quitSTART vs LightDays
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.
LightDays
Engage in reflective conversations with a chat-based companion designed for self-understanding. Complete short lessons to cultivate personal growth, visually represented by blooming flowers in your progress window. This app is for general informational purposes and not a substitute for professional medical advice.
- Chat-based companion
- Short self-understanding lessons
- Visual progress tracking with blooming flowers
- Paced, private conversations
- Optional brief questions
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DISCLAIMER: This app does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. It is for general informational and self-reflection purposes only. Always consult a licensed healthcare professional before making decisions related to your health or mental well-being. Seek a doctor’s advice in addition to using this app. ABOUT LIGHTDAYS LightDays is a chat-based companion for quiet, reflective conversation. It offers short lessons to deepen self-understanding — and with each one you complete, new flowers bloom in your progress window. HOW IT WORKS • Start whenever you're ready • Answer a few brief, optional questions • Chat at your own pace, in your own time SUBSCRIPTION LightDays is free to download but requires an subscription to use. Full pricing, subscription length, and renewal terms are shown on the purchase screen before you buy. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled, and you can manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. NOTE This app is not a substitute for professional help. If you're in distress, please contact a licensed medical or mental health provider. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://policies.lightdays.app/privacy-policy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: quitSTART at none against LightDays's 10. quitSTART also leads on ratings volume (2.4K vs 38) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). LightDays's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. LightDays sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $64.99 per month. quitSTART asks for nothing beyond the download.
LightDays 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 38, so its average is the more settled of the two.
quitSTART ships an update every 4 months, LightDays every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | quitSTART | LightDays |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.4K ratings) | 4.8 (38 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | 38 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ICF International | Calmio, UAB |
Customer experience
quitSTART
LightDays
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
LightDays
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
quitSTART
No in-app purchases
LightDays
- LightDays Smoking | Month1 Month trial$64.991 Month
- Lightdays Divorce | Month1 Month trial$64.991 Month
- LightDays Identity | Month1 Month trial$64.991 Month
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- LightDays Cognitive | Month1 Month trial$64.991 Month
- Lightdays Hypnotherapy | Month1 Month trial$64.991 Month
- LightDays Grief | Three Month3 Months trial$114.993 Months
- LightDays Smoking | Three Month3 Months trial$114.993 Months
- LightDays Identity | Three Month3 Months trial$114.993 Months
- LightDays Cognitive | Three Month3 Months trial$114.993 Months
- LightDays Hypnotherapy | 3 Month3 Months trial$114.993 Months









