Scammy Mac apps force users to pay for subscription
of his own and found that the developer behind My Metronome, Music Paradise LLC, is registered at the same address in Russia as another developer named Groove Vibes. downloaded apps by both Music Paradise and Groove Vibes and found that while some of them had appropriate ways to quit, others disabled the quit option and Mac's force quit keys.
Apple prides itself in having a rigorous review process for the App Store — Tim Cook even said during an Epic trial last year that the store would be a" " without it. Shady and fraudulent apps are still slipping through despite the measures taken by the tech giant, though, and it may even be earning from them. According to that 2021 report from, the scam apps it found may have defrauded users out of an estimated $48 million, including Apple's commission. The My Metronome app is no longer available for us when we checked, but it's unclear if it was Apple itself that removed it.
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