Stay Quit Coach vs Beyond MST Explorer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stay Quit Coach
This app supports individuals in their journey to quit smoking and maintain a smoke-free life. It provides educational content, coping strategies, motivational messages, and tools like a savings calculator. For best results, it's recommended to use alongside professional healthcare guidance.
- Information on quitting smoking
- Breathing exercises
- Coping plans (AARM model)
- Motivational messages
- Medication reminders
- Money-saved calculator
- Resources for staying quit
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Stay Quit Coach 2 is designed to help Veterans and others go from quitting smoking to becoming a non-smoker for good. Stay Quit Coach 2 is based on an integrated care manual for Veterans with PTSD who smoke cigarettes. It offers information, a breathing exercise, coping plans based on the “Ask, Advise, Replace, Mentally Cope” (AARM) model, motivational messages, medication reminders, money-saved calculator, and resources to stay quit. The app is can be used on its own, but for maximum benefit use Stay Quit Coach 2 with the help of a counselor or health care provider. Stay Quit Coach 2 was developed by the National Center for PTSD at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Beyond MST Explorer
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This is an evaluation version of Beyond MST that is only for participants in approved program evaluation projects for NCPTSD. Please get our public app Beyond MST if you are not enrolled in a program evaluation project. To unlock this app, you will need an invitation code from an approved investigator. Please contact your investigator if you need help.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Stay Quit Coach at 13.0 against Beyond MST Explorer's 15.6. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Stay Quit Coach ships an update every 14 months, Beyond MST Explorer every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stay Quit Coach | Beyond MST Explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months — better | Every 27 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research |
In-app purchases
Stay Quit Coach
No in-app purchases
Beyond MST Explorer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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