Appworthy

McDonald's

Get the app now for Mobile Order & Pay, MyMcDonald’s Rewards, app exclusive d…

McDonalds USA, LLC
Get it onGoogle Play
Google Play rating4.0★2.2M ratings
PriceFreeListed price
Age4+Store age rating
CategoryLifestyle
DeveloperMcDonalds USA, LLC

What we found

Full report

Some warnings 21 users report unexpected charges; 10 users report trouble cancelling and 2 more reports, plus 1 thing we found but could not confirm. Nothing confirmed. Checked: 2,549 reviews, the Android app’s code, the store listing and the privacy label.

Money

Privacy

Positives

From our automated analysis, 20 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.

This analysis describes version 26.72.5 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-20 .

The store currently lists version 26.72.5, updated 2026-10-07.

Preview

Screenshot 1Screenshot 2Screenshot 3Screenshot 4Screenshot 5

Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

Get the app now for Mobile Order & Pay, MyMcDonald’s Rewards, app exclusive deals, McDelivery, bonus offers and other features to make the most of your visit to the Golden Arches.

Mobile Order & Pay

Get your favorites fast with Mobile Order & Pay. Place your order and select your pickup option and the crew will prep while you’re on the way. Excludes Drive Thru.

MyMcDonald’s Rewards

Join MyMcDonald’s Rewards in the app to start earning points on every purchase and redeem for FREE McDonald’s and more rewards.* $1 = 100 points.

App exclusive deals

Get exclusive deals on your McDonald’s favorites in the app with Mobile Order & Pay* for convenient Drive Thru or Curbside pickup.

McDelivery

Now get your favorites delivered, earn points and track your order from the store to your door, all with McDelivery in the app.

Save your favorites

No pickles? No problem.…

From the developer’s store description.

For developers and the curious

The full report

The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.

Findings and evidence

2 published · 5 shown, not confirmed

Positives 2

Specific evidence of a useful property, within the stated scope.

Developer says data deletion can be requested

Measured

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

Sources
The store listing
Agreement
A measured fact from one deterministic, checkable source.
Where measured
From the Google Play listing
Definition

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.

Open evidence

No advertising SDKs

Measured

No advertising or mediation SDK among the 4 SDKs detected in the package

Sources
SDKs in the app package
Agreement
A measured fact from one deterministic, checkable source.
Where measured
Found in the Android app’s package
Definition

No advertising or mediation SDK of any kind was found in the package.

How we know

Package artefact

sha256:0db5fba8808a285812a9b875a30a64b7254aeeb35495c7813f328cb609f66da0

One source only — shown, not confirmed 5

Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.

Countdown-timer purchase pressure

One source only

Deadline pressure in the app's own copy: "Offer expires in days"

Sources
The app's own on-screen text
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
Found in the Android app’s package

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

The app's own purchase copy attaches a deadline to buying — a countdown, 'offer ends in', 'limited time' — or ships a countdown view on a purchase-screen layout.

How we know

Package artefact

sha256:0db5fba8808a285812a9b875a30a64b7254aeeb35495c7813f328cb609f66da0

Tracking and data collection concerns

One source only

Data & privacy concerns: raised by 10 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 255 reviews we read)

Sources
User reviews
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
From Google Play reviews

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

The app ships session-recording or a wide tracking stack, holds permissions that read personal data, or is reported by users to sell, leak or over-collect it. The evidence line says which of those was observed.

Open evidence
How we know
Share and sample
0.4% of the 2,549 reviews read.

Hard to cancel

One source only

Hard to cancel: raised by 10 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 255 reviews we read)

Sources
User reviews
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
From Google Play reviews

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.

Open evidence
How we know
Share and sample
0.4% of the 2,549 reviews read.

Price keeps rising

One source only

Price keeps rising: raised by 7 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 364 reviews we read)

Sources
User reviews
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
From Google Play reviews

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

The price of the paid tier has been raised on existing users.

Open evidence
How we know
Share and sample
0.3% of the 2,549 reviews read.

Reports of unexpected charges

One source only

Surprise charges: raised by 21 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 121 reviews we read)

Sources
User reviews
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
From Google Play reviews

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

A large number of reviewers report being charged when they did not expect it — including being charged after cancelling during a free trial, or when a trial turned into a paid plan without warning. We cannot see anyone's billing, so this is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.

