“Pop up advert every 2 swipes! — Tried to take my first look at bumble - in my first 20 mins of using must of had 30+ adverts pop up to pay for a premium. Not found a single like as it’s every 2 swipes. Got fed up and deleted instantly.”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 1,943 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.1 ★3,385,628 ratings
100M+Downloads
17+Age rating
334 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
MAKE YOUR MOVE Bumble is the women-first dating app designed to create safer, more respectful connections and conversations that lead to better in-person dates and relationships.
HOW WE SUPPORT YOUR DATING JOURNEY We empower you to show up as your most authentic self, so you can move confidently toward meeting in real life by:
- Focusing on you as a person, not a profile. When you write your bio and prompts, or update your photos, we’ll share personalized tips that help highlight the unique qualities that make you stand out.
- Showing you people who match your energy. Just set your Intentions and Looking For to find people who want to date the way you do. Or, add Interest Badges to find people who are into what you’re into.
- Prioritizing safety at every step of your dating journey.…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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 5.482.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 5.482.0, updated 2026-10-05.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 5.486.0 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 5.486.0, updated 2026-09-27.
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 fewer than 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
2 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
Under 65% 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 5.486.0, scanned 2026-10-03.
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
3 or more found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 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.
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 5
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 5 distinct reviewers (0.3% of 1593 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: "Buy Coins"
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 13 distinct reviewers (0.8% of 1593 reviews scanned)
In the app's own text: A plan is pre-picked as 'recommended'
The purchase screen arrives with one plan already framed as the recommended or most popular choice, so the default is the app's preference rather than the user's. We do not compare the plans' prices, and only the app's own text evidences this, so it is shown, but never counted as a charge.
What we saw: Purchase screen steers the choice: "BEST VALUE"
In the app's own text: Countdown-timer purchase pressure
The app's own purchase copy attaches a deadline to buying — a countdown, 'offer ends in', 'limited time' — or ships a countdown view on a purchase-screen layout.
What we saw: Deadline pressure in the app's own copy: "Offer ends in [timer/]"
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Definitely a 2-star deserving app. I would say 80% of this app is intentioned for making money off of you, and maybe 20% for actually finding a partner. Nearly everything of importance is hidden behind a paywall. However, the restriction…”
“This app sucks — Everything is hidden behind a paywall. If you subscribe then end the subscription it only gets worse. Everything is HIGHLY limited. When you’re trying to meet someone this app makes it practically impossible. Tinder is…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 5.482.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.