Quit smoking for good - Kwit

No app will make you quit 100%, only you can do it for YOU. The app is helpful at keeping track of progress, IF you pay for premium…one you decide not to pay for premium you lose most of that bc they block it out. And it’s NOT cheap to pay for premium; might as well just keep paying for the cigarettes you’re trying to quit. Lol One thing that was an issue for me, they say there is a difference between a slip and a relapse. If you skip and keep going it doesn’t erase all the progress you’ve made, a relapse is starting over…yet every time I slipped and posted about it in the fb group, I was told to start the app all over again, which would mean losing ALL the progress I had made. Um no thanks; that’s not how it’s going to work. Over all, I’d say, save the money you don’t spend on cigs, save the money you’d spend on “premium” features and keep track on a calendar of your progress.

I enjoy this app for the milestones, leveling up and unlocking new challenges. I also really enjoy the different breathing techniques to help with cravings as well as the motivational cards. However this app makes it way too easy to keep smoking, and puts way too much emphasis on negativity. In the daily check in diary portion it offers up 6 different emotions to choose from, all are negative nancy emotions except two, almost prompting you to feel bad during this journey. This app does a horrible job of priming you for quitting, essentially making you think that quitting smoking has to be a horrible negative experience. The truth: QUITTING SMOKING CAN BE ENJOYABLE and it has for me in spite of using this app daily. On top of that one of the options for dealing with a craving is to literally smoke a cigarette. It says “smoke with awareness”. What? No, don’t smoke with awareness, you’re trying to quit, how does smoking another cigarette help you quit? The daily stats are worthless unless you’re using it to track how many cigarettes you’re smoking or using nicotine replacement therapies, which IMO isn’t quitting.

I’m 40yrs old and have been smoking since I got out of the Navy in 2005. I decided to try this app because I have a 5yr old son. Since I had him when I was 35 I feel that I already limited the time that I get to be a part of his life. I don’t want to limit it further due to my smoking habit. I only started this app six days ago and since have only smoked three times instead of 38, which is what I would have my now. The app says that I added 6 more hours to my life expectancy, that is 6 more precious hours I can have with my son. Thank you! P.s. Put an option to rate and review in the app settings menu. I had to look up the app again in the App Store in order to add a review.