What’s the catch? Paywall blocks the basics — reported by 26 users.
Analyzed automatically from 3 independent signals that had to agree — not a hands-on test, and not human-reviewed.
This analysis describes version 18.5.400 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 18.5.400, updated 2026-09-30.
What the analysis found
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.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 3
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.
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.
Paywall blocks the basics
Used to be better — I still use the app for calorie counting. However, over the years I’ve noticed that the app offers far fewer services and options for those who just want the free version. You used to be able to track your water intake…
Greedy — This app used to be great! I enjoyed it more than the alternatives I had tried. That changed when they locked the barcode scan feature behind premium. It’s such a simple feature that’s been a part of apps like this for so long…
Not better than its competitors — I tried it for a few weeks because I don’t like MyFitnessPal’s newest user interface update, and I just deleted it because it is objectively worse than other tracker apps out there. Most everything is…
Hard to cancel
scam app — Just keeps charging your card with no way to cancel it and the assistant gives you the run around! DO NO DOWNLOAD THIS APP!!
I cant cancel my subscription — I followed the instructions the app gave me and when I clicked on my subscription to cancel it there wasn’t an option to do it
Impossible to cancel — Instructions to cancel free trial are terrible. Got charged & still can’t get it cancelled.
Aggressive ad load
Solid — The app is solid. I hate the constant ads for lifetime subscription. Also, tons of conflicting calories for identical items. However, the barcode feature works very well
Disappointed — I’ve used this app since high school in 2008 and now not only did they take away the premium I paid for years ago and have no way to prove that back in 2012 but they’ve added ads to this app which is BEYOND ridiculous! So…
Ads are intrusive — I have to get a pop up ad every time i enter anything to upgrade to premium!? How many times do i say no thanks before you stop. That’s ridiculous.
Upgrade prompts use guilt-trip wording
Ads are intrusive — I have to get a pop up ad every time i enter anything to upgrade to premium!? How many times do i say no thanks before you stop. That’s ridiculous.
SCAM - charged a yearly subscription without my authorization — I was charged for a yearly subscription that i did not approve. The app support kept telling me to cancel via apple subscription but i couldn’t do that since i didn’t…
Ads for paid membership — This app will keep pushing you to buy premium, I did. Kept pushing for yearly. I did. Kept pushing for lifetime. I caved. I still get ads for this service I pay for. I’m sorry, a “member exclusive” deal (that…
How the automated analysis works
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.
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.