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What’s the catch? Hard to cancel — 2 independent sources agree, backed by user reviews and the app's own on-screen text.

Analyzed automatically from 6 independent signals that had to agree — not a hands-on test, and not human-reviewed.

1 on the catch list · analyzedConfidence: Medium6 signal sources4,378 reviews scannedNot human-reviewedas of 2026-10-05
 Which version this describes

App Store

This analysis describes version 6.276.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 6.276.0, updated 2026-10-04.

Google Play

This analysis describes version 6.244.0.1 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version VARY, updated 2026-09-26.

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.

Hard to cancel
2 independent sources agreefrom user reviews and the app's own on-screen textartefact 25eb7ac54d25…
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
What we saw: Sells a subscription in-app but ships no cancel or manage-subscription text of its own, leaving the store's settings as the only exit

Positive evidence 1

Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.

Developer says data deletion can be requested
Measuredfrom the store listingview evidence
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 5

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
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is user reviews.view evidence
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 10 distinct reviewers (0.4% of 2406 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is user reviews.view evidence
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (0.3% of 2406 reviews scanned)
In the app's own text: A plan is pre-picked as 'recommended'
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is the app's own on-screen text.artefact 25eb7ac54d25…
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 Offer"
Reported by users: Price keeps rising
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is user reviews.view evidence
The price of the paid tier has been raised on existing users.
What we saw: Price keeps rising: raised by 7 distinct reviewers (0.3% of 2406 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 51 distinct reviewers (2.1% of 2406 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

Website is better — So many ads omg. Suggesting that someone use another app is crazy. Just use the mobile website. Less spam and less data harvesting.

1★ · App Store · 2026-09-30

It’s ok — So many ads, which seems unfair since you are charged a chunk of your money to sell. Almost as many as Gumtree, which eBay also owns, but that’s free! Cheap postage, but Evri are reknowned to be unreliable and slow. And please…

3★ · App Store · 2026-09-13

Reports that the ads misrepresent the app

search doesn't work, live auctions are almost entirely scams, listings full of false advertising, fakes and outright scams. customer service is designed to frustrate you till you go away. Working against the consumer at every level.

1★ · Google Play · 2026-10-05

Your AI helper sucks — Why force app user to use your half baked AI? I’m not trying to have to deal with false advertising claims because your FORCED feature gets things wrong, if you genuinely think that your users are so lazy that they…

1★ · App Store · 2026-10-01

Impossible to work with — The UI is garbage now, they shove Ai everywhere, and they do false advertising where they make it seem like you are required to pay them, when you are not. Awful site

1★ · App Store · 2026-09-30

Price keeps rising

Misleading prices and postage — In a summary list, the price and postage of items shown are exclusive of the buyer’s premium that is now being charged. It’s only when you click on an item that the true price is displayed. Even then…

1★ · App Store · 2026-09-13

Encourages Scalping — Despite violating the platform’s official policies, eBay allows and encourages price gouging and scalping.

1★ · App Store · 2026-09-12

Reports of unexpected charges

Horrible app — Sold something for $190. Got charged $70 for random charges and hidden costs. Then got an email saying what I shipped was 8x the proper weight and they were going to charge me an additional $110. This app is absolute…

1★ · App Store · 2026-09-28

Horrible — As a seller there is a fee for almost every step of the way and believe me they try to def skim and scam your money I mean as long as you can figure out a different payment method it’s all good can’t tax what they don’t see feel

1★ · App Store · 2026-09-24

Sucks for sellers now — If your a buyer you can look for anything on here it could be fun. But if you’re here to sell it sucks. I’ve sold an item work 250 and the fees would only have be get back 175??? I’ve sold another item for about…

1★ · App Store · 2026-09-18

How the automated analysis works

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

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.

 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 2026-10-05 Version analyzed: 6.276.0 (App Store), 6.244.0.1 (Google Play)6 independent signals4,378 reviews scannedConfidence: MediumNot human-reviewedVocabulary v1.13Methodology v1.3
Signals run: 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.