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Quit smoking app.

Billing runs in 8 of the 10 apps here — nobody on this shelf has fixed it.

10 apps · 2,098 reviews held · 333 negative · 2026-08-24 snapshot

48/100 opportunity

6 of 6 factors · not advice
Nobody's fixed it8 of 10 apps80
How far above typical36% vs 32.1% typical28
How angrystar3.5 · 120 reviews0
People in the market304,978 ratings49
Room to enterleader holds 61% of ratings39
Willingness to pay7 of 8 checked charge · $1.99 entry88

Mostly solved: ads. 6 of 7 apps run below the store’s typical rate on it — while 8 of 10 still carry billing complaints.

How this is scored

Weighted mean of the sub-scores, weights re-normalized over whatever is computable (nobody's fixed it 25 · how far above typical 20 · how angry 15 · people in the market 15 · room to enter 15 · willingness to pay 10). Fixed anchors map each count to 0–100: breadth and willingness-to-pay are straight shares; the gap’s heat tops out at 4times the store’s typical rate; anger scores star3 as 0 and star1.5 as 100; reach runs 104 to 107ratings on a log scale; room to enter is one minus the leader’s share of shelf ratings. A factor that cannot be counted is dropped and named — never imputed. The site’s one composite (#115, owner decision 2026-08-15); cited industry benchmarks are never blended in.

5 gaps.

01

Billing — unfixed in 8 of 10 apps

36.0% of this shelf’s 333 negative reviews, against 32.1% typical store-wide, at 3.54star average anger.

What they said · 120 reviews
  • Price judged too high for the value11 of 120
  • Trial converted without clear consent6 of 120
  • Charge the user never authorised3 of 120
“… — The app is good and all but why do you have to subscribe to Sober+ to distract your urges? This app is meant to help you stay healthy, so why should you have to pay for such a thing?”I Am Sober · 3star · Aug 2, 2026
“community tab — the guidelines on them are very strict, one wrong post and everything you try to post is flagged for no reason. worst moderation system of all time. recovery isnt always clean, if youre not going to let people share their story because it seems too "triggering" just dont have the option to do it at all. and a lot of stupid stuff behind a pay wall, like seriously i gotta have a prem”I Am Sober · 3star · Jul 24, 2026
“Ok but unfair — Paywalls. An app like this shouldn’t have any paywalls to begin with but does and it’s really dumb in my opinion because it is a tracker for recovery but you can only track 2 things unless you cough up money. I like the layout,format, it has good chunk of options, but the paywall is just sad. I liked the app so much I felt good enough with it to want to track more but cannot. There”I Am Sober · 3star · Jul 22, 2026
How it compares
this shelf
36.0%
120 of 333
store-wide
32.1%
typical
breadth
80%
8 of 10 apps
02

Support — unfixed in 7 of 10 apps

8.4% of this shelf’s 333 negative reviews, against 9.2% typical store-wide, at 4.32star average anger.

What they said · 28 reviews
“More free options — While overall I think the app has some really good features, so much of it is unavailable unless you buy the add-ons. I’m going to end up looking for an app that has more options free. I’m not saying I won’t ever buy in. I just can’t right now and there needs to be something that can offer support for people like me.”I Am Sober · 3star · Jul 30, 2026
“Not restoring purchase — I have premium through 2027 and after reinstalling the app it will not restore my purchase. Also no response from support after emailing this about it”I Am Sober · 1star · Jul 18, 2026
“Actual tracker is good but don’t rely on absolutely any support. — The tracker is great I like that they send me reminders. Although I thought this was supposed to help me stay clean. But they banned me from the community. So how does that freaking help? I have nowhere to turn.”I Am Sober · 3star · Jul 3, 2026
How it compares
this shelf
8.4%
28 of 333
store-wide
9.2%
typical
breadth
70%
7 of 10 apps
03

Performance — unfixed in 9 of 10 apps

12.9% of this shelf’s 333 negative reviews, against 16.9% typical store-wide, at 2.89star average anger.

