4.75★ from 4,442,888 ratings · version 2026.36.0 · 36 of the last 60 written reviews are one or two stars
Excessive ads disrupting browsing experience
5of the 36 read·14%
Full-screen ads pop up constantly while scrolling, have broken exit buttons, and force users to restart the app repeatedly.
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“Ads — Use if u like ads, nothing but ads” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“How does this app still have a good rating? — Since when are there un-exitable ads on OfferUp? Middle of looking for something. The ads takes over the screen and there is no way out. Have to kill the app and start over” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Ads — App was great until they put adds that pop up and with such small exit buttons The exit button doesn’t actually work either , you press them 30x and it continues to send you to the App Store or website of the add and you have to close the app and start all over on what you where selling or shopping for” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Paid advertising required to get views
4of the 36 read·11%
Personal sellers can't get visibility unless they pay for advertising; platform now dominated by businesses paying to promote.
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“Very disappointed — I’ve had the app for over a month now and no messages they are promoting me to pay for more views” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Useless now — Used to have a good experience using OfferUp a years ago and now it’s simply trash. They want you to pay too to make selling easier. Deleting this app and never using it again. It’s useless esp compared to other selling sites now that do better” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Horrible App — Ever since they started charging, it took away from our views and sales. Now all you see is businesses selling you stuff. It was supposed to be for regular people selling their stuff. Making a quick buck. Your stuff won’t get views if you don’t pay for advertising. Lame.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Misleading notifications for empty messages
3of the 36 read·8%
App shows unread message badges and notifications that disappear when opened, making users think they have messages they don't.
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“Too many notifications — Every time I open then app I look to see if anyone messaged me about items. When I look at the chat icon I always see there’s a red ( 1 ) next to it as if someone messaged me about my item, but when I go to click on it, there’s no chats, I look in the top right and it’s the stupid bell icon that has a notification! And what is this notification about? “ Items near you “. Are you kidding me?…” — ★★☆☆☆ · English“False notifications — App keeps showing notifications when there is nothing in my inbox” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Unnecessary notifications — They send so many constant notifications every day that people have turned them off. Someone who lists an item for sale doesn't open the app again until the thought crosses their mind—so they miss messages from potential buyers. They’ve rendered a perfectly good app unusable…” — ★★☆☆☆ · English
Scammers and fraud with no company support
3of the 36 read·8%
Users report being scammed or robbed with no response from support, who tell users to contact police instead of helping.
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“Scammers — Robbers and scammers only on this site and no one replies back” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Horrible to work with — Company is horrible to work with when another person scams you. They simply say call the police and leave the persons profile active.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Stolen money — I got scammed out of over $50 and the app’s admins do nothing to prevent or get users’ money back.” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English
Poor seller response and abandoned platform
3of the 36 read·8%
Users report messages going unanswered and feeling like everyone has left the app, making selling ineffective.
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“Not suggested — Nobody replied and did not get enithing nothing sold” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“Late — Response is late” — ★☆☆☆☆ · English“No reply — I feel like everyone on this app has left. I have messaged several individuals and none have gotten back.” — ★★☆☆☆ · English
Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 36 most recent negative ones. Newest review 3 days ago (05.09.2026), last collected 2 days ago.