Comparison

Quit Vaping Tracker by Cease vs PuffDown

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Quit Vaping Tracker by Cease

This app helps users quit vaping through tracking, personalized plans, and mental exercises. It offers features like hit tracking, progress visualization, and social accountability to support a nicotine-free lifestyle.

Highlights
  • Track vape hits with widgets and shortcuts
  • Customized quit plans and daily hit limits
  • Automated reminders and motivational tips
  • Visualize progress with streaks and graphs
  • Journaling and mood tracking
  • Invite buddies for accountability
  • Track money saved and nicotine ingested
  • Daily meditation and mindfulness exercises
Features
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Worried about what vaping is doing to your health? Do you want to quit vaping, but don't know where to start? Cease is a proven solution to help you quit vaping by using a combination of tracking, mental exercises, and social features. Join us on our journey to creating a vape free world. -------------------- Features: -------------------- • Track vape hits easily through the app, with widgets, or with shortcuts • Custom generated Quit Plans • Ease into quitting with daily vape hit limits • Automated notifications for reminders, daily motivation, and tips • Create custom recurring reminders • Visualize your progress with streaks and graphs • Write journal entries and track your mood day-by-day • Invite buddies to stay accountable and quit together • Track money saved & nicotine ingested • Easily edit your data on days you forgot to track • Daily meditation, mindfulness, and breathing exercises to curb cravings -------------------- Track Vape Hits: -------------------- Easily track your vape hits by hitting a large button in the app, with Lock Screen or Home Screen widgets, or with shortcuts . Forgot to track for day? No problem! Cease makes it easy to go back and edit your vaping diary. -------------------- Monitor Your Progress: -------------------- Cease makes it easy to stay on top of your goals. Visualize how far you've come using simple bar graphs, detailed statistics, and engaging heat maps. -------------------- Customized Quit Plan: -------------------- Select the date you want to quit vaping and we'll generate a custom plan to help you get there. Cease will lower the amount of hits you take daily to help reduce nasty withdrawal symptoms. On top of that, get a customized daily routine to help reduce your cravings. -------------------- Daily Routine: -------------------- Nothing keeps a person accountable like a routine! Cease generates a 4-step daily routine with tasks including breathing exercises, nightly journaling, mindfulness breaks, and meditation. Complete these tasks to stay on track and reduce nicotine cravings. -------------------- Buddies: -------------------- Easily invite your friends to use Cease with a simple text message. Stay motivated by viewing their daily hits and streak. -------------------- Dedicated Support: -------------------- The Cease team wants you to quit vaping just as bad as you do. We're working hard 24/7 to bring more valuable features to the app and improve your quitting experience. Feel free to reach out to us anytime. We love all feedback! Quitting vaping is hard. Cease is here to help. Download now and quit vaping for good!

About

PuffDown

Features
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Quit vaping one puff down at a time. PuffDown is the lowest-friction puff counter there is — log a puff from your Apple Watch or lock screen in under two seconds — paired with a gentle taper plan that walks you down to zero. Counting 50–200 puffs a day shouldn't mean unlocking your phone 50–200 times. Tap +1 from an interactive lock-screen Live Activity, a widget, or your wrist. Then watch a daily limit step gently down to your quit date. WHY YOU'LL LOVE PUFFDOWN • Log a puff without unlocking — lock-screen Live Activity, widgets & Apple Watch • A taper plan that adapts — gentle daily limits down to your quit date, no black box • No shame on a hard day — over your limit is okay; a slip never wipes your streak • Get through the craving — 60-second breathing, a wait timer, your reasons & savings • See what you're getting back — money saved, puffs & nicotine avoided, recovery milestones • Private by design — no account, no tracking, your data stays on your device PUFFDOWN PRO Unlocks the taper plan, the Apple Watch app, lock-screen counting & widgets, craving SOS, and full insights. Free forever: the puff counter and your money-saved stats — no cold-start paywall. — — — PuffDown Pro is available as a subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase. • Monthly — $4.99/month • Annual — $29.99/year (7-day free trial) • Lifetime — $39.99 once Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. PuffDown supports reducing and quitting vaping. It is not medical advice. Terms of Use: https://h0m4m.github.io/puffdown/terms Privacy Policy: https://h0m4m.github.io/puffdown/privacy

Screenshots

Quit Vaping Tracker by Cease4 screens
PuffDown4 screens

Verdict

The call

Quit Vaping Tracker by Cease and PuffDown are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Quit Vaping Tracker by Cease sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and PuffDown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Quit Vaping Tracker by Cease versus PuffDown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuit Vaping Tracker by CeasePuffDown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB9 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperClaire MitchellMohamad Humam Ahmad Mourad

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Quit Vaping Tracker by Cease

Subscriptions9
  • Cease Premium Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Cease Premium Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Cease Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
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  • Cease Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Cease Premium Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Cease Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Cease Premium Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Cease Premium Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Cease Premium Annual$59.991 Year
3 purchases

PuffDown

Subscriptions2
  • PuffDown Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • PuffDown Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • PuffDown Pro (Lifetime)$39.99

Questions

Is Quit Vaping Tracker by Cease free?
Quit Vaping Tracker by Cease is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PuffDown free?
PuffDown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quit Vaping Tracker by Cease or PuffDown have ads?
Neither Quit Vaping Tracker by Cease nor PuffDown shows ads.

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