# Gleam: Social Intelligence — user reviews > 189 indexed App Store user reviews of Gleam by Gleam Labs Inc., rated 4.80/5 from 9,439 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gleam-social-intelligence/id6745815058/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gleam-social-intelligence/id6745815058.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 8,126 · 4★ 821 · 3★ 297 · 2★ 50 · 1★ 145 ## What do users think of Gleam? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Helpful for improving social skills - ✨ Unique and well-executed concept - 🚀 Actionable and digestible lessons - 💡 Innovative AI conversation practice - 👍 Smooth app usage and design **Cons** - 💰 Subscription-based model before trying the app - 💰 Paywall before accessing core features **Commonly reported bugs** - None reported **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - More lesson topics beyond social skills ## Newest reviews (11 of 189) ### 2/5 — Right Idea - Poor UX *2026-08-18, version 1.5.9* With Duolingo style engagement this app will certainly create a fun interactive way to learn social skills. Major flaw : the app is unusable at times due to the UI. At times scrolling isn’t possible, sentences are truncated with … preventing you from knowing what is written down. I’ve had the app for 10 minutes and experienced 3 different instances. ### 3/5 — Gleam *2026-08-17, version 1.5.9* Makes you take a personality test. Makes you straight to a free trial that’ll charge you money in a week. ### 2/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-08-16, version 1.5.9* If you are on MacBook, do not get unless if you want to buy a membership. I want to go to my next lesson but I’m stuck in the free trial pop up ad that has one “x” button that doesn’t do anything. ### 2/5 — Ugh *2026-08-09, version 1.5.9* Its good until you have to pay ### 1/5 — Paywall *2026-07-31, version 1.5.9* I cant even move on to the second spot because its trying to get me to but premium its crazy that its a free app that wont even allow the people who don’t wanna pay a chance to use it worse yet the videos advertising it are completely false and just trying to get people to download it, it even makes you submit reviews before you even get to try the app do not download a complete waste of storage i wouldn’t be surprised if most of the reviews are botted i don’t even leave reviews on apps but this one is just so bad i have to ### 1/5 — Dismal Revamp *2026-07-30, version 1.5.9* Strange and drastic overhaul. Full of ai illustrations. The change made it feel off-putting to use, it was better prior. ### 2/5 — Not what it’s advertised to do *2026-07-28, version 1.5.8* It claims to be “Duolingo but for social skills” but a better analogy is more that it’s a social skills textbook. There are a few interactive questions at the end of each lesson, but this is not nearly enough to meaningfully practice the skills that this app is trying to teach. It’s like if you were to *read about* math without doing practice problems and then expect to have learned math. I was hoping for actual simulated conversations where you could practice speaking face to face and apply what you’ve been learning. Until that happens, having to pay a subscription for essentially a textbook with a few MCQ’s is not worth it ### 1/5 — Make it cheaper *2026-07-28, version 1.5.8* I am not paying 40 dollars for a month make it 1 dollar ever month or free then I will consider ### 1/5 — Manipulative *2026-07-27, version 1.5.8* Pretends to be free then an instant paywall, how we gonna trust you to teach socializing when you lie immediately. Welp maybe that’s the ultimate lesson in this culture. Lie and get money. ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-07-26, version 1.5.8* Apps a scam free trial only renews for a whole year and if you try to cancel it doesn’t let you ### 1/5 — Changed me within try/trial period *2026-07-24, version 1.5.8* Changed me even I canceled within try/trial period ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — AI slop by tech bros *2026-08-14, version 1.5.9* They use AI art for every single tidbit they give you and I’m pretty sure they used AI for the rest of the app too, I tried a lesson and it directly ripped off The Charisma Myth AND didn’t cite it so that non-readers wouldn’t realize. Everything in this app is free knowledge, go follow a tiktok account about charisma that animates tidbits from these books instead. From the get-go they pull every trick to