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A Free Fasting App Without a Subscription
Why every fasting app suddenly costs $70 a year
Open the app store, download a fasting timer, and within two minutes you hit the wall: the timer you wanted is inside a premium tier. Most of the big fasting apps now run $60 to $70 a year for what is, underneath, a stopwatch with encouragement. The subscription model works because fasting is a habit, and habits feel expensive to move once your history lives inside an app.
Our view is that a timer should not rent itself back to you month after month. Fasting is already free. The app that tracks it can be too.
What you actually need from a fasting tracker
A good fasting app needs a reliable timer, your choice of schedule, a record of your past fasts, and a reason to open it that is stronger than guilt. Everything else is packaging.
Fast & Bear It covers all four, then adds the part that keeps people coming back: Growls, a small bear who climbs a mountain for the length of your fast. Checkpoints on the trail line up with what your body is doing, from fat burning through ketosis and autophagy. When you finish, Growls plants a flag on the summit and you get a share card to prove it happened.
How to fast free, starting tonight
- Download the appFast & Bear It is free on the App Store and Google Play. No account, no card, no trial countdown.
- Pick a scheduleChoose 16:8, 18:6, OMAD, 5:2, or set a custom length. If you already started fasting, backdate the start time and the climb picks up where you are.
- Start the climbGrowls sets off up the mountain. Tap flags as they light up to earn coins, and log water for both of you along the way.
- Watch the milestonesEach checkpoint marks a real metabolic stage, so you can see when fat burning and ketosis typically begin instead of just watching minutes pass.
- Summit and repeatFinish the fast, plant the flag, spend your coins on outfits, and queue up the next climb. Streaks and stats build in the background.
The honest fine print
The app makes money from optional extras: cosmetic outfits for Growls, coin packs, and a small supporter pack. None of it gates the timer, the schedules, the milestones, or your history. You can use Fast & Bear It forever and pay nothing, and plenty of people do exactly that.
Fast free, with a bear
The fasting timer with a bear and zero subscriptions.