“All advertising and promotional messages and notifications are turned off and im still getting advertising notifications from snapchat.”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 7,051 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.2 ★45,740,988 ratings
1B+Downloads
12+Age rating
419 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Snapchat is a fast and fun way to share the moment with your friends and family
SNAP • Snapchat opens right to the Camera — just tap to take a photo, or press and hold for video. • Express yourself with Lenses, Filters, Bitmoji and more! • Try out new Lenses daily created by the Snapchat community!
CHAT • Stay in touch with friends through live messaging, or share your day with Group Stories. • Video Chat with up to 16 friends at once — you can even use Lenses and Filters when chatting! • Express yourself with Friendmojis — exclusive Bitmoji made just for you and a friend.
STORIES • Watch friends' Stories to see their day unfold. • See Stories from the Snapchat community that are based on your interests. • Discover breaking news and exclusive Original Shows.…
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.
App Store
This analysis describes version 14.26.0.48 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 14.26.0.48, updated 2026-09-30.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 14.26.1.0 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 14.26.1.0, updated 2026-10-02.
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
From the package we downloaded and read — version 14.26.1.0, scanned 2026-10-03.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
6 or more requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
None found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
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 143 distinct reviewers — 3.1% of the 4,655 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
Positive evidence 2
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
States a price, or offers a one-time purchase
The app's own text offers a one-time or lifetime purchase, or reviewers report that the price is stated clearly.
What we saw: Offers a one-time or lifetime purchase: "This is a one time purchase. Features can change at any time. Your payment will be charged to your App Store account. By tapping "$0", you agree to the Snapchat+ Subscription Terms ."
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
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.
Reported by users: Tracking and data collection concerns
The app ships session-recording or a wide tracking stack, holds permissions that read personal data, or is reported by users to sell, leak or over-collect it. The evidence line says which of those was observed.
What we saw: Data & privacy concerns: raised by 12 distinct reviewers (0.3% of 4655 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 52 distinct reviewers (1.1% of 4655 reviews scanned)
In the app's own text: A plan is pre-picked as 'recommended'
The purchase screen arrives with one plan already framed as the recommended or most popular choice, so the default is the app's preference rather than the user's. We do not compare the plans' prices, and only the app's own text evidences this, so it is shown, but never counted as a charge.
What we saw: Purchase screen steers the choice: "BEST VALUE"
In the app's own text: Countdown-timer purchase pressure
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.
What we saw: Deadline pressure in the app's own copy: "Your promotion ends in $0 days. Come back for more insights."
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Full of ads! Customer Service is non existent and quality has gone down over the years. Cancelled 3 year sub and swapping to another chat provider.”
“The ads are getting ridiculous! I cant watch two videos without ads after everyone! This isn't a TV show we don't need ads!”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 14.26.0.48.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.