Monk Monkey vs QuiTimer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monk Monkey
This app helps you break bad habits by tracking your progress and providing motivation. Watch your virtual spirit grow as you succeed, or see it perish with a relapse. Premium features offer advanced support and an ad-free experience.
- Day counter for habit resistance
- Rankings against other users
- Virtual spirit that grows with progress
- Spirit dies upon relapse
- Premium features for full evolution and AI chat
- Ad-free experience with premium
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Stop being weak. You already know. That thing you keep doing — the thing you swear you'll quit tomorrow. Bad habits. Scrolling. Smoking. Whatever it is, it's eating you alive. And you know it. This app doesn't fix you. You fix you. We just count the days. Day counter — No gimmicks. Just the number. Every day you resist, it goes up. Reset, and you're back to zero. Monkey Mountain — See where you rank against everyone else. Bottom of the mountain or top. Your call. Spirit — A creature that grows as you grow. Relapse, and it dies. Premium unlocks: Full spirit evolution (Stage 4–6) Talk to your spirit (AI) No ads 4.6 star on the App Store. 22K+ downloads. Your move. EULA:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
QuiTimer
This app helps you quit bad habits and embrace a simpler life. Track your progress in quitting smoking, drinking, or other vices. Share your achievements with friends for added motivation and accountability.
- Quit habit management
- Progress tracking
- Share achievements
- Motivation through social sharing
- Support for a stoic lifestyle
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We support the realization of a simpler and more stoic life. The first step to challenge something is not to start something, but to quit something. No smoking, no drinking, no entertainment You can manage all your quits and know how long they last. By publishing the record to friends and SNS and creating a situation where others can see it You can get more motivation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Monk Monkey at none against QuiTimer's shown. Monk Monkey also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). QuiTimer's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs freemium) and ratings volume (17 vs 4). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Monk Monkey sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and QuiTimer sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Monk Monkey against 4.9 for QuiTimer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 17 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of Monk Monkey's written reviews are positive against 57% of QuiTimer's.
Monk Monkey ships an update every 6 days, QuiTimer monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monk Monkey | QuiTimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.9 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.9% of reviews — better | 56.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SAELI, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY | Ryosuke Nakamura |
Customer experience
Monk Monkey
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In-app purchases
Monk Monkey
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- 広告削除$1.99
- 戦場への復帰$2.99
- Lifetime Premium$99.99
QuiTimer
- 250円分の決意$1.99
- 610円分の決意$4.99
- 1220円分の決意$9.99
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- 2440円分の決意$19.99
- 5140円分の決意$41.99
- 10000円分の決意$79.99
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