Q The App vs Notch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Q The App
Engage in daily introspection with a single question designed to guide your inner work. Share your reflections with a supportive community and embark on a journey of self-discovery.
- Daily reflective questions
- Introspective journey
- Community sharing
- Inner work guidance
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Everyone on Q collectively reflects on one simple question each day. It's an introspective journey to guide your inner work and share with our community.
Notch
This app meticulously tracks nicotine pouch consumption by milligram, visualizing progress towards a set goal. Users can log each pouch, set a personalized tapering plan, and compare their journey with friends or the global community. It offers a granular approach to quitting, focusing on real progress and individual pacing.
- Log every pouch with one tap
- Set personalized taper plans
- Compare progress with friends
- Visualize daily consumption trajectory
- Mark days as Logged, Clean, or Untracked
- Level up based on weekly average reduction
- Daily check-in notifications
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Track nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, and screen time in one app. Notch shows your habits as a Robinhood-style chart — set a baseline, pick a goal, and watch the line bend down. No streaks that punish you for a slip. No forced language of addiction. Just data. Pick one habit for free or track all four in Notch+. Log every entry in one tap or by voice with Siri. See how far below your starting point you've dropped, in real time. WHAT YOU CAN TRACK • Nicotine — pouches by mg • Alcohol — standard drinks per day and per week • Caffeine — coffee, espresso, energy drinks, tea, soda • Screen time — auto-tracked from iOS, no manual entry needed WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Robinhood-style chart, color-coded to your goal line • Rank ladder from Hooked to Clean — where do you sit today? • Portfolio view — all your habits on one normalized chart • Backfill past logs on a calendar when you forget • Friends leaderboard — 6-character code, no login required • Voice logging: "Hey Siri, log a beer in Notch" • Home screen widget — one tap to log NOTCH+ (OPTIONAL) Free forever if you track one habit. Notch+ unlocks: • All four habits simultaneously • Portfolio cross-view • 7-day free trial, then $4.99/month or $29.99/year WHY THE CHART, NOT THE STREAK Streaks are brittle. One bad day and the counter resets — like the last three months meant nothing. Notch shows the trend line instead. A week where you had two drinks is still a week where the line went down. Progress isn't binary. PRIVACY Everything lives on your device. iCloud sync is optional. Friends see only what you choose to share. No ads. Ever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Notch at 12 against Q The App's 1. Q The App's advantage is iOS requirement (15.2 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Q The App against 5.0 for Notch. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notch has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Q The App | Notch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Stow | RYAN MCCUE TRUETTNER |
Customer experience
Q The App
Notch
In-app purchases
Q The App
No in-app purchases
Notch
No in-app purchases









