Best Quit Vaping Apps for iPhone (2026)

Vaping breaks most quit apps for one structural reason: a cigarette ends and a vape does not. There is no unit, no pack, no natural pause, and most people genuinely cannot say how much they use in a day. Apps designed around cigarettes inherit assumptions that do not fit. Quit Vaping takes first place as the best-rated app built for vaping, Escape the Vape is second for keeping it simple, and Puff Counter is third as the strongest option if you want to count actual puffs and taper from that number.

Eight iPhone apps, ranked on how well they handle a habit with no built-in stopping point. Every rating, count and feature below comes from each app’s own App Store listing: App Store data as of 1 October 2026 (US storefront).

App	Best for	US rating (ratings)	Apple Watch app
1. Quit Vaping	Vape-specific tracking with a quit buddy	4.9 (11,630)	Yes
2. Escape the Vape	A simple vape-free counter with a community	4.9 (1,926)	No
3. Puff Counter	Puff-level counting with a weekly taper	5.0 (3)	Yes
4. Smoke Free	Craving tools if you also smoke	4.8 (57,271)	Yes
5. QuitSure	A structured 6-day or 6-week programme	4.8 (1,565)	No
6. Puff Count	Daily puff limits and nicotine strength	4.3 (2,626)	No
7. Kwit	Gamified support through the hard weeks	4.7 (2,820)	No
8. My QuitBuddy	A free app from a health department	4.8 (494)	No

How we picked

We started from the apps that the current “best quit vaping app” search results and the App Store’s own search for “quit vaping” return, then kept the ones whose listing addresses vaping, plus Smoke Free, which nearly every list includes. Vape-specific tracking ranks highest, then the size of the rating record and whether the app is still being updated. There are no paid placements here. We make Puff Counter, and we put it third.

Ratings are a rough signal rather than proof that an app works: a few hundred ratings and a few thousand are not the same evidence, and ratings differ by country. The research is thin too. Researchers who assessed 30 quit-vaping apps available in Australia reported in The Conversation that the apps averaged about nine of 21 known behaviour-change features, and only 12 of the 30 let you set goals. So look for goal setting, tracking you will actually keep up, and a way to reach more help.

App	Developer	Last updated	Paid tier (per listing)
Quit Vaping	Jonathan Kopp	30 Sep 2026	Quit Coach subscription
Escape the Vape	Woke Enterprises LLC	10 Sep 2026	Not mentioned
Puff Counter	Ridvan Uyan (us)	28 Sep 2026	Puff Counter Plus subscription
Smoke Free	23 Ltd	30 Sep 2026	Pro subscription
QuitSure	Rapidkart Online Private Limited	24 Sep 2026	Subscription after a 3-day free trial
Puff Count	Rodger Studio (Apps)	7 Aug 2026	Some features need a subscription
Kwit	KWIT	14 Sep 2026	Premium features
My QuitBuddy	Department of Health, Australian Capital Territory	29 Sep 2026	Not mentioned

1. Quit Vaping: the biggest rating record among vape-specific apps

Quit Vaping is built for vapers from the ground up. Its listing names a vape tracker, a puff tracker and a pod or e-juice tracker, a streak timer, craving and trigger trackers, guided breathing and meditation, a money calculator and a community forum. Its Buddy System lets you and a friend quit together and see each other’s progress, and the newer Quit Plan adds daily nicotine-reduction goals towards a future quit date.

Best for: vapers who want everything vape-specific in one app, with a friend along for the ride. Worth knowing: the app is English-only, and its Quit Coach is a paid subscription.

2. Escape the Vape: vape-free days, money saved, and people to talk to

Escape the Vape keeps the job simple: it counts your vape-free days and the money you have saved, unlocks badges at milestones, and explains what changes as you stay off the vape. A community lets you share wins and ask for tips, and the listing covers disposables, pods and e-liquid refills alike.

Best for: anyone who has picked a quit day and wants an encouraging counter and company. Worth knowing: its listing describes counting vape-free days rather than puffs, it is English-only, and there is no Apple Watch app.

3. Puff Counter: a real number for a habit with no unit

The first useful thing Puff Counter does for a vaper is answer the question nobody can answer honestly: how much do I actually vape. You tap once per puff, from the app, a home screen or lock screen widget, or an Apple Watch, and after three ordinary days you have a baseline instead of a guess. Counting also turns an automatic habit into a decision you notice making.

