Comparison

Discovery vs Puff Count

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

Head to head
About

Discovery

Manage all your Discovery products in one place. Access health benefits, track fitness goals, view financial information, and submit claims. It's your central hub for all Discovery services.

Highlights
  • Access membership card
  • Find healthcare professionals
  • Submit and track claims
  • View Vitality points and status
  • Track fitness goals
  • View transactions and balances
  • Request emergency assistance
Features
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Access and experience all your Discovery products wherever you are.

 Application features:

 Discovery Health: Access your membership card, find a healthcare professional, submit and track your claims, get your tax certificate and more. Discovery Vitality: See your Vitality points and status, track your Vitality Active Rewards goal and more. Discovery Card: 
View your transactions and balances, spend your Discovery Miles in store and more. Discovery Insure:
 Request emergency assistance, submit a claim, track your Vitalitydrive points and Active Rewards and more. Discovery Life:
 View your policy information including financial adviser details. Discovery Invest:
 View your portfolio (including fund balances) and request to have a document emailed to you. Members on the following medical schemes will also have access to their scheme information: MMED, Naspers, LA Health, Tsogo, TFG, Quantum, Anglovaal, Retail Medical Scheme, UKZN, BMW, Malcor, Wits
 & SAB
. User notes:
 The application is available for anyone to download, but you have to be a Discovery member with at least one active Discovery product and must register on the Discovery website (www.discovery.co.za) before you can log in on the Discovery app. You will use the same username and password for the app as for the Discovery website.

 Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. This App reads / writes data from Apple’s Health App with your permission. Earn Vitality points for your workouts from the Health App.

About

Puff Count

This app helps you track your smoking habits by logging each cigarette and calculating the time and money spent. It offers detailed statistics, history, and customizable features to support your journey.

Highlights
  • Smoking timer
  • Detailed statistics (money, time)
  • Smoke history timeline
  • Haptic feedback for realism
  • Customizable settings
  • Cross-device data sync
Features
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Every habit has a cost. See yours — down to the last second and cent. Smoke is a beautiful, honest tracker for the habits you want to understand and maybe finally cut down: cigarettes, spliffs, vapes, IQOS and nicotine pouches — each with its own hand-drawn, chalkboard look and a satisfying animation you'll actually want to open. LOG IT YOUR WAY • Start a timed session — tap to light up, tap to put out — and Smoke records exactly how long you really smoke. The more sessions you time, the smarter it learns your personal average. • In a hurry? Hold the button to count one instantly, logged at your average time. No fuss. FIVE HABITS, ONE GORGEOUS APP • Cigarette & spliff — light it, watch it burn down, feel the lighter through haptics. • Vape — hold it like a fire button; the coil glows and vapor rises with every draw. • IQOS — the holder heats your stick and toasts around the ring, with a buzz before it ends. • ZYN & nicotine pouches — hold to open the can and take one; it empties as your day goes on. NUMBERS THAT HIT HOME See the money you've spent, the hours you've lost, your habit measured in "burned Bitcoin," and just how close that spend is to a Lamborghini. Break it all down by product and by 7 days, month, year or lifetime. EVERYWHERE YOU ARE • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with today's and this week's counts. • A full Apple Watch app — log straight from your wrist. • iCloud keeps every device in sync: iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. • Private by design — your data lives in your own iCloud, never sold, never shared. We don't judge. We just count — beautifully and honestly — so you can decide what comes next. Track your habit. We'll do the math.

Screenshots

Discovery4 screens
Puff Count4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Discovery at Free against Puff Count's $2.99. Discovery also leads on ratings volume (3.6K vs 3) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). Puff Count's advantage is review sentiment (40% vs 22%) and device support (3 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

Discovery is free to download; Puff Count costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Discovery holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Discovery has 3.6K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 22% of Discovery's written reviews are positive against 40% of Puff Count's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Discovery ships an update fortnightly, Puff Count every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 26, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Discovery versus Puff Count: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiscoveryPuff Count
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.5 (3.6K ratings) — better4.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews22.1% of reviews40.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.6K — better3
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size451 MB144 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperDiscovery LimitedMichal Cilindz

Customer experience

Discovery

All ratings3,569 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral5.3%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews140 reviews
Positive22.1%
Neutral10.7%
Negative67.1%

Puff Count

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

Bugs and requests

Discovery

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Workouts not syncing correctly
  • Login and authentication problems
  • Rewards and points not updating properly
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved syncing with fitness trackers and health apps
  • Simplified navigation and user interface
  • Customizable dashboard and reporting
  • Ability to easily view and redeem rewards

Puff Count

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Discovery

No in-app purchases

None

Puff Count

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Discovery free?
Discovery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Puff Count free?
Puff Count costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Discovery or Puff Count?
Discovery is rated higher. Discovery averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3.6K ratings, while Puff Count averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Discovery or Puff Count have ads?
Neither Discovery nor Puff Count shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Discovery or Puff Count?
Discovery ships an update fortnightly, and Puff Count every 3 weeks. Most recently, Discovery was updated on September 26, 2026 and Puff Count on September 26, 2026.

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