Alternatives
EasyQuit alternatives, compared honestly
A step-down plan and a wall of badges. Here is what to reach for when you want something else.
Written by Lee H. Last reviewed 13 September 2026.
The disclosure, before anything else
I build a competing quit smoking app, The Long View, and this site exists to support it. Read this page as one developer describing another developer's product, with the incentive stated up front. EasyQuit is never scored against mine here, and mine appears once, near the end, clearly marked.
Everything below comes from EasyQuit's own store listings, checked on the date above, so you can confirm each point in a minute.
What EasyQuit does well
EasyQuit is published on Google Play by Easy Health Apps and on the App Store by Mario Herzberg. On Android it is one of the biggest apps in the category: more than a million installs and about 4.8 stars from roughly 106,000 reviews, with an update in August 2026.
Its best idea is Slow Mode. If stopping on a set day is too much, it builds a step-down plan and can remind you up to five times a day to keep to it. Around that sit a health countdown, money saved with a treat to save towards, more than a hundred badges, a matching-pairs game for riding out a craving, two home screen widgets and your own motivations shown back to you at random.
It also asks for nothing. The listing says there is no log in and your data stays on your phone, which is a better default than a lot of this category offers.
The one thing to check on an iPhone
The two versions are not kept in step. The Android app was updated in August 2026. The App Store version is 2.1, last updated in May 2024, with about 1,100 ratings. Features on the iPhone listing are worded differently too (a memory game and 62 badges, where Android lists a matching-pairs game and more than a hundred). If you are on an iPhone, read the App Store listing itself before you choose it on the strength of the Android reviews.
Why people leave, and where to go
Searches for an EasyQuit alternative come from a handful of different reasons, and each one has its own answer.
- The ads. The free app contains ads, and EasyQuit Pro is a separate paid app without them. Smoke Free says its free tier is free of ads, and quitSTART from the US National Cancer Institute has no in-app purchases at all. The subscription guide sets out which apps charge once and which charge every month.
- Doing it alone is the hard part. QuitNow! has a chat full of people quitting at the same time and a live session with a stop smoking expert every month.
- You want more structure before the day. Kwit has a preparation program built on cognitive behavioral therapy, and Smoke Free's Pro tier gives you a short daily Mission.
- You want it on your wrist. EasyQuit's App Store listing covers iPhone and iPad. QuitNow! and Smoke Free both list an Apple Watch app, and there is a separate guide to checking a Watch claim for yourself.
If cutting down is the plan, keep a plan
The best thing EasyQuit does is treat a gradual quit as a real route. Whichever app you move to, keep that. Flamy has a Tapering Off program for the same job, and a step-down only works if something is holding the schedule for you on the days you would rather forget it.
It is also worth knowing what each fewer cigarette is worth while you are stepping down. You can see that without installing anything on the quit smoking calculator, and every figure it uses is set out on the methodology page.
Where The Long View fits, stated as disclosure
Mine, so read it as disclosure. The Long View has no badges and no games. It shows one estimate, in years, beside a photo of your own reason for quitting, and a daily check-in moves that number in both directions. A quit plan that walks you down to zero at a pace you pick is part of Premium, and so are widgets.
The core is free forever and asks for no account. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, Android, Wear OS and Windows, and after a year of smoke-free days you cancel and keep everything, at no charge. If the badges were what kept you going with EasyQuit, weigh that honestly before you switch.
Common questions
Is EasyQuit free?
The free app contains ads. EasyQuit Pro is a separate paid app without them, and the App Store description marks the trigger statistics and the relapse assistant as Pro features.
Does EasyQuit have a way to cut down gradually?
Yes. Slow Mode builds a step-down plan and can send up to five reminders a day to help you stick to it.
Does EasyQuit need an account?
Its listing says there is no log in and your data is saved on your phone.
Is the iPhone version the same as the Android one?
Check before you rely on it. On 13 September 2026 the App Store version was 2.1, last updated in May 2024, while the Android app had been updated in August 2026.
Nothing on this page diagnoses, treats or prevents any condition, and none of it is medical advice. App features, prices and claims change, and store listings differ by region, so check the current listing yourself. Talk to a doctor or a quitline about stopping smoking. In the US, that is 1-800-QUIT-NOW.
A step-down plan works when something holds the schedule for you.
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