Free Quit / Stop Smoking Apps, Meters & Counters
Most Important Quitting Lesson of All
While using quitting applications (apps), counters and meters to track progress is fun and inspiring, no app can undo the consequences of just one hit of nicotine. Nicotine addiction is a brain wanting disorder, an illness and disease that's every bit as real and permanent as alcoholism.
While most quitters walk away from trying to cheat feeling like they've gotten away with it, brain scan studies teach us that just one puff and up to half of dopamine pathway receptors become activated by nicotine. And it won't be long before the cheater finds their brain wanting, plotting to obtain, or even begging for more. It's not a matter of weakness or a lack of willpower. It's about the design and function of brain dopamine pathways: to make activating events nearly impossible to ignore in the short term, the time needed for recovery.
Keep Your Money. Success is Free!!!
Sadly, from advertisements to buy worthless quitting products to trying to get you to purchase the app's premium quit meter or additional features, most apps are designed to take your money. Keep your money!!!
Each and every year the vast majority of nicotine addicts who succeed in arresting their dependence do so cold turkey. But don't take our word for it. As the U.S. Surgeon General wrote in his 2020 Smoking Cessation Report, "most smokers who quit successfully do so without medications or any type of formal assistance ... cold-turkey quitters do as well or better than those who use over-the-counter NRTs."
One additional point that Joel suggested we share. A 2019 study found that of "36 top-ranked apps for depression and smoking cessation available in public app stores, 29 transmitted data to services provided by Facebook or Google, but only 12 accurately disclosed this in a privacy policy."
Become smarter and wiser than nicotine's grip upon your mind, thinking and life. Read, learn and grow at WhyQuit.com
Mobile Phone Quitting Apps
Google Play's Quit Smoking Apps
Apple Quit Smoking Apps
Online Smoking & Quitting Stats Calculators
Calculate how much smoking has cost you
Calculate how much you'll save
WhyQuit's Online Quit Smoking Statistics Calculator
No download necessary for this free online stop smoking meter statistics calculator which tracks time since you quit, cigarettes not smoked, and money and life saved since quitting. It also lets you calculate earned interest if you'd saved your cigarette money instead of spending it.
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Harry's Quit Counter
A Windows counter created by Harry, a member of Freedom and former pack-a-day Greek software designer, who went cold turkey on April 21, 2003. Then, on June 6 Harry unveiled his very own meter. Graphically themed upon Turkeyville and Freedom's recovery milestone clubs (gold, silver, bronze and green), aside from just helping you celebrate all major milestones, users are awarded Green status at one month, their recovery is "Bronzed" at 3 months, turns Silver at midyear, and they are awarded Gold status at one year.
Although quit meter use is fun, addiction to smoking nicotine has a 50% adult kill rate, where the average loss of life is 5,110 sunrises. This truly is a life or death battle.
Meet Bryan age 34, Noni 33, Deb 38, Sean 19, Kim 44, Quentin 23, Gruen 17, Neal 53, Brandon 23 or any of the more than two million middle-aged nicotine addicts who each year wait too long and allow their addiction to kill them.
Knowledge is power. We strongly encourage you to read, read, read! Remember, staying free is as simple as sticking to your original commitment to Never Take Another Puff!
Knowledge is a Quitting Method
