Gleam Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience46.7% of reviews
Neutral7.9% of reviews
Negative experience45.4% of reviews

~ Based on 240 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Gleam

Is Gleam Safe?

Gleam: Social Intelligence appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Gleam is 95/100.

This assessment is based on 11,951 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

94.0% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.5% of ratings suggest some concerns
2.4% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 11,919 App Store ratings for Gleam.

Is Gleam Legit?

Gleam: Social Intelligence appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Gleam is 75/100.

Based on 75 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Not proper review

I haven’t used it for long enough to do a proper review

To prove I’m a real review Michele Jackson HEE HEE

After the first lesson I’ve learned what charisma is and honestly it does help but it’s up to you to absorb and use the information put yourself in scenarios where you can use the lessons

I great help with social skills

Using gleam boosted my ability to not only talk to friends but also talk to family members in a more clear and confident way.

It’s okay,

Too much reading, not very engaging

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback. I'm sorry the lessons felt too reading-heavy and weren't engaging enough. We'll relay this to the team. We're continually working with experts to expand and improve our content library.

Praktisch anwendbar

Am Anfang hatte ich Angst, dass das nur Theorie wäre. Es ist aber wirklich alles gut zu gebrauchen. Durch praktische Beispiele kriegt man Sätze mit die man wirklich anwenden kann.
Könnt ihr einen Kurs dazu machen wie man mit schwierigen Leuten umgeht?

Response from developer

Thank you! We're so glad Gleam has been helpful.

More free exercise

The app is good; I’m learning a lot from it, and I really need it. However, I can only do one free exercise before I’m asked to pay—that doesn’t work for me. Please offer more free exercises per day—maybe 10, or come up with some other solution—but please, provide more free exercises!

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback! We're glad you're learning a lot with Gleam, and understand that the daily limit feels restrictive. We'll relay your request for more free exercises per day to the team.

Amazing

Brilliant advice I wouldn’t have gained without gleam

Response from developer

Thank you! We're so glad Gleam has been helpful.

Charged for an Annual Subscription Without Warning, Then Ignored My Refund Request

It did not tell me about the free trial end is aproaching and charged me the annual fee. I have not used any of the paid features or the app(like at all) and they ghosted me after I sent them an email to request a refund.

Eh

It won’t let me read the full option and not allow me to hit not allow for notifications. Makes me say yes to continue

I like gleam

I like it so far I just downloaded it but the only thing I don’t like is you are required to pay. I feel like it should be a down. Period after you complete a lot of lessons instead of being locked behind money.

Advice from an AI

There’s nothing in here that you couldn’t just have ChatGPT tell you. Most of the explanations and advice are vacuous. There’s only information. No actual practice that’s meaningful. Compete waste of time.

My experience

I think it’s great and really helps me

I can see improvements

i am using this app on and off for last 6 months
some of the lessons are struck with me and it is a positive improvement

please add more lessons on interacting with child, aging parents, spouse

negotiations, avoiding manipulations, dealing with difficult people etc

Response from developer

Thank you for the positive feedback! We are so glad to hear the lessons are making a positive improvement for you. We'll relay your suggestions for more lessons on interacting with children, aging parents, spouses, negotiations, avoiding manipulations, and dealing with difficult people to our content team.

Can’t tell yet.

I have only answered questions, but This is absolutely useless so far. Idk why I am being asked to rate it already.

This will be extremely inconvenient if you don’t have money

I understand needing subscriptions to keep apps running and I respect it. But the way this is set up is just inherently misleading.

Without a subscription you get one five minute lesson, fine sure. But no where does it explain this to you clearly, To the point that you will notice other people reviewing this thing that you have to pay to use it. It locks you in with a “free trial subscription” screen and the only way to get out of it is restarting the app. That’s purposeful. Obviously if you make people think they have to pay more will. Further more you will get fake notifications from the app making you check it and see this all more often. That’s not what a company who’s goal is aid you does. You don’t make your app frustrating on purpose for the sake of your customers. It’s all for money

The whole attitude of this app screams money grab. I’m sure it’s great if you pay. But Jesus just be upfront and honest with your intentions. We as the consumers understand needing money to run something like this, But when every turn is inconvenient and hostile until you give them money, it tells us where your priorities are set in making the app in the first place.

You need money? Great. Set up a clear subscription plan for people to read through and have them take it or leave it. Offer parts free or don’t but whatever you choose make it clear and understandable to the customer. “You get one lesson every day, Buy pro for more!” Or whatever. When you don’t it’s inherently deceptive and the whole experience is now tainted with the smell corporate greed. Not giving my money to this.
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Response from developer

Hi there, thanks for your honest feedback. I understand how the paywall screen feels misleading and frustrating. We hear you on wanting clearer upfront information about the free version limits, and we will relay your suggestion for clearer communication to our design and engineering teams. Our subscription pricing is clearly listed on the paywall, and the free version includes all the same lessons, just with a limit on how many you can complete each day.

Pay wall

Takes you through a five minute onboarding quiz and then doesn’t let you actually try the app until you provide payment information.

Spending

I can see why they would charge for there app and there is a free version but if you do the free version it limits you to 1 lesson a day and I honestly thought it would be like 2-3 lessons but ONE I’m still going to use the app but I will always hold a grudge against this!!!

Im 13

If this app was free i would give five star reviews but im 13 i cant pay

Rip off of Duolingo

I like the content so far, but the straight rip off of Duolingo as far as the UX and gamification goes is very bleh.

Geld bezahlen

Ich dachte am anfang das hilft und es hilft auch aber dann muss ich geld bezahlen damit ich weiter machen kann ist eine gute app aber nur rotze weil ich bezahlen muss

Response from developer

Hallo! Es tut uns leid, dass du wegen der Bezahlung unzufrieden bist. Gleam hat auch eine kostenlose Version. Wenn du eine Zahlungsaufforderung siehst, schließe die App komplett und öffne sie neu. Du hast dann Zugriff auf alle Lektionen, jedoch mit einem Limit pro Tag.