Thread by @keleftheriou

How it started / how it’s going.

Since I exposed this scam yesterday, its ratings have dropped dramatically. What happened?

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Apple removed some of the fake reviews, resulting in the drop. Great news, right? Not so fast.

There are 120 reviews for this app right now. Of those, 114 are 1-star reviews. The average review score?

1.1 stars ☠️

ONE POINT ONE.

As a reminder, the absolute floor is 1, not 0

*Nobody* is happy with this app. Most are accusing it of being a scam. Some of the ratings are probably fake too, “boosting” it to 2.4 stars.

Why does any of this matter?

The app is currently the #441 top grossing app across the entire App Store 🤯

To put this in perspective:

It’s grossing ~ half a MILLION dollars a month! This is more than apps like:

- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft OneDrive
- Google Drive
- Washington Post
- Fox News
- Reddit
- Bloomberg
- NBC Sports
- Grand Theft Auto
- NBA LIVE
- Monopoly
- DocuSign
- Udemy
- LastPass
- GoPro

- Facetune
- MasterClass
- Procreate Pocket
- Motionleap, Lightleap, Photoleap
- Evernote

…and many, many more.

In fact, almost every other app out of the 2 million App Store apps makes less money that this scam!

That Apple took a good look at this app & the developer’s practices and decided to keep it in their “walled garden” store, tells you all you need to know about where their motives lie.

Yesterday’s thread:

https://twitter.com/keleftheriou/status/1381463196280610816