Puff PacerQuit nicotine at a pace that actually sticks.
Pace it. Replace it. Beat it.
Puff Pacer paces you off vaping, smoking, nicotine pouches, or chewing tobacco (dip) - cut back gradually or quit outright. On iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, with hands-free Siri logging.
- Stretch your gaps a little more each day
- Craving SOS in one tap - breathing and your proven swaps
- An Arcade of mini-games built to outlast any craving
- A coach built on real psychology, not hollow cheerleading
- See your money saved and your body's recovery add up
- 60-100% quit during supported paced programs vs 5% cold turkey
Android - coming soon
How Puff Pacer works
Three steps, then it runs quietly in the background of your day.
1. Set your pace
Tell Puff Pacer what you use and where you want to land. It builds a taper that fits your life - ease off gradually or aim for a quit date.
2. Log in a tap, ride the countdown
One tap from the app, Lock Screen, Apple Watch, or Siri. A countdown paces your gaps, so you always know when your next one's allowed.
3. Watch the gaps stretch
Every gap you hold past your pace is banked as a win - your brain unlearning the reflex. Cravings fade, money adds up, your body heals.
Everything you need to quit at your pace
A pace, not a cliff
One tap logs a puff, cigarette, or pouch - Zyn, snus, whatever you use - from the app, Lock Screen, Apple Watch, or hands-free with Siri. A countdown paces your gaps, and they stretch a little every day.
Craving SOS
Most cravings pass in 3–5 minutes. One tap opens your plan: guided breathing, the replacements that have worked for you before, and an honest “I beat it / I gave in” - no shame either way.
A coach that gets hard days
Built on motivational psychology, not cheerleading. It validates first, knows your real numbers - your streak, your best replacement - and matches its message to your mood. A bad day gets support, never a hollow cheer.
A 20-second journal
Daily check-ins chart your mood against your cravings and sync with Apple Health - you can watch O₂ and blood pressure trend the right way as nicotine falls. Plus a selfie-a-day time-lapse of your recovery.
A recovery you can see
Health milestones from 20 minutes smoke-free to a full year - heart, lungs, and brain - alongside money saved and nicotine avoided. Proof your body is healing as the days add up.
Something to do with your hands
Four original arcade games built for the craving itself - open one the moment an urge hits and ride it out in a couple of minutes, instead of white-knuckling it or reaching for the vape.
See it in action
Why pacing beats willpower
Stack the odds in your favor
Your chance of quitting
Quit at your pace - and make it stick
An 8-week plan window: success builds as your pace winds down
Initial cessation rates measured during supported program windows (pacing with NRT and/or counseling). Sources: Truth Initiative (cold-turkey rate); Medscape (supported-program cessation rates). Not medical advice.
Most quit attempts start with an impossible ask: zero, starting now, forever. Puff Pacer takes the opposite path - smart intervals that stretch a little every day, so your brain unlearns the reflex gradually instead of fighting it all at once.
There's biology behind that. Each hit of nicotine triggers a surge of dopamine - and to cope with the constant flood, your brain grows billions of extra nicotinic receptors, physically rewiring its reward system around the drug. Quit all at once and those receptors are suddenly left unstimulated; that mismatch is the irritability, anxiety, and relentless cravings of withdrawal. Easing your intake down instead lets your brain unwind that rewiring gradually - taking the edge off the worst symptoms while you also retrain the habits and triggers wrapped around every use.
The rest is behavioral science, not willpower. Replacement habits matched to your real triggers - when stress hits, deep breaths first. A 20-second daily check-in that keeps you honest and turns slips into data instead of shame. Achievements that reward showing up - and every gap you hold past your pace is banked as a win, because that gap is your brain unlearning the reflex. And a coach built on validation-first, autonomy- supportive psychology: it acknowledges the hard day before it suggests anything, and it asks what feels right rather than barking orders - because lasting change is chosen, not commanded.
You always know where you stand: the countdown to your next allowed use, the money staying in your pocket, and your body's recovery adding up. When a craving spikes, the SOS tools are one tap away.
The flip side is real too: a shorter plan ends cravings sooner and accelerates healing. The journey and the goal are personal decisions - choose the pace that makes sense for you.
