Stay Quit Coach vs Mind Guide
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.
Mind Guide
This app provides Veterans with a guided mindfulness training plan to help reduce alcohol consumption. It offers answers to common questions about mindfulness for sobriety and tools to track daily goals and progress.
- Guided mindfulness training plan
- Tailored to alcohol use reduction
- Answers to mindfulness questions
- Daily goal tracking
- Progress tracking over time
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This app is for Veterans working to cut back on their alcohol use. Mind Guide offers: - a guided training plan, tailored to alcohol use, to help you learn the basics of mindfulness practice - answers to many questions about how to use mindfulness to cut back on alcohol - tools for tracking your daily goals and your progress over time Mind Guide is not intended to replace face-to-face clinical care. This app is being reviewed for safety and feasibility and is designed specifically for those already enrolled in an authorized user experience study. The app REQUIRES a free invitation code to fully unlock. Please contact the developers if you are interested in learning more about Mind Guide: mobilementalhealth@va.gov
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mind Guide at every 4 months against Stay Quit Coach's every 14 months. Mind Guide also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, 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 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.
Stay Quit Coach ships an update every 14 months, Mind Guide every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stay Quit Coach | Mind Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 208 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research |
Customer experience
Stay Quit Coach
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In-app purchases
Stay Quit Coach
No in-app purchases
Mind Guide
No in-app purchases
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