Comparison

Craving Toolkit for Addiction vs WITHSTAND

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

Head to head
About

Craving Toolkit for Addiction

This app provides practical, science-informed tools to manage cravings in the critical moments between urge and action. It offers features to track mood, identify triggers, record personal affirmations, and log recovery progress, helping users navigate compulsive behaviors without shame.

Highlights
  • Manage cravings in the first 10 minutes
  • Track mood and sobriety daily
  • Record and play back personal affirmations
  • Identify addictive voices and triggers
  • Log cravings and recovery progress
  • Recover from slips without shame
Features
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When a craving hits, you don't need a lecture. You need something that works in the next 10 minutes. Craving Toolkit gives you practical, science-informed tools for the moment between craving and action — the window where most relapses happen. This is not a motivational app. It is a field manual for when your brain stops feeling trustworthy. WHAT YOU GET: • Survive the first 10 minutes of a craving • Track your mood and sobriety, day by day • Hear your own calm voice when your brain lies (record it when you're steady, play it back when you're not) • Recognize the addictive voice and the lies it tells you • Map your triggers before they fire • Log cravings — intensity, trigger, what worked • Recover from slips without the shame spiral • See what you've reclaimed — money and time saved, day by day WORKS FOR ANY PATTERN YOU'VE DECIDED TO CHANGE: Drinking, smoking, vaping, overeating, binge eating, gambling, compulsive shopping, excessive screen time, or any compulsive behavior you've decided to stop. YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE. No account required. No cloud sync. No ads. Nothing leaves your phone. Recovery is personal — your data should be too. Built by someone with their own history of recovery. Not a clinic. Not a corporation. Just tools that actually work when things get hard. If you are in crisis or need professional support, please reach out to a mental health professional or your local emergency services. This app is educational and is not a substitute for treatment.

About

WITHSTAND

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WITHSTAND is an anonymous peer-support app for adults 18 and older who are facing compulsive urges or a habit they want to leave behind. When an urge gets strong, the app looks for another member who is in the Watch at that moment. A five-minute "someone is here" session begins only if that person accepts. Anonymous sessions have no free-text chat, no voice and no video. What passes between two people in a session is a short set of server-defined signals. A peer sees your anonymous name, your light, the fixed signals during the session, the shared action you chose, and your connection state — nothing else. Community, the center tab, is an opt-in place to read and share short posts with peers walking the same road — under a display name you choose, text only, moderated, with report, mute and block on every post. There are no direct messages. Free, and staying free: - Ask an adult peer to be with you for five minutes when an urge is strong - Be there for someone else when you have the capacity - Open and rewrite your own Plan when an urge comes (it opens offline too) - Keep a private journal and read it back - See your walk: days held, urges survived, marks lit - Keep a separate walk for each thing you want to be free from - Open immediate-help information from inside the app - Block and report a peer, during a session and after it - Delete your account from inside the app - Read, support and share in Community, and choose which of its notifications reach you Plus (subscription) adds: - A Personal Circle. Invite up to five people you trust; when you ask for support, your ask reaches them too, and you can see by name who came. People you invite can respond without buying Plus. - The strength before and after an urge, drawn as a line over several weeks - The hours your records cluster in - The prepared hour: a quiet word shortly before the hour you set, reminding you of your own plan - A single page on Sunday morning, looking back over the week - Your own photo as the backdrop - Longer Community posts and titled articles - Comet. Relay during an urge, and the Recovery Program: an AI conversation that draws on your own records, walk and plan. It is not a human peer, a therapist or a crisis service Supporter (subscription) is a way to keep WITHSTAND running. While it is active you can use a supporter's mark, an alternate app icon, and a choice of night sky. WITHSTAND is not medical care, therapy, professional counseling, addiction treatment, or an emergency service. It does not promise relapse prevention or a treatment outcome, it does not monitor anyone for crisis, and it cannot call emergency services. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency number. Asking for support, and being there for someone, will stay free. The app shows no advertising. Privacy Policy: https://withstand.dev/privacy Terms of Use: https://withstand.dev/terms Safety: https://withstand.dev/safety Support: https://withstand.dev/support

Screenshots

Craving Toolkit for Addiction4 screens
WITHSTAND4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Craving Toolkit for Addiction at none against WITHSTAND's 3. Craving Toolkit for Addiction also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). WITHSTAND's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price and ads 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. WITHSTAND sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Craving Toolkit for Addiction asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Craving Toolkit for Addiction ships an update every 3 weeks, WITHSTAND weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Craving Toolkit for Addiction versus WITHSTAND: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCraving Toolkit for AddictionWITHSTAND
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB22 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperJakub HavelkaHiroaki Takaishi

In-app purchases

None

Craving Toolkit for Addiction

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

WITHSTAND

Subscriptions3
  • Supporter (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Plus (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Plus (Yearly)7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Craving Toolkit for Addiction free?
Craving Toolkit for Addiction is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WITHSTAND free?
WITHSTAND is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Craving Toolkit for Addiction or WITHSTAND have ads?
Neither Craving Toolkit for Addiction nor WITHSTAND shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Craving Toolkit for Addiction or WITHSTAND?
Craving Toolkit for Addiction ships an update every 3 weeks, and WITHSTAND weekly. Most recently, Craving Toolkit for Addiction was updated on October 31, 2026 and WITHSTAND on October 31, 2026.

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