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BMI Calculator‰
Tim O's Studios, LLC · 23,660 ratings · ★ 4.9
4.9
★★★★★
23,660 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 25 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"simple"
6 negative reviews mention this · 24% of all complaints
★★★★★ "This used to be great. I loved how fast and simple this app was. The new aggressive advertising has turned me off. The app takes a long time to open now, due to having to watch an ad. You can’t even leave the app open, every time to wake up your phone you have to…" - Dr. Bell DC
2
"years"
5 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Works but now inappropriate. I have used this app for years. Easy to use. However I have been getting very inappropriate ads/pictures on the app. I will get a different app." - Sleepysmurf14
3
"easy"
4 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Works but now inappropriate. I have used this app for years. Easy to use. However I have been getting very inappropriate ads/pictures on the app. I will get a different app." - Sleepysmurf14
4
"fine"
4 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Annoying Interrupting Ads. Yes it calculates BMI fine BUT the pop up adds while you are inputting info is too annoying for me to use any more" - Return of Lefty
5
"adds"
4 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Annoying Interrupting Ads. Yes it calculates BMI fine BUT the pop up adds while you are inputting info is too annoying for me to use any more" - Return of Lefty
6
"watch"
4 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "This used to be great. I loved how fast and simple this app was. The new aggressive advertising has turned me off. The app takes a long time to open now, due to having to watch an ad. You can’t even leave the app open, every time to wake up your phone you have to…" - Dr. Bell DC
7
"another"
4 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "This used to be great. I loved how fast and simple this app was. The new aggressive advertising has turned me off. The app takes a long time to open now, due to having to watch an ad. You can’t even leave the app open, every time to wake up your phone you have to…" - Dr. Bell DC
8
"added"
4 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Frustrated by adds. I used this app a lot for my job before added a pop up add when you open the app. You can’t use the app until the add finishes. I’ve deleted it and went with a different one." - JC RRT
9
"input"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Extremely Buggy. I don’t know what happened, but the app won’t even allow me to input my height or weight without shoving an add in my face. On top of that, the scammer’s “IPhone Storage Is Full” screen pops up. I had to delete this. It’s now unsafe." - Lordofyou
10
"stars"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "emu popup tried to take over my phone.. I would rate it 4 stars if a temu popup hadn’t tried to take over my phone." - Sylviatoyindustries
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"calculate"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Annoying Interrupting Ads. Yes it calculates BMI fine BUT the pop up adds while you are inputting info is too annoying for me to use any more" - Return of Lefty
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"ruined"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ads ruined it. This used to be a helpful app but it’s no longer productive to use at work due to constant ad pop ups. I switched to a new app." - kelseyhenry96
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Extremely Buggy
I don’t know what happened, but the app won’t even allow me to input my height or weight without shoving an add in my face. On top of that, the scammer’s “IPhone Storage Is Full” screen pops up. I had to delete this. It’s now unsafe.
Couldn’t even choose my actual height
It only goes up to 4’9 but I’m 4’10
Not Very Acturate
Unfortunately this app can’t calculate your actual BMI. It doesn’t take into account you measurements and how muscle weighs more that fat. I weight 212lbs and I’m 6 foot, but I’m joining the Army and my BMI is actually 19%.
Way too many ads
Adds appears to frequently and sometimes I can't even close them.
Was awesome before the pop-up ads…
I understand free apps need to use ads to make money, and never had a problem with the unobtrusive banner ads they used before. But having to wait for an ad to load and go away EVERY time I open the app, even if I switch to another app for just a few seconds, is way too irritating. Especially when it screws up the input fields after you’re finally able to close the ad. I might have even purchased the app for a few bucks or so if that option was offered, but I didn’t even see a way to do that. Sadly, after years of use I will be uninstalling.
Ads
The ads have completely ruined it. Deleted.
Intrusive ads
Used to work fine. Now almost useless due to frequent advert redirects. Will uninstall
Ads ruined this app
This app used to be fine. Easy, simple interface. At some point they added ads, and now it’s basically unusable. Sometimes 2 ads will load simultaneously, one on top of the other. Full screen ads with tiny buttons that are intentionally hard to tap. And when you close those, there are still banner ads. I wish I could rate this app negative stars, that’s how bad it is. Never using any app by these developers again.
Not for medical professionals
Our entire facility used this app for calculating BMI’s on patients. We have all since switched because you are forced to watch an advertisement each time you open the app!! Nurses don’t have time for that. Choose another app if you don’t want the ads. We did!
Use to be great easy app to use
This was my go to app for quick easy bmi calculation but of course they had to try to make more money off it by adding ads . And these are not simple short adds … no their loud obnoxious adds that have to run for a long time before you click out of them. They took a great easy app and screwed it up!!! Don’t waste your time or that’s what will happen you will be wasting a lot of time on the adds
Audio commercials
I was usingthis in the operating room but now the app has video commercials which does not go over well w surgeons. Get rid of the audio. It was simple and perfect before.
Ads
This was great until they added those cheap ads. Now you have to watch 10 seconds of ridiculous ads before being able to use the app. Delete app.
Was good
This program was good, no ads, but now has a lot of bugs and ads
Limited
Limited Features, Too Many Advertisements, a big TurnOff
Disappointing!
I used the free version for years and loved it. It had ads that showed on the perimeters but that was fine, it didn’t obstruct the view. Today I opened the app and a ratings box popped up. I have previously rated the app on several occasions and I get annoyed when any app asks you to evaluate it more than once or maybe once per update. So I gave it 5 stars to get out of the eval process but I left no comments. The ratings box disappeared and I started to enter the first value when an ad banner popped up RIGHT OVER THE VALUE INPUT so I could not use the app. I tried to adjust the ad so it was not interfering with the normal function but I could not relocate it. So I got out and deleted the app and re-installed from the App Store but I got the same results. So I will NOT recommend this app to anyone. I would have given a lower rating but the least you can give is one star. It’s so sad because I really liked the app until the changes were made.
Works but now inappropriate
I have used this app for years. Easy to use. However I have been getting very inappropriate ads/pictures on the app. I will get a different app.
Annoying Interrupting Ads
Yes it calculates BMI fine BUT the pop up adds while you are inputting info is too annoying for me to use any more
emu popup tried to take over my phone.
I would rate it 4 stars if a temu popup hadn’t tried to take over my phone.
Ads ruined it
This used to be a helpful app but it’s no longer productive to use at work due to constant ad pop ups. I switched to a new app.
This used to be great
I loved how fast and simple this app was. The new aggressive advertising has turned me off. The app takes a long time to open now, due to having to watch an ad. You can’t even leave the app open, every time to wake up your phone you have to re-do another ad. Some of the ads have loud sounds so you have to make sure your phone is silenced. Too bad, I’ve used this app for years and turned many folks on to it. The ads killed the practicality of this app.
Frustrated by adds
I used this app a lot for my job before added a pop up add when you open the app. You can’t use the app until the add finishes. I’ve deleted it and went with a different one.
Too many ads
It makes it almost unusable. I don’t want to watch three ads in a row to do simple math
Hate the ads
I’ve used this app for years and loved it. Recently they added pop up ads that are timed and automatically have sound. Very annoying. Looking for another app.
Used to love
I am in health care and needed a simple quick tool to calculate BMI and this app used to be quick and easy with no ads. Now it frequently glitches and interrupts the calculations with ads which I don’t have time for.
Bad BMI app
The worst BMI app. so tired of these commercials and promotions between trying to calculate the BMI. This this is really ridiculous. Stop it!!!
Sentiment summary
97%
Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)