8 Best Quit Vaping Apps in 2026 (iOS & Android, Free & Paid)

TL;DR: A quit vaping app counts your vape-free days and money saved, and the better ones also log puffs or pods so you can cut down before you stop. Our 8 picks: Quit Vaping, Jones, Escape the Vape, Kick It, Puff Count, QuitSure, Flamy and My QuitBuddy. Jones, Kick It and My QuitBuddy are free on both stores with nothing to buy.

Vaping is harder to measure than smoking. There is no pack to count, so a vape can be in your hand dozens of times a day before you notice. A good quit vaping app starts there: it shows how much you vape now, then counts the days once you stop.

What to look for in a vaping app

Most quit vaping apps start the same way: you set a quit date, enter what you vape and what it costs, and the app counts from there. At heart, each one is a day counter with nicotine maths on top. The vaping-specific part is what happens before the quit date.

Here is what to look for:

• Vape-free counter. Days, hours and minutes since your last puff, plus your longest streak.
• Puff or pod tracking. A log of how much you vape now, so you can watch the number fall.
• A taper plan. Daily limits that step down, often with your nicotine strength in mg.
• Craving tools. Breathing exercises, distractions and a log of what set the urge off.
• People. A community, a quit buddy or a coach for the moments an app can't cover.

If cigarettes are the habit you are quitting, our quit smoking apps roundup covers apps built around those.

How this list is checked

Every platform, price, rating and ads disclosure below was read from the live US App Store and Google Play listings on 28 October 2026, plus each developer's own site. This is desk research from those primary sources, and the images in each entry are the developer's own store-listing frames. Where a developer publishes no number, we say so rather than guess.

A note before you start

This is a habit guide, not medical advice. An app works best alongside real support: a doctor or pharmacist can talk you through nicotine replacement, and in the United States 1-800-QUIT-NOW connects you to your state's quitline for free. Several apps below are rated 17+ on the App Store, so younger readers should check the age rating first; the FAQ covers options for teens.

Vaping apps side by side

Prices are US App Store figures on 28 October 2026. In the Ads column, "Contains ads" is Google Play's badge and "advertising" is what the App Store lists under the app's age rating; "None listed" means neither store shows either.

The 8 best quit vaping apps for 2026

Each entry below starts with the developer's own app images, then covers what the app does, what it costs and who it suits.

1. Quit Vaping — best all-in-one tracker for iPhone

Quit Vaping by Jonathan Kopp packs the most vaping-specific tracking into one app: a streak timer plus separate puff, pod and e-juice trackers, with craving and trigger logs, a journal, and guided breathing and meditation. Its Buddy System lets you and a friend quit together and follow each other's progress, and there is a community forum. It holds 4.9 stars from 11,661 US App Store ratings.

The app is free to download. The paid Quit Plan adds daily nicotine-reduction goals and a future quit date, at $19.99 a month, $64.99 for six months or $99.99 a year, and a separate Quit Coach purchase costs $7.99.

2. Jones — best free app with a community

Jones is a free app for quitting vaping, smoking or nicotine pouches such as Zyn, built around a daily check-in and a peer community. The developer says it was built by former vapers and that over 70,000 people quit together in its community, and the app adds an AI quit coach. Neither store lists any in-app purchases, and the listing promises "no paywalls or app subscriptions".

The business model sits elsewhere: the company sells Jones Mints, a nicotine-replacement mint, and the app offers a taper plan built around them. You can use the app without buying anything, but expect to see the mints. It rates 4.8 from 773 US App Store ratings and 4.4 from 110 on Google Play.

3. Escape the Vape — best simple vape-free counter

Escape the Vape keeps the focus on two numbers, days vape-free and money saved, with a home-screen widget so you see both without opening the app. Around them sit milestone badges, a health timeline, guided breathing for cravings and a community. It rates 4.9 from 1,945 US App Store ratings and 4.8 from 2,028 on Google Play, where it has 100K+ downloads.

The counter is free. On the App Store, premium runs from $6.99 a month to a lifetime unlock at up to $49.99, and a separate $1.99 purchase removes ads.

4. Kick It — best free coaching, if you live in California

Kick It comes from Kick It California and is published by UC San Diego, and it covers smoking and vaping alike. The app logs a daily check-in, tracks money saved and your current and longest streaks, builds a quit plan around your triggers, and offers breathing exercises, guided imagery and games for cravings. Its listing says you can connect with a Quit Coach by phone or chat.

It is free on both stores with nothing to buy. Kick It California describes itself as "a free program that helps Californians quit", so the coaching is aimed at people in California. It rates 4.8 from 219 US App Store ratings and 4.2 from 337 on Google Play, with 100K+ downloads.

