“Not working — I copy and post other person review, because all the same! // I installed IMO for $6.99 because it was recommended for international communication. It works in Russia, Egypt, Italy and it works in US, but it did not work…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 931 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
3.6 ★209,445 ratings
10M+Downloads
12+Age rating
19 MBApp size
$6.99In-app purchases
About this app
Message and video chat with your friends and family for FREE, no matter what device they are on!
- Encrypted high-quality Video and Voice calls - Encrypted Group Video and Voice calls with up to 6 participants - FREE and unlimited encrypted messages and video and voice calls over your 4G, 5G or Wi-Fi connection* - Group chat with friends, family, roommates and others - Fast photo and video sharing - Hundreds of free stickers! - Avoid SMS and phone call charges
*Data charges may apply. Contact your provider for details.
IMO PREMIUM MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION - You can subscribe to remove ads from imo and get 25Gb of cloud storage. - Subscriptions are billed monthly at the rate selected depending on the subscription plan. - Subscriptions auto-renew at the cost of the chosen package, unless cancelled 24-hours in advance prior to the end of the current period.…
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.
App Store
This analysis describes version 7.3.2 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 7.3.2, updated 2026-01-28.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 9.8.000000011435 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 9.8.000000011435, updated 2024-09-11.
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 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
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 package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 9.8.000000011435, scanned 2026-09-20.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
6 or more 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
None 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.
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.
Context 1
Measured and published because a reader would want to know — deliberately not a charge. The measurement alone does not show a harm.
Cheapest and priciest options are far apart
The disclosed in-app purchases span an unusually wide price range. Published as context: the cheapest and priciest items may be different kinds of product entirely, so the spread alone deducts nothing.
What we saw: In-app purchases run from USD 0.99 to USD 49.99 — a 50x spread across 6 items
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 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: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
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.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (1.0% of 506 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Scam — I installed IMO for $6.99 because it was recommended for international communication. It works in Russia, Egypt , Italy and it works in US, but it did not work between countries. Profile/invite link doesn't open properly, and…”
“Bait and switch — Doesn’t work as advertised. Didn’t even let me add a contact manually if outside the country.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 7.3.2.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown6
Lowest$0.99
Highest$49.99
Premium Member$9.99
100$0.99
1150$9.99
550$4.99
6000$49.99
Show 1 more purchase
2900$24.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.