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Read the signals behind reviews

We measure what the star rating hides — AI-written sentences, reworded copies, undisclosed sponsorship — and tell you exactly why each one was flagged.

Specimen · amazon.com/dp/··· Measuring

Input

The quality is outstanding. Delivery was prompt and packaging was perfect. Overall a truly great purchase.

Signal readout

0/100 High suspicion
Real-use traces 0
Complaints 0
Casual speech 0
Praise density 4
Formality 100

Web checker

Paste and see

The same engine the extension uses. What you paste never leaves this browser — it is computed locally.

Engine v3 · one line = one review Paste several lines and we cross-check them for copy-paste

Nothing sent · nothing stored · no account

When copying is blocked

Blocked copying is fine

Many shopping sites disable text selection and right-click on reviews. Here is what to do, in order. Start from the top.

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    Bookmarklet most reliable

    No copying needed at all. Save it once to your bookmarks bar, then click it on any page with reviews to measure them in place.

    Check reviews ← Drag this button to your bookmarks bar
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    On desktop, install the extension

    The extension skips copying entirely. Open a product page and scores appear next to each review.

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    On mobile, copy the whole page

    If long-press selection does not work, use your browser's Share or Copy page text. Menus, prices and dates will come along — the checker filters those out for you.

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    Last resort: type them in

    Two or three suspicious ones are enough. Enter similar-looking reviews together and we cross-check them for copy-paste.

Copy protection is the site's own policy. This service does not circumvent it — it simply reads the text already displayed on your screen.

Measured accuracy

We also publish
what we miss

Our first version caught zero fakes. We publish that failure alongside every other number.

This tool exists for people who distrust reviews. Hiding our accuracy would defeat the point.

Internal test · 2026-08-06 · 93 samples (KO 74 + EN 19)
EngineOrdinary fakesDeliberate evasion
v1 (initial)0%
v2100%31%
v3 (current)100%33%
Against text written specifically to dodge our criteria we still catch only about a third — in both Korean and English. Rules alone cannot break through that ceiling, so we are collecting your "correct / wrong" feedback to train the judgment instead.

Why trust this

Built so you can verify it

01

Your text never leaves

Measurement finishes in your browser. Only a handful of numbers are ever sent, and the original text cannot be reconstructed from them.

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Reasons, not verdicts

We do not just say "suspicious". We show how many praise phrases, whether there is any real-use detail, and what percentage overlaps another review.

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Never a final verdict

These are reference indicators. We do not declare anything fake — the final call is yours.

FAQ

Questions you may have

How do you identify fake reviews?

Blocklists of "fake phrases" break the moment someone swaps a word. So we do the opposite: we look for traces only a real user leaves — part names, sensory detail, genuine complaints, situational context — plus structural overlap with other reviews.

Is review text sent to a server?

No. Measurement finishes inside your browser. Only a few numbers used for scoring are ever transmitted, and the original text cannot be recovered from them.

Does it work on mobile?

Mobile Chrome does not support extensions. Paste reviews into the web checker above instead — it runs the exact same engine.

What about sites that block copying?

Save the bookmarklet and it measures the page directly, no copying required. You can also use your browser's "copy page text" — menus, prices and dates get filtered out automatically.

How can I tell a sponsored or gifted review?

Gifted reviews share a few tells. How the product was obtained is missing — no price paid, no reason for choosing it. Praise is spread evenly across feature categories. And when there is a complaint, it lands on shipping or packaging rather than the product itself.

In most markets, disclosure is required when compensation was received. If no disclosure appears and the tells above stack up, it may be undisclosed. That is a signal, not proof.

What does an AI-written review look like?

The clearest sign is the absence of sensory experience. A model has never held the product, so it cannot write "the motor is louder at night" or "one screw was loose so I tightened it". What remains is evaluation — "excellent quality", "a satisfying purchase".

Sentence lengths are unusually even, there are no typos or slang, and several reviews share the same sentence skeleton. We count those traces and turn them into a score.

Can I just trust the star rating?

No. Manipulated reviews almost always arrive as 5 stars, which means a high average is exactly where planted reviews hide best.

Read the low-star reviews first — genuine complaints have no reason to be faked, so they tend to be specific. Then check whether reviews cluster in a short window and whether their wording resembles one another. Both beat the average rating.

How do I know the reviewer actually bought it?

Only the platform knows that for certain. But the traces left in the text allow an estimate — the price actually paid, why this product over another, how long it has been used, what turned out different from expectations.

Text that lists specifications but contains no purchase decision more often comes from someone who received the item.

Which shopping sites does this work on?

The extension runs on Coupang, Naver Shopping / SmartStore, Amazon (US, UK, DE, JP), eBay, AliExpress and Walmart.

For any other site, paste the reviews into the web checker — the engine only looks at the sentences, not the site. Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, German and French are supported.

How much can I trust the result?

We catch most ordinary fakes, but only about a third of text written deliberately to evade our criteria. That number is published above. Results are reference indicators, not verdicts — which is why we always show the reasoning.

Free either way

No account, no payment. Mobile: web checker. Desktop: extension.

No install

Web checker

Paste the reviews and get a reading straight away. Works on mobile, needs no account and no install. It runs the exact same engine as the extension.

Paste and check

What you paste never leaves your browser.

Desktop · Chrome

Browser extension

Open a product page on Amazon or eBay and every review gets a reading on its own. Nothing to paste, and you also see page-level manipulation signals.

In store review

The install link will appear here once review clears.

293 test cases 0 genuine reviews mislabelled 7 languages 28 kinds of evidence