Comparison

MinervaOS vs Honest Scale

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

Head to head
About

MinervaOS

This app provides a comprehensive calorie tracking system, calculating both intake and expenditure. It offers personalized burn estimates based on your data and supports numerous wearables for accurate workout tracking. Users can also engage with a social community and view fitness trends over time.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive calorie tracking
  • Personalized calorie burn calculation
  • Wearable device integration
  • Workout data recalculation
  • Social fitness community
  • Fitness trend analysis
Features
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The Comprehensive Calorie Tracker. Food, workouts and daily burn, in one app. MinervaOS brings together what you ate and what your body burned, from resting metabolism and digestion to steps and workouts. Your weigh-in trends help adjust the estimates over time. WHAT YOU EAT Log with a photo, a barcode, the food database, a saved meal, or a sentence to Quick Log. See calories, protein, carbs, fat and micronutrients, with the day's food log underneath. WHAT YOU BURN Your burn, itemized. Basal, workouts, movement and digestion each get their own number, and a tap shows how it is worked out. Log lifts with sets, reps and weight, cardio by time, or the exact calories your machine shows. Add average watts to your rides. WEARABLES AND APPLE HEALTH Connect Apple Health and supported wearables. MinervaOS recalculates workout burn from the raw data instead of taking the device's number as given. PERSONALIZED BURN Weigh in and MinervaOS compares what the math predicted with what the scale showed, then adjusts your burn on a seven-day cycle. TRENDS Daily energy balance, calories eaten, weight and steps over a week, a month or longer. SOCIAL, IF YOU WANT IT Share a meal or a workout with friends, follow people and keep groups. Sharing is optional. MinervaOS requires a subscription to access all features: $9.99 per month or $69.99 per year, each with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings. Prices shown are in U.S. dollars and may vary by region. Calorie burn and food figures are estimates, not medical advice. Terms of Use: https://minervaos.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://minervaos.app/privacy

About

Honest Scale

This app helps you understand your weight journey by focusing on trends rather than daily fluctuations. It provides insights into your progress, allowing you to note factors affecting your weight and stay motivated. Track your weight history with interactive charts and personalized guidance.

Highlights
  • Weight trend visualization
  • Personalized weight insights
  • Optional real-life factor logging
  • Interactive progress charts
  • Apple Health integration
  • Data export and backup
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The number on the scale can go up even when you’re making progress. Honest Scale is a calmer weight loss tracker that helps you look past normal day-to-day changes and understand where your weight is actually headed. See your weight trend, note factors like sleep or travel, and stay focused on meaningful progress—not one stressful number. SEE THE TREND, NOT THE NOISE Honest Scale shows both the number on the scale and your underlying weight trend, helping you recognize real progress even when individual weigh-ins bounce up and down. GET INSIGHT, NOT JUST DATA Today’s Weight Insight uses your latest weigh-in together with your history, weight trend, and goal to provide relevant guidance. You can add optional details about sleep, salty meals, workouts, or travel to better understand what may be happening. Today’s Perspective provides a separate, supportive view that helps keep one number in proportion. KNOW WHETHER YOU’RE ON TRACK Explore interactive charts covering 7 days, 30 days, 90 days, 6 months, 1 year, or your complete history. Follow milestone progress, see how much your weight has changed since your first weigh-in, and view an estimated timeline toward your next milestone when enough information is available. BRING YOUR HISTORY WITH YOU Connect Apple Health to import existing weigh-ins with their original dates. You can also log manually, add notes and real-life factors, and optionally save manual entries to Apple Health. SEE YOUR WHOLE JOURNEY Review your individual weigh-ins, weight trend, average weekly change, notes, and real-life factors in an organized monthly history. Filter manual or Apple Health entries and revisit the moments behind the numbers. BUILD A CALMER ROUTINE Choose a gentle reminder schedule that fits you. Honest Scale won’t remind you again after you have already logged that day. PRIVATE AND IN YOUR CONTROL Protect Honest Scale with Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode. Export your history as a spreadsheet file (CSV), or create a backup file to move or recover your app data. HONEST SCALE INCLUDES • Clear weight trends and interactive charts • Personalized Weight Insights and Today’s Perspective • Optional real-life factors and notes • Goal milestones, progress, and estimated dates • Import from Apple Health and optional saving of manual entries • BMI reference based on your saved height and weight • Flexible weigh-in reminders • App Lock, spreadsheet export, backup, and restore Honest Scale is built for people who want to lose weight, maintain their weight, understand weight changes, or feel less anxious about stepping on the scale. It stays focused on helping you understand your weight—without the calorie counting, meal logging, and clutter of an all-in-one diet app. Premium subscription required for full access. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled through your App Store account. Trial availability depends on App Store eligibility. Privacy Policy: https://orangellamastudios.com/#privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MinervaOS4 screens
Honest Scale4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Honest Scale at freemium against MinervaOS's subscription. Honest Scale also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). MinervaOS's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MinervaOS sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Honest Scale sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Honest Scale holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of MinervaOS's written reviews are positive against 100% of Honest Scale's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MinervaOS ships an update every 4 days, Honest Scale fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MinervaOS versus Honest Scale: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinervaOSHonest Scale
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB54 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBrizo Finance LLCAyllu First LLC

Customer experience

MinervaOS

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

Honest Scale

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MinervaOS

Subscriptions2
  • Minerva Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Minerva Annual7 Days trial$69.991 Year
2 purchases

Honest Scale

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$4.991 Month
  • Annual Plan7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is MinervaOS free?
MinervaOS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Honest Scale free?
Honest Scale is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MinervaOS or Honest Scale?
Honest Scale is rated higher. MinervaOS averages 4.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Honest Scale averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do MinervaOS or Honest Scale have ads?
MinervaOS shows ads; Honest Scale does not.
Which is updated more often, MinervaOS or Honest Scale?
MinervaOS ships an update every 4 days, and Honest Scale fortnightly. Most recently, MinervaOS was updated on November 10, 2026 and Honest Scale on October 31, 2026.

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