What they said · 43 reviews
“unclear banning — i’ve used this app before and downloaded it again because…well life happens, that’s why i use the app. i couldn’t remember my previous credentials so i just made a new account, posted my day 0 post, and didn’t think much of it. i go to post today and it says my account has been banned for one day because of an inappropriate bio/image. i really don’t understand what triggered this”I Am Sober · 2star · Jul 27, 2026
“community tab — the guidelines on them are very strict, one wrong post and everything you try to post is flagged for no reason. worst moderation system of all time. recovery isnt always clean, if youre not going to let people share their story because it seems too "triggering" just dont have the option to do it at all. and a lot of stupid stuff behind a pay wall, like seriously i gotta have a prem”I Am Sober · 3star · Jul 24, 2026
“:/ — this app is only good for counting the days you’re clean and that’s it. the community tab is the worst thing on this app, you can’t even post a story without it getting flagged for no reason it should’ve never been added if you’re not allowed to speak your mind”I Am Sober · 1star · Jul 16, 2026
How it compares
this shelf
12.9%
43 of 333
store-wide
16.9%
typical
breadth
90%
9 of 10 apps
04

Login & auth — unfixed in 7 of 10 apps

9.9% of this shelf’s 333 negative reviews, against 13.2% typical store-wide, at 3.82star average anger.

What they said · 33 reviews
“Broken From Start — I downloaded this app and inserted my email and couldn’t even get the verification email. I tried three times following the instructions and still no email. So are we just making fishing apps now to fraudulently steal people’s email/info? What’s the play here?”Smoke Free - Quit Smoking Now · 1star · Aug 13, 2026
“Just data collection — Blatantly obvious this app is just collecting data. Why would you need to create an account for something as simple as tracking days without smoking? They claim “It’s so you can recover your account.” I don’t need an account. I need a SIMPLE DAY COUNTER.”Smoke Free - Quit Smoking Now · 1star · Aug 12, 2026
“unclear banning — i’ve used this app before and downloaded it again because…well life happens, that’s why i use the app. i couldn’t remember my previous credentials so i just made a new account, posted my day 0 post, and didn’t think much of it. i go to post today and it says my account has been banned for one day because of an inappropriate bio/image. i really don’t understand what triggered this”I Am Sober · 2star · Jul 27, 2026
How it compares
this shelf
9.9%
33 of 333
store-wide
13.2%
typical
breadth
70%
7 of 10 apps
05

Accuracy — unfixed in 9 of 10 apps

9.0% of this shelf’s 333 negative reviews, against 11.5% typical store-wide, at 2.54star average anger.

What they said · 30 reviews
“Bans for no reason. — You will literally get your account banned for no reason. I got banned because I posted it was my birthday, and I wasn’t underage, this was the day I just turned nineteen, and they banned me because I was “underage”.. so idk if AI judges if you should get banned or not but it clearly doesn’t work.”I Am Sober · 3star · Jul 27, 2026
“community tab — the guidelines on them are very strict, one wrong post and everything you try to post is flagged for no reason. worst moderation system of all time. recovery isnt always clean, if youre not going to let people share their story because it seems too "triggering" just dont have the option to do it at all. and a lot of stupid stuff behind a pay wall, like seriously i gotta have a prem”I Am Sober · 3star · Jul 24, 2026
“useless — has a similar interface to the “clock” or “notes” app, except with far less options. there is, however, the option to pay a monthly fee to mark a time on the clock. let me remind u every free feature is already in ur phone by default. this app has no use”I Am Sober · 1star · May 29, 2026
How it compares
this shelf
9.0%
30 of 333
store-wide
11.5%
typical
breadth
90%
9 of 10 apps

Is there a market for a new quit smoking app?

10 apps compete on this shelf, holding 2,098 App Store reviews — and the widest unfixed complaint, billing, runs in 8 of 10 of them at 36% of negative reviews against 32.1% typical. Those are counts, not a verdict — the page shows what is unfixed, not whether to build.

What do users complain about most in quit smoking app?

