# Hopium: Subliminal Maker — user reviews > 19 indexed App Store user reviews of Hopium by Simon Petrov, rated 4.30/5 from 18 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hopium-subliminal-maker/id6740145758/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hopium-subliminal-maker/id6740145758.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 13 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Great Promise, Poor Implementation *2025-12-30* Really smart product. Could be amazing, BUT even after you pay, they limit you to 30 seconds? That’s way too short. I dont think they test the free vs the paid because there is NO difference! ### 1/5 — Free to get, Not to use *2025-12-01* I was very excited for this app, because I was under the impression that this was going to be a free app, “Free, unlimited, and easy to use…” it is absolutely easy to use, but it is not free, or unlimited (unless of course you pay, which if you ask me, is very much so a limit.) If you want to record affirmations that are longer than 30sec, you have to buy a subscription (there’s a smaller one, and then one for the year) and I don’t believe there was any free trial to see if you even like the mechanics of the service you’re paying for. I don’t mean to be harsh, but as with most apps, this one is not “unlimited” unless you pay. So to summarize, unless you’d like to make all of your subliminals split into 30 second videos each (which I find to be inefficient for an app that is supposed to make things easier.) **Developer response:** You can make an unlimited amount of 30 second subliminals and you can listen to them as long as you want in the background of any app. I believe that's very fair. ### 1/5 — Useless *2025-07-17* This app does not make subliminal anything. It just plays an audio track with a a picture. Subliminals and affirmations are not the same thing. **Developer response:** Hey, when making a recording the default choice is "Unmodified". If you want a true silent subliminal then you should choose the "silent" option and then you can just let it play in the background while you're using other apps or while sleeping. Hope you give it another shot! ### 1/5 — It asks for my iTunes email and password *2025-04-24* Why does this app require me to create an account by giving them my email that my iTunes is connected to and give them my password to it as well? No wonder it was free. I haven’t and I don’t intend to try this app because I have to give my email and password for my iTunes account before I can try this out. **Developer response:** Hi, this is NOT accurate. When you choose "Sign in with Apple," Apple securely verifies your identity WITHOUT sharing your password with us. You also have the option to "hide your email" if you prefer even more privacy — Apple will create a private, random email address that forwards to your real one, so we never even see it. Please change or remove your rating since this is highly inaccurate and you will find that out if you use 1-2 more apps and are faced with the same login mechanism that is created by apple. ### 3/5 — big issue :( *2026-07-27* i've been using hopium since it was released. i make my subs with the "speed reading" option. i've been feeling down lately as i haven't had results. well, now i know why. i recorded a sub i made and slowed it down in another app, which revealed that my affirmations were no longer intelligible and had been distorted into gibberish. ### 3/5 — Not sure how to use *2026-07-19* I think the concept of this app is super cool, the TikTok like algorithm, sound effects etc. however I cannot for the life of me learn how to use it, I’ve seen videos where people have a little button that takes them to create a subliminal but I don’t have one? Not sure if it’s a bug but I’m on iPhone. ### 4/5 — Love but small detail. *2025-11-13* Love LOVE the app so far, but when i put a script on and im reading it while recording as i scroll it’ll go down to the botttom of my script and mess everything up **Developer response:** Hey, this is resolved in the latest version! ### 4/5 — Fixx *2025-08-28, version 1.2.0* What to do to make multiple subliminal I have to delete the previous one in order to make another one Wth Please update ### 4/5 — Please add tts *2025-07-21, version 1.2.0* Please add text to speech voice ### 5/5 — С днём рождения! Сегодня твой особенный день, который я хочу отметить самыми тёплыми и искренними сл *2026-08-12* С днём рождения! Желаю тебе в этот особенный день, чтобы каждый миг был наполнен светом радости и счастья. Пусть все твои мечты станут реальностью, а жизнь будет яркой и насыщенной. Желаю тебе крепкого здоровья, любви близких и успехов во всех начинаниях. Пусть каждый новый день приносит только хорошие новости и приятные сюрпризы! G ## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — thank you :) *2026-07-29* UPDATE: thank you so much for reading and replying to my review. i retested the speed reading feature and it's perfect now. original review: i've been using hopium since it was released. i make my subs with the "speed reading" option. i've been feeling down lately as i haven't had results. well, now i know why. i recorded a sub i made and slowed it down in another app, which revealed that my affirmations were no longer intelligible and had been distorted into gibberish. **Developer response:** Speed Reading affirmations are now clear, completely intelligible, and free of audio distortion. Try it out and run it through the same tests to verify! Thanks for flagging this and please update your review after verifying that this is no longer the case. ### 5/5 — LOVE but I have a suggestion! *2026-02-23* I love this, thank you..I have a suggestion, please add options to archive them, manually arrange its order, or group them. Chronological order makes it difficult to access older Subs you still like. ### 5/5 — Recording time limit *2026-02-14* I love the app, but I was wondering what is the recording time limit if I purchase a monthly subscription? Thank you! **Developer response:** heyy, max recording time is 5 minutes now ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-11-20* Please never get rid of this. Finally an app that makes it easy to categorize and make your own subs, so you know they’re trustworthy and safe. Easy to use, and love the frequency additions. ### 5/5 — So good!! *2025-11-15* Yes i loooovvvvveeeee it!!! Literally the most perfect app. The app itself is really easy and simple to use, the features are so good AND i love how i can listen to my subs whilst on other apps. 100% reccomend ❤️🤷‍♀️ ### 5/5 — yay! *2025-11-13* i've been wanting to make my own subliminals for a long time but never have because every other platform is either too complicated, or too expensive. Hopium is neither of those!! thank you for helping me live my best life <3 ### 5/5 — Love this *2025-09-13* I can never find subliminals that cater to my specific needs so this is perfect for making my own!! Easy to use & I love that you can have them playing on a constant loop even when your phone screen is locked. ### 5/5 — Best make your own subliminals app *2025-07-02* I was looking for an app to create my own subliminals and this app is amazing at this. I would like to have more sounds on the background. Found the app on Reddit **Developer response:** Thank you so much!!! Background sounds are coming in a future update, as it's a highly requested feature. It's just that there's a way to do things quickly and a way to do them right. On the bright side, the app already supports background playback while using other apps or even when your phone is locked. ### 5/5 — BEST APP EVER *2025-05-22* Best make your own subliminal app ever I don’t know why there is a one star review but obviously that person doesn’t understand technology this is the best app ever if you truly want subliminal that work you have to make your own this app is awesome **Developer response:** Thank you 💕. This is just the beginning 🤫 --- *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 2026-08-29.*