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Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire
Temu · Lifestyle

Analyzed automatically. Assessed 2026-10-06 from 3,799 user reviews, the store listing and its privacy label. We have not scanned the app's package, so nothing on this page was read from inside the app itself.

Analyzed automaticallyConfidence: High3 signal sources3,799 reviews scannedNot human-reviewedas of 2026-10-06
 Which version this describes

App Store

This analysis describes version 4.87.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 4.87.0, updated 2026-09-28.

Google Play

This analysis describes version 4.86.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 4.86.0, updated 2026-09-28.

What the analysis found

Each finding shows what agreed and how strongly. Automated analysis

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 4

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 14 distinct reviewers (1.0% of 1400 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 21 distinct reviewers (1.5% of 1400 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 20 distinct reviewers (1.4% of 1400 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: States a price, or offers a one-time purchase
One source onlyShown, not confirmed — the only source is user reviews.view evidence
The app's own text offers a one-time or lifetime purchase, or reviewers report that the price is stated clearly.
What we saw: Reviewers report clear pricing: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (0.3% of 2399 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

too many ads. interfere in to many places

3★ · Google Play · 2026-10-04

all the deals they say you will free are bullcrap. its just to get you to spend more. way to many adds and pop-ups. quality of products were cheap as hell. I wouldn't recommend.

1★ · Google Play · 2026-10-04

I keep getting way to much adds for it and I click it saying "you have spins" then once I finish it and download the app guess what I didn't get anything no free stuff nothing so I uninstalled it this is a scam

1★ · Google Play · 2026-10-04

Reports that the ads misrepresent the app

Temu’s app is riddled with what I consider false advertising. It repeatedly presents cash payouts and tells me to make additional purchases to receive them, using statements such as “Reward Confirmed,” “Your cash is ready” and “Available…

1★ · Google Play · 2026-10-04

Bait and switch: I asked for a sleep measurement Ring for my wife and was offered six free apps of all sorts for my cellphone. Can we do business?

1★ · Google Play · 2026-10-04

Hit and miss — I find temu to be a hit and miss and quality can be surprising and then other times it’s as expected but don’t ever expect high quality as temu is not the place for it. It’s cheap products and you get what you pay for. Also…

3★ · App Store · 2026-10-03

Reports of unexpected charges

conduct illegal business practice&violating federal consumer protection laws VIA false&mislead ads/bait&switch to force MORE spending or LOWER reward than they promised (EX:no min spend REQUIRE MIN SPEND-ADMITS IS TO MAKE YOU PAY OP COST)…

1★ · Google Play · 2026-10-04

it was worst experience with temu...they r showing that they will return n exchange and refund when we r going to apply for this they told us u ve to leave this parcel somewhere else,, it is third class shopping app no refund no exhange…

1★ · Google Play · 2026-10-04

I have an unauthorized charge on my bank account of 57.79.

1★ · Google Play · 2026-10-04

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: 4.87.0 (App Store), 4.86.0 (Google Play)3 independent signals3,799 reviews scannedConfidence: HighNot 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.