By AppHub Editorial Team · Updated August 3, 2026
Overview
Lifestyle
Free
Aug 14, 2012
No
Users Interact
Feb 23, 2026
Features
Pinterest is a place of endless possibilities. You can:
Create boards, save Pins and make collages of all your inspiration. Unlock billions of ideas, from fashion tips 👠 and easy recipes 🍜 to DIY projects 🛠️ and fresh ways to redo your space. Creating the life you love?
It's Possible.
Pinterest is a place of endless possibilities. You can:
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Ratings breakdown
11,400,000 reviewsData Safety
- This app may share these data types with third parties Location, Personal info and 4 others
- This app may collect these data types Location, Personal info and 9 others
- Data is encrypted in transit
- You can request that data be deleted
Permissions
- find accounts on the device
- read your own contact card
- find accounts on the device
- read your contacts
- approximate location (network-based)
- precise location (GPS and network-based)
- read the contents of your USB storage
- modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
- read the contents of your USB storage
- modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
- take pictures and videos
- record audio
- view Wi-Fi connections
- view network connections
- full network access
- control Near Field Communication
- run at startup
Developer contact
Name
Pinterest, Inc.
Address
651 Brannan St San Francisco, CA 94107-1532 United States
Website
https://help.pinterest.comPhone
+1 415-651-5342
Support
help@pinterest.com
Privacy
View policyFrequently Asked Questions
Is Pinterest free to download? high
Yes. The app metadata lists Pinterest as free.
Source: app_metadata
What do sampled users complain about in Pinterest? low
Pinterest has sampled complaints about intrusive ads, pop-ups, or promotional interruptions disrupting the experience. Only 1 sampled review supports this theme, so confidence is low. For example, one reviewer says: "I hate how a pop up shows up with options to send a picture every time I download a pin. I keep accidentally sending pin"
Source: user_reviews
Is Pinterest worth downloading in 2026? medium
Based on 5 sampled reviews spanning July 11, 2025 to January 30, 2025, Pinterest has a 4.3/5 overall rating from 11.4M total reviews. Sampled reviews show 0 praised themes and 1 complaint themes. As with any app, experiences vary by device and use case.
Source: user_reviews, app_metadata, ratings_data
How to Use
Pinterest is a place of endless possibilities. (app_description)
Getting Started
Source: app_description_and_user_feedback_noted
- Install Pinterest from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store.
- Open the app and begin with the free experience to explore its core functionality.
- Review the main features described in the app listing to understand what this app offers.
- Be aware of sampled user-reported issues: the app has sampled complaints about intrusive ads, pop-ups, or promotional interruptions disrupting the experience..
Key Features (from app listing)
Source: app_description
- Lifestyle app experience
- Free download
- From Pinterest
- 1,000,000,000+ downloads listed
How this content was created
Content type: pattern_analysis_of_user_reviews_and_metadata
AI generated: Yes
- Google Play user reviews (12-20 preferred; may be smaller if source data is limited per app), July 11, 2025 to January 30, 2025
- Google Play ratings distribution
- App Store listing metadata
- Review samples are not statistically representative of all user sentiment
- High-engagement negative reviews can overrepresent complaints
- Claims labeled 'low confidence' are based on single-review observations only
- No real-world app testing was conducted
- Feature availability may vary by region, device, and app version
Pros & Cons
Based on analysis of Google Play user reviews
Pros
- Excellent algorithm for discovering new content and artists based on user preferences.
Theme 'Good algorithm' identified in recent_review #1
Evidence (1)
“I was impressed by how good the algorithm was at finding things I'd like.”Rating: 2★ January 30, 2025 1,626 likes - Long-time users appreciate the app for its unique inspiration and ideas.
Theme 'Long-time user loyalty' identified in recent_review #1
Evidence (1)
“I've been using pintrest for 10+ years, and I used to love it.”Rating: 2★ January 30, 2025 1,626 likes - Useful for finding unique blogs and ideas not found on major search engines.
Theme 'Unique content' identified in recent_review #2
Evidence (1)
“I used to find some unique blogs/articles/ideas not found in most of the big search engines”Rating: 1★ January 25, 2025 2,363 likes
Cons
- Excessive ads dominate the feed, making the app nearly unusable for browsing.
Theme 'Too many ads' identified in recent_review #2
Evidence (1)
“It's almost 100% ads and shop links now. Nearly unusable.”Rating: 1★ January 25, 2025 2,363 likes - AI-generated content floods the feed and cannot be filtered out despite user feedback.
Theme 'AI art overload' identified in recent_review #1
Evidence (1)
“the excess of AI art is ruining the app and making it borderline unusable. I don't want to see any AI content, but my feed remains full of it no matter how many times I click "not interested."”Rating: 2★ January 30, 2025 1,626 likes - Notifications are broken, showing on the phone but not in the app's notification section.
Theme 'Broken notifications' identified in recent_review #3
Evidence (1)
“The notification section has been broken for a long time. I'll get a notification on my phone that someone likes my comment, but it won't show up in my notifications.”Rating: 1★ September 01, 2024 1,077 likes
Recent Reviews
Ellis Conover
2★I've been using pintrest for 10+ years, and I used to love it. It was a great way to discover new artists, and I was impressed by how good the algorithm was at finding things I'd like. However, the excess of AI art is ruining the app and making it borderline unusable. I don't want to see any AI content, but my feed remains full of it no matter how many times I click "not interested." Please do something about this.
Casey Batson
1★Love(d) this app. Haven't been on in a few years, but holy cow, did it change ... What happened!? It's almost 100% ads and shop links now. Nearly unusable. I used to find some unique blogs/articles/ideas not found in most of the big search engines and was hoping it was still a good place for unique takes, but now I see it's no longer Pintrest, it's Pintrash.
Veronica Romero
1★I hate how a pop up shows up with options to send a picture every time I download a pin. I keep accidentally sending pins to people 😂😅 other than that, way too many ads. I see more ads in my feed than regular pictures. The notification section has been broken for a long time. I'll get a notification on my phone that someone likes my comment, but it won't show up in my notifications. Nothing shows up anymore. When I get likes, when someone saves my pin, nothing.
Squee
1★Way Too Many Ads now. This used to be my favorite app to scroll in the late night and early morning when I can't sleep and needed low stimulation content. There used to be great ads for cute items I was genuinely interested in that I would even purchase from now and again. Now, though, there are more nonsense ads advertising things I'd never buy, which take up 8/10 of the rectangles of content on the page. It now also stops your video or music when you open the app, which I hate so much.
Amy DeFusco
1★I've been an avid user for over a decade. most recently, I contacted the help center to figure out why I keep being notified when all notification settings are turned off. I've had 5 back and forth emails with screenshots and customer service insists my notifications are not turned off (they are) and is not helpful at all. they keep requesting a video of my account, when screen shots show the same thing. useless and annoying.