“Lots of fake profiles! Lots of ads! Not worth your time! Hides your likes from you! Doesn't show people near you, only other states. Lots of ads!!! Has rewards that are fake as well”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 644 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.4 ★583,974 ratings
10M+Downloads
17+Age rating
157 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Hily is a dating app for real connections — chat, flirt, and meet local singles as yourself, no filters, no personas.
Getting started is simple. Build a profile that shows your actual personality, then match with people who share your energy. Not sure how to break the ice? Icebreakers and compatibility checks make the first move easy.
Top features on Hily:
• Compatibility Quiz — answer a few questions to find matches who fit your vibe on a deeper level • Zodiac Synastry Score — see how your stars align with a match • Profile Verification & Safety Team — every profile is checked, so you can date with confidence • Personalized Icebreakers — smart conversation starters, tailored to you
Use Hily to:
• Find a serious relationship • Date casually, no pressure • Meet people after moving to a new city • Make local friends • Start dating again, on your own terms…
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 5.86.1 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 5.89.1, updated 2026-09-30.
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
2 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
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 5.86.1, scanned 2026-09-27.
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
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
3–9 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.
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 4 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, Google Mobile Ads (AdMob / Ad Manager), Meta Audience Network
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.
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: Aggressive ad load: raised by 26 distinct reviewers (4.0% of 644 reviews scanned)
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 20 distinct reviewers (3.1% of 644 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“they want $25 a week. I got about 10 ads to try to get me to pay for the app in my first like 15 mins. no matches, hardly any likes sent, and I somehow have 3 likes already that I cant see, as it tried to ask me to pay. HIGHLY predatory…”
“This is the typical as hole datng app where everything is locked behind a pay wall. The think I REALLY don't like is every so often they force you to watch an ad. If you're going to do that you could at least unlock a "unblur" or a "chat"…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 6.89.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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