Happy Scale vs Bean
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Happy Scale
This app helps you understand your weight loss journey by analyzing scale fluctuations. It smooths out daily variations to reveal your true progress, predict future weights, and break down goals into manageable milestones.
- See true progress with mathematical analysis
- Smooth out weigh-in fluctuations
- Predict future weight
- Break down goals into milestones
- Integrates with Apple Health
- BMI calculator
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Dieting is hard enough. But when you work hard, hop on the scale, and see a number that’s higher than yesterday? Well, that’s just not fair! It’s time to tame the scale! Happy Scale helps you make sense of the frustrating ups and downs of weigh-ins by using mathematical analysis to make sense of your scale weights. You’ll: • understand your true trend, • take the sting out of plateaus, and • be able to predict what you’ll weigh for an upcoming event • SEE YOUR TRUE PROGRESS: Happy Scale uses sophisticated math to learn the true trend of your progress. You can see what you’re really losing each week. • NO MORE PLATEAUS: Use the moving average progress tracking options to see steady progress every day! • SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE: Have a lot to lose? Break your weight loss goal into small, incremental milestone goals so you can focus on short-term, achievable goals! • THE PERFECT SUPPLEMENT: Use this app in conjunction with other popular apps. Weight entries can be automatically imported from apps that support exporting to the Apple Health app, and Happy Scale will export all your weights to Apple Health so other apps can see them. • IMAGINE YOUR SUCCESS: See predictions about what you’ll weigh in the future if you keep up your current trends, and set commitment goals for yourself! • KNOW YOUR NUMBERS: Our new BMI calculator shows you exactly where you stand and what weight ranges you need to hit for different health categories. No more guessing if you’re almost there! • WORKS ON ALL YOUR DEVICES: Seamlessly sync between your iPhone and iPad! So, have your previous diets failed because you lost motivation? Try Happy Scale today and join thousands of users who use this app to TAME THE SCALE! ------------------ This app optionally integrates with Apple Health. It is an opt-in feature that’s accessible from the Settings menu. ------------------ If you purchase a monthly or yearly subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account. Your account will automatically be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current subscription unless you disable auto-renew. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://happyscale.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://happyscale.com/terms
Bean
Transform your fitness routine into an engaging game. Track your walks, runs, and bike rides to complete daily quests, level up your character, and earn rewards. Customize your avatar with unique outfits and compete with friends.
- Real-world fitness quests
- Character leveling and rewards
- Gacha for cosmetic outfits
- Friend leaderboards
- One-second video clip creation
- On-device video editing
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Bean turns your health into a fitness game. Walk, run, or bike in the real world. Your quests get crushed, your character levels up, and rewards roll in. "Cute outfits and I love the overlay." (App Store review) DAILY QUESTS Every day brings three quest tiers (Easy, Normal, Hard) for walking, running, and biking: 5,000, 10,000, or 15,000 steps for walking, 1.5, 3, or 6 miles for running, and 3, 9.5, or 18.5 miles for biking. Kilometers if you prefer: 2.5, 5, or 10 for running and 5, 15, or 30 for biking. Complete them to earn Beans and XP. Everything comes from Apple Health, so there is nothing extra to track. KEEP YOUR STARS UP Your buddy has a star bar of up to 7 stars. Finish a Normal or Hard quest and you gain a star. Finish only Easy and you hold the stars you have. Finish nothing and you lose one. Keep 3 or more for 1.5x Beans on quests, or fill all 7 for 2x. YOUR CHARACTER Play as Bean or Pea, two pixel-art buddies you can switch between any time. Dress them in hats, hair, eyewear, face items, tops, bottoms, backgrounds, pets, and effects. Every item is bought outright with Beans, so you always pick exactly what you want. No pulls, no luck-only walls. MISSIONS Limited-time events with a ladder of daily movement goals. Every stage you reach unlocks a cosmetic you keep for good. COMPETE Start or join a walking, running, or biking challenge with friends, pick how long it runs, and see who moves the most. Free to enter, no stakes. FARM Team up with friends on a shared farm of up to 30 members. Pool your Beans to unlock land, and every plot you unlock boosts the Beans everyone earns from quests. Spend the pool on animals, decorations, and ground tiles, and lay them out together. FRIENDS Add friends and see how your weekly and monthly records compare. CAPTURE A YEAR IN ONE SECOND Record a 1-second moment from your favorite part of the day and stitch them into a highlight reel anytime. Your moments are backed up to your account, and the friends you add can watch them. WIDGETS Keep your buddy and today's quest progress on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. FREE TO DOWNLOAD, NO SUBSCRIPTION Bean is free to download, with no subscription and no trial to cancel. Quests, missions, challenges, friends, farms, and widgets are all free. You earn Beans by finishing quests, finding Bean in the daily puzzle, and watching optional ads. If you want more, optional Bean Packs are one-time purchases: 60 Beans for $1.99, 170 for $4.99, 375 for $9.99, 800 for $19.99, or 2,200 for $49.99 (US prices). WHAT MAKES IT BEAN. A character to dress. Friends to compare with. A one-second clip to capture. A star bar you would rather not break. The little hooks that make you actually want to lace up again tomorrow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Bean at free with in-app purchases against Happy Scale's subscription. Bean also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 days) and review sentiment (100% vs 92%). Happy Scale's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (58K vs 6). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Happy Scale sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Bean sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Happy Scale against 5.0 for Bean. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Happy Scale has 58K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Happy Scale's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bean's.
Happy Scale ships an update every 5 days, Bean daily. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Happy Scale | Bean |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (58K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 58K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #177 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Front Pocket Software LLC | Forwardslash LLC |
Customer experience
Happy Scale
Bean
Bugs and requests
Happy Scale
Reported bugs
1 issue- Reminders don't work for some users
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to track body measurements and body fat percentage
- Provide more chart/graph options (60-day, 6-month)
- Add a watch app or complication for easier access
- Implement more celebratory features when reaching goals
Bean
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Happy Scale
- Happy Scale Deluxe (Monthly)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Happy Scale Deluxe (Yearly)7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Tip $1$0.99
- Tip $3$2.99
- Tip $5$4.99
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- Tip $10$9.99
- Happy Scale Premium (Lifetime)$39.99
- Happy Scale Deluxe (Lifetime)$39.99
Bean
- 60 Beans$1.99
- 170 Beans$4.99
- 375 Beans$9.99
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- 100$9.99
- 800 Beans$19.99
- 300$28.99
- 500$46.99
- 2200 Beans$49.99
- 700$64.99
- 1000$89.99