Open evidence
How we know
Share and sample
0.8% of the 2,549 reviews read.

Nothing was published as a thing to watch for in this assessment. That is not a finding that nothing is wrong with the app.

What reviewers report

2,549 reviews read · 4 review-based observations

2,549 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.

Tracking and data collection concerns

Shown, not confirmed

No sampled quote is attached to this observation.

Hard to cancel

Shown, not confirmed

my mc Donald's closed at 10 for maintenance after I was waiting in line for 20 minutes, after my order was placed 35 ish minutes ago. canceling was also hidden and not easy to find. not the apps fault but like... I waited for 20 minutes…

1★ · Google Play · 2026-10-22

Price keeps rising

Shown, not confirmed

No sampled quote is attached to this observation.

Reports of unexpected charges

Shown, not confirmed

No sampled quote is attached to this observation.

A sampled review illustrates one person’s experience. It does not establish a finding on its own.

Measurements

8 measured · 0 not assessed

“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.

From store data and reviews

Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
The store description doesn’t list prices (most don’t)
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
Themes reported by reviewers
3 or more 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
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 app package we scanned

Android package 26.72.5, scanned 20 Oct 2026. These describe that package, not the current store version.

Sensitive permissions
3–5 requested
Counted against a fixed list of eighteen sensitive Android permissions: sixteen runtime permissions, among them location, camera, microphone, contacts and SMS, and two the user must switch on in system settings, drawing over other apps and usage access. 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.
How we know

Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Assessed 20 Oct 2026

This analysis describes version 26.72.5 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-20 .

The store currently lists version 26.72.5, updated 2026-10-07.

Store update history

Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.

Google Play

Version 26.72.5 · 2026-10-07

No release notes were provided for this version.

Version 26.72.4 · 2026-10-01

No release notes were provided for this version.

Assessment record

Status
Automated analysis
App identifier
mcdonald-s-google-com-mcdonalds-app
Assessment date
20 Oct 2026
Sources used
6 independent signals: user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text, the app manifest, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure
Reviews read
2,549
Package examined
Android · 26.72.5 · scanned 20 Oct 2026
Human inspection
Not completed

Assessed 2026-10-20 from 2,549 user reviews, the app's package, the store listing and its privacy label.

How we know
Measurement vocabulary
1.4

How this page was produced

Analyzed 2026-10-20 Version analyzed: 26.72.56 independent signals2,549 reviews scannedConfidence: HighNot human-reviewedVocabulary v1.13Methodology v1.3
Signals run: user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text, the app manifest, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure.

Store facts

Google Play

What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.

Google Play

Store rating
3.96 ★ · 2,175,455 ratings
Version
26.72.5
Updated
7 Oct 2026
Price
Free
Age rating
4+
Size
Not supplied
Open in Google Play
Developer
McDonalds USA, LLC
Category
Lifestyle
Listing price
Free

No itemized purchase list is available for this listing.

Method and limits

What this report can and cannot show

How the automated analysis works

This assessment is produced automatically. Six independent signals are read — user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text, the app manifest, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure — and each candidate finding is filed under the sources that support it.

No charge stands on one kind of evidence — with one published exception. A finding is either a measured fact that anyone can reproduce (an ad SDK is in the package; every subscription bills weekly; the privacy label omits a tracker we can see), or it is an interpretation — and an interpretation needs independent sources to agree before it reaches the catch list. The exception is a harm only users can see: a charge may publish from reviews alone, as “Reported by N users”, once enough reviewers raise it to clear that charge’s own published bar. That agreement rule is what replaced the human reviewer, not a model’s confidence.

There is no overall score, on purpose. A 0–99 number was published here until 2026-09-15. It was withdrawn because it discriminated too weakly to be the instrument — 44.7% of every pair of apps tied — and because a single number is a verdict where a count is an observation. What publishes instead is a row of measurements, each of which says what was counted and, where we could not look, says that instead.

Findings under One source only are real reports we do not stand behind as findings. They are shown because withholding them entirely would hide a genuine complaint, and labelled because publishing them as charges would be an accusation off a single source.

Limits of this report

  • A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
  • Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
  • Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
  • A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A hands-on test can confirm or contradict a finding and adds its own measurements; it does not change a measurement row. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.
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