The weekly taper plan is then built from that baseline and recalculated at the end of each week from what you actually vaped, so a bad week makes the next step realistic instead of stranding you behind an impossible curve. An urge-surfing tool with guided breathing covers the craving minutes, streaks, challenges and an on-track score keep the days connected, and money saved is calculated from your own prices. It runs in eleven languages and is free to download; the full app is unlocked with Puff Counter Premium, a monthly subscription with a 7-day free trial or a one-time lifetime purchase. On the US App Store it holds 5.0 from 3 ratings; across all countries it is 4.9 from 24.

Full disclosure: Puff Counter is our app. We obviously think it wins, so judge for yourself: it is free on the App Store, and the landing page shows how the puff-by-puff quit vaping app works.

4. Smoke Free: the biggest rating record of all, written for cigarettes

Smoke Free has more ratings than any other app on this list. Its listing describes over 40 evidence-based techniques, a craving log with a map and a graph, and progress counters for time, health, money and cigarettes not smoked, free and without ads. Pro adds daily missions and an AI quit coach, and a separate paid service adds an expert advisor. For other options, see our alternatives to the Smoke Free app.

Best for: people who smoke as well as vape, or who want the deepest craving log. Worth knowing: the listing is written around cigarettes and does not mention vaping, so its units and counters assume a cigarette habit.

5. QuitSure: a programme rather than a tracker

QuitSure is for anyone who smokes or vapes, according to its listing. Instead of logging, it runs a 6-day or 6-week programme of daily sessions based on cognitive behavioural therapy, and, per its listing, you do not have to stop until your quit day at the end.

Best for: people who want to be taken through a course, one session a day. Worth knowing: the listing says a paid subscription is required after a 3-day free trial, and there is no Apple Watch app.

6. Puff Count: daily puff limits and nicotine strength

Puff Count tracks every puff and your nicotine strength in mg, shows daily, weekly and monthly graphs, and lets you set a quit date with daily limits that, in its listing’s words, adapt to your habits. Quit Buddies lets friends follow each other’s progress.

Best for: vapers who want a puff counter with a daily cap and a nicotine-strength log. Worth knowing: some features need a subscription, and its US rating, 4.3, is the lowest on this list. For more apps like it, see our Puff Count alternatives.

7. Kwit: for the part that is emotional rather than technical

Kwit wraps quitting in gamification and cognitive behavioural tools: guided breathing, mini-games and motivation cards for craving moments, plus a community and a library of articles. Its listing includes vaping support for gradually reducing e-cigarettes alongside patches and gum.

Best for: people who stay engaged through progress and rewards. Worth knowing: the fuller toolset is in its premium tier, and its listing is mainly written for smokers. For more options like it, see our Kwit alternatives.

8. My QuitBuddy: free, and made by a health department

My QuitBuddy comes from the Department of Health of the Australian Capital Territory and is built to help you get and stay smoke- and vape-free. You can quit now or prepare for a later date, nominate people to call in tough moments, flag your danger times for a check-in, count every vape-free minute and the money saved, and use distractions when cravings peak.

Best for: anyone who wants a free app with public-health backing. Worth knowing: it is English-only.

Also considered

• Puffless is vape-specific, with puff tracking and daily limits that come down gradually, but it has 152 US ratings and its last update was in January 2026.
• quitSTART, from Smokefree.gov and the US National Cancer Institute, is free, but its listing is about quitting smoking.
• QuitNow has a large ex-smokers’ chat and 28 languages, but its counters are built around cigarettes.
• Quitzilla tracks several habits at once, counting days and money rather than puffs.
• Grounded appeared at the top of an earlier version of this page. Its App Store listing is “Grounded: Quit Weed Smoking”, an app for cannabis rather than nicotine, so it is no longer on the list.

How to choose

If you want an all-in-one vaping app with a friend in it, start with Quit Vaping. If you have already stopped and want a counter and a community, Escape the Vape. If you also smoke, Smoke Free. If you would rather follow a course than log anything, QuitSure. If you are a young adult in the US, quitSTART is free, and the Truth Initiative also runs a free text-message programme; text-message support is one of the better-studied forms of digital quit help, according to a 2019 Cochrane review on smoking.

And if the honest problem is that you have no idea how much you vape, Puff Counter is free to start with. Count for three days before you change anything, and let the plan follow the real number. If you are still deciding how to stop, read how to quit vaping step by step, whether cold turkey works for vaping and why counting your puffs works. If cigarettes are the bigger habit, see the best quit smoking apps.