Comparison

Picky Picky vs Smart Decision

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

Head to head
About

Picky Picky

This app helps you make objective decisions by systematically evaluating your options based on customizable traits and their importance. It provides templates for common choices like cars, houses, and schools, or allows you to build your own decision-making frameworks.

Highlights
  • Objective decision-making framework
  • Customizable traits and importance
  • Pre-built templates for cars, houses, schools
  • Drag-and-drop trait prioritization
  • Super Trait assignment for high importance
  • Data privacy and no information sharing
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Which car? Which school? Which house? Which job? So, you’re faced with a tough decision. What’s it gonna be? Too many choices? Can’t narrow them down? Feeling the PRESSURE?! Calm down, it’s going to be okay. We’re here for you. Actually, making tough decisions doesn’t have to be hard. All you need is to be a little organized and thoughtful about it. Step 1: Take a deep breath, close your eyes and be in your happy place. Step 2: Snap out of it! There are decisions to be made, get out of that happy place! Step 3: Install Picky Picky and create your first "Tradeoff". Step 4: Enter each option you are choosing between. Step 5: Enter the importance of the different “Traits” of those options Step 6: Rate each option's Traits. Step 7: Congratulate yourself! In as little as five minutes you completed your first Tradeoff and the best choice is right there in front of you! Picky Picky helps you make completely objective choices. This ain’t no random generator or spinner app with no thought put it into, this is MATH, baby! Remember that thing you said you’d never need in high school? Well, guess what – YOU DON’T NEED IT, because we did it for you. Picky Picky does not share any of your information or data, so if you’re faced with an embarrassing decision, like, say, which Riverdale character to dress up as for Halloween, no one needs to know (but it totally should be Jughead). Awesome Features: • 3 built in Tradeoff templates: Cars, Houses, Schools • Each template has over 27 different sets of Traits • Two ways to set importance, a simple drag and drop list of most important to least important or a more precise setting for each Trait • Assign “Super Traits” to those things that are off the chart important to you Upgrade to the Pro Version from inside the app: • Unlimited Tradeoffs • Unlimited Options in each Tradeoff • Add or Delete Traits • Add custom images from your camera or photo library to your Tradeoffs, Options and Traits • Build Custom Tradeoffs from scratch without using a template

About

Smart Decision

This app helps you make informed choices by comparing options based on your defined criteria. It supports various criterion types and allows you to weight their importance for a clear, ranked outcome.

Highlights
  • Define options and criteria
  • Six criterion types supported
  • Weighted importance for criteria
  • Real-time result updates
  • iCloud Sync across devices
  • Free to use with optional tips
Features
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Make rational decisions based on the criteria relevant to you. Define the available Options and the Criteria on which the Decision should be based and let Smart Decision do the math and determine your best choice. Options are the items/alternatives you want to compare, ultimately deciding which is the preferred one. Criteria are the standards on which the Decision should be based. Smart Decision supports six different Criterion types: - Requirement: for essential characteristics a viable option should have - Binary: Yes or No, e.g. WiFi connectivity - Ranking: option order from hightest to lowest - Rating: rate each option with zero to five stars - Value [prefer lower]: e.g. price or power consumption - Value [prefer higher]: e.g. storage capacity or processor speed Each Criterion can be given a weight (from one to five, according to its importance) to be applied in the result calculation. The result is a ranking of all Options sorted by the percentage of the maximum possible score achieved by each Option. It is updated automatically as you evaluate each Criterion for each Option, so you get immediate feedback about the impact of every change. Smart Decision supports iCloud Sync, so your Decisions are kept up to date on all your iOS devices. Smart Decision is totally free, In-App-Purchases allow you to tip the developer and have no impact on the app's functionality.

Screenshots

Picky Picky4 screens
Smart Decision4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Picky Picky at free against Smart Decision's free with in-app purchases. Picky Picky also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Picky Picky sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Smart Decision sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Picky Picky against 5.0 for Smart Decision. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Picky Picky versus Smart Decision: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicky PickySmart Decision
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
Ads—No
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Unique DriveMichael Klug

Customer experience

Picky Picky

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Smart Decision

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Picky Picky

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$2.99
3 purchases

Smart Decision

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Picky Picky free?
Picky Picky is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smart Decision free?
Smart Decision is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Picky Picky or Smart Decision?
Picky Picky and Smart Decision are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 2 ratings respectively.

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