make the app appear magical and like it’s doing more than it actually is. The entire thing is disrespectful of your intelligence and your time. Stop playing with the “personalizing a plan for you” and making the user wait for funsies, it’s cheesy asf. It’s clearly one course for everyone, you just forced us to fill out a survey to understand your user base 😭 ### 1/5 — For try hard extroverts, not at all for introverts *2026-08-13, version 1.5.9* It’s set up to calm extroverts who try too hard to make a great impression, and nothing to do with actual interactions. ### 1/5 — Absolute BS *2026-08-13, version 1.5.9* Dont even try it; just like everybother app they squeeze you on a payment and then steal over a fancy UI that claude coded. Dont waste your Time ### 1/5 — Horrible *2026-08-12, version 1.5.9* They make you answer questions then pay to get help. ### 1/5 — Money money money *2026-08-07, version 1.5.9* Makes you answer questions then makes you pay, a 7 day free trial doesn’t do anything. This app should be free ### 1/5 — They scam you into buying the subscription *2026-08-06, version 1.5.9* During onboarding, they’ll mention that a reminder about the trial period ending will be given. Not true - and now you’re stuck with a subscription you don’t want. ### 1/5 — Scammy *2026-08-05, version 1.5.9* It’s advertised as being similar to Duolingo however, the most appealing factor of Duolingo is that it’s free to use while this will charge you 70 bucks and there’s no way to get around it or continue with the supposed free trial. Not worth your time downloading. ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-08-04, version 1.5.9* Debit my account without my permission and refused to give me my money. ### 1/5 — Social intelligence is 70 dollars a year? *2026-08-02, version 1.5.9* What a dumb idea. The app developers really said huh I know a great way to get money I’ll make people pay for some Ai to rant about the same things over again. You cannot be more dumb there’s no way people have actually listened to this. Go hug a tree ### 1/5 — Why is this a subscription *2026-08-01, version 1.5.9* There are so many apps like this but this one has to be paid??????? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — social skills *2026-08-06, version 1.5.9* this app has many recommendations to improve your social skills, and coming from someone why got a 29/100 score 😅 ### 5/5 — Gleam. *2026-08-06, version 1.5.9* Gleam is amazing I don’t know what to say! Except now I do know what to say. Look. Gleam is the best thing that helped me ever. You should try it out for free! ### 5/5 — Hope it works *2026-08-03, version 1.5.9* Just now starting it and it looks promising ### 5/5 — Gleam review *2026-08-03, version 1.5.9* I’m a real person btw. Gleam is an amazing app, I learned a lot just from one lesson. This app also resembles Duolingo in a way but the paywall makes it different from Duolingo. You have to pay for the subscription to the app to use it past your first module which I think is unfair to people who really want to learn and get better social skills. ### 5/5 — Interesting Lessons *2026-08-02, version 1.5.9* I am usually skeptical of fads and especially things with AI art. But the lessons have been nice and the experience has been a pleasant surprise. I have gotten to where I even look forward to the next day to do another lesson (since I use the free version). ### 5/5 — I don't know why everyone is hating. *2026-08-02, version 1.5.9* It's a really good app it makes you feel very confident and it actually helps. if your to poor to pay $70 a year then idk that's crazy there is also a deal happening right now that is 50% off so now it's $35. also it's like duolingo you have a specific amount of energy so yes it is free you just have to keep coming back to the app every day for a streak. Also people have been telling me that right after the survey it sent them right to the paying page, and then they didn't do anything and just deleted it. You have to close the tab and then just go right back to the app and boom you can start! ### 5/5 — So far, so good *2026-08-02, version 1.5.9* Trying to do better ### 5/5 — Heard a story in TikTok and it inspired me *2026-07-28, version 1.5.8* I needed confidence and it seems this is perfect. Just 10 minutes a day does the job ### 5/5 — Good *2026-07-28, version 1.5.8* Good ### 5/5 — Wow *2026-07-18, version 1.5.6* Pretty freakin interesting --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-04.*