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CamScanner - PDF Scanner App
INTSIG Information Co., Ltd · Productivity

What’s the catch? Aggressive ad load — reported by 169 users.

Analyzed automatically from 3 independent signals that had to agree — not a hands-on test, and not human-reviewed.

1 on the catch list · analyzedConfidence: Low3 signal sources1,350 reviews scannedNot human-reviewedas of 2026-10-06
 Which version this describes

This analysis describes version 7.26.6 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 7.26.6, updated 2026-09-22.

What the analysis found

Each finding shows what agreed and how strongly. Automated analysis

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
Reported by 169 usersReported by users, not measured — nothing we can inspect could show this either wayview evidence
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Raised by 169 distinct reviewers — 12.5% of the 1,350 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).

One source only — shown, not confirmed 6

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.

From the store listing: Usable without an account
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is the store privacy disclosure.view evidence
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 (7 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: Trial converts to a charge
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is user reviews.view evidence
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 28 distinct reviewers (2.1% of 1350 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Hard to cancel
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is user reviews.view evidence
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
What we saw: Hard to cancel: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (0.6% of 1350 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is user reviews.view evidence
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 8 distinct reviewers (0.6% of 1350 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Upgrade prompts use guilt-trip wording
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is user reviews.view evidence
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 6 distinct reviewers (0.4% of 1350 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Reports of unexpected charges
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is user reviews.view evidence
A large number of reviewers report being charged when they did not expect it — including being charged after cancelling during a free trial, or when a trial turned into a paid plan without warning. We cannot see anyone's billing, so this is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Surprise charges: raised by 25 distinct reviewers (1.9% of 1350 reviews scanned)

What reviewers said

Verbatim excerpts from public store reviews, shown as corroborating user reports. They are not Appworthy audit evidence, and a quotation is not proof of the finding it sits under.

Aggressive ad load

Horrible — Way too many ads now. It’s not even useable.

1★ · App Store · 2026-10-02

TOO MANY ADS — Can’t get through sending files without spam Temu ads

1★ · App Store · 2026-10-02

To many ads — To many ads.

1★ · App Store · 2026-10-02

Trial converts to a charge

Scanner scammer! — I canceled the subscription, then a week later they charge me 65$!! I request a refund and get denied. This is NOT A FREE APP! They will charge you 65 dollars for something most apps would charge 20 for. There is…

1★ · App Store · 2026-09-21

Predatory — Forgot to cancel my 3 day free trial and instead of charging me for a week subscription it charged me for a year. £60 I’ll never see again.

1★ · App Store · 2026-09-09

Deceptive — They give you a 3 day free trial then charge you yearly. Not sure why this is so highly rated, even when you have premium they still plaster their logo on every pdf you sign.

1★ · App Store · 2026-08-12

Paywall blocks the basics

Ridiculous Amount Of Ads, Long Ads Too — Terrible. This app has recently flooded the free version with so many ads that it has become unusable. Not some quick pop up either, 30 second ads that constantly pop up every few actions you take…

1★ · App Store · 2026-09-28

Trash now — This app used to be super helpful but now it puts everything behind a paywall and serves you a bunch of ads any chance it gets

1★ · App Store · 2026-09-21

Reports of unexpected charges

Do not use the free trial and forget to cancel — Not a fan of this app. I used the free trial and then forgot to cancel my subscription and cancelled it the day of the renewal and they would not refund me. Not happy with the service

1★ · App Store · 2026-10-01

Scam — Don’t download don’t use as you will get scammed for £34.99 and no refund

1★ · App Store · 2026-06-29

App ok, auto-membership needs serious attention though — I signed up to this app to scan 1 document. It required a free trial which usually means I don't use them, but I was on something of a time crunch & did it anyways thinking if I…

3★ · App Store · 2026-04-19

How the automated analysis works

Automated, corroborated, and never human-reviewed without a person.

This assessment is produced automatically. Three independent signals are read — user reviews, 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.

 Not yet human-reviewed

Several measurements above say “Not assessed” because no artefact we hold can answer them. A human review is what resolves those — and it can remove a favourable band as easily as add one.

Hands-on inspections are not yet open.

 How this page was produced
Analyzed 2026-10-06 Version analyzed: 7.26.63 independent signals1,350 reviews scannedConfidence: LowNot human-reviewedVocabulary v1.13Methodology v1.3
Signals run: user reviews, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure. Not yet checked: SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text and the app manifest.