Comparison

quitSTART vs Kadam

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

Kadam

Features
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Kadam — Move. Share. Improve. Kadam is your personal fitness companion and social feed in one. Whether you're a daily runner, weekend cyclist, trail hiker, or casual walker — Kadam tracks every step, lap, and climb with precision, then lets you share it with people who get it. Track with precision Start a run, ride, walk, or hike and Kadam records your GPS route in real time. When you're done, get a full breakdown of your performance — pace per kilometre, moving time, distance, elevation gain & loss, heart rate zones, and per-kilometre splits. Every detail, stored and waiting for you. Know your patterns Your profile shows streaks, a year-round activity heatmap, weekly and monthly summaries, and cumulative totals for distance and time. Watch consistency compound into results. Share your moments Post your activity to your followers or keep it private. Add photos, set a title, and let your community cheer you on with kudos and comments. Build your community Follow athletes you admire, get followed by people you inspire. A live feed keeps you in the loop — never miss a milestone from the people who keep you motivated. Your profile, your story Set your primary sport, city, bio, and gear up your profile. Every activity you post adds to your public stats — total distance, total time, and activity count — so your dedication speaks for itself. Privacy on your terms Post activities as Public, Followers-only, or Private. You're in control of what the world sees. Kadam is built for every pace. Beginners logging their first kilometre. Athletes chasing personal records. Everyone in between. If you move, Kadam has a place for you. Sign up with email, Google, or Apple — and start your first activity today.

Screenshots

quitSTART2 screens
Kadam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: quitSTART at 11.0 against Kadam's 18.2. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
quitSTART versus Kadam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterquitSTARTKadam
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB61 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperICF InternationalHammad Khan202254590791

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

Kadam

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

quitSTART

No in-app purchases

None

Kadam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is quitSTART free?
quitSTART is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kadam free?
Kadam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do quitSTART or Kadam have ads?
Neither quitSTART nor Kadam shows ads.

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