Comparison

Biking Beacn Pro vs Simple BMI evaluator

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

Head to head
About

Biking Beacn Pro

Track your cycling workouts with detailed metrics like distance, speed, and heart rate. Features include accident detection, private live tracking, and workout plans. No subscriptions or accounts are needed, with all data stored locally.

Highlights
  • Workout progress tracking (time, distance, speed, etc.)
  • Private live tracking with password protection
  • Accident detector with automated SMS alerts
  • Heart rate monitoring and zones
  • Workout plans and pedometer
  • Syncs with Health App, Fitbit, and Jawbone
Features
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Designed for Mountain biking. Beacn tracks your workout progress (time, distance, elevation, speed, calories, cadence and heart rate) with voice cues and special security & privacy features: ** No subscriptions, plans, or accounts required ** ** Private live tracking on a password protected website - Public tracking is optional ** ** Accident detector with automated SMS of your current location ** ** Heart rate limit warning ** ** Heart rate zones ** ** Apple Watch ** ** Workout plans ** ** Pedometer ** ** Music Playlists ** ** Barometer Altimeter ** Challenge your friends on GameCenter or share your sessions on the social networks configured on your iPhone ** No registration required! All data is stored locally and can be transferred by email as GPX files ** Compatible with Bluetooth heart rate monitors Compatible with Cadence Bluetooth sensors Syncs with Health App - Integration by sharing your activity type, energy, start and end dates Syncs with FITBIT® Logs your activities Syncs with UP BY JAWBONE™ Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Simple BMI evaluator

Features
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Enter your weight and height to see your Body Mass Index. The result updates as you type. Designed to work with VoiceOver: every field and button has a spoken label, your BMI is read together with its WHO category, the healthy weight range is read as a full sentence, and weight changes made with the +/- buttons are announced. Supports Dynamic Type: text and the BMI scale follow the text size chosen in iOS settings. WHAT IT SHOWS • Classic BMI and Trefethen's revised BMI (Oxford, 2013), which fits very tall and very short people better • WHO category, from severe thinness to obesity class III • The weight range that counts as normal for your height • A color scale showing where your value falls ALSO • Kilograms and meters, or pounds and feet • +/- buttons to adjust your weight without retyping it • Share the result • iPhone and iPad, no account needed Formulas and tables come from official sources, listed in the app under References. This app gives information only. It is not a medical device and does not replace advice from a doctor.

Screenshots

Biking Beacn Pro2 screens
Simple BMI evaluator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Simple BMI evaluator at Free against Biking Beacn Pro's $4.99. Simple BMI evaluator also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Biking Beacn Pro's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On update cadence 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

Simple BMI evaluator is free to download; Biking Beacn Pro costs $4.99 up front. Biking Beacn Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple BMI evaluator asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Biking Beacn Pro ships an update every 2 months, Simple BMI evaluator every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Biking Beacn Pro versus Simple BMI evaluator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBiking Beacn ProSimple BMI evaluator
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB30 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperEmidio CunhaSonya Marcarelli

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Biking Beacn Pro

One-time1
  • 5 SMS Package$0.99
None

Simple BMI evaluator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Biking Beacn Pro free?
Biking Beacn Pro costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Simple BMI evaluator free?
Simple BMI evaluator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Biking Beacn Pro or Simple BMI evaluator have ads?
Simple BMI evaluator shows ads; Biking Beacn Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, Biking Beacn Pro or Simple BMI evaluator?
Biking Beacn Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Simple BMI evaluator every 3 months. Most recently, Biking Beacn Pro was updated on October 16, 2026 and Simple BMI evaluator on October 11, 2026.

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