch app. Fasting Tracker has one, with complications.
Is Fastic free?
Fastic is free to download, and its help pages say the fasting timer, water tracker and step counter stay free without a subscription.
Can I move my fasts from Fastic?
If you can export your fasts as a spreadsheet or JSON file, Fasting Tracker can import them through Another app in Import fasts.
Zero, Simple, Fastic, BodyFast, FastEasy and Window are trademarks of their owners. Fasting Tracker isn't affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by any of them; their names and icons appear only to identify the apps compared.
A note on health
Fasting Tracker is designed for general wellness and is not a medical device. Fasting is not right for everyone. If you are pregnant, diabetic, have a history of eating disorders or take medication, talk to your doctor first, and before any extended fast.