Comparison

Cig vs MindfulPause

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

Head to head
About

Cig

Monitor your smoking habits and gain insights into your consumption patterns without artificial targets. Understand your triggers and track your progress towards a healthier lifestyle with personalized data visualization.

Highlights
  • Monitor cigarette consumption
  • Analyze smoking patterns
  • Identify triggers and situations
  • View consumption trends
  • Strict Mode for consumption control
  • Local and cloud data storage
Features
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Unlock a Healthier Lifestyle with Cig-Track Want to better understand your smoking habits and gradually reduce your cigarette consumption — without pressure, guilt, or unrealistic goals? Cig-Track is your personal companion for mindful smoking awareness. Designed with simplicity and privacy in mind, the app helps you track every cigarette, recognize patterns, and gain meaningful insights into your behavior over time. UNDERSTAND YOUR SMOKING HABITS Discover when, where, and why you smoke. With clear statistics and intuitive charts, Cig-Track helps you identify routines, triggers, and trends in your daily consumption. Gain insights such as: • Average time between cigarettes • Daily and long-term smoking trends • Peak smoking hours • Situation-based triggers and habits • Progress compared to previous days and weeks PERSONALIZED SITUATIONS Create your own custom smoking situations — whether during work breaks, social events, stressful moments, or while traveling. Logging a cigarette is quick, simple, and effortless. STRICT MODE Need extra support? Cig-Track’s optional Strict Mode helps you stay mindful and avoid increasing your cigarette consumption. MINIMALISTIC APPLE WATCH APP Track cigarettes directly from your wrist with the new minimalistic Apple Watch app. Designed for fast and distraction-free logging, it makes tracking easier and more accessible wherever you are. PRIVACY FIRST Your data belongs to you. • No ads • No tracking • No hidden fees All your information is stored securely on your device and in your personal cloud storage, giving you full control and privacy at all times. Cig-Track helps you create awareness, understand your habits, and take small steps toward healthier decisions — at your own pace.

About

MindfulPause

Features
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There's a half-second before you open Instagram out of habit. You didn't really mean to. Your thumb just moved. MindfulPause lives in that half-second. Right before a distracting app opens, a gentle pause appears. You take one breath. Then you decide. Tap "not now" and set the phone down. Or open the app anyway, which is an honest and deliberate step: you simply tap the app again yourself. It's a nudge, not a wall, and you're always in charge. Completely free. Truly private. No account, no sign up, no tracking. Nothing you do ever leaves your phone, and it all works offline. YOUR GARDEN Every time you choose "not now," a living garden grows. A flower here, a little more color there, and a bee that stops by on every fifth mindful choice. Here's the part that matters. It never wilts. Miss a day, have a hard week, open every app you meant to skip, and nothing dies. Nothing is taken away. Your garden only ever grows in the good moments and waits patiently through the rest. No shame, and no dying plant hanging over your head. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Put your garden where you can see it. The home screen widget comes in medium and large, so a calm glance can replace one more notification. A GENTLE STREAK, IF YOU WANT IT See how many days in a row you've shown up, and share a simple weekly card whenever you feel like it. Both are optional, never nagging, and you never lose anything by missing a day. YOUR OWN WHY The pause shows your personal reason, in your own words, along with gentle rotating nudges. This is about who you want to be, not a number to chase. A QUIET QUESTION If you do choose to open, MindfulPause may gently ask afterward, "was it worth it?" Sometimes it was, and that's completely fine. The goal is a calmer, more honest relationship with your phone, not a perfect record. QUICK ONE TIME SETUP There's a short, guided setup for each app you want to pause, using an iOS Shortcut. It takes a few minutes, once, and then the pause just happens on its own. It's not zero setup, but we walk you through every step. ABOUT THE DONATION MindfulPause is free with every feature unlocked. No trial, no paywall, no locked garden. If you'd like to help, there's an optional one-time donation of around $2.99. It unlocks nothing extra, on purpose. It only helps cover Apple's yearly developer fee, so the app can stay free for everyone. WHAT THIS IS NOT Not a blocker. Not a tracker. Not a subscription. Not a guilt machine. Just a breath, a choice, and a garden that grows with you. Made by one person who wanted a kinder way to scroll less. Try it for a week, and if something feels off or you have an idea, write to me. I read every message.

Screenshots

Cig4 screens
MindfulPause4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cig at none against MindfulPause's 1. MindfulPause's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. MindfulPause sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cig asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cig ships an update every 2 months, MindfulPause every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cig versus MindfulPause: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCigMindfulPause
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTino BahrSteffen Stockel

In-app purchases

None

Cig

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

MindfulPause

One-time1
  • MindfulPause unterstützen$2.99

Questions

Is Cig free?
Cig is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MindfulPause free?
MindfulPause is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cig or MindfulPause have ads?
Neither Cig nor MindfulPause shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cig or MindfulPause?
Cig ships an update every 2 months, and MindfulPause every 3 weeks. Most recently, Cig was updated on November 8, 2026 and MindfulPause on November 5, 2026.

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