Most IF apps are pure timers. Most calorie counters either don’t ship fasting at all, or gate it behind their highest paid tier. So serious fasters end up juggling two apps — a fasting tracker AND a food logger — that don’t talk to each other.
Swoodie added intermittent fasting in v1.4 with the same six protocols Zero and Fastic use. The tracker is free. Coach quips from Ollie inside your fasting window and Fast Together (sync the window with a friend or partner) are Premium. All of it lives in the same app as your recipe library, calorie tracking, meal planner and couples mode.
Pain points Swoodie addresses
- Juggling a fasting timer app + a calorie counter app that don’t talk to each other
- The fasting timer itself gated behind a Plus / Pro tier
- No social accountability — fasting solo is hard to stick with for more than a week
- Window-open and window-close reminders scattered across phone apps that don’t sync
- OMAD and longer protocols offered with no safety nudges or “talk to a professional” reminder
What Swoodie does for intermittent fasting specifically
Fasting tracker + meal tracking in one app
Log meals as you eat them and see the live fasting timer in the same dashboard. No second app to open. Free tier.
Six protocols, all free
12:12, 14:10, 16:8 (the most popular), 18:6, OMAD or set your own. The tracker is free; only Coach quips and Fast Together hosting are Premium.
Fast Together — partner-synced fasting
Sync your eating window with a friend or partner. Both timers, one clock. Send a 👏 when the window closes. Premium to host, free to join — same model as Nest.
Window-open and window-close reminders
Opt-in push notifications scheduled around your protocol. No more checking a separate app to know if you can eat.
Fasting Coach (Ollie quips)
Gentle nudges and milestone celebrations as you progress through a window. Premium. The OMAD preset ships with a “talk to a professional” caution.
Quick facts
Free to start
Six protocols + live timer + history, no account needed
Fasting Coach (Ollie quips)
Premium
Fast Together (host a window)
Premium
Fast Together (join a window)
Free
Start your first fasting window today
Download Swoodie, pick a protocol that fits your day (16:8 is the most common starting point), and the live timer is on. If your partner is fasting too, send them a Fast Together link and you’ll both be on the same clock. The tracker is free; you only need Premium if you want Coach quips inside the window or if you want to host the partner-sync.
For deeper comparisons of how Swoodie’s fasting stacks up against other apps: Zero vs Fastic vs Swoodie and Yazio vs Lifesum vs Simple vs Swoodie.
