quitSTART vs DhoomNacho
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.
DhoomNacho
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Earn your scroll time. Dance first. Standard screen time limits just make you feel guilty — you hit the wall, override it, and scroll anyway. Nothing changes. DhoomNacho works differently. Open Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube and it intercepts with a 2-minute dance video. You move, you earn, you unlock — and the urge actually starts to fade instead of building up. HOW IT WORKS - Pick the apps that trigger your scrolling - Set a daily allowance of screen time - When you hit it, a dance break unlocks the next session - Can't skip — the timer runs, you dance, you're back in WHY IT WORKS - Reward, not punishment — your brain earns access instead of losing it - System-level enforcement — no easy override like standard blockers - A different dance video every time — Bollywood, K-pop, hip-hop and more - Live dashboard — see dances completed, time danced, minutes restricted - Works offline — a manual timer mode keeps the habit loop going with no signal YOUR PRIVACY We never read your messages, photos, or contacts. Accessibility permission is used only to detect which app is open. Device IDs are hashed. Nothing is sold.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: quitSTART at none against DhoomNacho's shown. quitSTART also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). DhoomNacho's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
quitSTART ships an update every 4 months, DhoomNacho every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | quitSTART | DhoomNacho |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.4K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ICF International | Prasanna Kadam |
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
DhoomNacho
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
quitSTART
No in-app purchases
DhoomNacho
No in-app purchases









