“Love it but — I live this site. The people have been so helpful but there are so many ads. I read one letter and an ad pops up. I get it but it’s annoying.”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 81 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.7 ★35,698 ratings
—Downloads
17+Age rating
145 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Need to unburden your soul? Feeling lost and looking for support? Sincerely is your anonymous haven to share, connect, and heal.
Write your heart out in heartfelt letters, and receive caring responses from a supportive community. You're never alone.
Connect with others who understand. Find solace and offer guidance in a judgment-free space.
Why You'll Love It: • Write letters to get things off your chest. • Receive 3 letters every night at 8pm. • Respond to strangers and offer support. • Send virtual hugs to uplift others. • Track your impact with helpful data streaks. • Make friends and continue conversations. • Monitor your emotional well-being with a mood tracker and calendar. • Get instant support and answers from our AI chat.
Ready to find your safe space?
Download Sincerely today.…
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 1.93.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.94.0, updated 2026-09-30.
The app has been updated since this analysis. The findings on this page describe version 1.93.1, not the version now listed on the store.
Release notes for the newer versions, in the developer’s own words:
Version 1.94.0 · 2026-09-30
App optimization and bug fixes Enjoy!!!
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
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
80–89% 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: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 11 distinct reviewers (13.6% of 81 reviews scanned)
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 (6 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: 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 (7.4% of 81 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Too many ads — This app used to be to help people but now it’s just a money grab. I used to be able to read at least three letters a day and then watch an ad to get more which I was good with but now you have to watch an ad for every…”
“Was good now it’s hard to use — I’ve been using this app for 2-3ish years and I love it so much! I love being able to help people and have an outlet to vent. BUT when I first used the app I was able to draw and add music to my letters…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.94.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown8
Lowest$4.99
Highest$39.99
Sincerely Club Monthly$9.99
Sincerely Club Monthly$4.99
Sincerely Club Annual$29.99
Sincerely Club Annual$34.99
Annual Premium Plan$39.99
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Sincerely - Premium$7.99
Sincerely - Premium$7.99
Sincerely - Premium$4.99