killerloanapps · live: India · Sri Lanka · historical: India · Nigeria · deleted · methodology
Buddy Loan - Personal Loan App [India] lending
17 low (partial) · installs 10,000,000+ · rating 4.5091825 (6079179) · updated 1789649920000
Corpus: India live · harvested 2026-09-21
Risk signals, not verdicts. Scores flag indicators of abusive-lending behaviour from public app-store data. A high score is not proof of illegality; a low score is not a safety certificate. See methodology.
Score breakdown (rubric 0.2)
| Indicator family | Weight | Score |
|---|---|---|
| I1 Brand & ASO abuse | w=15 | 0/100 |
| I2 I2 | w=? | 0/100 |
| I3 I3 | w=? | 0/100 |
| I4 I4 | w=? | 0/100 |
| I5 I5 | w=? | |
| I6 Permission excess | w=15 | 90/100 |
| I7 I7 | w=? |
Triggered signals
- none
Paperwork
| Developer | Bvalue Services PVT LTD |
| Legal entity | BVALUE SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED |
| Legal email | it@buddyloan.com |
| Legal address | No 1187, 2nd Floor, Bhagwati, 5th Main 21st Cross, 7th Sector, Hsr Layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560102, India |
| Legal phone | +91 96320 16942 |
| Developer email | info@buddyloan.com |
| Website | https://www.buddyloan.com |
| Privacy policy | https://www.buddyloan.com/privacy-policy |
| Released | Sep 22, 2020 |
| Version | 37.2.8 |
| Play listing | — |
Permissions (16 total, 9 dangerous)
- Device & app history: approximate location (network-based)
- Device & app history: modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
- Device & app history: read phone status and identity
- Device & app history: read the contents of your USB storage
- Device & app history: read your text messages (SMS or MMS)
- Device & app history: receive text messages (SMS)
- Other: full network access
- Other: modify system settings
- Other: view network connections
Full permission list in the dataset repo. Permissions captured at harvest time; apps update silently.