Most Fraudulent Apps Still on the App Store
In March 2021, Avast shared a list of 133 fraudulent apps for which Sensor Tower estimated a total of 500M downloads and total revenue of $365M generated by the applications in their lifetime.
We found that over a year later, more than 60% of these reported scam apps are still active on the AppStore. According to our calculations, these apps are scamming users for anywhere north of $100M annually.
It’s almost ridiculous how easy it is to identify these Apps just based on publicly available information. Heck, you just need to read some of the one star reviews on the App Store.
See also: Darragh Murphy.
Previously:
- IAP Bait-And-Switch Apps
- Featured Dark Patterns
- Scammy KeyWatch and Trezor Apps
- Scam Apps and Fleeceware
