Thank you for exploring Fasting Companion
My name is Rod Byfield, and together with my wife Rebecca, we’d like to thank you for taking the time to learn more about Fasting Companion and the vision behind it.
In a nutshell, Fasting Companion is a Christian fasting app we felt a calling to design to help other Christians develop deeper rhythms of fasting and prayer.
It was born out of our own journey with fasting and a desire to use the gifts God has given us to help other Christians draw closer to Him.
We have lots more information about why we built it, why we felt prompted to reach out to you personally, and why wer would value your feedback and perspective but we also know that, for many of you, time is precious.
If you would prefer to download Fasting Companion and start exploring it, you can simply click the link below and put in the code that we emailed you.
The code is unique to you and can only be redeemed once. It remains valid for one month and unlocks three months of Premium access, giving you full access to everything Fasting Companion has to offer.
If you miss the redemption window—or if there’s someone else you’d like us to invite—just email support@fastingcompanion.com and we’ll happily send a new code.
If you do have a few more minutes, we’d love to share the story behind why we built Fasting Companion.
Why we Built Fasting Companion
Earlier this year, Bec and I felt convicted to take fasting more seriously as part of our spiritual lives.
I had been fasting on and off with a mate of mine. And Bec and I had both dabbled in a bit of intermittent fasting for health reasons.
But to be honest, we had never been particularly intentional with our fasting and really felt God convicting us both to commit to fasting on a more regular basis.
I went searching for some tools to help that journey. Almost every app I found focused on physical outcomes – weight loss, productivity, and habit tracking – but very few helped believers engage with prayer, Scripture, reflection, and spiritual formation alongside the fast.
I wasn’t looking for a better diet tracker.
I wanted something that would help me align my physical fast with my spiritual life – to help me dig into scripture, to pause and reflect on what God was doing through the fast, to see the work of God unfolding in my life through the natural spiritual formation that came from obedience to His Word.
As I continued searching, I felt a growing conviction to build something that placed Scripture at the centre and helped reconnect fasting with its rich Biblical heritage.
As we researched fasting more deeply, we were struck by how modern science continues to uncover many of its physical and mental benefits. Yet long before those benefits were understood, Scripture had already established fasting as a powerful way of drawing near to God.
That was a slightly bittersweet revelation for us. On one hand, fasting is probably one of the fastest growing health trends out there at the moment. But the flip side to that is it has almost become an afterthought for modern Christians.
Maybe that is why God put it on our hearts. He could use our gifts – my background in technology coupled with Bec’s experience in journalism, marketing, and content creation – to help believers create space for God to move in their lives through intentional, biblically-based fasting and prayer.
Our goal was to build a platform that didn’t demand performance or spiritual productivity, and that wasn’t built around guilt and shame.
We wanted to create a personal companion that gently guided believers into consistent spiritual rhythms that would transform their lives and draw them closer to God.
In late May 2026, this dream finally became a reality when we released the Fasting Companion app and launched this website as a support tool.
What we’d love from you
We’re not asking for a promotion, endorsement, or public recommendation.
We’d simply love your honest feedback after you’ve had a chance to explore the app.
- Does Fasting Companion feel spiritually helpful?
- Would it support believers to seek a deeper prayer life?
- Does it feel Biblically anchored?
- Is there anything you feel is missing?
- Are there areas we need to improve?
- How could we make it more useful for churches and ministries?
Whether your feedback is encouraging, challenging, or somewhere in between, we’ll be grateful for it.
Why We Chose You
You may be wondering why we reached out to you with an invitation to explore Fasting Companion.
While we have developed the app based off our own journey with fasting, we know that we truly need the input from people like yourself – people from a wide range of backgrounds and Christian traditions who have spent years leading people to Christ, discipling them in their walk with God, and being part of their spiritual formation.
It is people like yourself who will truly know whether Fasting Companion meets our goal to guide believers into a deeper relationship with God through fasting, prayer and spiritual formation.
In the end, our prayer is simple: that Fasting Companion would help Christians rediscover fasting as a deeply Biblical practice that creates space for prayer, attentiveness, and a closer relationship with God.
If this small tool can help believers seek God more intentionally and grow in their walk with Christ, then we will consider it time well spent.
What’s next
Over the coming months we hope to expand Fasting Companion into additional languages, launch our Android app, and explore ways to better support churches and ministry organisations.
We believe this is only the beginning of what God may choose to do through this project.
Bec and I truly thank you for taking the time to explore Fasting Companion and consider how it might serve believers seeking to grow closer to God.
Rod and Rebecca Byfield
Founders, Fasting Companion