Review signals only — 2 user-reported signals — from user reviews, not yet audited by Appworthy.
Reported by users
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.
Constant upsell pressure
Permanent license stopped working — Paid for the permanent license but it stopped working and keeps asking me to purchase again
Scam!!! — I paid the monthly fee twice and still kept asking for me to pay in order to access / edit a doc. It just keeps asking you to download another app or program and asks for another payment each time.
Deceptive & Dishonest Company - lousey software — I bought a so-called "one-time" purchase. But, at every move to open the software, perform or try to perform something, or save my work, I was harassed with a constantly recurring request…
Misleading advertising
Bait and switch — Money grubbing subscription. Worse than Adobe. I bought a perpetual license which would imply no additional fees required. Now whenever I try to use it, all it does is splash an advertisement. I feel like it’s a total…
Nothing but bait and switch — Doesn’t let you edit scanned documents without an up-sale. Or anything more than 3 pages. Cancelling right now. How do I do that?
Bait and switch — Paid for the app, then tried to use it. Was informed I need the professional version to save without a water mark. Would have been nice to know before I paid
How a review signal works
A review signal is produced automatically from public app reviews by a classifier — never by a hands-on Appworthy test, and never by a human analyst. It exists so a real, not-yet-audited app can carry more than a blank “Not yet tested” listing, without ever being mistaken for an assessment.
A theme only appears above once at least 5 distinct reviews corroborate it — one angry review can never tag an app. These thresholds are published settings and may be tuned as coverage grows.
It carries no confirmed findings — reviews are one kind of evidence, and nothing here has been hands-on tested. The moment Appworthy publishes a full assessment of this app, it replaces this signal, permanently.
A human review replaces this review-derived signal with hands-on, recorded measurements.
Hands-on inspections are not yet open.