Serious warnings 2 confirmed warnings, and users report 1 more thing. Checked: 1,102 reviews, the Android app’s code, the store listing and the privacy label.
From our automated analysis, 26 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.
This analysis describes version 2.20.9 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-26 .
The store currently lists version 2.20.9, updated 2026-10-26.
This analysis describes version 2.20.8 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-22 .
The store currently lists version 2.20.8, updated 2026-10-13.
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
Soundmap: Collect Songs, Trade Music & Explore the World!
Turn your daily walks into the ultimate music collecting game! Soundmap is a real-world music adventure where you explore the map, discover songs, trade tracks with other players, and build a collection of your favorite artists. Whether you love pop, hip-hop, rap, rock, indie, R&B, or electronic music, there's always another song waiting to be found.
Ready to become the ultimate music collector? Get outside, find music drops, and start building your dream collection!
► EXPLORE THE MAP & COLLECT SONGS
Your neighborhood is full of music waiting to be discovered. Walk around with Soundmap, find nearby drops on the interactive map, and collect songs as you explore. Every trip outside can bring a new surprise, from familiar hits to tracks you've never heard of.…
From the developer’s store description.
For developers and the curious
The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.
Findings that met the published evidence standard.
Bundles 9 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Fyber / Digital Turbine Exchange and 5 more
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
Package artefact
Appworthy
sha256:60af28f3ab2aeadc548764e2bf10376f42fd710065088fdc4421b4cc7059cc9aPaywall is server-configured and A/B tested via Superwall — the offer shown can differ per user
The app ships a remote paywall-experimentation SDK, so the offer shown is configured server-side and may differ per user — including from anything we or a reviewer saw.
Package artefact
sha256:60af28f3ab2aeadc548764e2bf10376f42fd710065088fdc4421b4cc7059cc9aFacts that add context without being a charge.
Requests 7 sensitive permissions (ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION, ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION, ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION, CAMERA, READ_CONTACTS, READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, RECORD_AUDIO); the median for 143 scanned apps in Music & Audio is 2
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
sha256:60af28f3ab2aeadc548764e2bf10376f42fd710065088fdc4421b4cc7059cc9aSpecific evidence of a useful property, within the stated scope.
Offers a one-time or lifetime purchase: "Lifetime Deal"
The app's own text offers a one-time or lifetime purchase, or reviewers report that the price is stated clearly.
Package artefact
sha256:60af28f3ab2aeadc548764e2bf10376f42fd710065088fdc4421b4cc7059cc9aThe 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
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 observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.
Progress is gated behind watching an ad: "You're out of free re-rolls today. Watch an ad for one more?"
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
Package artefact
sha256:60af28f3ab2aeadc548764e2bf10376f42fd710065088fdc4421b4cc7059cc9aProgress itself is for sale: "BUY gems"
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
Package artefact
sha256:60af28f3ab2aeadc548764e2bf10376f42fd710065088fdc4421b4cc7059cc9aPaywall blocks the basics: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (about 1 in 139 reviews we read)
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
Deadline pressure in the app's own copy: "LIMITED-TIME OFFER"
This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.
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
sha256:60af28f3ab2aeadc548764e2bf10376f42fd710065088fdc4421b4cc7059cc9a1,102 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.
Pretty fun — A lot is behind a paywall, but overall still enjoyable on the free version
Very Paywalled but fine — fun but like everything is premium
too much pay to win. — other than everything you have to pay for, this apps good.
A sampled review illustrates one person’s experience. It does not establish a finding on its own.
“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.
Android package 2.20.8, scanned 22 Oct 2026. These describe that package, not the current store version.
Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured
This analysis describes version 2.20.9 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-26 .
The store currently lists version 2.20.9, updated 2026-10-26.
This analysis describes version 2.20.8 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-22 .
The store currently lists version 2.20.8, updated 2026-10-13.
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
Minor bug fixes and improvements
Minor bug fixes and improvements
Minor bug fixes and improvements
No release notes were provided for this version.
No release notes were provided for this version.
No release notes were provided for this version.
soundmap-i-discover-rare-musicAssessed 2026-10-26 from 1,102 user reviews, the app's package, the store listing and its privacy label.
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.
These are really on sale; we just can’t tell from the name whether they recur.
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.
Write to [email protected], or use the form. Name the finding, the app version and the evidence that needs correcting. Factual corrections are free and never depend on buying anything.