# Podcast LM: Note to PDF Plus — user reviews > 48 indexed App Store user reviews of Podcast LM by Ansis Buss, rated 4.40/5 from 335 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/podcast-lm-note-to-pdf-plus/id6741065202/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/podcast-lm-note-to-pdf-plus/id6741065202.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 279 · 4★ 9 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 44 ## What do users think of Podcast LM? Overall sentiment: negative **Cons** - 🚫 App doesn't work as expected - 💰 Paid subscription required - ⚠️ Misleading app description - 🤖 Poor customer support **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes frequently - Podcast generation fails - Incompatible with various devices **Most requested features** - Allow free trial before subscription - Improve app reliability and functionality ## Newest reviews (20 of 48) ### 1/5 — Very very poor quality *2025-04-22* This app does not work. Do not waste your money. With all the AI options out there, this is probably the worst I have come across. After day 1 I tried to get my $50 back and of course they didn’t want to return it. They know they won’t get the money from other people when they realize how bad this app is. **Developer response:** Hello. We are sorry about the negative experience. Write to our email so that we can help you: notebookai@proton.me ### 1/5 — Don’t buy *2025-04-21* You can upload a script, but constant error. No way to login or out, it doesn’t even ask you to create a profile. Just buy and straight to uploading. Horrible **Developer response:** Hello. We are sorry about the negative experience. Write to our email so that we can help you: notebookai@proton.me ### 1/5 — Wrong advertising *2025-04-15, version 1.1* They advertised weekly payment deduction however they charged me for the full year. ### 1/5 — Fraud *2025-04-14, version 1.1* Just another fraud ### 1/5 — BUGGY *2025-04-10, version 1.1* It eventually worked after the 3rd time of using a YouTube video as a source. It said it failed, but eventually i saw the recording come up. All this app does is convert whatever source you select into a recording in the form of a podcasts. It’s just a recoding, you can’t actually speak with it. This gets one star because the price is way too high for something of this caliber. Plus not letting people try it before paying. ### 1/5 — Scam *2025-04-09, version 1.1* Do not download this scam APP ### 1/5 — Scam *2025-04-08, version 1.1* Scam ### 1/5 — Worked 3 times then quit *2025-04-07* Seems like the app is broken? It worked at first but now will not generate anything? **Developer response:** Hello. We are sorry about the negative experience. Write to our email so that we can help you: notebookai@proton.me ### 1/5 — NOT FROM GOOGLE *2025-04-04, version 1.1* Deceptive name and logo makes you think it’s from Google ### 1/5 — It won’t generate anything. *2025-04-04* Have tried in my phone and iPad. Paid for the year for it to not even work. Can’t even get my money back. **Developer response:** Hello. We are sorry about the negative experience. Write to our email so that we can help you: notebookai@proton.me ### 1/5 — Not free to use *2025-04-02* Would not allow me to use without paying for a subscription first. I was told about this in a seminar at work and was impressed with its potential for saving time in research, but not enough to pay for a subscription when I’m providing the source material as well. **Developer response:** Hello. We are sorry about the negative experience. Write to our email so that we can help you: notebookai@proton.me ### 1/5 — DO NOT DOWNLOAD FAKE APP *2025-04-02, version 1.1* DO NOT DOWNLOAD FAKE APP ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your time *2025-03-31, version 1.1* Notebook LM wrapper- don’t waste your time. Use google’s free web version ### 1/5 — This is not Google's Notebook LM!!! *2025-03-28* DO NOT PAY FOR THIS!!! Obviously this app is doing everything it can to make you think you are downloading a Google Notebook LM app. It is not. This should be taken off the app store as being totally fraudulent. Aside from the fraudulence the app is useless. Again, do not pay for this. **Developer response:** Hello. We are sorry about the negative experience. Write to our email so that we can help you: notebookai@proton.me ### 1/5 — Fake app. *2025-03-25, version 1.1* This app does nothing and is fake. I demand money back. I searched the Google Notebook AI app and this was the first that came up. Disgraceful ### 1/5 — WASTE of money *2025-03-23* Thankfully I only paid for the monthly subscription because this has been the biggest waste of money. 9 times out of 10, the app will fail to make the podcast. The voices I choose are NEVER the voices in the podcast when the app FINALLY decides to work. If I could this app zero stars I would. