Verdict up front: Bitmine Pro is the only app in this series you have to buy before you can open it — roughly $11 at the Play Store checkout. Then it asks you to deposit. It advertises “ROI up to 300%”, “APY up to 90%” and commission on every referral’s purchase. Do not install it.
Bitmine: Bitcoin Cloud Mining is published by BitminePro Inc. On the day we checked it was a paid app priced at R204.99, with in-app purchases on top, 1,000+ downloads, no rating and no reviews. It is filed under Finance and was last updated on 9 September 2026.
You pay to reach the sales pitch
Every other app in this category is free, because the operator needs volume. Charging eleven dollars at the door throws most of that volume away.
It buys two things. It filters for people willing to spend money on a mining app before seeing it — the exact audience the rest of the funnel needs. And it produces revenue that is banked whatever happens next, from a customer who has not yet been told what the plans cost.
The numbers on the store page
The listing does not hedge. It publishes returns:
From the store listing
“Plans starting from just $10… ROI up to 300% over contract duration… APY up to 90% on locked funds… Deposit funds using Google Pay or Crypto… Withdraw to any Bitcoin wallet address.”
Ninety per cent a year on a locked balance, on top of a mining contract paying up to triple the money. No authorised firm anywhere publishes numbers like that, because no authorised firm is allowed to.
The store screenshots go further: “REAL MINING. REAL REWARDS.”, plan tiers at $10, $50 and $100, and a panel reading “DEPOSIT INSTANTLY”.
The referral ranks are the tell
This is the part that changes what the app is. From the listing:
“Earn lifetime commission on every referral… Commission credited instantly on their purchases… Rank system: Bronze → Silver → Gold → Platinum → Diamond.”
Commission paid on what other people deposit is not a marketing perk. It is a revenue model, and it is the defining feature of a structure that pays earlier participants out of later participants’ money.
The five-tier rank ladder is what turns a customer into a salesperson. Once you hold Silver and can see Gold, the app has stopped selling you mining and started selling you status — and the price of the next rank is other people’s deposits.
Google Pay as a funding rail
“Deposit funds using Google Pay (instant credit)” deserves its own line. Funding an investment balance through a payments rail designed for retail purchases collapses the distance between buying a sandwich and wiring money to an unregulated operator. Instant, familiar, two taps, no pause for thought — and no investor protection of any kind attached to the other end.
Nobody has reviewed it
A thousand downloads, at eleven dollars each, and not one rating. Whoever those thousand buyers are, none of them has said whether the withdrawals work.
Note also what has already changed. The “What’s new” entry from 9 September lists “improved mining, deposits, withdrawals and referral experience” and “enhanced account security and payment reliability” — an operator ten days ago actively working on the deposit and withdrawal paths of an app nobody will vouch for.
And the data panel contradicts itself
Data safety declares “No data collected” directly beneath “This app may share these data types with third parties: Personal info, Financial info and 2 others”.
Financial information, shared onward, by an app that says it collects nothing. On a platform that takes deposits by Google Pay.
What you would be handing over
Eleven dollars at the door. A deposit by Google Pay or crypto. Identity and financial details, declared as shareable. A bitcoin wallet address. And a promise of up to 300% from a company with no published regulator, no track record and no reviews.
- A published ROI figure is the end of the conversation. Returns cannot be promised, so a firm promising them is not describing an investment.
- Commission on other people’s deposits is the structure, not a bonus.
- Paying to install is not a sign of quality. Here it is a filter for willingness to pay.
- Never fund an investment balance through Google Pay or a card, and never through crypto — a crypto deposit has no chargeback at all.
- Check the firm on the FCA register before anything else. A UK-facing firm taking deposits and promising returns needs authorisation.
If you have already deposited
Stop — a request for one more payment to “release” a withdrawal is the scam continuing, not ending, and so is a rank upgrade. Screenshot your balance, the withdrawal screen, the plan page and every message before they disappear. Where you paid by Google Pay or card, tell your bank immediately and ask about a chargeback. Request a refund through Google Play for the app purchase itself. Report it at IC3.gov, and to the FCA on 0800 111 6768 if you are in the UK.
