BMI Calculator

BMI Calculator on version tracker – user comments

I was just checking ‘BMI Calculator‘ on VersionTracker and came across the following comment:

“Contributed by: DTDunn 01-15-05 12:20PM

This software rounds off your height (hey, it’s free but a review is a review) which blows if you are (for example) 6 feet 2.5 inches tall. In addition, it loads ads for losing weight. Lose the ads and allow .5 increments in height and I’ll change my rating.”

And I had to post a reply:

“Worrying about 0.5 of an inch is a waste of time (there are more import things to worry about) as you change at least this, in height, during the day as your spine contracts (try measuring your height at the start of the day and at the end of the day). Also, try measuring your weight first thing in the morning and last thing at night! The error in height change, and weight change, over the day is greater than the error of 0.5 inches.

Finally, the program is not an ‘Ad Delivery Vehicle’. The user has to click on the link on the program, which then takes the user to a webpage. The link is also clearly marked as taking the user to Amazon (this feature has been in the program for at least a year).”

Actually, clicking on the link takes you to a page at MMISoftware, (US page, UK page or Europe, depending on where you are based), which then has a link to Amazon! Basically, BMI Calculator does not load ads on to your machine, and MMISoftware would never produce a program that loads (or transmits) any information without the users knowledge.

BMI Calculator is freeware and can be downloaded from MMISoftware at this link (58 KB)