“Pay wall — Today I logged in and they put my inbox behind a pay wall. I am not paying for your app just to access my inbox. What is wrong with you people *Response* I understand that apps need revenue to survive and grow, and I don’t have…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 500 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.4 ★42,939 ratings
—Downloads
17+Age rating
164 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
• “I was looking to make new friends and what I got was way better.” • “I would definitely have to say this app is the best app I ever downloaded.” • “I found my soulmate through this app.” • “I think it’ll be a year or so using Friended & I absolutely love it…made a lot more friends on this app than in real life.” • “I met my best friend on here.” • "I met my wife on here. We are both happy." • “I have met many new friends who I really like talking with. People seem nicer and conversations are more real” • “I have ended up meeting someone that I never would’ve met.” • “This app changed my life. I benefited from this app for the long run. I owe the developers a shot of whiskey or moonshine. I love you guys. You guys changed my life. My girlfriend and I would like to thank you for your hard work for it joined us.…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 3.0.37 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 3.0.37, updated 2026-08-04.
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 a price and a billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Says 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
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
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.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
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: 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 5 distinct reviewers (1.0% of 500 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Payment — Used to be better but now you have to pay just to find friends I don’t recommend it”
“Worthless, don’t waste your money — This app was once a great way to make friends. Used it through COVID and sporadically since. It advertises itself as “free” yet literally everything is behind a paywall now. It’s $8 a week just to read…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 3.0.37.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.