“I uninstalled the app because it's got too many ads and it's full of fake profiles and bots. Chats felt less authentic to the point I became certain that I was never communicating with real people. Also, bios of people's profiles aren't…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 465 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
Dating and Chat — Pheromance
Red Panda AppPheromance is a dating app for singles interested in romance, meaningful conv…
4.2 ★37,484 ratings
10M+Downloads
17+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Pheromance is a dating app for singles interested in romance, meaningful conversations, and a serious relationship. Discover profiles, make a match, and start chatting as you explore what matters to you in a partner. Whether you hope to find love or begin a new chapter in your dating life, take the first step at your own pace.
Discover Profiles and Make a Match
Create a profile that reflects your personality, interests, and relationship goals. Share a little about your everyday life, the activities you enjoy, and what you would like from dating. A thoughtful introduction gives a potential match more ways to start a conversation.
Browse dating profiles, swipe to express interest, and explore the details that catch your attention. A shared hobby, a similar outlook, or a sense of humor can be a reason to look beyond a first impression.…
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.
This analysis describes version 1.0.28 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 1.0.28, updated 2026-04-28.
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
1 theme 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 1.0.28, scanned 2026-09-13.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
3–5 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
10 or more 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 2
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.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 15 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: AdColony, Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine and 11 more
Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Progress is gated behind watching an ad: "Watch a video to earn a reward!"
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
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“too many ads plus most of the women on here are either lazy or just like to waste time. I've been stood up multiple times while being told they would be interested in dating. shame this app is probably dudes pretending to be women, when…”
“Ads are intrusive and interruptive. Using the app in any way causes ads to immediately start running. The ads are constant. Would not recommend.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.0.28.
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.