An arcade built for cravings
Most cravings fade in 3-5 minutes. These four games are built to outlast them.
One tap from the craving button opens the Arcade: a falling-block puzzle, a cloud-popping reflex game, a calm no-clock block puzzle, and a fresh-air match-3 - four original games with endless levels, so there is always something to reach for when your hands want to reach for nicotine.
They are built for quitting, not for your wallet: no ads, no lives to buy, no pressure mechanics. A quiet note appears when four minutes have passed - the point where most cravings have already faded - and you are welcome to keep playing anyway.
Start your quit plan today - free download
Download Puff Pacer free on the App Store, answer a few questions, and get a personalized pacing plan for vaping, smoking, nicotine pouches, or chewing tobacco.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best app to quit vaping?
The best quit-vaping app is one built around how quitting actually works: gradual reduction instead of a cold-turkey cliff. Puff Pacer builds a personalized taper - a puff counter with a pacing countdown that stretches your gaps a little every day - plus craving SOS tools, a psychology-based coach, and a body-healing timeline. It works for vaping, cigarettes, nicotine pouches (Zyn, snus), chewing tobacco (dip), and NRT, on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.
Is it better to quit vaping cold turkey or gradually?
Going cold turkey on willpower alone succeeds only about 3–5% of the time long-term (Truth Initiative). A paced plan - cutting back gradually, especially paired with NRT - can reach up to about 60% early success (Medscape). Tapering spreads withdrawal out instead of cramming it into one brutal stretch, which is exactly what Puff Pacer's pacing countdown does for you automatically.
How long does nicotine withdrawal last?
For most people the physical symptoms - irritability, headaches, restlessness - peak in the first 1–3 days and largely settle within about two weeks, while psychological cravings fade over one to three months. Most individual cravings pass in 3–5 minutes. A gradual taper softens that peak instead of hitting it all at once, and Puff Pacer's Craving SOS gives you guided breathing and your proven replacements for the minutes that matter. Everyone's different - talk to a healthcare professional about your plan.
How do I quit Zyn or nicotine pouches?
The approach with the best track record is a taper: reduce your daily pouch count step by step (and step down in strength, e.g. 6mg → 3mg), replace removed pouches with a nicotine-free alternative, and give the process a few weeks. Puff Pacer has a nicotine pouch tracker built in - log a Zyn or snus pouch in one tap and let the pacing countdown stretch the time between pouches a little every day.
Is Puff Pacer free?
Puff Pacer is free to download. You set up your personalized quit plan in the app, and full access is a one-time lifetime purchase or a yearly subscription - current pricing and cancellation terms are shown right on the in-app paywall and billed through your Apple or Google account.
Does Puff Pacer work for cigarettes and chewing tobacco, or just vaping?
All of it. Puff Pacer is a puff counter, cigarette counter, nicotine pouch tracker (Zyn and snus), chewing tobacco (dip) tracker, and NRT tracker in one app - whatever form your nicotine takes, the same pacing plan eases you down.
Is Puff Pacer medical advice?
No. Puff Pacer supports behavior change around nicotine use. It is not a medical device and doesn't provide diagnosis or treatment - talk to a healthcare professional about your health and any cessation plan.
Does my data leave my device?
No. Everything - logs, check-ins, plan, mood, and your daily photos - stays on your device and syncs only through your own private iCloud or Google Drive storage, which we cannot read. There is no account and no server of ours holding your information. Nothing is sold, and there's no tracking across apps or websites.
What devices does it run on?
Puff Pacer runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with an Apple Watch companion. Sign in once and your plan, history, and progress sync across all your devices through your private iCloud - set it up on one, pick up on any other.
Do I need an Apple Watch?
No. The iPhone app is complete on its own. The Apple Watch app is an optional companion for one-tap logging and glanceable stats from your wrist.
Does it work with Siri?
Yes - log hands-free (“Hey Siri, log a puff in Puff Pacer” - cigarettes, halves, pouches, and NRT doses too) or ask where you stand: “How long until my next puff”, “How am I doing today”, “What's my streak”, “How much have I saved”. Works on iPhone and Apple Watch, and the same commands appear in Spotlight and the Shortcuts app. Handy when you're driving or your hands are busy - exactly when cravings like to hit.