The fine line between censorship and freedom of choice in the app market can be a murky area, and with more apps being developed than ever, some apps have been under heavy controversy that ultimately led to their banishment from the Google Play and Apple App Store markets.

While some clear offenders may have deserved it, others, such as Metadata+, seem stranger and may have uncovered larger conspiracies. While some apps were able to stay up for a while before removal, others were taken down within a matter of hours or days.

Grooveshark: Banned From Google Play

When your app is published and pulled from the Google Play Store multiple times, it is a sign that it has attracted attention from both users and lawyers. Grooveshark was a Pandora alternative for those who did not live in the United States.

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While the app some extremely popular among users, Google finally took notice when the Recording Industry Association of America filed a complaint. Grooveshark was relatively young amongst tech standards, so the legal battles that followed ultimately resulted in the app closing down its business.

Rush Poker: Banned From Google Play

Any gambling-related app is always going to come under extra moderation and heightened scrutiny, and while time management is something everyone wishes they were better at, Rush Poker did not help with that at all. While apps like FanDuel, Draftkings, and several others are routine now, before them, there were gambling apps like Rush Poker.

Rush Poker was an addicting online poker app that had the makings to be great. However, the app was unregulated. Real money was being used to gamble (which was a hot topic as it is now), and to make matters worse, underage users could frequent the app since there was no age verification.

Metadata+: Banned From Apple Store

Smartphones, at one time, were used to take a break from the real world. So when one programmer and digital artist named Josh Begley released Metadata+, the notifications of drone strikes broke this "relaxation" philosophy Apple was going for.

The app sent push notifications whenever drone strikes were launched in Pakistan, Somalia, or Yemen. Apple shut it down for "crude and objectionable content," and while it re-emerged in 2017, the app did not even last a day the second time around.

F-Droid: Banned From Google Play

Open-sourced apps can be a lot of fun, new and useful features are created with an endless amount of functions they can give users. However, with open-sourcing comes unregulated territories, something Google does not allow.

F-Droid was a collection of apps that were not found on the Google Play Store, and coincidentally, they only featured open-sourced apps. For this reason alone, Google Play Store felt it necessary to ban F-Droid altogether. If its only purpose was to promote open-sourced apps, which were not allowed, why feature them in the first place?

Tawkon Radiation Detector: Banned From Apple Store

What sounds like a serious device could very well have been. Ambient radio waves have been rumored to emit certain levels of radiation, so when Israeli company Tawkon developed the app, which promised to estimate the radiation you're subjecting your body to, it came with controversy.

The app claims to have used a network band, phone antenna, and other factors that created this readout for users. When Apple deleted the app in 2011, CEO Gil Friedlander contacted Steve Jobs directly only to be quickly dismissed with a "no interest" comment and didn't elaborate any further (per the Los Angeles Times).

Driver's License: Banned From Apple Store

In what anyone could have seen coming, Driver's License was an app that caused a lot of trouble. The app allowed users to use their picture and insert it into a template showcasing any of the U.S. states. While it was not an actual card, this led to several attempts at fraud.

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Senator Bob Casey was alerted to the app in 2011, which had been available for two years, and sent a message to Tim Cook, who quickly had the app shut down (per Bob Casey's official website). Few apps have the ability to get the United States government involved, and Driver's License was able to do just that. Phone companies having their devices used for actual crimes will never go well in court.

Send Me To Heaven: Banned From Apple Store

The developer of the app explicitly stated his goal was to destroy as many iPhones as possible (per Wired). Petr Svarovsky is a Norwegian artist who develops "transgressive apps." His biggest hit, Send Me To Heaven, has a simple concept. Users throw their devices as high as possible, the phone records its maximum height and posted to a global leader board.

Apple was not amused with having their $1,000+ pieces of technology being hurdled into the air for the sake of amusement, so the app was rejected to protect its users. In a sense, Apple saved people money, as they would have been purchasing another iPhone after destroying the first. Yet, the debate between Apple and Android users continues to rage on as, ironically enough, Google Play still holds the app.

Trapster: Banned From Apple Store

Trapster was a troublesome app that let tipsters mark drunk driving checkpoints and where police commonly lurked looking for DUIs. Unsurprisingly, the app, aimed at helping potentially deadly drivers, didn't stay on the App Store.

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While the idea of geo-tagging live checkpoints eventually caught on with apps like Waze, the specific angle behind Trapster contributed to its demise. If Trapster was to have followed Waze's route and been seen as a live check-point GPS system, it would still be around today.

Girls Around Me: Banned From Apple Store

The name speaks for itself. Girls Around Me uses Foursquare check-ins to identify women in the nearby area. While the app's developer, Vlad Vishnyakov, says the app is misinterpreted, his statement of "I bet you'd prefer a place full of nice (good-looking) people," does not help his case (per Business Insider). There are plenty of effective free writing apps on the market to help you with dating, don't stalk her.

The app was extremely tone-deaf; however, its user base may not have cared. While many women may have been posting their whereabouts to their feed, they were unaware that this information was being used to give their whereabouts to those looking for "nice people." The App store rightfully removed Girls Around Me, and thankfully, neither it nor similar apps have popped back up.

I Am Rich: Banned From Apple Store

While most would consider spending $1,000 on an app ludicrous, the whole point behind I Am Rich was to flaunt wealth. The app was simple: it did nothing except show of the owner's expendable income. Upon purchasing the $1,000 app, a user would be able to show a red diamond on their screen.

After the monumental reveal, a tagline reading "I am rich I deserv it. I am rich healthy and successful" would appear, complete with misspellings and all. While the app had nothing inherently wrong with it, it served no purpose and has been called a scam. To date, eight people purchased the I Am Rich app.

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