# ESP Trainer — user reviews

> 113 indexed App Store user reviews of ESP Trainer by Russell Targ, rated 4.50/5 from 293 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/esp-trainer/id336882103/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/esp-trainer/id336882103.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 224 · 4★ 24 · 3★ 19 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 20

## What do users think of ESP Trainer?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Simple and effective
- 🤩 Helps develop intuition
- 🧠 Trains psychic abilities
- 🎯 Accurate feedback on performance
- 🌟 Impressive high scores possible

**Cons**

- 🔇 Loud, annoying sound effects
- 🔍 Lack of performance tracking/history
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 🤔 Questionable scientific validity

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Freezing or crashing on some devices
- Inconsistent responsiveness of color squares
- Inability to disable sound effects

**Most requested features**

- Volume/sound control options
- Performance tracking and statistics
- More difficulty levels or game modes
- Integration with other mindfulness apps

## Newest reviews (15 of 113)

### 4/5 — No volume control

*2026-02-26*

I love this app but there is no way to reduce the volume so it hurts my ears every time I select the correct square.

### 3/5 — Can’t turn off the noxious sounds

*2025-05-06, version 2.0.2*

This app is supposed to reward correct responses. However the sound feedback is quite disruptive and can’t be turned off.

### 3/5 — “Useful in Las Vegas”?

*2024-08-03, version 2.0.2*

I downloaded this app from a recommendation in The CE5 Handbook. Out of the gate, I was doing well, leaning into the ways my intuition informs me. This is different for everyone but I like to move my eyes counter-clockwise around the four colors and I sense the correct answer when I feel a light touch or tingle.

We all have ESP, but we’re become disconnected from it. Some have a head start with this ability, but we can train to improve this, and it can benefit us in many aspects of life. Our brains are underutilized and this exercise increases neuroplasticity more than most games that people zone out on nowadays.

Please improve the messages. “ESP ability present” — cool..encouraging. For an app touting itself as a serious practice, that’s a process used by NASA, the next message, “Useful in Vegas” is condescending imo. It may as well say, “You have a future as a carny.” Please provide beneficial messages. This is mind-expanding work. Don’t demean people.

### 3/5 — Decent but

*2024-04-23, version 2.0.2*

Really needs performance tracking so you can actually look at the data. It’s been a real eye opener tapping into that ‘feeling’. Real or not it’s an oddly rewarding game for its simplicity alone!

### 3/5 — VERY LOUD ANNOYING BELL sound

*2022-12-10, version 2.0.2*

Great app. But guys PLEASE REMOVE THAT VERY LOUD ANNOYING BELL sound after successful guess! Or make it VOLUME ADJUSTABLE? Can’t make it quieter, doesn’t react to volume?

### 3/5 — I could design a better ‘test’

*2022-04-12, version 2.0.2*

Make the squares all grey. Only tapping on one of them yields a color. If you tap on anything but the correct square, the test resets and no you don’t get to see what the color is unless you choose the correct square. :) 
Close your eyes and place intention on which square you will choose and see if you can see the color before you actually do it. 

I got the idea from Elementary when they tested our whole class. Oops am I the only one who remembers that? ;)

### 4/5 — Turn off the sound!!

*2022-04-02, version 2.0.2*

It’s a good simple app, but make it slightly less simple and add a setting to TURN OFF THAT HORRIBLY JARRING SOUND EVERY TIME YOU MAKE A CORRECT GUESS!!!! PLEASE!!!

### 5/5 — Oracle

*2022-03-19, version 2.0.2*

I long known the title and have believed this in my self for I was born into the star hamal 
And I often have dream vision 
There isn’t a day that goes by with out me trying I can easily get outstanding just of recently final 15/24 i have believed since I tracked a Fireball/ heavenly object from a dream 4 years in advance

### 5/5 — Trust your instincts

*2022-02-26, version 2.0.2*

I have been using this app for years and when practiced regularly truly helps you identify and recognize that “gut feeling” we all talk about but can barely explain. Things exist in this universe we may never be able to explain…but we can try to better understand.

