# Mesmerize - Visual Meditation — user reviews > 625 indexed App Store user reviews of Mesmerize by Rockwell Ventures, rated 4.70/5 from 56,430 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mesmerize-visual-meditation/id1461517107/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mesmerize-visual-meditation/id1461517107.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 49,645 · 4★ 2,970 · 3★ 1,237 · 2★ 393 · 1★ 2,185 ## What do users think of Mesmerize? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 💤 Helps with sleep and relaxation - 🧘‍♀️ Calms anxiety and stress - 🎨 Beautiful, mesmerizing visuals - 🎧 High-quality audio and narrations - ⏱️ Customizable experiences **Cons** - 💰 Expensive subscription model - 🔒 Limited free access - 🤒 Can cause motion sickness - 🐛 Occasional glitches and crashes **Commonly reported bugs** - Login issues and account restoration problems - Visuals getting stuck or not playing continuously **Most requested features** - Add more nature-based visuals - Allow filtering by narrator - Implement a queue feature - Expand to VR support ## Newest reviews (11 of 625) ### 3/5 — was prefect now has regressed; but still the best hands down *2026-07-19, version 2.43* the app was perfect before they removed the ability to search and the visuals are forced to be fullscreen the entire time even when selecting the next visual and that is very time consuming because the app has to download and cache EVERY video, which was ok before this new update but having it fullscreen means that EVERY video has to FULLY load before you can even begin to move on to the next one and if you skip/switch it is very glitchy being in fullscreen and having to deal with the immense memory pressure, that’s another thing the app is now bloated with extra stuff and all of it loads AT THE SAME TIME meaning your phone is just sitting there getting hot as it tries to keep up… with one app, one app that is supposed to be visuals is now insanely incompetent, it is unusable on my iphone se 2020 but works perfectly/beautifully on my iphone 7, i may just have to bite the bullet and load the older version, alas; a pity 🥱 ### 2/5 — Bad Player *2026-06-28, version 2.41* Unlike any other audio player in existence, this one stops completely anytime you change anything. Say one of your airpod runs out of battery, say one falls out of your ear, say you have to take one out to itch your ear in the night…. You then have to go into the app and hit play again which in the night is blinding and a burden to do. It will not continue to play. Yes there is a setting that will have it play, but even that is broken: what it does is play continuously no matter what, so even if you take both of your AirPods out it’ll keep playing on the phone speaker, which interrupts my wife’s sleep in the night. Furthermore, you have to kill the app to get it to stop, so it often ends up playing all the time!! So you hear this noise in the day and you think what is that?… in the theater, the grocery store etc. why can’t this be like all the other audio players in the world? 1) pause/play is controllable through the headphone’s pause/play buttons. 2) pauses only when ‘both’ EarPods are removed from the ears. 3) can enjoy the app on more than one device without it logging me out on other devices each time I log in on a new device. Takes 2 minutes to code this yet this has been disrupting my sleep for YEARS. ### 1/5 — App doesn’t work *2026-06-08, version 2.40* I got on and nothing worked and it kicked me out multiple times ### 1/5 — stop download this apps *2026-06-03, version 2.40* u are unable to use this app unless u pay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-05-26, version 2.40* Beware. They lock you in to a subscription and don’t tell you when they are charging you. ### 1/5 — Dark patterns *2026-05-24, version 2.40* Closing the ad at the start pulls up the subscription menu. The app is literally unusable without subscription. ### 3/5 — Amazing but needs maintenance. *2026-05-22, version 2.40* Absolutely amazing content, but the app feels abandoned for the past few years. ### 1/5 — makes you get a free trial *2026-05-17, version 2.40* i’m not doing that lol ### 1/5 — Free trial scam *2026-05-15, version 2.40* Buyer beware: Free trial led to me being secretly billed and before I realized it, $50 bucks later and hooked in for a whole year. I couldn’t dispute it. No emails or anything letting me know to cancel. ### 1/5 — Viel zu teuer *2026-05-14, version 2.40* Diese app ist eindeutig überbewertet. 60 Euro im jahr ust ne abzocke für so ne einfache app. Nein, danke!! Gibt's genug alternativen ### 1/5 — Might be good, but I’m not commuting to paying to find out *2026-05-01, version 2.39* I really want to try this app, but there is no way to get in without committing to pay their high yearly fee - yes they give a trial but you have to commit to paying and remember to go into your settings to cancel before the charge. Sad thing is I don’t mind paying if it’s something I’d use, but have no idea since I can’t even demo it. