Appworthy
Hard to cancel
Reported by 52 usersHard to cancel: raised by 52 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 10 reviews we read)
Definition
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
App Store rating4.4★89.4K ratings
Google Play rating3.8★590K ratings
PriceFreeIn-app $16.99–$59.99
Age4+Store age rating
Size661 MBiPhone download
CategoryHealth & Fitness
DeveloperFabulous
What we found
Full reportSerious warnings 2 confirmed warnings, and users report 2 more things. Checked: 900 reviews, the Android app’s code, the store listing and the privacy label.
Money
- Free to download · in-app purchases $16.99–$59.99 (10 listed, the most the App Store shows). 3-month plan $39.99 (about $160 a year); yearly plans $49.99 and $59.99. The other purchases’ names don’t say how often they bill. Google Play doesn’t publish per-purchase prices.
- Hard to cancelConfirmed · reported by 52 users
- Reports of unexpected chargesConfirmed · reported by 76 users
- 18 users report a free trial turning into a chargeNot confirmed · about 1 in 28 reviews we read
- If you subscribe through the store, cancel in iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions or Google Play → Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions. Deleting the app doesn’t cancel a subscription.
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Positives
From our automated analysis, 26 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.
App Store
This analysis describes version 24.0.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-26 .
The store currently lists version 24.0.1, updated 2026-09-28.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 24.1 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-25 .
The store currently lists version 24.1, updated 2026-10-07.
Preview
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
About this app
Welcome to the world of Fabulous. Unlock the power of habits and routines. Prioritize your mental health, build healthy habits and improve your life one step at a time. Fabulous started as a habit tracker, but it evolved into a self-improvement, coaching, and mental health platform. Our goal is to make healthy routines an inseparable part of your life.
How does Fabulous work?
1 - Add structure to your life - Improve your life with a healthy morning routine that provides a system for your everyday life.
2 - Create healthy habits - Use a daily planner to remember important tasks. Your habits sculpt the person you will become — choose them wisely.
3 - Focus on deep work - Learn how to tune out all the noise and concentrate on the task.
4 - Join a community - Live challenges will introduce you to other Fabulous members worldwide embarking on the same journey as you.…
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
Things to watch for 2
Findings that met the published evidence standard.
Open evidence
Reports of unexpected charges
Reported by 76 usersSurprise charges: raised by 76 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 7 reviews we read)
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.
How we know
Positives 2
Specific evidence of a useful property, within the stated scope.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
MeasuredThe 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
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.
Usable without an account
2 independent sources agreeThe app's own text says: "Make Me Fabulous is always here when you have 5 free minutes. Tap here for a little surprise!"
Definition
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
How we know
Package artefact
sha256:53ac1d6558262e3ffd06f3a57dfb26373767432394a4ba5add060348a61fa2aaOne source only — shown, not confirmed 5
Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.
Aggressive ad load
One source onlyAggressive ad load: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 100 reviews we read)
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.
How we know
Trial converts to a charge
One source onlyTrial converts to a charge: raised by 18 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 28 reviews we read)
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Definition
The free trial demands a payment method up front and/or rolls into a paid subscription with no usable warning.
How we know
Pay to progress
One source onlyThe app's own text says: "Pay Once and Go Lifetime"
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Definition
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
How we know
Package artefact
sha256:53ac1d6558262e3ffd06f3a57dfb26373767432394a4ba5add060348a61fa2aaPaywall blocks the basics
One source onlyThe app's own text says: "Complete all steps above to unlock this!"
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Definition
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
How we know
Package artefact
sha256:53ac1d6558262e3ffd06f3a57dfb26373767432394a4ba5add060348a61fa2aaWorks offline
One source onlyThe app's own text says: "Answer"
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Definition
The app's own copy describes working without a connection — offline mode, downloading for offline use, or content saved for later. Shown because readers filter on it; it is a feature, not a fairness property, and never counts for or against an app.
How we know
Package artefact
sha256:53ac1d6558262e3ffd06f3a57dfb26373767432394a4ba5add060348a61fa2aaWhat reviewers report
900 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.
Hard to cancel
Published findingRaised by 52 distinct reviewers — about 1 in 10 reviews we read on this store leg (App Store).
been taking money for 4 years when previously asked to cancel. no way to cancel the payment through Google play, have to email their support to cancel. The reply from fabulous team is rubbish I have already emailed them proof you can't…
Predatory subscription. It is hard to unsubscribe and you have to unsubscribe to each thing individually. There is some science based stuff in this, but it is inconsistent. There are a lot of hidden habits it doesn't track. For example…
Tnis app offers you 7 days free. However, it is difficult to cancel the free trial. My account was still charged even I have cancelled my subscription through google play. My account is on perpetual free subscription (when I checked…
Reports of unexpected charges
Published findingRaised by 76 distinct reviewers — about 1 in 7 reviews we read on this store leg (App Store).