5. Puff Count — best for counting puffs

Puff Count is built for the cut-down stage: tap once per puff, set your nicotine strength in mg, and work to a daily puff limit that adapts as you go. Graphs show your use by day, week and month, a custom plan works toward a quit date, and you can add friends to follow each other's progress. It rates 4.4 from 2,659 US App Store ratings.

The listing says some features need a subscription. Its ten "Puff Count Unlimited" purchases run from $3.99 to $89.99, with annual plans at $59.99 and $89.99.

6. QuitSure — best structured program

QuitSure is a course more than a counter. Its main program runs over 6 days of daily sessions, about an hour a day and 8 to 10 hours in total per the listing, with a 6-week option too. The listing says it is "for anyone who smokes or vapes" and draws on cognitive behavioural therapy.

You do not have to stop on day one: the listing says you can keep using nicotine through the program and quit when you are ready. You pay for the course, with App Store purchases from $9.99 to $49.99 across basic, text and video versions. It rates 4.8 from 1,579 US App Store ratings and 4.3 from 12,414 on Google Play, with 1M+ downloads.

7. Flamy — best for a taper plan with nicotine replacement

Flamy lets you choose how you quit: stop on a set date, taper on a personalised reduction plan, or track nicotine replacement products as part of the plan. It counts time since quitting, money saved and health milestones, and it logs cravings. The listing covers smoking and vaping alike.

It is free on both stores, with App Store subscriptions from $6.99 a month to $34.99 a year. Google Play shows a Contains ads badge and 1M+ downloads, with 4.4 stars from 19,447 ratings, while the App Store has only 58 ratings so far.

8. My QuitBuddy — best free government app

My QuitBuddy is the Australian government's free quit app for smoking and vaping. It adapts to where you are, whether you quit now, quit later or keep going, and it shows the days, hours and minutes you have been smoke- and vape-free alongside money saved. You can name the friends or family to call in a tough moment, flag your "danger times", and pull up distractions when cravings hit.

It is free on both stores with nothing to buy. It rates 4.8 from 502 US App Store ratings and 4.6 from 3,054 on Google Play.

Choosing between them: stop on a date or cut down

Start with how you plan to quit. If you want to stop on a set date, a counter like Escape the Vape or My QuitBuddy keeps the streak in view. If you would rather cut down first, pick an app that counts what you vape: Puff Count logs every puff against a daily limit, and Flamy builds a reduction plan.

Then decide who you want in your corner. Jones and Quit Vaping both have communities, Quit Vaping adds a friend-to-friend Buddy System, and Kick It connects Californians with a coach. If you want a guided course, QuitSure is the paid option.

Last, check the price and the age rating. Jones, Kick It and My QuitBuddy cost nothing on either store, while Quit Vaping, Jones, Puff Count and QuitSure are rated 17+ on the App Store. If cutting down appeals, pharmacist Abraham (AbrahamThePharmacist on YouTube) explains how to quit vaping without going cold turkey in this seven-minute video:

Whichever app you choose, plan for cravings before they arrive. Slow breathing is one of the simplest tools: our breathing timer paces a cycle until the urge eases, and a walk or a glass of water fills the gap where the vape used to be.

What the research says about vaping apps

Apps for vaping are newer than apps for smoking, and the evidence is thinner. A 2024 review in JMIR mHealth and uHealth assessed 20 iOS and 10 Android vaping cessation apps and gave them an average quality score of 3.1 out of 5. They did well on ease of use, worst on credibility, and goal-setting features were the least common.

That gives you a practical test: pick an app that asks you to set a quit date or goal and shows how today compares with it. Quit Vaping's Quit Plan, Puff Count's daily limits and Kick It's quit plan all do that.

Text messaging has the strongest trial so far. In a 2021 randomized trial in JAMA Internal Medicine, 2,588 young adults who vaped got either This is Quitting, a free text program from Truth Initiative, or monthly check-ins only; after seven months, 24.1% of the text group reported not vaping, against 18.6% of the control group. This is Quitting's old page now leads to Truth Initiative's free EX Program, which includes text-message support you can use alongside any app here.

Building habits to replace the vape

A quit app counts what you are giving up. The habits that take the vape's place, such as a walk after meals, a glass of water at your old vape breaks or two minutes of breathing, need somewhere to live too.

HabitBox is a habit tracker for iPhone and Android with no account and no sign-up: habits stay on your phone, and a count-based habit logs a number each day, from glasses of water to minutes walked. A reminder at the time a craving usually hits turns that slot into a new routine, and our guide to how to break a habit covers the replacement approach.

Vaping app FAQ