Unexpected subscription charges after free trial
Users of the ScanGuru PDF Scanner App feel scammed due to misleading advertising of a free trial that leads to high, undisclosed, and recurring subscription fees. Many customers report being charged immediately after signing up, even if they attempted to cancel within the trial period.
4 people in 4 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition low
The pain
shares of 4 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 4 people using ScanGuru: PDF Scanner App
- What goes wrong
- Not classified into a failure type — read the posts below.
- How bad
- 100% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 23 Dec 2025 → 21 Mar 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- ScanGuru: PDF Scanner App
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 0% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint4100%
Sources
4 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
ScanGuru: PDF Scanner App — Please read! Scan Guru advertised a free trial but then charged high, undisclosed, and recurring subscription fees. I canceled the application before the 7‑day trial ended—specifically on 03/02/2026—and I have a screenshot confirming the cancellation. Despite canceling on time, I was still…
ScanGuru: PDF Scanner App — Felt scammed I downloaded product 22 November not realizing I had started free trial and when I did go to use app they charged me on December with button set on free trial like I had never activated it so I used thinking I’d have week try out product and instead was charged. I can say it…
…ble Charged me 25 when it was supposed to be free trial for 7 days . They charged me the 25 the first 5 mins I canceled it the first day still got charged absolutely unacceptable. Negative stars from me!!!!!!
ScanGuru: PDF Scanner App — How about SCAMguru I signed up for the free trial and was charged $33.67 immediately
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Questions about this idea
- Is Unexpected subscription charges after free trial a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 4 different people described it independently, in 4 mentions, the earliest from 23 Dec 2025 and the most recent from 21 Mar 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 43/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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Discussion
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