“False advertising. — Definitely does not recover your permanently deleted photos or videos. Instead it uses a creepy ai tool that wants you to scan the faces of your loved ones and past formers to recreate an abomination. Not only that…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 911 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.3 ★19,228 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
262 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Ever lost a treasured photo, a memory so precious you believed it was gone forever? Welcome to a world where such nightmares are no more – introducing ‘Photo Recovery’. Whether you’re a professional photographer or an amateur enthusiast, this app changes the game, transforming your relationship with your digital memories.
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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 9.6.9 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 9.6.9, updated 2026-09-19.
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
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
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
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.
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 1.99 to USD 59.99 — a 30x 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.
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 (5 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.
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 14 distinct reviewers (1.5% of 911 reviews scanned)
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 5 distinct reviewers (0.5% of 911 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 12 distinct reviewers (1.3% of 911 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“False advertisement — This app won’t recover old photos even if you pay .”
“COMPLETE SCAM — I got this app and bought the subscription ($7.99/week) solely for the deleted photo recovery. However, I quickly found out that they can NOT do this at all, and the only tool they offer is an AI that you can “ask” for a…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 9.6.9.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown8
Lowest$1.99
Highest$59.99
Photo Finder Premium Monthly$14.99
Recover Deleted Photos&Videos$59.99
Recover Deleted Photos&Videos$9.99
Recover Deleted Photos&Videos$7.99
Recover Deleted Photos&Videos$49.99
Show 3 more purchases
1,500 AI Credits$1.99
5,000 AI Credits$7.99
10,000 AI Credits$14.99