There may have been a useful nugget of an app here once, but the utter hostility of the sign up process, making it hard to avoid signing up for additional bundles and charges I didn't want, made me realise instantly that this is a grift…
I wanted motivation. Instead, I got overwhelmed by multiple alarms going off at the wrong times & incessant marketing for apps I didn't want. This unbelievably overpriced app provides a service easily achieved with my phone's…
Scam charges and doesn't work. I had signed up for this app, paid a membership (they were also trying to sell a lot of add-ons which I said no to) then went to login, only to be greeted with a prompt to pay for a membership. I tried going…
Aggressive ad load
Shown, not confirmedWas exploring tools to help with habit formation/ maintenance, goal setting. Too much advertising for other apps during the signup, and the payment terms are misleading (I didn't realize that it would sign me up for subscriptions to other…
Very Nice! — One star off for too many ads of their own. Uses elements of CBT and motivational life coaching to shift your focus and incrementally change your life. Even though you start with a small change initially, it immediately gives…
Was great now more cluttered — This is a really great app, beautiful illustrations and activities BUT I am likely to not re-up. It used to have your goals at the top and you could click through them with lovely celebratory screens or not…
Trial converts to a charge
Shown, not confirmedThey are running a scam. Will charge you even if you select a free trial and keep charging you even when you cancel.
DO NOT USE THE FREE TRIAL ITS A SCAM I stupidly did and turned auto renewal off, the company then proceeded to try and spam payments from my account after I had deactivated auto renewal and gone through cancellation via their website.
I canceled well before the trial ended and got charged anyway! — Dishonest! Beware of enrolling for the trial period if you think there’s a chance you won’t continue.
A sampled review illustrates one person’s experience. It does not establish a finding on its own.
Measurements
“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 at least 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 says 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
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 app package we scanned
Android package 24.1, scanned 25 Oct 2026. These describe that package, not the current store version.
Sensitive permissions
3–5 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
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.
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
App Store
This analysis describes version 24.0.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-26 .
The store currently lists version 24.0.1, updated 2026-09-28.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 24.1 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-25 .
The store currently lists version 24.1, updated 2026-10-07.
Store update history
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
App Store
Version 24.0.1 · 2026-09-28
We’ve been perfecting the details so you can stay focused on your goals. This update includes minor bug fixes and performance improvements. Building habits with us has never been better.
Google Play
Version 24.1 · 2026-10-07
No release notes were provided for this version.
Assessment record
- Status
- Automated analysis
- App identifier
fabulous- Assessment date
- 26 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
- 900
- Package examined
- Android · 24.1 · scanned 25 Oct 2026
- Human inspection
- Not completed
Assessed 2026-10-26 from 900 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 2026-10-26 Version analyzed: 24.0.1 (App Store), 24.1 (Google Play)6 independent signals900 reviews scannedConfidence: LowNot 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
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
App Store
- Store rating
- 4.42 ★ · 89,385 ratings
- Version
- 24.0.1
- Updated
- 28 Sep 2026
- Price
- Free · In-app purchases
- Age rating
- 4+
- Size
- 661 MB
Google Play
- Store rating
- 3.84 ★ · 590,024 ratings
- Version
- 24.1
- Updated
- 7 Oct 2026
- Price
- Free · In-app purchases
- Age rating
- 4+
- Size
- Not supplied
- Developer
- Fabulous
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Listing price
- Free · In-app purchases
Purchases the store lists
What this app sells
From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.
Google Play doesn’t publish per-purchase prices. The list below covers the other store only.
Subscriptions3
Premium QuarterlyEvery 3 months$39.99
Fabulous Annual SubscriptionYearly$49.99
Sphere: Annually 50% OffYearly$59.99
Show 7 more purchases we couldn’t categorise
These are really on sale; we just can’t tell from the name whether they recur.
Fabulous PremiumTerm not stated$39.99
Fabulous PremiumTerm not stated$35.99
Fabulous Premium OfferTerm not stated$49.99
Fabulous PremiumTerm not stated$59.99
Fabulous PremiumTerm not stated$19.99
Fabulous PremiumTerm not stated$16.99
Fabulous PremiumTerm not stated$29.99
This list is cut off. Apple shows at most 10 in-app purchases, and this app is at the limit — so it very likely sells more than we can see.
Method and limits
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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