Comparison

Weight Chart vs What Makes Cents

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

Head to head
About

Weight Chart

Track your weight and waist circumference with this app. It visualizes your progress on charts and helps you understand health risks associated with waist-to-height ratio, offering a more accurate measure than BMI.

Highlights
  • Monitor weight and waist circumference
  • Visualize progress with charts
  • Calculate waist-to-height ratio
  • Enter and edit data for any date
  • Email data for backup
  • Switch between metric and imperial units
Features
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Weight Chart helps to monitor your weight and waist circumference over time. Newer studies show that a waist to height ratio of over 0.5 increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases, a ratio over 0.6 significantly. It's a better measure than the well known body mass index (BMI) because it takes the distribution of fat into account more accurately. More Features: - chart weight, BMI and waist circumference to height ratio - enter and edit data for any date - E-Mail the data for backup - turn the phone to switch between chart and data entry - switch between metric and imperial units - support for iPhone 6, 6+ and iPhone X

About

What Makes Cents

This app helps users determine the appropriate intensity for expressing their needs, wants, and boundaries. It provides guidance on how to assert oneself effectively and say no when necessary, drawing inspiration from therapeutic techniques.

Highlights
  • Determine communication intensity
  • Assert wants and desires
  • Guidance on saying no
  • Based on DBT principles
  • No personal data saved
Features
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What Makes Cents guides the user to know how intensely to ask or not ask for something or how intensely to say no to something. It also provides prompts to help the user assert their wants and desires. After answering either ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to 10 questions, the resulting suggestion will range on how intensely to ask or not ask for something or how intensely to say no to something. The purpose of this app is to be a guide. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice or treatment. Seek advice from a qualified health provider if you have any questions about a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in this app. This app is modeled after the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Interpersonal Effectiveness module's "Dime Game", "DEAR MAN", and "GIVE FAST". DBT is a type of psychotherapy that utilizes a cognitive-behavioral approach developed by Dr. Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D., A.B.P.P. NO personal data is saved nor accessed when using this app.

Screenshots

Weight Chart4 screens
What Makes Cents4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: What Makes Cents at 100% against Weight Chart's 29%. What Makes Cents also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). Weight Chart's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 41 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Weight Chart costs $0.99 and What Makes Cents $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

What Makes Cents holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: What Makes Cents has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Weight Chart's written reviews are positive against 100% of What Makes Cents's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weight Chart ships an update every 6 months, What Makes Cents every 41 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Weight Chart versus What Makes Cents: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeight ChartWhat Makes Cents
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 41 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiet JonasGeek Me Speak LLC

Customer experience

Weight Chart

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%

What Makes Cents

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Weight Chart

No in-app purchases

None

What Makes Cents

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weight Chart free?
Weight Chart costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is What Makes Cents free?
What Makes Cents costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Weight Chart or What Makes Cents?
What Makes Cents is rated higher. Weight Chart averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while What Makes Cents averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Weight Chart or What Makes Cents have ads?
Neither Weight Chart nor What Makes Cents shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weight Chart or What Makes Cents?
Weight Chart ships an update every 6 months, and What Makes Cents every 41 months. Most recently, Weight Chart was updated on October 6, 2026 and What Makes Cents on October 23, 2026.

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