Comparison

Scale Up vs Pow

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Scale Up

This app helps you track and analyze your body composition using Bluetooth-enabled scales. Monitor key metrics like weight, body fat, and muscle mass over time, set fitness goals, and share your progress with friends.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth scale integration
  • Track weight, body fat, muscle mass
  • Evaluate body shape and nutrition
  • Record body history (day, week, month)
  • Generate fitness evaluation reports
  • Set and track weight goals
  • Multi-user support for families
Features
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Scale Up is an efficient body analyzing application for you and your family. * Work with weight scale, fat scale of Bluetooth 4.0. * Track the weight, body fat, body water, muscle, bone mass, daily caloric intake, visceral fat, and physique rating, fat-free mass, etc. * Evaluate the status of your body shape and nutrition. * Record your body history by day, week and month. * Generate physical fitness evaluation report. * Share your body status to your friends by SNS. * Set goal of your body weight and track. * Support multi users for your family. * See friends in healthy forum. * Share physical fitness report, comment, photos with your friends. * Get notified when friends like and comment on your posts * Show Logos and skins for different Smart Scales. * support Apple Health save or read body measurements.

About

Pow

Connect to a smart scale to track your health and fitness metrics. Create individual profiles and sync your data with popular health platforms like Apple Health, Google Health, and Fitbit.

Highlights
  • Connect to smart scale
  • Track health and fitness
  • Create user profiles
  • Sync with Apple Health
  • Sync with Google Health
  • Sync with Fitbit Health
Features
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Use the Powerology app for connecting to our scale app. Gauge your health and fitness levels, create profiles and connect to various health apps such as Apple Health, Google Health and Fitbit Health.

Screenshots

Scale Up4 screens
Pow3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Scale Up at 2.7 against Pow's 2.1. Scale Up also leads on ratings volume (133 vs 35). Pow's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scale Up holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 133 and 35 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of Scale Up's written reviews are positive against 17% of Pow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scale Up ships an update every 2 months, Pow fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Scale Up versus Pow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScale UpPow
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (133 ratings) — better2.1 (35 ratings)
Positive reviews21.5% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings133 — better35
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB16 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperVTrumpTeqtronix International General Trading LLC

Customer experience

Scale Up

All ratings133 ratings
Positive38.3%
Neutral6.8%
Negative54.9%
Written reviews270 reviews
Positive21.5%
Neutral10.7%
Negative67.8%

Pow

All ratings34 ratings
Positive23.5%
Neutral8.8%
Negative67.6%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative72.2%

Bugs and requests

Scale Up

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Unable to register or log in
  • App not detecting Bluetooth scale
  • Incorrect time and date settings
  • Inconsistent data and measurements

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow changing units to pounds and inches
  • Add option to view weight gain positively
  • Improve app stability and reliability
  • Provide better troubleshooting and support

Pow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Scale Up

No in-app purchases

None

Pow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scale Up free?
Scale Up is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pow free?
Pow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scale Up or Pow?
Scale Up is rated higher. Scale Up averages 2.7 out of 5 from 133 ratings, while Pow averages 2.1 from 35 ratings.
Do Scale Up or Pow have ads?
Neither Scale Up nor Pow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scale Up or Pow?
Scale Up ships an update every 2 months, and Pow fortnightly. Most recently, Scale Up was updated on September 16, 2026 and Pow on July 7, 2026.

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