In this version, we are listening to old users who quit a long time ago and were not able to enter a quit date older than 10 years. The restriction has now been lifted!
My QuitBuddy helps you get, and stay, smoke- and vape-free.
Whether you’re thinking about quitting, working up to your quit date or ready to quit now, My QuitBuddy can be customised to suit whatever stage you’re at on your quit journey and help you stay smoke- and vape-free.
My QuitBuddy can help you through the hardest times with helpful tips and distractions to overcome cravings; tracking systems to chart your progress; and all the facts you need to understand the impacts smoking and vaping have on your health.
There is an entire community of buddies there to help you out, with success stories, experiences and handy tips.
Feel good about how much money you’re saving and how much nasty stuff your lungs are avoiding. Over time, watch the savings and results begin to pile up.
All quit journeys are full of ups and downs, depending on how you’re feeling on any given day. On days when your cravings are strong, distractions and soothing imagery are available to help you get through.
Quitting can be hard and most people try a number of times before they finally quit for good.
My QuitBuddy is with you every step of the way.
Key Features:
- 'Quit Now', prepare to 'Quit Later' or 'Continue Quitting'.
- Set your goals and understand your motivations to quit.
- Nominate friends or family who you can call in the tough times.
- View your progress, including a count of every day, hour and minute you stay smoke- and vape-free and how much money you've saved.
- For the first 30 days of your journey, you'll receive a helpful tip when you open the app.
- You can nominate any Danger Times and My QuitBuddy will get in touch to keep you on track.
- My QuitBuddy helps with a range of distractions to occupy your mind and your hands through any moments of craving.
- Read helpful messages from other people who are quitting with My QuitBuddy and leave your own for others to read.
- If you need additional backup, you can call the Quitline directly on 13 7848 (13 QUIT) from the app.
This app has been soooo useful to me. Every day I listen to Glenn Harold’s Stop Smoking app, which utilizes hypnosis. It has a journal so I keep track of My Best Buddy facts in that journal when I listen to the hypnosis Tracks. I am so encouraged every day. I love to see how much money I’ve saved! I have already saved (in just 45 days) $575! That is about half the cost of a round trip flight to Honolulu. My goal is to use the money I save to make my third trip to Hawaii. Also, I was astonished to see how many cigarettes I have not smoked. In the last 45- days I have avoided almost 1,200 cigarettes. I had no idea! I needed to see that! Anyone quitting tobacco should use this app.
App is a lifesaver (literally)
Jazzy20047
I started using the app several months ago now and paired it with chantix to quit vaping. I recommend the combo to anyone who expresses interest in quitting. The notifications that popped up as motivation to quit weren’t super cheesy and genuinely helpful. I appreciated that it had me put in my reason for quitting and had it displayed when I opened the app as a reminder. I like that it has an option to put that you slipped up, but doesn’t make you restart the countdown if it was only a quick hit. This hasn’t been like other apps and websites that are pretty cringy and make me regret my decision.
Highly Recommend!!!
Schweicks
I strongly encourage this app to anyone looking for a tool to quit. It’s helped me quit after 10 years of vaping. It individualizes a plan that fits you, whether it’s quitting cold turkey or a slow quit. I was only looking for a timer basically but this blew me away. Plenty of resources such as logging cravings, simple games to distract when you need it, words of encouragement etc. This app made quitting way easier than I thought, and you can do it too!!
Useful tool…when it works.
KC Whitt
This app has been generally very helpful and motivating for me. I enjoy the community tab being able to talk to/read about other people on their quit journeys, the distraction me button is awesome, though I wish it was still on the home screen like it was before the update. Speaking of the update it broke my counter so instead of 37 days vape free it shows me as 5 days. Please please please fix the counter bug this previously was one of my favorite features before it broke. Would be rated higher if not for the unnecessary visual update that broke everything.
Developer Response
Hi KC Whitt,We have identified and fixed the issue with the miscalculated Quit Days... have a look for v6.0.4 as soon as it it released (in the coming days max as we are just waiting for App Store review) and the tracker should be all back to normal.Good luck on the quit journey and hopefully you cna update your rating back once this is fixed :)
- Removed 10 yrs date limit for Quit Date
- Several copy changes/tweaks
- General fixes
Version 6.1.0
The developer, Australian Department of Health, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Location
Identifiers
Sensitive Info
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
User Content
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Department of Health, Australian Capital Territory
Size
147.5 MB
Category
Health & Fitness
Compatibility
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
