Best Quit Smoking Apps for iPhone
A quit-smoking app for iPhone can help you follow a gradual plan, record cravings or keep track of time without cigarettes. The useful choice is the one that fits what you want to do each day.
Start with the approach, then check the app’s current iPhone listing, requirements and access options. Here are six options, with practical things to check before choosing.
A gradual plan, then smoke-free progress
Quit Smoking Gradually: Alive
Alive helps you reduce cigarettes and keep track of your progress after quitting. It creates a personalized plan from your current smoking routine, with planned waiting times, daily cigarette limits and weekly phases.
- Log each cigarette as you go.
- Check the wait until your next planned cigarette.
- Review your progress and choose whether to advance or repeat a phase.
- See your statistics and money saved.
After you quit, Alive switches to a smoke-free mode that tracks your time without cigarettes, with motivational cards and achievement badges to mark your progress.
Consider Alive if: you want a practical daily plan for cutting down, with a record of what you actually smoke and continued progress tracking after you quit.
The program starts with a seven-day trial. Subscription options are shown in the app.
Other quit-smoking apps for iPhone
Compare the tool you would actually return to, rather than choosing only by the number of features.
A diary and milestones after your quit date
Smoke Free – Quit Smoking Now
Craving diary, quit log, savings and achievement badges.
Progress tracking with an ex-smoker community
QuitNow!
Smoke-free time, money saved, achievements and community chat.
A diary for cravings and changing habits
Kwit – Quit smoking for good!
Progress dashboard, craving diary, motivational cards and tracking of nicotine substitutes or vaping.
A structured course with daily learning
QuitSure: Quit Smoking Smartly
A six-day program built around learning content and exercises.
A gradual mode alongside milestones and distractions
EasyQuit – Stop Smoking
A quit-slowly mode, savings tracking, badges and a matching game.
Before choosing a quit-smoking app on iPhone
Check compatibility on the current App Store listing
Open the listing’s Compatibility section to check the required iOS version and supported devices. If you also want to use an iPad or Apple Watch, check those separately rather than assuming an iPhone app includes both.
Choose the daily task you need
If you are still smoking and want to reduce, look at the cigarette log, daily limit and planned waits. If you have already stopped, a smoke-free timer, savings and milestones may matter more. A craving diary or community can be useful if that is the kind of support you want.
Look at access on your own Apple Account
A free download does not always include every feature. Check the trial, in-app purchase or subscription offered on your App Store account before deciding.
For subscriptions billed by Apple, you can review them in Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Apple’s guide explains how to manage or cancel them.
Turn your choice into a practical next step
You do not need to use every feature on day one. Start with the job you chose the app for: record a cigarette, follow the next planned wait, write down a craving or review your smoke-free progress.
If you want to reduce first, Alive gives you a daily cigarette limit and planned waiting times, with weekly phases you can advance or repeat. After quitting, it switches to smoke-free progress tracking.
See Alive’s gradual plan and progress tools →
For practical preparation, see our personal quit-smoking plan. For a broader comparison of approaches, visit best quit-smoking apps.
Looking for a different platform? See the Android guide.
About this guide
We develop Alive, which appears first. This guide compares listed tools and practical choices for iPhone users.
Sources: the official App Store listings linked above, reviewed November 1, 2026; Apple’s subscription guidance, checked November 2, 2026. Check each current listing for requirements and offers on your account.
