“Scam company - trick you into reoccurring — I have tried turning off their “subscription” but they tried to keep it running the next season. It’s a scam company with terrible service. It is impossible to cancel their service on the app…”
Independent automated assessment · 1 signal source · 519 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
LawnStarter
LawnStarter, Inc.Tired of waiting around for quotes or chasing down unreliable lawn pros?
4.6 ★16,319 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
84 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Tired of waiting around for quotes or chasing down unreliable lawn pros? LawnStarter gives you instant pricing for mowing, leaf removal, bush trimming, and more outdoor services - right from your phone.
Know your price. Pick your service. Book a trusted pro in seconds.
Here's what you can book: •Lawn mowing (set your frequency, and forget it) • Leaf removal & seasonal cleanups • Aeration, overseeding, fertilization • Bush, hedge, and tree trimming • Gutter cleaning, pressure washing, junk removal • Custom landscaping projects • Pretty much any outdoor chore you're avoiding
Why people switch to LawnStarter: - Vetted, top-rated pros who must maintain high quality - Most services show you your price upfront (no waiting around for quotes) - Chat directly with your pro in the app - Reschedule or adjust service anytime
How it works: 1. Tell us your address 2. Pick what you need done 3.…
Preview
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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 6.272.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 6.272.0, 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 fewer than 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
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
Not assessed
No rating histogram has been captured for this app
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: Hard to cancel
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
What we saw: Hard to cancel: raised by 19 distinct reviewers (3.7% of 519 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Bad service contractors and bad customer service — Decided to use LawnStarter when we moved houses cross-country. Seemed easy enough, I was given a service provider and a date. Date was pushed back initially by the provider, then they…”
“Shady Cancelling Process — If you sign up with a promo, they make it basically impossible to cancel. It forces you to “pause” for a year, which people then forget about. One year later, you have a dude with a lawn mower show up at your…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 6.272.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.