Comparison

Quit Gambling vs Pawl

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

Head to head
About

Quit Gambling

This app helps individuals overcome gambling addiction by providing tools for commitment, urge management, and financial recovery. It offers features like streak tracking, a panic button for cravings, app blocking, and financial planning to support a gambling-free life.

Highlights
  • Daily streak tracking
  • Panic button for cravings
  • Block gambling apps
  • Daily promise system
  • Financial recovery tools
  • Progress timelines
  • Gamification and milestones
Features
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Break free from gambling addiction and take control of your life with "Quit Gambling - Stop Betting" app – your personal recovery companion designed to help you stay committed, overcome urges, and rebuild your financial and emotional freedom. Why Choose "Quit Gambling - Stop Betting" app? Unlike generic habit trackers, this app is built specifically for gambling addiction recovery. It provides real-time support, personalized motivation and powerful tracking tools that help you: -Stay gambling-free with daily streak tracking and milestone celebrations. -Build resilience with a panic button crisis intervention system for strong urges. -One less trigger. Block gambling apps and stay on track. -Rewire habits through daily promises, mood tracking and activity planning. -Recover financially with a debt payoff dashboard and savings tracker. -Recognize patterns with detailed progress timelines and urge tracking. -Communicate with other people that are in same gambling problem like you Key Features: -Real-Time Streak Tracker See every second of progress as you rebuild your life. Track your longest streaks, celebrate milestones, and share your wins. -Block gambling apps Your phone doesn't have to be your enemy with this app you can block gambling apps -Daily Promise System Start each day with a commitment to stay gambling-free, track your mood, plan healthy activities, and stay accountable. -Panic Button for Cravings A 6-step crisis intervention system that helps you manage urges with breathing exercises, personal motivation reminders, financial reality checks, education and instant access to support contacts. -Progress Timeline Visualize your journey with a complete history of promises, moods and urges. Spot triggers, analyze patterns and learn what works best for you. -Financial Recovery Tools Track your debts, set savings goals and watch your financial freedom grow. Built with the proven debt snowball method for maximum motivation. -Gamification & Milestones Unlock badges and celebrations for every milestone: days gambling-free, money saved, debt reduced and promises kept. -Privacy-First Approach Use the app anonymously with end-to-end encryption. Your recovery is yours alone safe, private, and secure. Your Path to Freedom: Gambling addiction is tough, but recovery is possible. "Quit Gambling - Stop Betting" gives you the tools, structure and daily motivation to succeed while reminding you of the most important reason: your future self, your loved ones, and your financial freedom. Take the first step today. Download "Quit Gambling - Stop Betting" and start your journey to a healthier, gambling-free life. Terms of Service & Privacy Policy By using "Quit Gambling - Stop Betting", you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Terms of Service: https://nogambling.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://nogambling.app/privacy.html

