Comparison

Q The App vs Notch

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Daily reflective questions
  • Introspective journey
  • Community sharing
  • Inner work guidance
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Q The App3 screens
Notch4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Q The App versus Notch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQ The AppNotch
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings112 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB5 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperStowRYAN MCCUE TRUETTNER

Customer experience

Q The App

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Notch

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Q The App

No in-app purchases

None

Notch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Q The App free?
Q The App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notch free?
Notch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Q The App or Notch?
Q The App and Notch are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 12 ratings respectively.
Do Q The App or Notch have ads?
Neither Q The App nor Notch shows ads.

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