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PolyBuzz: Chat with AI Friends

Our app revolutionizes the way we interact with AI chatbots.

CLOUD WHALE INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY LLC.
Multiple ad networks — Code from multiple ad networksAggressive ads — Aggressive ad loadDeletion (dev says) — Developer says you can request data deletion
Google Play rating4.0★1.2M ratings
PriceFreeIn-app purchases
Age17+Store age rating
CategoryLifestyle

At a glance

Full report

From our automated analysis, 6 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.

This analysis describes version 2.2.82 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 2.2.82, updated 2026-09-21.

Preview

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Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

Our app revolutionizes the way we interact with AI chatbots. With our advanced technology, our chatbots think and reply like real characters, complete with authentic voices. You can choose from a massive selection of characters, each with their own unique voice and personality.

Character creation - Character creation now open to everyone! Ignite your imagination and bring any character to life here, whether they exist in reality or flourish in the realm of imagination! Unleash your creativity and craft a character that can be kept entirely private or shared for everyone to engage with. But the excitement doesn't end there - immerse yourself in a vibrant community where you can also interact with characters crafted by others! Join the adventure and let your characters come alive in this thrilling experience!…

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

4 published · 5 shown, not confirmed

Things to watch for 2

Findings that met the published evidence standard.

Multiple ad networks bundled

Measured

Bundles 16 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Chartboost and 12 more

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

The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.

Package artefact

sha256:315889d03ff2676408427925c505b5f91f82b85cd9a5271e0c911c65d855d954

Aggressive ad load

2 independent sources agree

Progress is gated behind watching an ad: "The daily limit for fiction generations has been reached. Watch an ad to unlock one more generation."

Sources
User reviews and the app's own on-screen text
Agreement
2 independent kinds of source agree.
Where measured
Found in the Android app’s package. From Google Play reviews
Definition

Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.

Package artefact

sha256:315889d03ff2676408427925c505b5f91f82b85cd9a5271e0c911c65d855d954

Context 1

Facts that add context without being a charge.

Asks for more sensitive permissions than similar apps

Measured

Requests 8 sensitive permissions (ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION, ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION, CAMERA, PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS, READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, READ_PHONE_STATE, RECORD_AUDIO, SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW); the median for 72 scanned apps in Entertainment is 2

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

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.

Package artefact

sha256:315889d03ff2676408427925c505b5f91f82b85cd9a5271e0c911c65d855d954

Positives 1

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

One source only — shown, not confirmed 5

Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.

Reports that the ads misrepresent the app

One source only

Misleading advertising: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (0.3% of 1956 reviews scanned)

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

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.

Open evidence

Trial terms not stated in the app's own text

One source only

Offers a free trial ("Free Trial") with no renewal price, renewal date or auto-renew notice anywhere in the app's own text

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 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.

Package artefact

sha256:315889d03ff2676408427925c505b5f91f82b85cd9a5271e0c911c65d855d954

Pay to progress

One source only

Progress itself is for sale: "Get More Coins"

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

Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.

Package artefact

sha256:315889d03ff2676408427925c505b5f91f82b85cd9a5271e0c911c65d855d954

Paywall blocks the basics

One source only

Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 7 distinct reviewers (0.4% of 1956 reviews scanned)

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 core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.

Open evidence

Countdown-timer purchase pressure

One source only

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

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.

Package artefact

sha256:315889d03ff2676408427925c505b5f91f82b85cd9a5271e0c911c65d855d954

What reviewers report

1,956 reviews read · 3 review-based observations

1,956 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.

Aggressive ad load

Published finding

The censoring is out of control and the ads are ridiculous. It's unplayable and unenjoyable.

1★ · Google Play · 2026-10-07

Short answer: NOT WORTH IT! CHAI IS BETTER!! Long answer: I used to love this. It was amazing. But now it filters you. It deletes your bots and makes them unusable if you mention alcohol, cigarettes, substances, a swear word, or anything…

1★ · Google Play · 2026-10-03

Entirely way too many ads.

1★ · Google Play · 2026-10-11

Reports that the ads misrepresent the app

Shown, not confirmed

No sampled quote is attached to this observation.

Paywall blocks the basics

Shown, not confirmed

It's pretty good,but you always need to pay for everything,on the webtoons,if you want to see the 3rd shot,you need to be a premium member,so it's too money taking,and too many subscriptions,so please don't make everything cost money, I'm…

2★ · Google Play · 2026-10-04

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

Measurements

8 measured · 0 not assessed

Supporting measurements. They are not a complete list of possible harms or positives. “Not assessed” means we could not measure it — never zero, never a pass.

From store data and reviews

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 app package we scanned

Android package 2.2.82, scanned 26 Sep 2026. These describe that package, not the current store version.

Sensitive permissions
6 or more 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
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.

Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Assessed 6 Oct 2026

This analysis describes version 2.2.82 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 2.2.82, updated 2026-09-21.

Store update history

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

Google Play

Version 2.2.82 · 2026-09-21

No release notes were provided for this version.

Assessment record

Status
Automated analysis
App identifier
polybuzz-google-ai-socialapps-speakmaster
Assessment date
6 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
1,956
Package examined
Android · 2.2.82 · scanned 26 Sep 2026
Measurement vocabulary
1.4
Human inspection
Not completed

Assessed 2026-10-06 from 1,956 user reviews, the app's package, the store listing and its privacy label.

How this page was produced

Analyzed 2026-10-06 Version analyzed: 2.2.826 independent signals1,956 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
4.01 ★ · 1,190,208 ratings
Version
2.2.82
Updated
21 Sep 2026
Price
Free · In-app purchases
Age rating
17+
Size
Not supplied
Open in Google Play
Developer
CLOUD WHALE INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY LLC.
Category
Lifestyle
Listing price
Free · In-app purchases

Purchases the store lists

 What this app sells
Google Play doesn’t publish per-purchase prices, so this list covers the other store only.

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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