Other apps, compared honestly
The best quit smoking apps in 2026, compared honestly
Organized by what you actually want. Nobody paid for a place on this page.
Written by Lee H. Last reviewed 13 September 2026.
Here is the conflict of interest, stated plainly: I am building The Long View, a quit smoking app of my own, and this whole website exists to support it. That is exactly the kind of thing that makes a "best apps" roundup worthless, because the obvious move is to rank your own product first and call the rest also-rans. I am not doing that. The Long View is not ranked anywhere on this page, because I am the last person who should be scoring it. It gets its own short section near the end, clearly marked as mine. Everything above that section is seven other people's apps, described as accurately as I can manage, including where they beat anything I could build.
There also isn't a single "best" quit smoking app, because people want different things from one. Someone who wants a running tally of exact statistics wants a different app from someone who needs other people cheering them on, and both are reasonable things to want. So this is organized by what you're after. Pick the section that matches you.
If you want detailed statistics: Smoke Free
Smoke Free (listed on the App Store as "Smoke Free, Quit Smoking Now", from 23 Ltd)
- iOS
- Android
Free, with a paid Pro subscription. No account is required to use it; linking an email is optional and only there for backing up your data across devices.
Smoke Free tracks time smoke-free down to the second, alongside money saved and a set of health-improvement indicators, and lets you log cravings with a severity rating and a diary entry, which is more granular than most of the field. Free users get all of that. The paid Pro tier adds daily Missions, an AI Quit Coach, more help with cravings and more badges, and a separately sold plan, Blitz your Quit, adds an expert advisor and chat with other quitters. If what you want out of a quit app is a lot of numbers to look at, this is the one that gives you the most of them. If it is not holding you, there is a separate guide on Smoke Free alternatives and the four reasons people leave it.
If you want gamified motivation: Kwit
Kwit
- iOS
- Android
Free to download, with subscription options for the full program.
Kwit builds the quit journey around levels, unlockable content and achievements, alongside cognitive behavioral therapy techniques for handling cravings, breathing exercises and short distraction games, and it lists community groups and chat. Kwit's own marketing describes it as validated by the World Health Organization; that is the company's claim about itself, and I found no WHO source confirming it, so treat it as marketing until you've checked it yourself. The gamification and the CBT content are real and verifiable from the app's own listing. If a plain streak counter doesn't hold your attention but a game with levels might, this is built for that. If the levels stopped working, the guide on Kwit alternatives covers where to go next.
If you want a peer community: QuitNow!
QuitNow!
- iOS
- Android
Free to use, with in-app purchases for extra features. Creating a profile is required to use the community feature, since that is how other members see you.
Alongside the standard tracking of time, cigarettes not smoked and money saved, QuitNow! is built around a social layer: profiles, direct chat with other people quitting, and shared milestones, available in a large number of languages. If the thing that would actually keep you quit is other people who are going through the same week you are, this is the app on this list built specifically for that. It also hosts a monthly live session with a smoking-cessation expert. If the required profile is the sticking point, the guide on QuitNow! alternatives covers what to use instead.
If you want to cut down gradually: Flamy and EasyQuit
Flamy (full name "Quit Smoking, Smoke Free Flamy")
- iOS
- Android
Free core features, with a paid subscription for the rest. An account (email, or signing in with Apple or Google) is used to sync your data.
Flamy offers a "Tapering Off" program as an alternative to quitting on a set date, plus craving tracking with trigger notes, distraction games and, on the paid tier, support for nicotine replacement products and more detailed analytics.
EasyQuit (listed as "EasyQuit" and "EasyQuit Pro")
- iOS
- Android
- Mac
Free with ads, or a paid Pro version without them. No account or login is required; the developer's own listing states it does not collect email, password or contacts.
EasyQuit's equivalent is a "Slow Mode" that builds a personalized step-down plan, plus a large set of unlockable badges and configurable reminders. If cold turkey isn't the plan, both apps are built around gradual reduction. Flamy asks for an account to do it; EasyQuit does not. The guide on EasyQuit alternatives covers what to check on the iPhone version before you choose it.
If you want privacy and no account at all: Smoke Tracker
Smoke Tracker
- iOS
Free core features, with an optional paid subscription. Runs offline, with no account, no cloud sync and no internet connection needed.
Smoke Tracker's free tier covers daily check-ins, a health-improvement timeline and money saved, all stored on the device. EasyQuit, above, fits this same brief: no login there either, and its data also stays local. If your bar is "does not ask for an account," either one clears it, and neither is the app I build for a living.
Check the developer as well as the name. The iOS app here is the one published by Ivan Terekhin. There are Android apps called Smoke Tracker from unrelated developers, and an app sharing a name tells you nothing about who built it, what it collects or whether it behaves the same way. That applies well beyond this one name, so it is worth the ten seconds on any store listing before you install.
If you want it free and government backed: quitSTART
quitSTART
- iOS
- Android
Free, with no in-app purchases. Published by the National Cancer Institute, part of the US National Institutes of Health, and developed with the FDA. It's also promoted through the CDC's "Tips From Former Smokers" campaign, which is likely where a lot of people first hear about it.
quitSTART gives tailored tips based on your smoking history, badges for milestones, mood and craving tracking, distraction games, and a "Quit Kit" of tips you build yourself. None of it is behind a paywall, because there isn't one: no subscription, no upgrade prompt, nothing to buy. For a lot of readers, "free and backed by a government health agency" is a completely reasonable answer on its own, and it shouldn't get buried under seven paid alternatives just because it doesn't have a marketing budget.
If you are already using it and something is missing, the quitSTART alternatives guide goes through what its listing does not offer and which app fills each gap.
Where The Long View fits into this
The Long View is on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac, on Google Play for Android and Wear OS, and on the Microsoft Store for Windows, free on all three. It is not on the list above because it is mine, and ranking your own app against seven other people's is how these pages become worthless. I am not pretending it isn't relevant either: it's the reason this page exists, so here is what it is actually for. Where the apps above mostly track streaks, money and badges, The Long View is built around a single estimate, expressed in years of life expectancy: what smoking has likely cost you, and how much of that comes back the longer you stay quit, next to a photo of your own reason for quitting. The quit smoking calculator on this site runs the same math in the browser, without needing the app at all, so you can judge the idea before installing anything. The platforms are on the download page.
How to actually pick one
If you want the most numbers, use Smoke Free. If a game with levels will keep you showing up, use Kwit, with the caveat above about its own WHO claim. If you want other people in it with you, use QuitNow!. If cutting down gradually fits you better than a hard stop, use Flamy or EasyQuit. If you don't want to hand over an email address to anyone, use EasyQuit or Smoke Tracker. And if free, no account and a government health agency behind it is what you want, quitSTART is a genuinely good answer. Any of these beats not having one.
None of the apps described here, and nothing on this site, diagnoses, treats or prevents any condition, and none of it is medical advice. Talk to a doctor or a quitline about stopping smoking. In the US, that is 1-800-QUIT-NOW.
Any of these beats not having one.
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