Comparison

Pivot Journey vs My CDPHP®

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pivot Journey

This app provides a structured plan and support to help users quit smoking at their own pace. It offers educational resources, skill-building activities, and daily check-ins to manage triggers, cravings, and maintain a smoke-free lifestyle long-term.

Highlights
  • Personalized quit plan
  • Skill-building activities
  • Trigger and craving management
  • Daily check-ins and accountability
  • Carbon monoxide breath sensor
  • Progress tracking
  • Life coach support
Features
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Quitting smoking is really hard - and like anything really hard you’ll be more successful going into it with a plan, skills, confidence and support. Pivot is here to support you on your journey to become smoke free. Quit now or start reducing and quit for good at your own pace – with Pivot you quit your way. Small Steps to Success: Pivot helps you understand how quitting smoking can positively affect your health and life and gives you motivation for change. Activities and educational resources help you learn your personal smoking habits, develop personal strategies to overcome your triggers and stressors, build skills to quit, practice quitting and gain confidence in your ability to control your urges and stay quit. Break up quitting into small steps to make it easy for you to stop smoking. Stay Quit: Quitting smoking for good takes time, the journey doesn’t end the second you stop. Daily check-ins from Pivot help keep you accountable. Educational resources for after you quit help you learn how to deal with tough situations. Pivot supports you long-term to maintain your smoke free lifestyle. Whether you’re ready to quit now or thinking about quitting, Pivot can help. Your Pivot Journey to Quitting: -Learn. Increase your motivation and interest in quitting before you quit smoking, learn quit skills and build confidence. Coaches provide you support along the way -Reduce. If you’re not ready to quit right away, reduce your smoking and practice coping with triggers and habits. Keep reducing and you can eventually quit -Prepare to Quit. If you’re ready to quit, use Pivot to build your quit plan right away. You’ll explore your triggers, build strategies to fight cravings and have a plan to deal with tough situations -Quit. When your quit date comes, put your quit plan into action. Don’t worry if you slip up, Pivot can help you get back on track. Your coach will rally behind you to give you support throughout your smoking cessation process - Maintain. Sustaining change after a long time with any habit takes time and effort. Pivot can support you and help you keep learning to make sure your quit is stable. Daily Tracker for Progress: -Pivot has an FDA cleared smart sensor that measures carbon monoxide in your breath from smoking. The sensor gives you immediate feedback for how smoking affects your carbon monoxide levels, and increases your motivation to reduce and quit cigarettes. -The breath sensor provides a reading of your carbon monoxide levels: green (non-smoker), yellow (on the way to smoke-free) or red (smoking) -Use the sensor to challenge yourself: reduce or quit smoking to get to green levels -Every day is an opportunity to improve and reduce your levels of carbon monoxide Build Motivation: -Explore your reasons for smoking and quitting, build knowledge, and develop coping skills to increase motivation -See your progress by tracking cigarettes and skipped cigarettes Life Coaches: -Trained smoking cessation coaches know the unique challenges smokers face -Get paired with a coach to guide you with expert advice and no-stress support Based on science and rooted in empathy, let Pivot Journey be your guide to quitting smoking. We would be honored to help you achieve your goal. Join our community & follow us on social media. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pivotjourney Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pivotjourney/ For information about our Privacy Policy, click here: https://pivot.co/privacy-policy/

About

My CDPHP®

Manage your health insurance plan and benefits in one place. Track coverage, view claims, monitor spending, and estimate medical costs. Submit claims conveniently and compare provider expenses.

Highlights
  • View health coverage details
  • Track filed and processed claims
  • Monitor out-of-pocket spending
  • Estimate medical costs
  • Compare provider and facility costs
  • Submit medical claims
Features
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Everything you need to move forward toward a healthier you View and track your CDPHP health care coverage in one place! Access important information and make the most of your benefits. - Easily check coverage for health care services - Quickly see claims that have been filed and processed - Track any out-of-pocket spending - Estimate your medical costs before you have treatment - Review and compare costs associated with providers and facilities - Conveniently submit medical claims through the app - More!

Screenshots

Pivot Journey4 screens
My CDPHP®4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pivot Journey at 4.7 against My CDPHP®'s 2.9. Pivot Journey also leads on review sentiment (36% vs 0%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). My CDPHP®'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pivot Journey holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pivot Journey has 733 ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Pivot Journey's written reviews are positive against 0% of My CDPHP®'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pivot Journey ships an update fortnightly, My CDPHP® every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pivot Journey versus My CDPHP®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPivot JourneyMy CDPHP®
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (733 ratings) — better2.9 (39 ratings)
Positive reviews36.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings733 — better39
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size434 MB90 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperPivot Health Technologies Inc.Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, Inc.

Customer experience

Pivot Journey

All ratings733 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive36.4%
Neutral9.1%
Negative54.5%

My CDPHP®

All ratings38 ratings
Positive42.1%
Neutral13.2%
Negative44.7%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral14.3%
Negative85.7%

Bugs and requests

Pivot Journey

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • Device sensor fails to pair after battery depletion
  • Device reset button unresponsive
  • Login page next button non-functional
  • Tobacco type submission error
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  • Server not responding errors
  • App stops opening after initial use

Requested features

4 requests
  • Support for higher nicotine concentrations (50mg pods)
  • Cigarette consumption tracking graph
  • Accessibility features for deaf/hard of hearing users
  • Free tier for users with disabilities

My CDPHP®

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pivot Journey

No in-app purchases

None

My CDPHP®

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pivot Journey free?
Pivot Journey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My CDPHP® free?
My CDPHP® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pivot Journey or My CDPHP®?
Pivot Journey is rated higher. Pivot Journey averages 4.7 out of 5 from 733 ratings, while My CDPHP® averages 2.9 from 39 ratings.
Do Pivot Journey or My CDPHP® have ads?
Neither Pivot Journey nor My CDPHP® shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pivot Journey or My CDPHP®?
Pivot Journey ships an update fortnightly, and My CDPHP® every 2 months. Most recently, Pivot Journey was updated on September 18, 2026 and My CDPHP® on September 12, 2026.

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