“fake items make it through customs, good quality items get seized . Bought item, proved to be fake, so far no refund from a company that claims to have a zero tolerance policy on fake goods! Not a good customer experience. Will gladly…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 3,828 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.3 ★16,971,229 ratings
500M+Downloads
17+Age rating
96 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
AliExpress: Your Ultimate Summer Shopping Destination
Get ready to upgrade your summer with the AliExpress app! Whether you’re gearing up for vacation, refreshing your wardrobe, or hunting for the latest tech gadgets, AliExpress is your go-to marketplace for millions of items at unbeatable prices. From seasonal fashion staples to innovative smart-home solutions, we bring the world’s best deals directly to your fingertips.
Why Shop on AliExpress? AliExpress is designed for the modern shopper who demands variety, quality, and value. Our app simplifies your shopping experience, allowing you to browse through endless categories with ease. Looking for those viral social media finds or everyday essentials? You’ll discover hidden gems and global trends that fit every budget and lifestyle.
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Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 8.177.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 8.177.0, updated 2026-09-30.
Google Play
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 8.177.3, updated 2026-09-29.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
3 or more themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 8.177.3, scanned 2026-10-05.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
6 or more requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
None found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Reported by users: Reports of unexpected charges
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.
What we saw: Raised by 35 distinct reviewers — 2.6% of the 1,328 reviews scanned on this store leg (Google Play).
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
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.
What we saw: 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
One source only — shown, not confirmed 4
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 11 distinct reviewers (0.8% of 1328 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
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.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 13 distinct reviewers (1.0% of 1328 reviews scanned)
In the app's own text: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Progress itself is for sale: "Get More Coins"
In the app's own text: Upgrade prompts use guilt-trip wording
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.
What we saw: Declining is written as a loss: "No, I don't want to see."
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“scammers. they sent you broken products and they dont refund you”
“Scam app, no refund possibility. Item broke and can't return it because support doesn't provide full shipping details (phone number and email is mandatory for shipment).”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 8.177.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.