1. Billing — in 8 of 10 apps, 36% of negative reviews; 2. Support — in 7 of 10 apps, 8.4% of negative reviews; 3. Performance — in 9 of 10 apps, 12.9% of negative reviews; 4. Login & auth — in 7 of 10 apps, 9.9% of negative reviews; 5. Accuracy — in 9 of 10 apps, 9% of negative reviews.

How many quit smoking app reviews did App Imp count?

2,098 US App Store reviews across 10 apps, 333 of them negative — counted on the 2026-08-24 snapshot, never estimated.

Searched on the App Store.

Apple’s own suggestions for quit smoking app terms, in their order.

days since quit habit trackerquit habit trackerquit smoking app freequit smoking coach proquit smoking for lifequit smoking tracker freedarling-quit smoking for womenquit smoking

Searched, but no app on this shelf says it in its name.

Who’s in it

All 10 apps counted on this shelf · 2026-08-24.

App
I Am Sober185,28341%9%13%16%
Smoke Free - Quit Smoking Now57,25021%6%12%24%
Days Since: Quit Habit Tracker18,92745%3%3%3%
QuitNow!13,55526%14%14%8%
Quit Vaping11,59655%6%16%6%
Quit Smoking --~ Smoke Free11,42625%17%13%—
Grounded: Quit Weed Smoking5,73954%5%15%8%
EasyQuit - Stop Smoking1,14025%—13%—
Quit Smoking Get Healthy56——27%—
QuitBot: Quit Smoking Coach6———100%

Each cell: that app’s share of its own negative reviews. Bold from 1.15 times the store’s typical rate for that complaint, and only where an app holds 20+ negative reviews. Click a column to sort.

What they charge, and what it costs them

Prices from Apple’s public pages; the share counts payment-mechanics language only.

AppMoney complaints
I Am Sober$0.99–$39.99 · 7 tiers7.8% of 76
Grounded: Quit Weed Smoking$3.99–$39.99 · 3 tiers7.7% of 39
Smoke Free - Quit Smoking Now$0.99–$209.99 · 10 tiers0% of 33
Days Since: Quit Habit Tracker$2.99–$49.99 · 8 tiers0% of 38
QuitNow!$2.99–$34.99 · 9 tiers0% of 72
Quit Vaping$1.99–$99.99 · 7 tiers0% of 31
Quit Smoking --~ Smoke Free$0.99–$34.99 · 8 tiers0% of 24

What each one owns, where each is exposed

I Am Sober

183,733 ratings · 24% negative

Owns. Massive reach; community engagement

Exposed. Community stripped to paywall; repeated forced logouts destroy streak pride

Smoke Free - Quit Smoking Now

57,238 ratings · 11% negative

Owns. Lowest anger in large-reach tier; polished UX

Exposed. Crashes on diary entry; support goes dark; 10-tier IAP up to $209.99 breeds distrust

Days Since: Quit Habit Tracker

18,718 ratings · 10% negative

Owns. Clean tracker; broad habit use case

Exposed. No cross-device sync despite paid tier; dates can't be reset — core tracker breaks

Quit Vaping

11,568 ratings · 17% negative

Owns. Vaping-specific niche with real reach

Exposed. Core consumption tracking is inaccurate; $30/month IAP tier called out by name as worse than a spreadsheet

QuitSure Quit Smoking & Vaping

1,524 ratings · 9% negative

Owns. Low anger rate; structured program feel

Exposed. Full hour of onboarding before paywall reveal; IAP up to $49.99/month with no free path

quitSTART - Quit Smoking

2,421 ratings · 15% negative

Owns. Truly free, no IAP — clean trust signal

Exposed. Thin feature set; no community, no coaching depth to retain past day 30

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How this is counted

Every number is arithmetic over the reviews we hold, re-counted weekly — nothing modelled, nothing scored. Themes come from a frozen pattern classifier rather than a model reading reviews, so the same review always lands in the same bucket. A shelf rate is pooled across every app here; the store rate is the same count across 12,122 apps. A complaint is only called a gap when at least half the shelf carries it and at least 20 reviews are behind it — a problem concentrated in one app is that app’s bug.