Comparison

quitSTART vs SafeBeing User

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

Head to head
About

quitSTART

This app supports individuals aiming to quit smoking by offering personalized tips, inspiration, and challenges based on their smoking history. It helps users prepare for quitting, track progress with badges, manage cravings, and stay motivated on their journey to a healthier, smokefree life.

Highlights
  • Personalized quitting tips
  • Progress monitoring and badges
  • Craving and mood management
  • Distraction games and challenges
  • Customizable Quit Kit
  • Social media sharing
Features
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quitSTART is a free app made for people who want to quit smoking. This app takes the information you provide about your smoking history and gives you tailored tips, inspiration, and challenges to help you become smokefree and live a healthier life. quitSTART helps you: • Get ready to quit with tips and information to prepare you for becoming smokefree • Monitor your progress and earn badges for smokefree milestones and other achievements • Get back on track if you slip and smoke • Manage cravings and bad moods in healthy ways • Distract yourself from cravings with games and challenges • Store helpful tips, inspirations, and challenges in your Quit Kit • Share your progress and favorite tips through social media quitSTART is a product of Smokefree.gov, a smoking cessation resource created by the Tobacco Control Research Branch at the National Cancer Institute in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and input from tobacco control professionals, smoking cessation experts, and ex-smokers.

About

SafeBeing User

This platform passively monitors daily activities like mobility, medication intake, and falls. It provides daily statistics and can send alerts to caregivers for immediate intervention. Connects to compatible smartwatches via Bluetooth for enhanced tracking.

Highlights
  • Passive ADL monitoring
  • Activity level tracking
  • Mobility monitoring
  • Fall detection
  • Medication intake tracking
  • Bluetooth smartwatch connectivity
  • Customizable alerts and notifications
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SafeBeing is a passive and remote monitoring platform powered by Somatix that is used to monitor ADLs (Activities of Daily Living), such as activity level, mobility, drinking, falls, and medication intake, enabling immediate intervention and identification of irregularities from the user’s normal routine. The mobile app provides both daily and aggregate statistics of the user’s activities, and is used to connect to the Somatix smartband or other compatible smartwatch via Bluetooth (BLE), which is needed for monitoring. The onboarding process is simple and secure, allowing the user to register on the app after being registered into the SafeBeing system by the facility, clinic, or other organization responsible for monitoring the user’s activities. Alerts and notifications are customizable, such as enabling and muting alerts, sharing location, etc. Activity information and alerts can be optionally sent to caregivers or family members via the SafeBeing Caretaker mobile app, including alerts about falls or wandering outside of a designated safe zone. Disclaimer: This app is intended write for personal tracking, awareness, and general wellness purposes only, but it is not a not intended to be medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult with a qualified healthcare provider before making any medical decisions or starting, stopping, or modifying any treatment based on information provided by this app. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of something you have read or accessed through this app. Jurisdiction Disclaimer This app supports syncing with select third-party devices that are cleared by both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Union Medical Device Regulation (EU MDR). Exception: The Roche Accu-Chek Guide blood glucose meter is FDA-cleared only and does not have EU MDR clearance. As a result, this device is not authorized for use with this app in the European Union or other regions requiring MDR compliance.

Screenshots

quitSTART2 screens
SafeBeing User3 screens

Verdict

The call

quitSTART and SafeBeing User both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of SafeBeing User's written reviews are positive against 72% of quitSTART's. SafeBeing User also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). quitSTART's advantage is ratings volume (2.4K vs 12) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). 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

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

SafeBeing User holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: quitSTART has 2.4K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of quitSTART's written reviews are positive against 100% of SafeBeing User's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

quitSTART ships an update every 4 months, SafeBeing User every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
quitSTART versus SafeBeing User: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterquitSTARTSafeBeing User
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.4K ratings)4.8 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.4K — better12
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB56 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperICF Internationalsomatix inc

Customer experience

quitSTART

All ratings2,422 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral5.7%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews163 reviews
Positive71.8%
Neutral13.5%
Negative14.7%

SafeBeing User

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

quitSTART

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Distract me games not loading
  • Challenges not working properly
  • Inconsistent behavior across devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more mood options for check-ins
  • Allow editing of quit date and settings
  • Improve navigation and make it more intuitive
  • Provide instructions and a help section

SafeBeing User

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

quitSTART

No in-app purchases

None

SafeBeing User

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is quitSTART free?
quitSTART is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SafeBeing User free?
SafeBeing User is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, quitSTART or SafeBeing User?
SafeBeing User is rated higher. quitSTART averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while SafeBeing User averages 4.8 from 12 ratings.
Do quitSTART or SafeBeing User have ads?
Neither quitSTART nor SafeBeing User shows ads.
Which is updated more often, quitSTART or SafeBeing User?
quitSTART ships an update every 4 months, and SafeBeing User every 6 weeks. Most recently, quitSTART was updated on October 20, 2026 and SafeBeing User on October 3, 2026.

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