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Impulse - Brain Training Games
GMRD Apps Limited · 608,035 ratings · ★ 4.5
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Top complaints - extracted from 40 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"free"
8 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "DO NOT INSTALL! IT'S A SCAM! I started the "free trial," cancelled it about 30--60 mins after, because it repeatedly asked me to restart the "intro questions." After that, I read multiple reviews about people who tried to cancel but still g…" - Colleen O'Connell
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"charged"
7 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "DO NOT INSTALL! IT'S A SCAM! I started the "free trial," cancelled it about 30--60 mins after, because it repeatedly asked me to restart the "intro questions." After that, I read multiple reviews about people who tried to cancel but still g…" - Colleen O'Connell
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"game"
5 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "kebanyakan iklan pdhal game nya seru smua, ganti level dikit iklan. english: Too many ads even though the game is all fun, there are a few ads when changing levels." - Vanya Agatha
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"charges"
5 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "DO NOT INSTALL! IT'S A SCAM! I started the "free trial," cancelled it about 30--60 mins after, because it repeatedly asked me to restart the "intro questions." After that, I read multiple reviews about people who tried to cancel but still g…" - Colleen O'Connell
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"subscription"
5 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "they are charging me for months now even if I took only one month!! and at the double cost! The cost doesn't appear in Google Play subscription so you need to check your bank statement in order to discover this!!! AVOID THESE SCAMMERS!!!" - Cezara Tudosă
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"scam"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "DO NOT INSTALL! IT'S A SCAM! I started the "free trial," cancelled it about 30--60 mins after, because it repeatedly asked me to restart the "intro questions." After that, I read multiple reviews about people who tried to cancel but still g…" - Colleen O'Connell
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"play"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "DO NOT INSTALL! IT'S A SCAM! I started the "free trial," cancelled it about 30--60 mins after, because it repeatedly asked me to restart the "intro questions." After that, I read multiple reviews about people who tried to cancel but still g…" - Colleen O'Connell
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"doesn"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "they are charging me for months now even if I took only one month!! and at the double cost! The cost doesn't appear in Google Play subscription so you need to check your bank statement in order to discover this!!! AVOID THESE SCAMMERS!!!" - Cezara Tudosă
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"results"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "App does not offer results from tests as the developers claim it does. reviews left on 3/29/26 by Joseph, and 4/24/26 by Egg Mountain both have responses from the devs stating that "Currently, free and trial plans offer basic results like y…" - Amanda McAllister
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DO NOT INSTALL! IT'S A SCAM! I started the "free trial," cancelled it about 30--60 mins after, because it repeatedly asked me to restart the "intro questions." After that, I read multiple reviews about people who tried to cancel but still got charged. I just looked at my bank statement, & I have a lot of charges to dispute from Impulse, because I only down loaded it 10 days ago! I cancelled the free trial immediately & never played a single game. DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR CARD/PAYMENT INFO!
Scam. Required to purchase to see anything but refused to refund when you don't want it after finding out what it is. Would not recommend and would give zero stars.
Internet connection is required when I play games, but I already have a stable connection then why pop-up message display for internet connection is required?
Not free!
they are charging me for months now even if I took only one month!! and at the double cost! The cost doesn't appear in Google Play subscription so you need to check your bank statement in order to discover this!!! AVOID THESE SCAMMERS!!!
So so
This is useful but Please prevent yourself to related auto pay because it may very fast to skip your mind
good
I've never used the app. it will not let me unsubscribe charges me every week. and now I have to fight through the credit card I want refunded and canceled
L'application est vraiment bien, mais ce qui gâche tout c'est les pubs à chaque niveau. Toutes les 2min pratiquement ! c'est insupportable !
cant unsubscribe
immediately uninstalled after going around the app. the amount of times it asks you to subscribe and pay is brutal. just have people pay for the app upfront and do not hide behind the concept of a fake free app. super annoying.
just wanted to prove that I could do the puzzle in the ad. it's a paid subscription app. no thanks. pass.
App does not offer results from tests as the developers claim it does. reviews left on 3/29/26 by Joseph, and 4/24/26 by Egg Mountain both have responses from the devs stating that "Currently, free and trial plans offer basic results like your IQ score and trauma response type." which i have found to be untrue. I was unable to see the results from either of these tests w/o having to pay. I read the reviews before I downloaded and only did so because the devs said those results would be available
Way too many ads. It’s nonstop interruptions from the moment you open the app, and it makes it basically unusable. I came here to train my brain, not to sit through ad after ad. The experience is frustrating and honestly feels like a waste of time. greedy.
Bad
was immediately charged for a membership after signing up for the 3 day trial, no refund issued
money over CHARGED!!!!!
scam, they offer mixed and separated subscription until you pay yearly and can't cancel. Low accuracy tests. scam edit: if they trick you like me be sure to CANCEL RENEWAL or they will scam you for more money
you have to pay for all the test results. really dumb
I've been charged 7.99 on my PayPal account and it still says install! I want a refund from all the charges Thank you.
i can't even have fun with these ads
Still one star. Zero if I could. I only play one game, for which I paid for no ads. Since first review, app has corrected itself and is now back to ads. So frustrating. Paid for ad free subscription, yet app goes into unpaid mode now and then. Contacted customer service, no resolution reached. App goes in and out of paid and unpaid mode. So frustrating. Won't pay for another year and won't play with ads.
I bought the premium app in October and I'm now having to sit through adds to play this game. I also switched to a new phone 3 months ago and had to completely start over as none of my data transferred over.
I am not paying 5 dollars just to get told I have 80hd that a human specialist already told me like 5 years ago
Continuous ads and pop up's to pay more Money for more features. the single subscription should give you all. I shouldn't have to have 5 subscriptions for 1 app. ridiculous.
Can't unsubscribe from it
This app could do better in terms of it's pricing transparency. You sign up thinking it's a monthly charge and it charged me every week even though I barely used this! Feels like a scam
This app makes me so mad! There are so many ads and whenever I try to do something it plays a ad and then instead of letting me into that game, it goes back and tells me an ad won't load! I hate how everything had to be unlocked with premium, and when I've tried to get premium, it won't let me pay by week, it makes me pay by year! If this doesn't get fixed, I will be deleting the app. Edit: Also when you look at all the 1 star comments there are way more than how many the app says there is.
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I was charged with items I did not purchase. I could not find the results of the test I took. Creation pages were extremely deceptive regarding charges. "Trainings" offered are overpriced and available free on many other sites.
This app hides. You don't even know you installed it and then it doesn't appear in your app drawer. Wouldn't have even known it was on my phone if I wasn't getting constant notifications. Took me half an hour to track it down to get rid of it. It doesn't show up in my subscriptions, so I better not get charged for this 💩!
kebanyakan iklan pdhal game nya seru smua, ganti level dikit iklan. english: Too many ads even though the game is all fun, there are a few ads when changing levels.
free for up to 3 days but during the app it charges to get your answer you have to pay to get your finalized answers on top of paying for the thing in 3 days
developers too greedy. + all statements regarding how beneficial it is - are not scientific proved
it is EXTREMELY predatory with the purchases and subscriptions... not only are they far too expensive, almost everything is locked behind a paywall, but it doesn't tell you as such until after you've spent twenty minutes engaging with it.
not free
Everything was going great until the IQ test. They wasted 20 minutes of my time just to gate the results behind a paywall.
Niggermentation
what about all the questions I answered before I installed this app? only two answers
Sentiment summary
88%
Positive (4-5★)
5%
Neutral (3★)
7%
Negative (1-2★)