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Alibaba MobileFrom our automated analysis, 5 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.
This analysis describes version 8.177.3 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 8.177.6, updated 2026-10-08.
The app has been updated since this analysis. The findings on this page describe version 8.177.3, not the version now listed on the store.
The developer’s release notes for the newer versions, where we hold them, are in Versions and dates analysed.
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
Shop Smart, Save Big: Your Ultimate Global Online Shopping Destination
Welcome to AliExpress, the premier online shopping app that connects you to a world of endless possibilities. Whether you are looking for the latest fashion trends, cutting-edge electronics, or unique home decor, our global store brings you millions of items at prices you’ll love. Join millions of satisfied users who have made AliExpress their go-to shopping app for every need.
DISCOVER SPECTACULAR ONLINE DEALS
Experience the joy of online shopping with massive savings. We offer up to 70% off on a vast catalog of products. Want to find the best value? Use our exclusive koupon codes and discover daily deals that fit your budget. Much like a virtual dollar tree for global goods, our platform ensures you find high-quality products at low prices.…
From the developer’s store description.
For developers and the curious
The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.
Findings that met the published evidence standard.
Surprise charges: raised by 35 distinct reviewers (2.6% of 1328 reviews scanned)
A large number of reviewers report being charged when they did not expect it — including being charged after cancelling during a free trial, or when a trial turned into a paid plan without warning. We cannot see anyone's billing, so this is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
Specific evidence of a useful property, within the stated scope.
The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.
Misleading advertising: raised by 13 distinct reviewers (1.0% of 1328 reviews scanned)
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
Declining is written as a loss: "No, I don't want to see."
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Declining an upgrade is written as a loss ('No thanks, I don't want to improve'), or users report being repeatedly pushed to subscribe during normal use.
Package artefact
Appworthy
sha256:9367a21793b9ba0855d27ecf08ca2cd31b04efe38c522f6377a5509ad0fd6d65Aggressive ad load: raised by 11 distinct reviewers (0.8% of 1328 reviews scanned)
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
Progress itself is for sale: "Get More Coins"
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
Package artefact
sha256:9367a21793b9ba0855d27ecf08ca2cd31b04efe38c522f6377a5509ad0fd6d651,328 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.
Raised by 35 distinct reviewers — 2.6% of the 1,328 reviews scanned on this store leg (Google Play).
why is the online customer service no longer working? You guys just traumatized me! Buyers beware of buying expensive products here, if defective like mine, refund is almost impossible! There's no justice here, especially if you bought an…
after automatic order finish due to time line, without product delivered, I requested refund and my refund was rejected as I don't have a photo. photo of what? empty space? You pay in advance but no delivery, so no money and no product…
I ordered a Halloween costume trying to get ready for the holiday, then immediately when ordered the order "expired" and they said they're giving me a refund? I still haven't gotten the money and my order was randomly cancelled?? I need a…
Deceptive bait-and-switch false advertising! AliExpress openly displays pictures of high-ticket electronics—like a Windows 11 Intel Mini PC—and slaps a fake, impossible price tag on it like AU$1.89. When you click it, you find out that…
Once downloaded you will have constant ads for AliExpress and the App will randomly open itself when using other Apps on your Phone. nothing but a nuisance.
A sampled review illustrates one person’s experience. It does not establish a finding on its own.
Supporting measurements. They are not a complete list of possible harms or positives. “Not assessed” means we could not measure it — never zero, never a pass.
Android package 8.177.3, scanned 5 Oct 2026. These describe that package, not the current store version.
Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured
This analysis describes version 8.177.3 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 8.177.6, updated 2026-10-08.
The app has been updated since this analysis. The findings on this page describe version 8.177.3, not the version now listed on the store.
Release notes for the newer versions, in the developer’s own words:
No release notes were provided for this version.
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
No release notes were provided for this version.
No release notes were provided for this version.
No release notes were provided for this version.
aliexpress-google-com-alibaba-aliexpresshdAssessed 2026-10-05 from 1,328 user reviews, the app's package, the store listing and its privacy label.
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
No itemized purchase list is available for this listing.
This assessment is produced automatically. Six independent signals are read — user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text, the app manifest, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure — and each candidate finding is filed under the sources that support it.
No charge stands on one kind of evidence — with one published exception. A finding is either a measured fact that anyone can reproduce (an ad SDK is in the package; every subscription bills weekly; the privacy label omits a tracker we can see), or it is an interpretation — and an interpretation needs independent sources to agree before it reaches the catch list. The exception is a harm only users can see: a charge may publish from reviews alone, as “Reported by N users”, once enough reviewers raise it to clear that charge’s own published bar. That agreement rule is what replaced the human reviewer, not a model’s confidence.
There is no overall score, on purpose. A 0–99 number was published here until 2026-09-15. It was withdrawn because it discriminated too weakly to be the instrument — 44.7% of every pair of apps tied — and because a single number is a verdict where a count is an observation. What publishes instead is a row of measurements, each of which says what was counted and, where we could not look, says that instead.
Findings under One source only are real reports we do not stand behind as findings. They are shown because withholding them entirely would hide a genuine complaint, and labelled because publishing them as charges would be an accusation off a single source.
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