Comparison

quitSTART vs LightDays

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

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.

Highlights
  • 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

Screenshots

quitSTART2 screens
LightDays4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. LightDays sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $64.99 per month. quitSTART asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
quitSTART versus LightDays: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterquitSTARTLightDays
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.4K ratings)4.8 (38 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.4K — better38
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB52 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperICF InternationalCalmio, UAB

Customer experience

quitSTART

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

LightDays

All ratings29 ratings
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

LightDays

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

quitSTART

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

LightDays

Subscriptions10
  • 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

Questions

Is quitSTART free?
quitSTART is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LightDays free?
LightDays is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, quitSTART or LightDays?
LightDays is rated higher. quitSTART averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while LightDays averages 4.8 from 38 ratings.
Do quitSTART or LightDays have ads?
Neither quitSTART nor LightDays shows ads.
Which is updated more often, quitSTART or LightDays?
quitSTART ships an update every 4 months, and LightDays every 3 months. Most recently, quitSTART was updated on November 1, 2026 and LightDays on October 31, 2026.

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