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — It’s alright, but the subscription price *2026-09-01, version 2.44* It’s just too much. Would have happily paid for the app, but $50 a year? ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-08-29, version 2.44* This app charged me $49.99 without my permission had to request refund so be careful downloading it! ### 1/5 — Another Paywall *2026-08-21, version 2.44* You want a review so bad? Here it is. Can’t even get into the app without starting a subscription. And they want a review right off the rip. I can tell you it helped my anxiety go away tho! Now I’m just mad. ### 1/5 — Deceptive billing *2026-08-06, version 2.44* I was charged for a full year despite signing up for a trial and despite cancelling immediately. ### 1/5 — If zero stars were possible *2026-07-28, version 2.43* I think this is a terrible application and A waste of money more specifically in my case because I only sign up for that trial for seven days just to see what the application was like and was instantly given a subscription for the entire year without my consent. If it’s done that to me, it’s probably done that to others. The application itself is terrible and one would be silly to be wasting their money on it. ### 1/5 — this is pissing me off *2026-07-26, version 2.43* I'm stuck at the "We want you to try mesmerize for free and it's pissing me off ### 1/5 — Used to be greater *2026-07-19, version 2.43* Just a lovely side project that lived enough to see itself turned into a monster. ### 1/5 — Fake paid reviews *2026-07-15, version 2.43* These folks have cleverly bought thousands of 5 star reviews , take your time to read them they follow the same format of complimenting this app. Last but not least the app can’t be utilised unless you pay for it. Nothing is free , you sign up for free trial and their dark pattern is you’ll forget that you’ll cancel and they’ll get away with it with your money ### 1/5 — Blatant Scam *2026-07-14, version 2.42* Pathetic. Requiring payment for something that you aren’t even able to open even once to see if it’s something you’d be interested in? I may have signed up, but now I will be subscribing to a different app that provides something in return for asking for my money. 0 Stars. ### 1/5 — DO NOT USE THIS BS MAKES YOU PAY TO HSE BUT CLAIMS APP IS FREE *2026-06-13, version 2.41* I seen this ad on my Instagram of visual effects. It seemed pretty cool. Everything said it was free so I downloaded it come to find out you have to sign up for the free trial which end up keeping you subscribed and having to pay and there’s no way to exit out of the free trial stream to get into the app so you MUST sign up. Horrible experience if I could put 0 stars I would ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — This app has helped me *2026-08-24, version 2.44* I’m actually crying as I write this review. I’m not sure what’s been going on with me lately, but this app truly helps calm me down when I need it most. I’m so grateful for it. I know this season won’t last forever this too shall pass. ### 5/5 — My Disconnect App *2026-07-19, version 2.43* For the past 5 years, this is the app I fall asleep to. i’ve tried others, but the variety of the Narrations and visuals are simply better. My favorite narrations are the tour of Bath Abbey in England and the Pendle Witches of Lancashire- it’s like reliving my vacations abroad! ### 5/5 — This app has so much to offer. *2026-07-16, version 2.43* I am surprised at the vastness of what is covered here. ### 5/5 — Quite Time *2026-07-15, version 2.43* I have ADHD, so I enjoy marijuana edibles and while listening to club music/trance or Madonna’s new album….the visuals of intertwining designs that your app provides is a beautifully immersive experience that calms my mind down. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Very cool brah *2026-06-10, version 2.41* Jumbo Josh brah ### 5/5 — So cool *2026-06-07, version 2.40* Actually mesmerizing- sooo cool!! ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-06-05, version 2.40* Awesome and beautiful app ### 5/5 — Trash. *2026-06-01, version 2.40* i’ll be real, you gotta pay for it & you could easily go on youtube & have if not better content for free. save your cash guys. ### 5/5 — Ich Liebs *2026-05-22, version 2.40* Unglaubliche Auswahl and Meditationen und Sounds und Visuals zum kombinieren. Gucke aber selten. Der Rest reicht auch. Man kann eigene Atemmuster und verschiedene Intensitäten und Stimmen einstellen. Cool! ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-03-19, version 2.36* Mesmerise is my social media alternative. If Bee & Puppycat calms you down, you’ll probably love this too. The range and quantity of stunning visuals is impressive. The music is soothing. I’ve used Calm for a while. This is better for me. I habitually check my phone. Opening this first takes away the impulse to open social apps. It’s instant calm. Instant refocusing. It snaps me out of whatever I was stuck on. --- *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 2026-09-03.*