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY LIKE ME. **Developer response:** Hello. We are sorry about the negative experience. Write to our email so that we can help you: notebookai@proton.me ### 1/5 — Bricked *2025-03-22* I never write reviews but since I spent money I’m a little aggravated. The app is completely useless, it doesn’t create anything. Thankfully I only paid for the month to try it out. Already cancelled my subscription. Do yourself a favor and don’t download. **Developer response:** Hello. We are sorry about the negative experience. Write to our email so that we can help you: notebookai@proton.me ### 1/5 — SCAM *2025-03-22, version 1.1* this developer made a fake notebook app that doesn’t work. Scam ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2025-03-21* I literally paid 50$ for this and it doesn’t even work right. It doesn’t link to my already made podcasts from the computer. Which is why I bought this app for the conscience of not having to use a web browser. Money not well spent. Don’t buy this. The free one is exactly the same! So disappointed. **Developer response:** Hello. We are sorry about the negative experience. Write to our email so that we can help you: notebookai@proton.me ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2025-03-20* This so does nothing it claims to do. I paid for a subscription and I think I’ve been scammed. DO NOT PAY FOR A SUBSCRIPTION. This app does not work. I am only able to make default podcasts and even that fails most of the time. **Developer response:** Hello. We are sorry about the negative experience. Write to our email so that we can help you: notebookai@proton.me ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ужасное приложение *2026-04-30* Нельзя быстро сгенерировать видео ### 1/5 — Нет возможности попробовать насколько качественно работает приложение *2026-02-06* Прикрепляю ссылку на ютуб ролик, пытаюсь сгенерировать подкаст и сразу попадаю на экран покупки платного тарифа. Хотелось бы понимать, за что я плачу до оплаты ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work!! *2025-09-14* I literally paid $15 for it to only give me a max of 10 minutes per podcast??? It won’t let me upload images and you can’t sign in so it’s not bringing my history from my phone to my iPad. It’s a waste of money that I don’t have and I only got it in hopes it’d help me learn better in nursing school. I want a refund!! ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2025-08-19, version 1.3* I was initially excited by this app, but there are problems with it. It doesn’t work as advertised. I requested a refund because the app isn’t useable. ### 1/5 — Scam! Just use Notebook LM - it’s free *2025-07-19* This app essentially runs your stuff in the free Notebook LM. Notice how you can’t do anything without the hefty subscription fee and no free trial? Please save your money and use Google’s FREE and better Notebook LM ### 1/5 — Scam from the actual real thing *2025-04-27* This dev was very clever to imitate Googles Notebook LM platform. The difference is barely noticeable cause they advertise everything that Googles platform offers. It was also very clever that they copied Google Notebook LM logo but backwards to mislead people to think it’s the same application. **Developer response:** Hello. We are sorry about the negative experience. Write to our email so that we can help you: notebookai@proton.me ### 1/5 — No login screen *2025-04-27* My personal phone doesn’t have my business email as my Apple ID therefore it wants me to repay vs sign in to business Gmail. Very dumb **Developer response:** Hello. We are sorry about the negative experience. Write to our email so that we can help you: notebookai@proton.me ### 1/5 — STAY AWAY! Doesn’t work. *2025-04-24* Warning to others! This app doesn’t work. Absolute trash and clearly a money grab. Apple refuses to refund after purchase as well. **Developer response:** Hello. We are sorry about the negative experience. Write to our email so that we can help you: notebookai@proton.me ### 1/5 — This App is misleading. I subscribed thinking it was the Google Notebook LM *2025-04-24, version 1.1* I have not used the app, hoping the developers would refund, however they have not even had the courtesy to respond to numerous emails. ### 1/5 — Charged for a full year by mistake *2025-04-24, version 1.1* I’m disappointed because I subscribed by mistake to the yearly plan instead of the monthly one. I canceled it immediately after noticing the error, but I was still charged for the entire year. I believe this is unfair for users who cancel right away. I would appreciate a refund or at least clearer instructions in the app to avoid this kind of confusion. ## Most praised reviews (1 highest-rated) ### 4/5 — Let us test it before buying.. *2025-02-07* I was interested in the connivence in having a native mobile version of something like notebook llm but I see it’s not actually but some open source version that might not be as good. It would make sense to me for you to let a user test it out once first before having to start a subscription.. I think that will serve you better. --- *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 2026-09-14.*