# Hivemind: Study by Scrolling — user reviews > 179 indexed App Store user reviews of Hivemind by Aether Technologies UG (haftungsbeschränkt), rated 4.60/5 from 11 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hivemind-study-by-scrolling/id6737344456/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hivemind-study-by-scrolling/id6737344456.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 10 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of Hivemind? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Highly effective for learning - 👍 Engaging and efficient format - 🚀 Reduces time spent on social media - 👍 Diverse topics covered - 🚀 Improves studying experience **Cons** - 🔒 Paywall blocks access to app - 🐛 Bugs and crashes prevent progress - 🔒 No free trial or demo available - 🔒 Confusing subscription options - 🐛 Inconsistent performance **Commonly reported bugs** - Progress bar not updating correctly - Frequent app crashes and freezes - Onboarding process issues - Compatibility problems with older devices **Most requested features** - Add video format support - Implement dark mode - Allow saving of favorite posts/comments - Improve chat/discussion functionality - Provide iPad version ## Newest reviews (12 of 179) ### 3/5 — Great concept flawed execution *2026-07-19* Great app idea I use it to study but major issues like can’t copy paste in feed and it no longer allows podcasts to be uploaded as study subjects ### 3/5 — Great idea - app is wonky/full of errors *2026-04-27* I like the idea and used it for three days, it partially helped me. What made me cancel the subscription: Feeds generated were all very similar to each other. The feeds did not reflect the tasks and content I ask for, sometimes it was far from filling the feed with the right content. Feed creation was bugged/did not execute. ### 4/5 — Preis zu teuer *2026-04-12* Sehr gute Idee aber leider zu teuer. Man merkt das der Entwickler komplett auf Geld aus ist. **Developer response:** Hi Mädel cord, wir haben selber hohe KI Kosten, weil der Content auf dich generiert wird. Trotzdem sind wir mit 10 Euro im Monat (oder 3 Euro in der Woche) günstiger als jeder andere Anbieter. Werbung wäre nicht ausreichend um das zu finanzieren, weil wir die besten Modelle benutzen, damit es wenig Halluzination gibt. ### 1/5 — Not Free *2026-03-09, version 2.9.1* I'm tired of the free app bait and switch pay for subscription game. ### 1/5 — Entirely behind paywall. *2026-03-08, version 2.9.1* The developers seemingly think that asking for your card details - even when accessing the trial - is appropriate or reasonable. Can’t test the app before giving sensitive information, which is shady. Also, upwards of £60 for a yearly membership? Taking the piss. ### 4/5 — Kind of strange *2026-03-02, version 2.8.29* Admittedly I haven’t gotten too far into it yet, but I find the layout of the “social media” styling to be odd. I was hoping to just scroll through interesting topics etc. but having it framed as if people are posting things is an odd choice. We know they aren’t real, so it’s not quite the same delving into the replies of AI chat bots pretending to discuss a topic so you get more info about it. I guess I was hoping for more instagram style reels and then you can click in to get the information. It is sort of that but faking a social media with usernames and replies etc. I’m not sure is for me. ### 1/5 — Too cumbersome *2026-02-26* Onboarding is way, way too long to go through to then realize there’s not an easy way to try it out. ### 2/5 — Disturbing AI Slop *2026-02-19* I am a real genuine game and web developer, masters degree, etc. saw a Reddit ad for this and thought it looked interesting enough. Unfortunately, the app is full of disturbing AI slop, it is so uncanny and strange, unusable for more than 5 minutes... I highly suspect the thing was vibecoded by a Claude user. I liked the idea, but the app is way off... ### 2/5 — Hmmm *2026-02-13, version 2.8.27* Seems a good idea which is interesting and good be a good way for people to fill downtime with some passive learning. Unfortunately the execution not quite there yet. Also attempted to upload a pdf and it kept failing. I paid £2.99 for one week to try it out. Sadly not worth paying for yet so I’ll be cancelling. Might check this out again in some time and see if it’s improved at all ### 1/5 — Smh I had such high hopes *2026-02-11, version 2.8.27* Unfortunately, no way to test it out because they want money right away….so one star. Not to mention that it’s overpriced as well. ### 1/5 — Trial via notification *2026-02-07* No free trial unless you enable notifications. And you only come to know after creation of account and everything. **Developer response:** Free Trail in the paywall - HI Anonymous178@, the free trial is literally in the paywall. there is no need to activate notifications for it. ### 4/5 — LaTeX *2026-02-05* LaTeX wird leider nicht