BodyFast is an intermittent fasting tracker for iOS and Android that provides personalized fasting plans and nutritional guidance.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
The app removes the cognitive load of manual fasting scheduling by providing automated, goal-oriented plans that adapt to user progress.
For Individuals seeking weight loss and health improvement through intermittent fasting who prefer structured, guided programs.
What does it look like?
Key features
Generates personalized weekly fasting plans based on user progress and goals.
Analyzes meals via camera to provide nutrition insights without manual entry.
Tracks fasting intervals with configurable reminders and progress visualization.
How much does it cost?
The freemium model gates advanced coaching and nutritional tools behind a subscription to drive recurring revenue.
Velocity
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BodyFast ships approximately 0.18 releases per week, placing it firmly in the maintenance tier. Development has been characterized by long periods of stagnation where the same 'Intermittent Fasting and Weight Loss Upgrade' notes were repeated across multiple versions. The latest release breaks this pattern by introducing a new AI Food Scanner, suggesting a potential shift in focus toward utility-driven features. Despite this recent addition, the overall historical cadence remains low and inconsistent.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Fresh user feedback skews frustrated. Users appreciate intermittent fasting tracking tools provide a simple and effective way for users to manage weight loss goals and visual progress charts showing insulin reduction and ketosis keep users engaged during the fasting process. On the flip side, users report unauthorized charges and difficulty canceling subscriptions after the trial period ends.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Weekly average review rating
What users say, by theme
- Intermittent fasting tracking tools provide a simple and effective way for users to manage weight loss goals
- Visual progress charts showing insulin reduction and ketosis keep users engaged during the fasting process
- Customizable fasting schedules allow users to adapt the program to their personal mealtimes and lifestyle needs
- Users report unauthorized charges and difficulty canceling subscriptions after the trial period ends
120 of 1042 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Frustrated overall
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Competitive landscape for BodyFast: Intermittent Fasting
How's the Health & Fitness market?
BodyFast maintains a #134 Grossing position in the US Health & Fitness category, reflecting its established but pressured monetization model. The gap between its free-tier reach and grossing rank indicates that conversion friction, rather than discovery, is the primary growth constraint.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
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Both apps compete for the same weight loss audience, but the rival captures users through a completely free model that bypasses the subscription friction found in BodyFast.
- Lose Weight - Weight Loss App operates on a fully free model, whereas BodyFast gates advanced coaching behind subscriptions.
- The rival maintains a 4.92 rating across 1.2 million reviews, exceeding BodyFast's 4.67 rating from 365,000 reviews.
Zero: Fasting & Food TrackerContender
Fastic Weight Loss & FastingContender
Fasting App: Tracker & TimerContender
AI Calorie Tracker by YazioContender
DataBody: Weight & Diet LogContender
Intermittent Fasting Tracker:Contender
FastEasy: Intermittent FastingContender
My Diet Coach - Weight LossContender
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Key takeaways for BodyFast: Intermittent Fasting
Where is it heading?
The intermittent fasting market is consolidating around apps that offer holistic, AI-assisted nutritional guidance rather than simple timers. BodyFast remains exposed to churn as long as its monetization strategy relies on aggressive upsells that frustrate the core user base.
- Persistent billing complaints in the latest release indicate that recent feature additions have not mitigated core monetization friction.
- The lack of native health platform integration forces manual data entry, which increases churn pressure compared to more integrated rivals.
The SWOT
- 50 million global user base provides significant social proof
- Timer-centric habit loop drives daily active usage
- Integration with native health platforms could reduce manual logging friction
- Expanding the free tier could improve top-of-funnel conversion rates
Next best moves
Audit subscription cancellation flow to improve transparency because billing friction is the #1 driver of negative sentiment → stabilize rating baseline.
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's high grossing rank is a liability…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
AI-powered restaurant menu scanner (available in Fastic but absent here) +1
Since the last report: The app's strategic focus has shifted from internal feature development to addressing external integration gaps and persistent billing-related churn. While the AI Food Scanner remains a key differentiator, the inability to resolve recurring subscription complaints continues to define the user sentiment baseline.
Bottom line
BodyFast's core fasting utility remains a strong retention hook, but the current monetization friction is actively eroding the user base. Addressing billing transparency will unlock higher lifetime value by converting frustrated users into long-term subscribers.
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