Livestrong MyQuit Coach for iPhone

The Livestrong MyQuit Coach application is considered by iPhone users as one of the most popular of a kind application helping to quit smoking. It maintains a decent 4.5 starts rating, based on more than 2,000 end user reviews.

MyQuit Coach creates a personalized plan for you to help you quit smoking for good. Through a physician approved, interactive and easy to use app, you’ll evaluate your current status, set attainable goals and adjust preferences according to your needs. You'll finally be able to stop smoking.

You will have the option to choose to quit smoking right away or gradually decrease your daily nicotine intake—tracking the times you smoke and have nicotine cravings along the way. Personalized inspirational photos, motivational tips and progress charts will provide quit smoking help and keep you on track while achievement badges will reward you for progress. And you’re not alone with a built in social support circle and the option to update your Facebook and Twitter as friends cheer you on. When you are ready to stop smoking, let MyQuit Coach be your guide.

Main Features:

* Personalized quitting plan
* Upload your own personalized motivations
* Track your daily consumption and allowance
* Optional budget alerts and reminders
* Earn badges and awards
* View charts of your usage history by date and time
* Your plan will automatically adjust if necessary
* Quitting tips, facts, and motivation from Livestrong.com
* Get support through Facebook, Twitter, and Livestrong.com

The Livestrong.com MyQuit Coach application has been reviewed by smoking cessation specialist Dr. Jonathan Foulds, nicotine addiction specialist Dr. Dorothy Hatsukami, psychologist Dr. Belisa Vranich and cardiologist and internist Dr. Leslie Saxon.

Cost: Free

Languages: English, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish

Developer’s website: http://www.livestrong.com/quit-smoking-app/

iTunes Page: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/livestrong-myquit-coach-dare/id383122255?mt=8

Smokefree QuitGuide app for iPhone

The QuitGuide is a free application developed by MMG, Inc., for the Tobacco Control Research Branch of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Written by tobacco control professionals and cessation counselors, with the help of ex-smokers and experts, this app is designed to help you prepare to quit smoking and support you in the days and weeks after you quit.

The app allows you to search for content using keywords, save specific pages as favorites, and share information you are reading via Facebook, Twitter, and e-mail. It also provides insight into what to expect when you quit, and how to deal with problems that may come up in your journey to be smokefree.

Being prepared, having information at the ready, and staying connected to a larger online community can help get you through the hard times.

Website: http://www.smokefree.gov/apps/

iTunes Direct Link: http://itunes.apple.com/app/quitguide/id411766556?mt=8

About SmokeFree

Smokefree.gov is intended to help you or someone you care about quit smoking.

Different people need different resources as they try to quit. The information and professional assistance available on this Web site can help to support both your immediate and long-term needs as you become, and remain, a nonsmoker.

Smokefree.gov allows you to choose the help that best fits your needs. You can get immediate assistance in the form of:

• A step-by-step quit smoking guide
• Information about a wide range of topics related to smoking and quitting
• An interactive U.S. map highlighting smoking information in your state
• LiveHelp, National Cancer Institute's instant messaging service
• National Cancer Institute's telephone quitline, 1-877-44U-QUIT
• Local and state telephone quitlines, 1-800-QUIT-NOW
• Publications to download, print, or order

The Web site was created by the Tobacco Control Research Branch of the National Cancer Institute.