“Annoying full-page pop-up ads, the worst kind with videos and countdowns. When click to close the ad it opens the playstore anyways. But, it is a functional photo sharing app. If you can't use Google photos for whatever reason, this app…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 920 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.9 ★143,181 ratings
1M+Downloads
4+Age rating
82 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
PhotoCircle is a private photo-sharing app trusted by families, friends, social groups, individual professionals, schools, nonprofits, and businesses. Create invite-only albums to connect, share, and organize photos, videos, and documents — all in one simple, secure, and easy-to-use app.
WHY 10M+ USERS CHOOSE PHOTOCIRCLE
- Simple & Intuitive: Easy for everyone — no technical skills required. - Perfect for All Occasions: From personal memories to managing organizational media, PhotoCircle scales to your needs. - Private & Secure: Share in secure, invite-only albums with full control over who can access your content — backed by SOC 2 Type II compliance, GDPR, and US Data Privacy standards. - Scalable for Organizations: Purchase a premium plan tailored for your school, nonprofit, or business.
Explore all features and plans directly on the PhotoCircle website.
PERFECT FOR EVERY MOMENT…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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 2026.0918.01 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2026.0918.01, updated 2026-09-22.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 2026.0805.02 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2026.0805.02, updated 2026-08-10.
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 a price and a 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
90% or more 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.
The catch list 1
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.
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 34 distinct reviewers — 6.8% of the 501 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
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
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Every pop up ad makes you wait before you can close it and will auto install apps on your phone. I have seen false claims of malware on your device in these ads. I get why you need ads in a free software but make it in the banner line not…”
“Lots of ads. Really a lot more than I'd expect for an app that just shares pics and vids.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2026.0918.01.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown2
Lowest$1.29
Highest$9.99
PhotoCircle Pro Monthly$1.29
PhotoCircle Pro Yearly$9.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.