quitSTART vs SafeBeing User
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Personalized quitting tips
- Progress monitoring and badges
- Craving and mood management
- Distraction games and challenges
- Customizable Quit Kit
- Social media sharing
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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.
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
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.
| Parameter | quitSTART | SafeBeing User |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.4K ratings) | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ICF International | somatix inc |
Customer experience
quitSTART
SafeBeing User
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
quitSTART
No in-app purchases
SafeBeing User
No in-app purchases
Questions
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