Weight Chart vs What Makes Cents
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
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.
- Determine communication intensity
- Assert wants and desires
- Guidance on saying no
- Based on DBT principles
- No personal data saved
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Weight Chart | What Makes Cents |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 41 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piet Jonas | Geek Me Speak LLC |
Customer experience
Weight Chart
What Makes Cents
In-app purchases
Weight Chart
No in-app purchases
What Makes Cents
No in-app purchases









