Comparison

Sober Pays vs Quit Smoking

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

Head to head
About

Sober Pays

Features
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Sobriety isn't sacrifice. It pays. Sober Pays visualizes the money you've saved and the time you've won back since you stopped drinking. ■ Press to reveal your rewards The numbers stay frozen until you press BOOST. Slot reels spin and reveal your current sober time, money saved, and time back — then the numbers come alive, growing every fraction of a second before your eyes. ■ Fireworks at every milestone 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days, a year... Milestones for money saved and "months of drinking budget" trigger fireworks and achievement cards. Notifications celebrate with you even when the app is closed. ■ Numbers that never drift Everything is recalculated from the moment you quit, so your numbers stay exact no matter how long the app stays closed. Switching phones keeps your record. Even if data is ever lost, re-entering your start time restores the very same numbers. ■ Quiet luxury, zero noise A minimal screen where the numbers are the only hero. No ads. No account. All data stays on your device. ■ Pro benefit: the sobriety course A video course — once sold on its own — included in full for Pro users. The creator, once dependent on alcohol himself, explains in video the method he actually used to quit. ■ Available worldwide, in your language The app interface is available in 9 languages, and the bundled sobriety course includes subtitles in 8 languages — so you can follow along wherever you are. ■ Pricing Free to download. For the first 3 days, every tracking feature is unlocked (except the sobriety course). After that, sober-time tracking and its celebrations stay free forever. Unlock money & time visualization with a one-time purchase — not a subscription. * This app supports tracking and visualizing your sober time. It does not provide medical advice. If you have alcohol dependence or withdrawal symptoms, please consult a medical professional.

About

Quit Smoking

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See how long you've gone without a cigarette — without opening the app. Quit Smoking keeps your smoke-free time and the money you've saved on your Home Screen widget, your Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island. One glance is all it takes. ■ WIDGETS THAT DO THE WORK Seven widgets, plus a Live Activity and an iOS 18 Control. Put your timer, your savings, your health recovery or a one-tap craving button wherever you'll actually see them. ■ WHEN A CRAVING HITS, TAP ONE BUTTON A breathing guide helps the wave pass. Every time you ride one out, it's logged — and Insights turns those logs into a clear picture of which hours, places and moods set you off, so you can plan around them. ■ HEATED TOBACCO IS TRACKED TOO Not just cigarettes. If you use IQOS, lil, Ploom or a vape, your units and spending are counted properly. ■ A SLIP DOESN'T ERASE YOUR PROGRESS Most apps reset you to zero. This one keeps your lifetime totals, your personal best and every badge you've earned. After a slip you get a comeback screen: see how long you lasted, note what set it off, then start again. ■ REWARD FUND Pick something you actually want. The money you're not spending on tobacco goes toward it, and you watch the days-to-go shrink. ■ NOT READY TO GO COLD TURKEY? Reduction mode lowers your daily count step by step and guides you to a full quit, at a pace you set. ■ FIVE MINUTES A DAY A 14-day program breaks down the psychology of nicotine, one short lesson at a time. Plus dozens of articles — the science of addiction, the money, the reality of heated tobacco, short fiction. ■ AND A KAPPA A cucumber-chewing river spirit from Japanese folklore shows up every day to check on you, celebrate your milestones and give you grief when you slack off. He is not optional. Available in English, Japanese, Spanish and Korean. 【Premium (monthly, 7-day free trial)】 ・Unlimited member-only articles (added regularly) ・All 14 lessons unlocked (Day 4 onward) ・Detailed insights (time-of-day and place analysis, early warnings for your risky hours) ・Reduction program ・No ads Subscription renews automatically. Cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://kinnen-master.github.io/nosmoking-content/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://kinnen-master.github.io/nosmoking-content/privacy.html

Screenshots

Sober Pays4 screens
Quit Smoking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sober Pays at none against Quit Smoking's 1. Sober Pays also leads on ads (none vs shown). Quit Smoking's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, 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. Quit Smoking sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Sober Pays asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sober Pays ships an update every 5 weeks, Quit Smoking weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Sober Pays versus Quit Smoking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSober PaysQuit Smoking
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB27 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperShuichiro NakaharaKEISUKE ONO

In-app purchases

None

Sober Pays

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Quit Smoking

Subscriptions1
  • Quit Smoking Master Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Sober Pays free?
Sober Pays is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quit Smoking free?
Quit Smoking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sober Pays or Quit Smoking have ads?
Quit Smoking shows ads; Sober Pays does not.
Which is updated more often, Sober Pays or Quit Smoking?
Sober Pays ships an update every 5 weeks, and Quit Smoking weekly. Most recently, Sober Pays was updated on October 19, 2026 and Quit Smoking on October 25, 2026.

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