Graph vs Chart Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Graph
This app creates various types of graphs from numerical data. Users can easily input and edit data, then export their visualizations via email, print, or save them. It offers extensive graph types and interactive features for exploring data.
- Multiple 1D, 2D, and 3D graph types
- Data input and editing via table interface
- Interactive graph manipulation (rotate, zoom)
- Export graphs via email, print, or save
- AirDrop to Graph IDE on iPad
- Project-based data and preference organization
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Graph is straightforward: • Makes graphs from numbers. • Made by the data visualization expert - VVI®. • Touch-hold a graph to email, print or save to your Photo Album. • Plenty of built-in options. • AirDrop your graph to the most powerful data visualization application on the iPad, Graph IDE. FEATURES • Includes several 1D, 2D and 3D graph types such as bar, column, pie, line, area, scatter, 3D perspective scatter, trajectory and surface, volumetric, z-sliced cell, maps, linear, semi-log, x-log, log-log, polar, r-log, Gregorian date and many variations. • Data is pasted from the pasteboard and inserted and edited using a table interface. • Touch-hold a graph to export it to Graph IDE on the iPad. Graph IDE is the most powerful data visualization application for the iPad and gives access to a wide variety of graph types and graphical effects. (Graph IDE is separately available for the iPad). • Touch graphs to rotate, zoom, scroll and scan data. • Touch data graphics, such as lines and bars, to show data values. • Touch-hold a graph to copy, print, mail, AirDrop and save it to other applications. • Data and preferences are organized by project and each project is persistent and automatically saved so you can show and retrieve your settings and data on subsequent use. NOTE: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. The Location Tracking task requires GPS for its function.
Chart Maker
Easily generate line, pie, and bar graphs from your data. This tool also functions as a simple spreadsheet creator, making it a versatile option for organizing information and visualizing trends.
- Line graph creation
- Pie chart generation
- Bar graph visualization
- Spreadsheet functionality
- Data organization
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This application allows you to easily create line, pie, and bar graphs. It can also be used for spreadsheets, so we recommend it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chart Maker at 4.2 against Graph's 2.9. Chart Maker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (50% vs 30%). Graph's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Graph sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chart Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chart Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 37 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Graph's written reviews are positive against 50% of Chart Maker's.
Graph ships an update every 5 weeks, Chart Maker every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Graph | Chart Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (15 ratings) | 4.2 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.1% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 37 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VVI, INC. | Taro Horiguchi |
Customer experience
Graph
Chart Maker
Bugs and requests
Graph
Reported bugs
27 issues- Numbers disappear when entered
- App crashes
- Pie graph missing
- Export function doesn't work
- Data sheet not intuitive
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- Cannot scroll data sheet
- Buttons too tiny
- No obvious way to relabel columns
- Cannot add labels
- Graphics are terrible
- No tutorial
- Instructions are complex
- Unable to use
- Data gets randomly erased
- Doesn't keep data once entered
- Data gets randomly erased as it's being entered
- Doesn't save entered data
- Entered data disappears once written
- Table cannot be edited
- Cannot enter data in a table
- X values are flipped
- Graph doesn't look as it should
- Full of bugs
- Nothing worked as wanted
- Saving-stuff disappears
- Cannot plot points on the graph
- Doesn't show graph, only example
Requested features
14 requests- Make it more simple
- Add pie graph option
- Improve data sheet intuitiveness
- Allow relabeling of columns
- Add tutorials
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- Export function to work
- Ability to edit graph labels
- Dark mode option
- Ability to plot two sets of data on the same x-y axis
- Easier way to enter data
- Add tutorial for data entry and graph setup
- Ability to export charts to other applications
- Ability to save multiple charts
- Import data from spreadsheets
Chart Maker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Graph
- Additional Features$5.99
Chart Maker
No in-app purchases
