Ember
A small personal side project

Smoke less.
At your own pace.

Ember doesn't treat every cigarette the same. It learns which ones are tied to your routines, and starts by taking away the easy ones first.

Built by one ex-smoker. No investors, no ad network, no third-party trackers on this page.

See how it works ↓

Not every cigarette is equal

Most quit-smoking apps assume cigarette #1 of the day and cigarette #14 are the same problem. They aren't. Ember starts with that.

Learn first, reduce later

Ember spends the first few days just watching how you actually smoke. No quota, no pressure — it needs the real pattern, not your best guess.

Easy ones go first

The cigarettes you barely notice — the boredom ones, the phone-in-hand ones — leave before the ritual ones (morning coffee, after dinner). Reduction feels less disruptive that way.

Your rhythm, not a schedule

No fixed 8am / 11am / 2pm plan. The day reshapes around when you actually smoke, so the quota lines up with cravings instead of fighting them.

For example

Ember may protect your morning coffee cigarette at first, while reducing a forgettable mid-afternoon one.

This is what it looks like

No mock-ups. These are real screens from my own taper.

Ember today screen showing remaining cigarettes and countdown to next slot
Today
Your daily quota and the next safe time to smoke.
Ember today's plan with time slots, last 7 days chart, and coach tip
Your plan
Slots learned from how you actually smoke during the week.
Ember history screen with weekly bars and smoking heatmap
History
Where your patterns cluster — a tool for Ember to decide where to work on.

A sample 8-week taper

From 20 a day to none — without quitting cold.

20 → 0 cigarettes / day
200TodayWeek 8
Today's quota: 14
Smart timing tells you when
Missed target? Tomorrow adjusts.

How it works

Step 1

Tap when you light up

One tap. That's the whole logging interaction.

Step 2

Ember reshapes tomorrow

Today's quota adjusts to your actual pattern, not a fixed schedule.

Step 3

Hit zero on your target date

Pick the date you want to be smoke-free. Ember works backwards so you land there, one winnable day at a time.

Why Ember is different

vs going from 20 to 0 overnight
Many people find the all-or-nothing jump too abrupt. Tapering gives your brain time to recalibrate.
vs apps that nag you with notifications
Ember doesn't ping you to log. You open it when you light up — the app stays out of your way the rest of the time.
vs willpower alone
Ember does the planning so you're not negotiating with yourself every cigarette. The decision is already made — you just live the day.

Why I built this

I smoked for years. Every quit-smoking app I tried assumed all cigarettes were equal and that willpower was the answer. That never matched how I actually smoked — the 7am one and the 11pm one are not the same cigarette. So I built Ember to start by understanding the rhythm, not fighting it.

It's a small personal project. No investors, no ad network, no team. Just me, trying to build the tool I wished existed.

— Lassi

Your cigarette logs never leave your account. No third-party trackers, no ad networks.

Questions

Will this actually help me quit?

Ember is built for people who can't (or don't want to) quit in one go. It uses your real smoking pattern to taper you down day by day. Most people aim for 6–12 weeks to zero, but you set the pace. No app can guarantee a quit — what tapering does is make the cliff smaller, so each day is something you can actually win. If you want to stop overnight, an app probably isn't what you need.

How is this different from just smoking less on my own?

Most people who try to cut down on their own treat every cigarette as equal — so they remove cigarettes more or less at random, hit the hard ones early, and give up. Ember starts by watching your pattern for a few days, figures out which cigarettes are routine-bound (morning coffee, after dinner) and which are filler (boredom, phone calls), and takes the filler ones away first. The hard ones come last, when you've already built momentum.

How long does it take?

Most people aim for 6–12 weeks to get to zero. You set the target date you want to be smoke-free, and Ember works backwards from there to shape your daily quota. Faster than that and it starts to feel like cold-turkey in slow motion; slower and motivation tends to fade before you finish.

What if I slip?

You log it. The next day's quota adjusts to what actually happened, not what was supposed to happen. There's no streak to break — Ember is built assuming relapse days are part of the path, not a failure of it.

Is my data private?

Your cigarette logs never leave your account. No third-party trackers, no ad networks, no analytics scripts on this page. The whole product is one person's project, not an ad business — there's no incentive to sell data because there's nobody to sell it to.

Does it work for vapes or pouches?

Not yet — Ember is built around cigarettes. Vape and pouch support are on the list once the cigarette experience is rock solid.

Is it really free?

Yes. It's a side project, not a business. No subscription, no upsell, no Pro tier — just the tool.

Is it an app?

Ember runs in your browser as a free web app — no App Store or Play Store needed. You can add it to your home screen (Add to Home Screen on iPhone, Install App on Android) and it launches and behaves just like a native app, with offline support included.