Appworthy

eBay online shopping & selling

It's all here For over 30 years, eBay has been a leading online shopping dest…

eBay Mobile
Get it onGoogle Play
Google Play rating4.5★5M ratings
PriceFreeListed price
Age12+Store age rating
CategoryLifestyle
DevelopereBay Mobile

What we found

Full report

Some warnings 21 users report unexpected charges; 6 users report an aggressive ad load and 1 more report, plus 2 things we found but could not confirm. Nothing confirmed. Checked: 3,190 reviews, the Android app’s code, the store listing and the privacy label.

Money

Pressure and ad claims

Ads

From our automated analysis, 20 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.

This analysis describes version 6.244.0.1 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-20 .

The store lists the version as varying by device, updated 2026-10-08.

Preview

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Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

It's all here

For over 30 years, eBay has been a leading online shopping destination and the trusted marketplace where millions of buyers and sellers connect every day. Whether you're looking to buy vintage fashion, electronics, shoes, clothes, rare, or hard-to-find items, you can get them on the eBay shopping app.

Discover collectibles, luxury handbags, jewelry, watches, trading cards, home goods, auto parts, refurbished tech, and everyday essentials. Whether you're shopping for vintage, pre-loved, or brand-new finds, millions of listings from trusted sellers make it easy to find exactly what you're looking for.

Stream it live

Experience the thrill of eBay Live. We’re bringing you live shopping, live auctions, and live bidding on one of the best live selling apps. Watch video streams, connect with the community, and discover exclusive drops.…

From the developer’s store description.

For developers and the curious

The full report

The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.

Findings and evidence

1 published · 5 shown, not confirmed

Positives 1

Specific evidence of a useful property, within the stated scope.

Developer says data deletion can be requested

Measured

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

Sources
The store listing
Agreement
A measured fact from one deterministic, checkable source.
Where measured
From the Google Play listing
Definition

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 evidence

One source only — shown, not confirmed 5

Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.

A plan is pre-picked as 'recommended'

One source only

Purchase screen steers the choice: "Best Offer"

Sources
The app's own on-screen text
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
Found in the Android app’s package

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

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.

How we know

Package artefact

sha256:25eb7ac54d25ab43033fffc2e78c6520f1f8117c8f3f51dafcf587d200090aa6

Hard to cancel

One source only

Sells a subscription in-app but ships no cancel or manage-subscription text of its own, leaving the store's settings as the only exit

Sources
The app's own on-screen text
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
Found in the Android app’s package

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.

How we know

Package artefact

sha256:25eb7ac54d25ab43033fffc2e78c6520f1f8117c8f3f51dafcf587d200090aa6

Reports of unexpected charges

One source only

Surprise charges: raised by 21 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 152 reviews we read)

Sources
User reviews
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
From Google Play reviews

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

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.

Open evidence
How we know
Share and sample
0.7% of the 3,190 reviews read.

Aggressive ad load

One source only

Aggressive ad load: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 532 reviews we read)

Sources
User reviews
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
From Google Play reviews

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.

Open evidence
How we know
Share and sample
0.2% of the 3,190 reviews read.

Reports that the ads misrepresent the app

One source only

Misleading advertising: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 638 reviews we read)

Sources
User reviews
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
From Google Play reviews

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

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.

Open evidence
How we know
Share and sample
0.2% of the 3,190 reviews read.

Nothing was published as a thing to watch for in this assessment. That is not a finding that nothing is wrong with the app.

What reviewers report

3,190 reviews read · 3 review-based observations

3,190 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.

Reports of unexpected charges

Shown, not confirmed

No sampled quote is attached to this observation.

Aggressive ad load

Shown, not confirmed

No sampled quote is attached to this observation.

Reports that the ads misrepresent the app

Shown, not confirmed

No sampled quote is attached to this observation.

A sampled review illustrates one person’s experience. It does not establish a finding on its own.

Measurements

8 measured · 0 not assessed

“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.

From store data and reviews

Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
The store description doesn’t list prices (most don’t)
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
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
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the app package we scanned

Android package 6.244.0.1, scanned 20 Oct 2026. These describe that package, not the current store version.

Sensitive permissions
6 or more requested
Counted against a fixed list of eighteen sensitive Android permissions: sixteen runtime permissions, among them location, camera, microphone, contacts and SMS, and two the user must switch on in system settings, drawing over other apps and usage access. 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.
How we know

Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Assessed 20 Oct 2026

This analysis describes version 6.244.0.1 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-20 .

The store lists the version as varying by device, updated 2026-10-08.

Store update history

Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.

Google Play

Version varies by device · 2026-10-08

No release notes were provided for this version.

Version varies by device · 2026-09-26

No release notes were provided for this version.

Assessment record

Status
Automated analysis
App identifier
ebay-online-shopping-and-selling-google-com-ebay-mobile
Assessment date
20 Oct 2026
Sources used
6 independent signals: 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
Reviews read
3,190
Package examined
Android · 6.244.0.1 · scanned 20 Oct 2026
Human inspection
Not completed

Assessed 2026-10-20 from 3,190 user reviews, the app's package, the store listing and its privacy label.

How we know
Measurement vocabulary
1.4

How this page was produced

Analyzed 2026-10-20 Version analyzed: 6.244.0.16 independent signals3,190 reviews scannedConfidence: HighNot human-reviewedVocabulary v1.13Methodology v1.3
Signals run: 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.

Store facts

Google Play

What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.

Google Play

Store rating
4.52 ★ · 5,024,769 ratings
Version
Varies by device
Updated
8 Oct 2026
Price
Free
Age rating
12+
Size
Not supplied
Open in Google Play
Developer
eBay Mobile
Category
Lifestyle
Listing price
Free

No itemized purchase list is available for this listing.

Method and limits

What this report can and cannot show

How the automated analysis works

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.

Limits of this report

  • A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
  • Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
  • Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
  • A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A hands-on test can confirm or contradict a finding and adds its own measurements; it does not change a measurement row. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.
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