### 5/5 — I love this app.

*2022-02-10, version 2.0.2*

There is nothing quite like it on the market. I love the creator. I love the idea. Thank you for this.

### 5/5 — Heartbeat

*2022-01-11, version 2.0.2*

I would like to see this app to connect to heart rate via iPhone camera and flashlight.

### 4/5 — Negative ESP?

*2021-08-11, version 2.0.2*

5/6 times I have gotten less than 6. I think I have negative ESP. Perhaps this is a skill I can hone.

### 4/5 — Needs a history/stats tracker

*2021-03-22, version 2.0.2*

Great simple app. Would be 5 star if it had a history section and basic stats. Just enough to know how well you’re doing vs how well you should be doing

### 5/5 — Getting better

*2021-02-16, version 2.0.2*

I began to sense a pattern in the sequence and have increased my score based on this. Is this increasing my intuition or am I just trying to find patterns where there are none? I sense the patterns like a musical melody. Fairly symmetric and predictable yet altering course just enough to be interesting. It helps to think of Simon, and use groups of four beats. Press pass a lot.

### 5/5 — I love the simplicity of this app

*2020-11-16, version 2.0.2*

I’ve been using for about 6 weeks. The database appears to be completely random and the results follow a binomial distribution. You have 24 trials with a one in four chance of being correct ie a score of 6 is the mean, a score of 8 (mean plus one std deviation) indicated ESP ability present, a score of 10 (mean plus two std deviations) is Useful for Las Vegas, and a score of 12 (mean plus 3 std deviations is outstanding). A score of 14 will indicate physic level (only seen this a couple of times). I find I get the best results by playing at a moderate speed so that my thinking doesn’t get in the way (you don’t need to wait for the picture to fade before selecting the next tile). When in the zone I can score 10 very frequently and have even had a couple of 12s within a few minutes of each other. I find playing with headphones and listening to binaural beats seems to work best and the app is useful in gaining feedback on what being in the zone feels like.
After a year I still use this App daily, mainly as a warmup to remote viewing (which was one of it early uses at SRI). The multiple sensory feedback (vibration, sound, in addition to the visual picture) are equally important in providing positive feedback to successful selections. Those interested may wish to review Jack Houck’s conceptual model for his theory on how different modalities process perceptions.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Boring

*2025-02-14, version 2.0.2*

I’m not into it.

### 1/5 — Not scientific, just a useless game

*2024-05-02, version 2.0.2*

This app does not improve your “psychic” abilities, because there’s no such thing.
If the programmer of this app truly believed and could prove it, he would’ve improved his own psychic abilities and he would’ve been super rich by predicting the Bitcoin or Covid or whatever else.

The app says the colors are “randomly” selected, if so, then even if we had an innate ability for being able to remote guess, we still wouldn’t be able to guess “random” events, just because they’re inherently “random” and unpredictable.

Don’t waste your time on this app and get a real job

### 1/5 — Problem with app

*2021-12-05, version 2.0.2*

Two or more squares can be pushed at once. This is a problem and the code needs rewriting as it skews the results in strange ways…

### 1/5 — Can’t Lower/Disable Volume

*2021-07-02, version 2.0.2*

The app (idea/design/purpose) gets a 5 out of 5 for all the reasons shared by other reviewers. But the technical implementation gets a 1 because it bypasses phone sound settings. I’m a developer, and ignoring system settings is bad for a whole host of reasons, but as a user of this app, my inability to vary the volume or mute it entirely is very frustrating. This needs to be patched and fixed.

### 1/5 — This doesn’t work

*2020-12-13, version 2.0.2*

I checked and just by guessing whether it’s clicking different colors or the same color, you almost always can get 6 points without any effort. If you are a bit more random with your color choices, you usually score better.  ESP is not real.

### 1/5 — The app is faulty

*2020-08-11, version 2.0.2*

I’ve had to tap on each color several times before the answer would reveal, altering my authentic score. If this glitch could be fixed it would be a pretty neat app.

### 1/5 — There’s no such thing as magic

*2019-09-07, version 2.0.2*

Apparently I have anti-psychic abilities. I never did better than chance, and frequently worse.

