“Poor selection of content and ads in a paid app. Lots of ads. 5 sets of ads for one 50 minutes episode.”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 1,228 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
HBO Max: Stream TV & Movies
WarnerMedia Global Digital Services, LLCThe most talked about shows and movies featuring the worlds of HBO, the DC Un…
4.8 ★5,849,762 ratings
100M+Downloads
12+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
The most talked about shows and movies featuring the worlds of HBO, the DC Universe, Adult Swim, A24, and beyond.
With HBO Max you'll get: • Access to thousands of TV shows and movies. • Exclusive, award-winning series that everyone's talking about — like the HBO Originals The Last of Us, Succession, The White Lotus, and House of the Dragon. • The latest hits from HBO, Harry Potter, DC, Warner Bros., ID, Adult Swim, A24, and more. • Stream select live sports from your favorite leagues and teams. Availability varies by plan and by subscription provider. • Iconic favorite TV shows like Friends, Rick and Morty, Gossip Girl, 90 Day Fiancé, Looney Tunes, and more. • Family-friendly entertainment for the whole household. • Fascinating documentaries and true crime series.
Features: • Enjoy your favorite shows and movies at home or on the go.…
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 7.11.0.56 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 VARY, updated 2026-09-22.
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
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
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 package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 7.11.0.56, scanned 2026-09-17.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
1–2 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
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.
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 1
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.
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: Raised by 30 distinct reviewers — 2.4% of the 1,228 reviews scanned on this store leg (Google Play).
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 2
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.
In the app's own text: Paywall with no way past it
A paywall screen ships with no dismiss, skip or 'maybe later' affordance anywhere in the package, so the app's own text offers no way in without paying.
What we saw: Ships a purchase screen ("assets/drawable/default/Gradient-Paywall.png") with no dismiss, skip or "continue free" text anywhere in the package
In the app's own text: Hard to cancel
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
What we saw: 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
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version VARY.
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.