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Music for Focus by Brain.fm
Brain.fm · 7,571 ratings · ★ 4.1
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Top complaints - extracted from 35 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"
12 negative reviews mention this · 34% of all complaints
★★★★★ "You cannot even try the app properly for free. Right after downloading, it pushes you into a subscription and asks for payment details upfront. That feels frustrating and makes it hard to trust the service. A real free version or trial with…" - Frederick Hartmann
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"trial"
10 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "You cannot even try the app properly for free. Right after downloading, it pushes you into a subscription and asks for payment details upfront. That feels frustrating and makes it hard to trust the service. A real free version or trial with…" - Frederick Hartmann
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"subscription"
8 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "You cannot even try the app properly for free. Right after downloading, it pushes you into a subscription and asks for payment details upfront. That feels frustrating and makes it hard to trust the service. A real free version or trial with…" - Frederick Hartmann
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"free trial"
7 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Maybe lead with the fact that it's $100 a year!! I knew it was going to cost something as the add said free trial, but thats not even remotely reasonable!" - Margaretann Mulcahy
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"maybe"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Maybe lead with the fact that it's $100 a year!! I knew it was going to cost something as the add said free trial, but thats not even remotely reasonable!" - Margaretann Mulcahy
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"music"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I like the app, but considering the price of ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro for music that’s mostly available for free with a few extra ambient sounds, I’m not sure it’s worth it. They should consider reducing the membership price, maybe to abo…" - hyun been jo
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"money"
5 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not worth the money. Just listening to any games or movies soundtracks (anything without lyrics) is better. You can't really choose the tracks or create playlists. It ignores your music preferences it asked about, and it's very distracting …" - Ira S
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"into"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "You cannot even try the app properly for free. Right after downloading, it pushes you into a subscription and asks for payment details upfront. That feels frustrating and makes it hard to trust the service. A real free version or trial with…" - Frederick Hartmann
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"focus"
4 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Used it for maybe 3 hours in work in the deep focus mode and I think it might have helped a bit, so was interested trying it again. Went into the app today and just hit with pay wall even when I opened the app and you can't use the app at a…" - nathan osullo
📋 All 35 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
I have been using this app for a couple of years now, lately it has been glitchy. randomly stopping my sessions. Update. I have uninstalled and reinstalled and continue to stop randomly. I'm a premium user/subscriber.
bad app and its force you for log in account
You cannot even try the app properly for free. Right after downloading, it pushes you into a subscription and asks for payment details upfront. That feels frustrating and makes it hard to trust the service. A real free version or trial without commitment would be much better.
Maybe lead with the fact that it's $100 a year!! I knew it was going to cost something as the add said free trial, but thats not even remotely reasonable!
I would say it gets 5 stars previously but ever since update it stops playing after 15 minutes pretty annoying. I do have a google pixel so maybe its a pixel thing but idk. premium member and all.
good music, but forces you to pay an absurd amount
this app is really bad don't download it
just like I figured right off the bat u have to pay to even use it for free not gonna happen and you only get 3 days free trial bruh
Is this "music" supposed to help me concentrate / deep focus?? Some tracks have constant wobbles and high pitched tones that are so off-putting that I keep getting distracted. Very counterintuitive. Also 23$cad / month you guys are absolutely insane. Trash app and trash music
This is an expensive app I've paid for 2 years in a row. They market themselves as a bro app--all male reviews. I'm trying to cancel, but they make it IMPOSSIBLE! They've made it so they don't show up as a subscription here in the app fest. I tried the website and there's no sign in. Pure scum. I've used it more than a few times and it helped me with focus, but the sound waves are often a bit creepy and make me feel I'm being lulled into submission by AI. You need to make cancellation simple!!!!
I can't even sign in
subscription is forced
behind paywall
wasn't aware it auto subscribed me to continue payment that just got deducted after the free one week trial. I barely used your services for 4 days out of that free trial. this is an absolute scam! I want my money back!
Forces yet another subscription that is likely to be almost impossible to cancel. would love to sample but don't force a "free trial" designed to squeeze money out of people.
you need a subscription to use any feature
'Free Trial' - Not sure how when it says it's going to take money from me and asks for payment details upfront? The price is way to high for such an early product - Build your customer base with a good reliable product, let them provide great reviews and feedback, then increase features and price. I've looked at the feedback and there's plenty to put me off. If the free trial is free and payment is only being taken at the point of when the trial is over, you'd be wise to make this clear.
Subscription app, even makes you subscribe to do the free trial, claims to be good for people with ADHD but anyone who actually cared about ADHD users wouldn't have a subscription model that charges you if you forget to cancel. ESPECIALLY since the app is so expensive.
nothing in the description mentioned anything about there being a required subscription. maybe make sure that part is front and center so people like me, who can't afford it, will be informed before we download.
It's a scam, payed for the app and two weeks later told me my subscription was expired. Contacted customer service and was told the same ol BS & blame Google.
Open app, enter data, create account? enter creditcard? uninstall!
very heavily paywalled, tiny free trial. Annoying intake quiz and slow loading screens. Surprisingly expensive.
10 minutes quiz and then give money or go away
I downloaded today and tried repeatedly to choose the 7 day trial at $14.99/month, but it won't allow me to choose it! I really need this to see if it will help me at work. I'm ADHD in a bad way and I need to boost my productivity. Also, does this require any wifi once I'm at work? They don't allow us access to wifi. That's why I'm asking.
Stops playing all the time
Used it for maybe 3 hours in work in the deep focus mode and I think it might have helped a bit, so was interested trying it again. Went into the app today and just hit with pay wall even when I opened the app and you can't use the app at all unless you pay. Think they could allow for a longer 'free trail' or just even a basic free version
I like the app, but considering the price of ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro for music that’s mostly available for free with a few extra ambient sounds, I’m not sure it’s worth it. They should consider reducing the membership price, maybe to about half of what it is now.
I wish I could rate this higher. it's a great app, fantastic for those like myself who are more auditory wired, but I can't get any support. it stops playing in the middle of the night when I have it on deep sleep, waking me up every time and I've tried contact support multiple times but each route is a dead end.
Not worth the money. Just listening to any games or movies soundtracks (anything without lyrics) is better. You can't really choose the tracks or create playlists. It ignores your music preferences it asked about, and it's very distracting to have to change songs because they are irritating to you, and random spaced of dead air. I'm glad there's a trial, because paying this much under pretense "oh, it's better than binaural beats" is just a lie.
the app is telling me that I have 48 hours left for the free usage, but I really think there should be a premium usage option AND a free usage option, ppl who can't afford premium still deserve to experience apps like this, you know? overall the app is great! and it really helped me from day 1!
I'm stuck listening to random music because they don't have the indie music genre.
From what I could see the app itself works fine, but I get absolutely none of the advertised effects on focus, relaxation, mood, etc. when using it.
No cast option. Sticking to my white noise for sleep then
This is an AuDHD / ADHD cash grab in my opinion. So many of these apps exist with free trials just so we get sucked into a monthly fee or yearly amount for something that is completely AI generated. I'm not interested in another AI service fee that does the same thing as a free app I have installed on my phone 📱 right now. The app looked promising, but $15/month or $100/year is just more than it's worth.
I've had it for about a day and a half and it's frozen... I've spent a good 45 minutes jumping through hoops trying to get it to work.
Sentiment summary
78%
Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)