“Ripped off! — Got offered the free trial then when I hit accept I was charged $109. This is ridiculous! Wouldn’t recommend this highway robbery to anyone smh”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 500 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.4 ★15,126 ratings
—Downloads
17+Age rating
135 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Shudder is the #1 streaming service for horror fans. Whether you're a horror buff or just darkly curious, Shudder delivers a scary good time with unlimited access to the largest curated horror library—featuring everything from chilling classics to the latest spine-tingling releases.
Don't be left in the dark. Start your free trial and get all the nightmares you can handle now. Watch on your iPhone, iPad, or TV through Airplay with your Apple TV.…
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.
This analysis describes version 10.1.1 (1384) of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 10.1.1 (1384), updated 2026-08-17.
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
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.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 3
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: Trial converts to a charge
The free trial demands a payment method up front and/or rolls into a paid subscription with no usable warning.
What we saw: Trial converts to a charge: raised by 9 distinct reviewers (1.8% of 500 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 12 distinct reviewers (2.4% of 500 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Upgrade prompts use guilt-trip wording
Declining an upgrade is written as a loss ('No thanks, I don't want to improve'), or users report being repeatedly pushed to subscribe during normal use.
What we saw: Constant upsell pressure: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (1.6% of 500 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Thieving Shudder app — I decided to give Shudder app a try as I love horror film. I signed up for the 7 day free trial and $8.99 a month after the trial. Of course, these thieves immediately charged my card for 1 month despite me choosing…”
“Attempting to charge $89.99 — I signed up for a free trial but numerous attempts per day have been made to charge me $89.99.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 10.1.1 (1384).
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown5
Lowest$7.99
Highest$99.99
Monthly Membership$9.99
Monthly Premium$9.99
Monthly with Ads$7.99
Annual Membership$99.99
Annual Premium$99.99