Cold Turkey Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience25.0% of reviews
Neutral0.0% of reviews
Negative experience75.0% of reviews

~ Based on 16 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Cold Turkey Safe?

Cold Turkey: Quit For Good appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Cold Turkey is 93/100.

This assessment is based on 369 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

92.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.6% of ratings suggest some concerns
5.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 345 App Store ratings for Cold Turkey.

Is Cold Turkey Legit?

Cold Turkey: Quit For Good appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Cold Turkey is 78/100.

Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Nice

Nice

Great start

Needed this app to jump start my recovery it’s a tough journey but knowing I have support helps a lot

terrible

WHY CANT I DELETE IT

Block apps while blockers on

While using this app I realized I could use it to block other problematic apps but I have to wait an hour to block more apps.

Don’t spend your money

I paid for 3months and it doesn’t stop you from downloading anything or going onto sites you blocked. Also it’s overpriced for what it is and how little it does

Can’t remove

I downloaded it thinking it could help but once I saw you cannot have a free trial and it is paid, I tried deleting the app but it cannot! It does not even show that option! I found a different app that works well and at least with that one it was a one time payment.

Disgusting

The fact that you’re profiting of people’s addiction is disgusting

Buggy app

Though the concept is good, the execution is poor. It’s incredibly buggy and difficult to deactivate the blockers and additional features are very crude.

Horrible app

I got this and it does not block well and I paid for it and tried to get a refund and I’ve had no luck don’t waist your time with this it said it was free and still made me pay

Block doesn’t work

It gives you a cool down when you want to unblock something and when the time expires it. More often than not just resets and you don’t have access to what you unblocked.

This is not *the* cold turkey app

I knew from the questions it was asking that this felt like many of the … not quite scam but…dodgy apps that I’ve been advertised about curing adhd etc. it went through the same kinds of (v personal) questions, then gives a date for when I’d quit, which already seems sketchy. When I saw that it spelled the word “discreet” wrong I was convinced…looked it up and yeah the one here is not the one I’m looking for.

Maybe this one is good I have no idea, but others should recognize that this one in the App Store isn’t the original.
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Why do I need to pay?

It’s stupid how they advertise it’s free then make you pay a subscription at the end of the quiz.

Do not pay for this

Worst app I’ve ever paid for. Does not offer anything special, and freezes every time I open. I would like a refund.

Not Free

Acts like it’s free with “premium.” In reality, once you finish taking the test, right before it gives any results or anything, you are forced to make payments or quit. I’m not against a service like this being a paid sub, but then advertise it as such? Instead, you tricked me into thinking it was free. Uninstalled immediately.
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Great app if you don’t expect the world from it

I love this app as a segment of my recovery journey. It seems to me to be built on three primary features: check-ins, journaling, and of course, Turkey.

I absolutely love that this app basically doesn’t care if you do or don’t check in. Sure, it keeps track of stats and such, but I’ve never been bugged, pressured, or judged if I miss a check-in. It’s just picks up from there and lets you keep rolling on.

The journal feature is always available. Again, I’ve never been bugged, pressured, or judged if I don’t journal, but the option to journal is always there if I need it or want it. It’s really helped to write down my thoughts at different times.

Turkey is my favorite. He (or she) reflects the stage I’m in on my journey. During my longest streak, Turkey went from being drug out and run down to happy and reading a book instead of the negative habits that marked the beginning of my journey. The illustrations of Turkey act as a mirror to my own behavior and a window into how my behavior affects myself and others. I love seeing Turkey on my Home Screen and on the app.

Lastly, it’s informed, but not clinical! Language typically considered crass is not a taboo here, it’s just normal. And being able to use common vernacular in circumstances has helped normalize or weaken the taboo of my behavior, which has helped me face it head on.

I use this app in conjunction with community, personal connection, exercise, the support of my wife, and Brainbuddy, on top of about 8 years of on-and-off recovery work. The simplicity of using Cold Turkey and Brainbuddy for daily check-ins and brain rewiring has made my latest attempt a recovery and sobriety more successful than ever.

This app won’t kure your addiction, but it is a great asset to add to a recovery framework. I pay for both this app and Brainbuddy, and using them simultaneously in combination with my existing framework has been ridiculously helpful. Hope you all love it, too.
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Just a timer app, don’t pay

It’s hard to justify paying ¥1,500 for a timer app when its only real feature is some goofy visuals. The payment request feels misleading: the app presents itself as offering multiple tools to help stop addiction, but once you try to proceed, it asks for money — and in reality, all it does is record how long we’ve gone without the behavior we’re trying to avoid.
It preys on people’s vulnerabilities, and the creator should be ashamed for charging such a high price with a dishonest app description and payment setup.
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Response from developer

Thank you for your feedback. We understand your concern, the app is still very new, and we’re actively working on adding the deeper tools and resources we promised. A big update is coming soon with more educational content, analytics, exercises, and challenges designed to truly support people in breaking habits. If you’d like to share what specific features would help you most, please reach out at simon@smallstack.dk. Your input can directly shape how we improve.