Make an invisible habit a little more visible.

A vape can fit into the gaps in your day: a pause between tasks, a walk, a few minutes on the couch. It can be difficult to remember how often you reached for it. A puff counter gives you one simple record to come back to: the puffs you chose to log.

Vape Break is a manual puff counter app for iPhone and iPad. During a session, you tap once for each puff. The counter shows your recorded count alongside the session limit in your plan. It is a way to pay attention to your routine, without relying on a rough guess at the end of the day.

How to use the puff counter in Vape Break

  1. Open a planned break. Your daily schedule contains sessions with a time and puff limit. Choose the session you are recording.
  2. Tap for each puff you take. The count updates as you log. The app does not connect to your device or detect a puff automatically.
  3. Finish when you are ready. A limit is a ceiling, not a target you need to reach. You can end the session before reaching it.
  4. Review the record. Completed sessions become part of your history, where you can compare recorded puffs across days.
A useful distinction: your puff count is a count of recorded actions. It is not a measurement of nicotine intake or a recommended amount to vape.

What should you look for?

Start with questions about your own day. Which sessions tend to be shorter? Which ones do you finish before the limit? Do you log more puffs during a busy afternoon than during a quiet morning? Looking at your own records can give you a more concrete starting point for reflection.

You do not need to compare your number with someone else’s. Different devices, liquids and ways of using them make that comparison difficult to interpret. There is no universal puff count that this app can label safe.

A manual counter depends on your records

If you forget to log a session, your history will be incomplete. That does not make the rest of the information useless, but it changes what you can conclude from it. A day with fewer recorded puffs might mean you used your vape less, or it might mean you did not record every session.

Emergency Breaks let you record sessions outside your planned schedule. Keeping those sessions in your history helps you see more of the day, including moments that did not go as planned.

Go from a count to a clearer routine

A counter is one part of Vape Break. Your personal vaping schedule gives those sessions a structure, and the vape tracker and charts bring your records together over time. You choose how to use that information as you work toward cutting back or quitting.

Vape Break is a habit-tracking tool, not a treatment for nicotine dependence. For guidance about quitting nicotine and support suited to you, speak with a healthcare professional.