Comparison

BMI Calculator vs Simple BMI evaluator

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

Head to head
About

BMI Calculator

Quickly calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI) using your height and weight. Save your history locally or sync with the Health app for easy tracking. Ideal for fitness and health management with a clear, user-friendly interface.

Highlights
  • Instant BMI calculation
  • Save calculation history
  • Health app integration
  • Supports imperial and metric units
  • Clear user interface
Features
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Calculate your body mass index (BMI) in seconds. This simple BMI app focuses on the essentials: enter your height and weight, calculate, and instantly display the results. Save your calculations locally or in the Health app to keep track of your BMI history at any time. The clear user interface makes the app ideal for anyone who wants to calculate their BMI easily and without unnecessary features. Perfect for fitness, health, weight management, or to support a healthy lifestyle – fast, accurate, and easy to understand. Supports both imperial and metric units.

About

Simple BMI evaluator

Features
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Enter your weight and height to see your Body Mass Index. The result updates as you type. Designed to work with VoiceOver: every field and button has a spoken label, your BMI is read together with its WHO category, the healthy weight range is read as a full sentence, and weight changes made with the +/- buttons are announced. Supports Dynamic Type: text and the BMI scale follow the text size chosen in iOS settings. WHAT IT SHOWS • Classic BMI and Trefethen's revised BMI (Oxford, 2013), which fits very tall and very short people better • WHO category, from severe thinness to obesity class III • The weight range that counts as normal for your height • A color scale showing where your value falls ALSO • Kilograms and meters, or pounds and feet • +/- buttons to adjust your weight without retyping it • Share the result • iPhone and iPad, no account needed Formulas and tables come from official sources, listed in the app under References. This app gives information only. It is not a medical device and does not replace advice from a doctor.

Screenshots

BMI Calculator3 screens
Simple BMI evaluator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Simple BMI evaluator at every 3 months against BMI Calculator's every 23 months. BMI Calculator's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BMI Calculator ships an update every 23 months, Simple BMI evaluator every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BMI Calculator versus Simple BMI evaluator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBMI CalculatorSimple BMI evaluator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (53 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings53 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB30 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperLukas LubbeSonya Marcarelli

In-app purchases

None

BMI Calculator

No in-app purchases

None

Simple BMI evaluator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BMI Calculator free?
BMI Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple BMI evaluator free?
Simple BMI evaluator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BMI Calculator or Simple BMI evaluator have ads?
Both BMI Calculator and Simple BMI evaluator show ads.
Which is updated more often, BMI Calculator or Simple BMI evaluator?
BMI Calculator ships an update every 23 months, and Simple BMI evaluator every 3 months. Most recently, BMI Calculator was updated on October 21, 2026 and Simple BMI evaluator on October 11, 2026.

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