“SCAM: Hidden $40 Subscription Bait-and-Switch! — DO NOT DOWNLOAD. This app is a front for a deceptive billing scam. I paid a one-time fee of $3.99 for this retro app, but they used my payment info to secretly sign me up for a $39.99…”
Public review signal · 500 reviews scanned · scope limited to review patterns.
4.3 ★3,684 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
279 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Vita - Core Station is a unified environment designed to host and organize your interactive digital library. Enjoy a curated selection of built-in titles or seamlessly integrate your own collection into a high-performance hub.
Premium Features (available with an active subscription - $2.99/week or $39.99/year)
- Unlimited gameplay across 11 titles - Custom skins & controls - XP, streaks & progression - Your built-in gaming companion
Subscription can be managed and canceled at any time through your Apple ID account settings.
Other Features:…
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.
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 a price and a billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
No theme 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.
Surprise charges39 reviews · user report
Hard to cancel28 reviews · user report
Trial converts to a charge6 reviews · user report
Misleading advertising6 reviews · user report
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Do not subscribe!! — They are a rip off. Their subscription is not managed through the app store, and they intentionally make it IMPOSSIBLE to cancel their subscription on their website. I contacted customer service multiple times and…”
“Scam — They will promise a refund and continue to take money out of your account do not use bank card they will steal your money frauds! They do not give money back they are liars”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.2.5.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown2
Lowest$2.99
Highest$39.99
Weekly$2.99
Yearly$39.99