Nixd vs. Smoke Free
Quit-smoking app released in 2013, designed around cigarettes.
Nixd is the better fit for vapes and nicotine pouches. Live-to-the-second streak. A six-tool SOS craving response built for the 3–5 minute window when an urge actually peaks. A personalized taper plan that recalculates around your real usage. A slip flow that doesn't reset you to day zero. Brain-recovery and milestone visualizations grounded in cessation science.
Why Nixd over Smoke Free
Smoke Free was built for a different problem than the one most people quitting today are actually trying to solve. Nixd is built around what vapes and pouches actually are now — always-on, invisible, easy to underestimate. Every feature in the list below is downstream of that one design decision.
- Built natively for vapes and nicotine pouches, not cigarettes
- Live-to-the-second streak counter (Smoke Free is day-grain)
- 6-tool SOS craving response built around the under-5-minute window
- Slip recovery that doesn't reset you to day 0
- 19 milestones spanning 2 years (Smoke Free's are sparser)
- Quit method switching mid-quit (cold turkey ↔ taper) without losing progress
Feature-by-feature comparison
The full grid. Anything Smoke Free does is marked Yes or Partial — the data is honest. Even so, the column on the left stays longer.
| Feature | Nixd | Smoke Free |
|---|---|---|
| Built specifically for vapes & nicotine pouches | ✓ | Partial |
| Cold turkey + personalized taper plan | ✓ | Partial |
| Live streak (live to the second) | ✓ | — |
| Real-time money saved counter (uses your spend) | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOS craving toolkit (6 tools) | ✓ | Partial |
| Compassionate slip recovery (no day-0 reset shaming) | ✓ | Partial |
| 19 health milestones, 0d–2yr Most competitors track 5–10 milestones. | ✓ | Partial |
| 6-stage brain recovery visualization | ✓ | — |
| Mood + wins + letter-to-self journaling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Apple Sign In (no password) | ✓ | — |
| Works fully offline | ✓ | ✓ |
| Doesn't run ads | ✓ | — |
| Doesn't sell or share data | ✓ | Partial |
How Smoke Free is structured
The factual frame, not an endorsement:
- Released in 2013; the cigarette-era design has aged.
- Vape and pouch flows added later, on top of the cigarette core.
Pricing
Nixd: free to download. 3-day free trial. After that, an auto-renewable yearly subscription — current pricing shown in the App Store before you commit. Cancel any time in Settings → Apple ID. No ads. No data sales.
Smoke Free: $2.99/mo or ~$24/yr Pro tier (varies by region).
FAQ
Is Nixd or Smoke Free better for quitting vaping? +
Nixd. The differences show up in the small things: live-to-the-second streak vs. a daily counter, a six-tool SOS toolkit vs. a single craving response, a personalized taper plan that does the math from your real numbers, and a slip flow that doesn't reset you to day zero. If you're quitting a vape, JUUL, or pouches like Zyn, On!, or Velo, Nixd is the call.
What's the price difference between Nixd and Smoke Free? +
Nixd is free to download with a 3-day free trial; current subscription pricing is shown in the App Store at the time of purchase. Smoke Free: $2.99/mo or ~$24/yr Pro tier (varies by region).. The numbers are close enough that price isn't the deciding factor — fit is.
Can I import my history from Smoke Free into Nixd? +
Not directly today. The simplest way: tell Nixd your quit date during onboarding and the streak, milestones, and money-saved math start from there. If your old app exported a JSON or CSV, email feedback@nixdapp.com and we'll see what we can do.
Does Nixd handle nicotine pouches like Zyn, On!, and Velo? +
Yes — natively, with a dedicated pouch flow. Onboarding asks about pouch strength (mg), brand, and daily count. The taper plan uses two knobs (strength and count) instead of one. Smoke Free treats pouches the same as vapes — Nixd doesn't.
Why bias the comparison toward Nixd? +
Because we built Nixd. The feature grid is honest — every row marks Yes/Partial/No based on what each app actually does, including where Smoke Free matches us. The narrative tells you why we made the calls we did. If you'd rather read a third-party review, Smoke Free has plenty; this page is ours.
