“GOOD APP!! But for some reason, the widgets doesn't show up and there's TOO MANY ADS. Want to exit? Watch a 30 second ad to get out! At first, I wasn't bothered that it has ads back then, but just simply exiting or just clicked the widget…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 1,183 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.3 ★294,086 ratings
10M+Downloads
4+Age rating
450 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Mico — Your Home Screen Personalization App, Fully Optimized for iOS 27!
[Create Your Custom Home Screen] Create a home screen that reflects your style with Animated Artwork, 3D and Depth Effect Wallpapers, Liquid Glass Themes, customizable widgets, and more.
[iOS 27 Depth Effect Wallpapers and Liquid Glass Themes] Depth Effect Wallpapers use intelligent layering to blend time, icons, and wallpaper elements, creating a vivid sense of depth. Liquid Glass Themes combine light, transparency, and fluid textures for a fresh visual experience. 4x6 Extra‑Large Widgets provide more space for photos, battery information, health data, couple widgets, and other content.
[Foldable Display and iPad Support] Mico is optimized for foldable devices and iPad. Enjoy responsive layouts across different screen sizes, orientations, and display modes.…
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 13.4.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 13.4.0, updated 2026-09-16.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 1.67.0 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 1.67.0, updated 2026-09-11.
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
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 1.67.0, scanned 2026-10-02.
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
3 or more found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
10 or more 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 2
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 16 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Chartboost and 12 more
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 75 distinct reviewers — 13.5% of the 557 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
Context 2
Measured and published because a reader would want to know — deliberately not a charge. The measurement alone does not show a harm.
Asks for more sensitive permissions than similar apps
The package requests substantially more of the device's sensitive permissions than the typical app in its category. This is a measurement, not an accusation: a permission is granted because a feature needs it, and a wide request list is a reason to look rather than a finding on its own.
What we saw: Requests 8 sensitive permissions (ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION, ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION, ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION, CAMERA, PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS, READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, READ_PHONE_STATE, SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW); the median for 62 scanned apps in Personaliza…
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 19.99 — a 20x spread across 10 items
One source only — shown, not confirmed 4
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: 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 6 distinct reviewers (1.1% of 557 reviews scanned)
In the app's own text: Trial terms not stated in the app's own text
The app's own screens offer a free trial without stating, beside it, what happens when the trial ends. Read this as context rather than as a charge: renewal terms are normally shown on the store's purchase sheet instead, which we cannot see, and we can only observe one kind of evidence for this — so it is shown, but never counted as a charge.
What we saw: Offers a free trial ("FREE VIP/3-day free trial") with no renewal price, renewal date or auto-renew notice anywhere in the app's own text
In the app's own text: Countdown-timer purchase pressure
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.
What we saw: Deadline pressure in the app's own copy: "Limited time offer"
From the store listing: Usable without an account
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (4 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“its okay but sometimes it doesn't work at all and when ever i try to go in to he app and i click on a widget i want it makes my screen go black and sometimes my widget arnt even their the app is very glitchy and also for a small widget…”
“it has a lot of ads, I'm not talking about after a few mins an ad will pop out, I MEAN EVERY FREAKING TIME YOU CLICK OR DO SOMETHING AN AD WILL POP OUT. it is very annoying honestly, please minimize the ads. I can't even use it properly…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 13.4.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$0.99
Highest$19.99
Weekly Premium$0.99
Weekly Premium$5.99
Weekly Premium$1.99
Monthly Premium$3.99
50% off Monthly Plan$3.99
Show 5 more purchases
All functions - month$0.99
Monthly VIP$7.99
Mico Premium- Yearly VIP$19.99
Yearly VIP- Access All Widgets$19.99
All functions - year$19.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.