It claims to be a vision app, but there’s a reason it’s ranked eighth among entertainment apps

In the past few days there has been a bit of hustle and bustle in the App Storewith an unknown application that has silently but relentlessly climbed the download charts among the app free (do you know what the most useful iPhone apps are?).

And as if that wasn’t enough, it claims to be an app to verify the view! If you smell it burnt, you are not mistaken, because although in the description it claims to be “an interesting app that tests your vision“, already from reviews you can read something that can put the unsuspecting user on the right path: “I downloaded this app to watch Frozen II“, or “It’s basically like Netflix!“.

And that’s how it is. Kimi is a free app that allows (or rather allowed) access to a huge catalog of movie And TV Programseveryone pirated. With all due respect to the alleged safety of the App Store.

And the most incredible thing is that Kimi doesn’t even try to hide. Already at startup you will find a screen with more contents popular, and you can filter for movies, programs or other and also see those more recommended.

Also there search function it’s quite advanced, with filters to more easily find what users are interested in, and even a tab Classification which shows things what people are watching most or what’s new.

As if that wasn’t enough, content can be downloaded to the device, and the quality isn’t terrible either, although it lacks movie details like the cast or a synopsis. Nonetheless, this was enough to make it Kimi there 12th app most downloaded on the App Store among entertainment and 46th in total among the free ones.

To be honest, this isn’t the first time something like this has happened on the App Store. The app was also years old Popcorn Time made headlines as it allowed movies to be streamed from torrents, and it is not clear whether Kimi functions in the same way, but apple‘s controls were certainly flawed to say the least.

The company took steps to withdraw the app yesterday, but the fact that it has passed the checks remains a mystery, despite Apple’s claims that they maintain it iOS closed is the only security against malware.