### 1/5 — Super-Annoying Buzzer

*2019-05-09, version 2.0.2*

Buzzer does not obey volume controls. Deleted this horrible app after 20 seconds.

### 1/5 — Interesting, but.....

*2019-03-05, version 2.0.2*

So I first learned about this through a podcast on remote viewing. I found the found the unclassified research paper that the psychics at SRI wrote on RV. Then I watched Third Eye Spy. I am completely fascinated by the documentary and this phenomenon. I downloaded the app to “test” my ability. I did two things: 1. I took the test 6 times, making sure to choose what felt right to me. 2. I tapped on squares without looking and tapped as fast as I could so I didn’t have time to think about. Essentially making it as random in choice as I could. I then took the percentage of both trails and found that I was correct in choice 20.83% of the time.....in conclusion, no matter if it was random choice or I flexed my noodle, I only got it right about 21% of the time. So I think this app does not really train you. Idk maybe I’m not psychic (maybe psycho? Lol). Idk maybe this stuff is fun to think about, but perhaps not real. I hope it is, by my skepticism wins today 😅

### 1/5 — iOS 9.0

*2015-09-19*

Depuis la mise à jour sur iOS 9.0 impossible d'accéder au programme ! L'application ne s'ouvre pas ... :-(

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — The Last Starfighter

*2026-04-02, version 2.0.2*

After finally achieving the high score on Starfighter, his favorite arcade game, everyday teenager Alex Rogan (Lance Guest) meets the game's designer, Centauri (Robert Preston) -- who reveals that he created Starfighter as a training ground for developing and recruiting actual pilots to help fight a war in space.

### 5/5 — Очень понравилось

*2025-04-13*

Узнал об этом приложении из книги Рассела Тарга "Шпионы третьего глазв", в которой оно упоминалось. Решил попробовать. Функция пропуска выбора очень помогает если не уверен в ответе. Максимум пока набирал 11 верных из 24, но чувствую что есть возможность достигнуть еще больших результатов. Спасибо Расселу Таргу, мы в России тоже читаем ваши книги!

### 5/5 — Recommended, love it

*2025-03-20, version 2.0.2*

Simple but effective to detect your level of ESP ability.  I find mine varies this simple app is amazing.  I love seeing the messages telling you you have have ESP Ability.   I knew it!

### 5/5 — This app changed my life.

*2024-10-10, version 2.0.2*

This app has awakened my Jedi powers. Been using it since New Year, 2019. It allows me to tune my intuition, psychic abilities, visions, dreams… into day to day transformations with my business and connections and every facet of my life. Connectivity is energized when I tune every day. Magnetism is heightened. It’s not a game as much as it is a tuning fork to see into another dimension. Thank you to the legends behind this program. Check out Monroe Institute for another facet to these dimensions… the Hemi-Sync is a great place to step outside of yourself. Love is a vibration. Cheers!

### 5/5 — Works if used right

*2024-04-03, version 2.0.2*

If you make sure to pass when not sure this app works amazing. I have improved enough I won’t say what I can do now. It’s the number one app I recommend when people ask for ways to develop intuition. If you pass and your guess may have been right clap or something anyway. Keep trying and paying attention to all the ways you feel each time. Reward correct make wrong neutral.

### 5/5 — Fabulous! Deceptively Simple

*2023-09-18, version 2.0.2*

This is a fabulous app. In just 10 minutes my score went from just under 39% to just under 50%. Really makes you notice how you make intuitive decisions, and forces you to calm your mind to find your own way of feeling through your intuition. I love it!

### 5/5 — How come my cat acts weird when this app makes a sound ?

*2023-06-03, version 2.0.2*

I was using the app and my cat just started going crazy and jumping to me when he heard the game sounds

### 5/5 — The best ESP app!

*2023-04-13, version 2.0.2*

I’ve been using this app for years now and I’m still not tiered of it. I love the feeling getting the square right.

### 5/5 — Volume

*2022-11-13, version 2.0.2*

It’s a great app, but I wish I could control the volume.

### 5/5 — Frequency, E.V.

*2022-03-20, version 2.0.2*

Define frequently.

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