korrekt gerendert. Ansonsten ist das Konzept gut - manchmal sind Vergleiche etwas seltsam oder es sind komische Annahmen getroffen - Elektronik als Thema vergleicht alles immer mit APIs, Python, AI und Programmierung. Kann funktionieren wenn der Benutzer das kennt, ansonsten wären 85% der Posts Ziel verfehlt. Preis ist happig, zumal Beschränkung durch credits. Mal schauen wie weit das reicht. Fair wäre wenn nicht benutzte credits auf die nächste Periode mit übergehen - oder halt nur credits ohne Abo. Oder nur Abo ohne Credit Beschränkung. Aber beides ist unnötig komplex und etwas gacha-mäßig. **Developer response:** Latex ist fixed - Hi DolphVS607, kurzes Update Latex ist fixed. Mach dir wegen den Credits keine Sorgen. Es ist fast unmöglich an Generierungsgrenzen zu stoßen. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Kostenpflichtig 🫰 *2026-07-07* Gute Idee, schlecht umgesetzt. Die wichtigsten sozialen Mediaplatformen sind kostenlos. Siehe Wikipedia, aber auch YT, Insta, Twitch, you name it. Warum muss man Geld verlangen? Macht keinen Sinn hier für etwas zu bezahlen, wenn ich das Ganze wo anders kostenlos bekomme. Absolut Daumen runter. 👎 ### 1/5 — Paywall *2026-04-17* How about showing at least a feed with a few posts instead of asking for credit card right away? Let the user see the value of the product first! Edit: What I mean‘t was like 5-10 personal posts BEFORE even asking for a payment method. **Developer response:** Hi MatinM01, we offer a free three day trial? You can cancel this trial anytime or just start subscribe for a week for the former price of a Döner (3 Euro). Since all content ist generated for you it wouldn't make sense to show you generic posts. ### 1/5 — Woah! Easy there with the payment info *2026-04-04, version 2.9.5* It looked like I was underway with the onboarding screens and all the “let’s go” buttons, only to come to a screaming halt where the app pre-selects a monthly subscription for a “free trial”. There is a name for this kind of approach to signing people up. “But you have 3 days to cancel”, they say? Studies show people more often forget, and opting out is not the same as opting in. Shame, cos it would’ve been worth a try, if not for such tactics. ### 1/5 — Not unique enough *2026-03-21, version 2.9.5* Cool idea but the content looks like it was ripped straight from my LinkedIn feed. Honestly, my LinkedIn feed is better for this stuff, and I really dislike LinkedIn ### 1/5 — Seems useful but no risk free trial *2026-03-20, version 2.9.5* Makes you pay money to use it beyond 5 minutes. Give me a risk free trial without taking my info first. Thats how every AI tool works and I can replicate these core functions in any free ai tool. ### 1/5 — Update required *2026-03-17* But I just bought the app and opened it? **Developer response:** Big Update released - Hi CallMeZaid69, we very temporarily had a modal appear on app start that prompted user to update the app. It was quite a big of an update (Research Papers and news in the feed) and we wanted to make sure that everybody got it. That resulted in this modal appearing for a few hours. ### 1/5 — Great in theory, kind of stupid in execution *2026-03-16, version 2.9.4* One of my topics selected was “energy management” and the AI feed was about electricity. lol ### 1/5 — Subscription only *2026-03-14* Such amazing potential. I would rather buy it or have it free with ads. Never-subscriber. **Developer response:** AI is simply too costly - Hi RecordScore, we did a lot of math behind of our subscription model and it is simply not possible to offset the AI cost with Ads. No matter how many ads we would put in it wouldn't be enough. Even if we use worse models (which would be prone to hallucinations). A single user costs us a few dollars every month so we cannot offer it for free. ### 1/5 — Do not recommend *2026-03-13* Devs claim it costs “a few dollars a month per user” for them to operate the app, yet they charge users $14/month. So they “can’t offer for free” but they certainly aren’t offering “at-cost” either, clearly some significant overhead as well. Was this app developed by coders who know what they are doing or was it “vibe-coded”? Why should we, the users, finance your laziness? Why should I choose to pay for “AI-based learning” when I could pay for Udemy or MasterClass? You’d be better off doomscrolling Wikipedia. UPDATE “Devs” (if you can even call them that) are highly argumentative for people with no demonstrable expertise in any field, would give zero stars if it were an option. **Developer response:** You are free to choose either Masterclass or Udemy. We are communicating everywhere that this is a subscription based app and our yearly or monthly plans are cheaper per month than our weekly ones. We are using the latest models so yeah we don't have some "crazy" overhead. GenAI is that expensive. ### 1/5 — Do not recommend *2026-03-11* Devs claim it costs “a few dollars