Graph vs Graph 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.
Graph Maker
Easily generate various types of charts, including line, bar, pie, and combo graphs, from simple data input. The app offers flexibility in data formatting and label display for clear visualization.
- Line, bar, and pie chart creation
- Combo graph with lines and bars
- Flexible data input and label formatting
- Automatic percentage calculation for pie charts
- Instant graph generation
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This app quickly creates graphs from simple input. Works with line, bar, and pie charts. We've also implemented a new combo chart with lines and bars. Combining a monthly bar chart with a cumulative line chart for each month makes the information much easier to understand. It's a bit quirky as it instantly draws graphs from input data. Please check the summary below. ・Data Values No strict input limits, but for a neat layout, keep characters short. Adjust units to shorten characters (e.g., [Unit: 1,000 yen]). ・Data Labels: Adjusted for the longest notation '20231101.' To minimize data label characters, use '23/11/01' or '11/1' as labels, and include '2023-' in the title. Labels with 3 or fewer characters display horizontally. ・Pie Charts If input totals 100, it's % distribution on the chart. If not, it auto-calculates percentages. Charts created with this app can be used freely for both commercial and non-commercial purposes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Graph Maker at 3.7 against Graph's 2.9. Graph Maker also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.0). Graph's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Graph sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Graph Maker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Graph Maker holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 15 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 30% and 31% positive.
Graph ships an update monthly, Graph Maker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Graph | Graph Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (15 ratings) | 3.7 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.1% of reviews | 30.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 15 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VVI, INC. | Motoki Takahashi |
Customer experience
Graph
Graph 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
Graph Maker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Graph
- Additional Features$5.99
Graph Maker
- Pro Plan - Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month