About

Pawl

This app acts as a commitment device to help users break unwanted habits by blocking distracting apps and websites. It utilizes physical friction, like a security key, and a mandatory cool-off period to make unblocking difficult, turning impulsive choices into deliberate ones.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps and websites
  • Requires physical security key to unlock
  • 15-minute cool-off period before unblocking
  • Clean-day streak tracking
  • Optional sponsor for accountability
  • Relapse log for pattern analysis
Features
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Most blockers can be turned off by the same person who set them up, in about thirty seconds, at the exact moment they most want to. Pawl is built for that moment. Pawl blocks the apps and websites you choose. Social feeds, games, shopping, news, adult sites, betting, anything. It uses Apple's Screen Time. The block screen has no unlock button. To open anything, you need your key. HOW IT WORKS - Pick what to block. Choose apps in Apple's own Screen Time picker, type in websites, or turn on a website category. - Pair a security key. Plug in a physical FIDO2 security key once. Then put it somewhere hard to reach. - To unblock, you need the key. Then you wait 15 minutes before anything opens. After that, the block comes back on by itself. - You can make the wait longer at any time. Making it shorter is delayed too. YOUR KEY IS YOUR ACCOUNTABILITY Whoever holds your key decides when Pawl can open. Give it to a sister or friend across town, put it in a time lock box, a bank safe deposit box, or your desk at work. They don't need to install anything. A real example: it is 1am and you open the app you told yourself you were done with. You see Pawl's block screen. Your key is at your sister's place across town. By the time you could get it and wait out the 15 minutes, the urge has usually passed. That is the whole idea. FOR THE HARD MOMENTS - An "I'm tempted" button: a ten-minute wait, your own notes from past moments, how many times you have resisted, and a one-tap call to someone you trust. It never leads to an unblock. - A streak that survives deleting the app. It lives in your iCloud. - A private log. Slips are part of changing a habit, and nothing in Pawl scolds you for one. WHILE PAWL IS PROTECTING YOU - Pawl turns on Screen Time's block on deleting apps, so deleting Pawl is not a quick way out. - Pawl asks Screen Time to require automatic date and time, which is meant to stop you from moving the clock ahead to skip the wait. PAWL PRO - Scheduled sets: a Work set that blocks social apps 9 to 5 on weekdays, or an Evenings set for after 8pm. When a set's hours end, its apps open on their own. Up to ten sets. Making a set block less needs your key and the wait. - The weekly report: the days Pawl was on, hours back, blocked attempts, urges resisted, the time of day that was hardest, and your own words from the week. It never scores or grades you. HONEST ABOUT THE LIMITS Pawl adds friction. It is not a cage. - iOS lets the owner of a phone turn Screen Time off. No app can stop that. Pawl notices the next time it runs and says so. For a firmer lock, ask someone you trust to set your Screen Time passcode in person and keep it. - No blocklist is complete. The optional gambling list has 167 sites, and new ones appear all the time. - Someone set on it can still use another phone or a computer. Pawl makes the 1am version slow, not impossible. PRIVACY Pawl collects no data. There is no account and no Pawl server. Screen Time gives Pawl only anonymous tokens, so Pawl never learns which apps you picked. Your streak, your sets, your typed sites and your logs stay on your phone and in your own iCloud. No ads. No tracking. OPEN SOURCE Pawl's code is public under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, so anyone can read how the key check and the block work: github.com/jasonepage/Pawl. No independent security audit has been done yet. FREE CORE, OPTIONAL PRO Blocking, the key unlock, the 15-minute wait, your streak, the "I'm tempted" tools and the private log are all free. Pawl Pro adds new scheduled sets and the weekly report. Sets you made before Pro keep working for free. Pro costs $29.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, or $3.99 a month, and renews until you cancel. WHAT YOU NEED An iPhone or iPad on iOS 18 or later, and a FIDO2 security key. Any standard security key with a USB-C plug works. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getpawl.com/privacy

Screenshots

Quit Gambling4 screens
Pawl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Quit Gambling at 29 against Pawl's 1. Quit Gambling also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Pawl's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Quit Gambling sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Pawl sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Quit Gambling against 5.0 for Pawl. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quit Gambling has 29 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quit Gambling ships an update every 11 days, Pawl every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Quit Gambling versus Pawl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuit GamblingPawl
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (29 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings29 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVukasin ZurzevicJASON EVAN PAGE

Customer experience

Quit Gambling

All ratings29 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral3.4%
Negative0.0%

Pawl

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Quit Gambling

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Yearly Special$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$34.99
  • Life Time Deal$39.99
2 purchases

Pawl

Subscriptions2
  • Pawl Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Pawl Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Quit Gambling free?
Quit Gambling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pawl free?
Pawl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quit Gambling or Pawl?
Pawl is rated higher. Quit Gambling averages 4.9 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Pawl averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Quit Gambling or Pawl have ads?
Neither Quit Gambling nor Pawl shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quit Gambling or Pawl?
Quit Gambling ships an update every 11 days, and Pawl every 5 days. Most recently, Quit Gambling was updated on October 25, 2026 and Pawl on October 24, 2026.

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