a month per user” for them to operate the app, yet they charge users $14/month. So they “can’t offer for free” but they certainly aren’t offering “at-cost” either, clearly some significant overhead as well. Was this app developed by coders who know what they are doing or was it “vibe-coded”? Why should we, the users, finance your laziness? Why should I choose to pay for “AI-based learning” when I could pay for Udemy or MasterClass? You’d be better off doomscrolling Wikipedia. **Developer response:** You are free to choose either Masterclass or Udemy. We are communicating everywhere that this is a subscription based app and our yearly or monthly plans are cheaper per month than our weekly ones. We are using the latest models so yeah we don't have some "crazy" overhead. GenAI is that expensive. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Bessere Erklärungen als meine Lehrer *2026-07-29* Die App erklärt einfach Themen verständlicher. Kein Fachchinesisch, keine endlosen Texte… einfach kurz, klar und irgendwie so das man’s wirklich checkt. ### 5/5 — Top *2026-05-20* Für das was geboten wird sind die Kosten angemessen. Die Antworten zu Softwaredesign Fragen sind besser und hilfreicher als bei PerplexityAI und Le Chat, jeweils Pro, jetzt zwei Monate getestet. Eine Tablet Version wäre noch fein, da angenehmer u zu tippen als auf den iPhone. ### 5/5 — Erstaunlich effektiv und macht süchtig. Empfehlenswert *2026-04-10* War am Anfang sehr skeptisch ob man so lernen kann, aber es ist erstaunlich wirkungsvoll und macht schon sehr süchtig Im Endeffekt bekommst du einen Feed zu deinem Thema erstellt voller Memes, Bilder, Diagramme etc. Dann sind in dem Feed selber auch noch multiple Choice & Feynman Aufgaben drin. Ich habe selber am Meisten dadurch gelernt dass ich Sachen hochlade und dann den Threads folge oder selber kommentiere. Edit: Der Discover tab ist ziemlich cool geworden jetzt braucht es noch Videos und vllt so einen newsflash oder so Datenschnittstellen. Wo man sich anmeldet. ### 5/5 — Bessere Erklärungen als meine Lehrer *2026-04-10* Die App erklärt einfach Themen verständlicher. Kein Fachchinesisch, keine endlosen Texte.. einfach kurz, klar und irgendwie so das man’s wirklich checkt. ### 5/5 — Hilfreich beim lernen *2026-03-19* Schon wahnsinn was mit KI so alles möglich ist **Developer response:** Hi yoloo31, danke für das Feedback! Laptop Version kommt! ### 5/5 — I love this app *2026-02-13, version 2.8.27* I love this app so much!!! I just wish I had money to pay more ### 5/5 — Very very good *2026-02-09* This app is very good, useful app an worth subscribing. ### 5/5 — Replaced My Doom Scrolling *2026-02-07* I love this app, the ai is super conversational and organic, the memes are great, and it makes learning feel effortless. **Developer response:** Thank you a lot ! Means a lot! We are about to push some updates to make the jokes and the conversational also more lively and introduce different picture styles into the feed. ### 5/5 — Engaging learning tool *2026-01-30* I’m using Hivemind to review med school level biochemistry. I was skeptical at first but I think I’ll keep the subscription. It is walking me through key metabolic pathways in a logical way and I seem to retain it better than I did in med school. Once you get to the end of the feed it lets you decide where to go next. It uses a teach back method that’s fun and helpful. **Developer response:** Thank you so much! - Hi Nalldbrahfjek, this really made my day. A lot of my family members are doctors so I always have that use case in mind. One thing you might also want to try is the "Use PDF Visuals"-feature in the feed. It's relatively new. It basically extracts images from a PDF and uses them as visuals for the posts. Really handy if you're learning about anatomy or a niche illness for example. ### 5/5 — Funktioniert super *2026-01-10* Die Themen werden gut aufbereitet und man kann sie interaktiv lernen. Es fühlt sich an wie ein produktiver Reddit oder Twitter Feed. Am besten finde ich, dass man automatisch dort abgeholt wird, wo man steht. Falls Wissen fehlt, kommentiert man an der entsprechenden Stelle und bekommt eine hilfreiche Antwort. Die Memes sind nicht so gut wie als wären sie von einem Menschen, aber das stört kaum. Ich finde sie gut, um den Prozess aufzulockern. Auch die „Umfragen“ sind super, um kleine Erfolgserlebnisse zu haben. Manchmal würde ich gern die Profilbilder der KommentatorInnen anschauen, weil ich das auf anderen Seiten auch zwischendurch mache, aber vielleicht soll man auch fokussiert bleiben. Den Preis von 3€/Woche finde ich fair. Vielleicht werde ich hive mind dadurch nicht durchgängig abonniert haben, aber es gibt dadurch keine Werbung und ich spare mir ja an anderer Stelle Geld: mir fallen mindestens 2 Themen ein, die ich jetzt gut verstanden hab, zu denen ich mir sonst ein Buch gekauft hätte. --- *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 2026-08-23.*