Verdict up front: BTC Cloud Mining – CryptoRise sells upgrades for faster mining and shows a withdrawal screen in its own gallery. Users report that paying subscribers are not mining and that the mined amount is never paid out. The app has 100,000+ downloads.
Listing facts — checked 22 September 2026
- Developer: GaneshaApps Studios
- Package: btc.cloud.mining.crypto.rise
- Downloads: 100,000+
- Rating: 4.1 from 528 reviews
- Money taken: ads and in-app purchases
- Play category: Finance
- Last updated: 24 August 2026
What the listing promises
The description is direct: “Start mining Bitcoin today using powerful, high-speed cloud mining technology.” It promises “instant access to powerful cloud-based mining technology” so you can “mine Bitcoin easily — without expensive hardware”, and says “all mining operations are handled automatically”.
The gallery backs this up with three screens: “Boost Your Speed with Upgrades”, “Start Mining”, and “Manage & Receive Rewards”, which shows a wallet screen with a BTC address field and a withdrawal history. Every element of a real payout is drawn on the marketing image.
What users report
Two recent reviews
Philip Ogundele, 8 September 2026: the app is not mining for subscribers; he tells readers to “stop clicking on boost mining rates to watch ads”, and says nothing has been added beyond a signup bonus of 0.000000000273467 BTC. Ballasingam Vellaisamy, 15 September 2026: “You will never be paid upon your withdrawal for the amount you have mined.”
The ad-boost loop
The mechanism both reviewers describe is simple. The mining rate is low. Watching an ad makes it faster for a while. Paying makes it faster still. The one thing that never happens is the event all of this is supposedly leading to — money arriving in your wallet.
In that loop, the operator is paid twice: once by the advertiser for every video you watch, and once by you for every upgrade. The balance on your screen costs the operator nothing to display. That is why a signup bonus of a few trillionths of a Bitcoin can sit there unchanged while the ads keep playing.
The same developer, a different listing
GaneshaApps Studios is not new to this vertical. A separate GaneshaApps listing, BTC Cloud Mining Pro, carries user complaints of accrued earnings vanishing and a phone number demanded before withdrawal. CryptoRise is a different app with the same pitch and the same shape of complaint.
A four-star average is not a payout record
CryptoRise scores 4.1. Most of those ratings are left by people who have not tried to withdraw yet. The reviews that describe the withdrawal step are the ones that matter, and they say it does not work.
Before you pay any mining app
Four checks take less than two minutes. Read the full description for the words simulation, virtual or for entertainment. Find the withdrawal minimum and compare it with what one day of “mining” adds. Look at the Play category and the developer name: a mining app filed under Tools or Productivity, or published under a personal name or a string of keywords, is avoiding scrutiny. Then sort the reviews by newest and read the one-star ones about withdrawals. If none of those checks passes, the only safe amount to spend is nothing.
- “Watch an ad to boost mining” means your attention is the product being sold.
- A withdrawal screen in the gallery is a graphic, not proof that anyone has been paid.
- Ask for a transaction ID you can check on a public block explorer. Real payouts have one.
- Do not buy upgrades to reach a threshold you have never seen anyone cross.
If you have already paid
Cancel any subscription in Google Play (Payments & subscriptions), not inside the app. Request a refund through Google Play while the charge is recent. Screenshot your balance, the withdrawal screen and every purchase before anything changes. Then report it at IC3.gov, or to Action Fraud in the UK.
