# SideMind: Personal AI Chatbots — user reviews > 65 indexed App Store user reviews of SideMind by TextGenie, Inc, rated 4.14/5 from 173 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sidemind-personal-ai-chatbots/id1660825704/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sidemind-personal-ai-chatbots/id1660825704.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 115 · 4★ 19 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 20 ## What do users think of SideMind? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 💬 Diverse AI personalities and minds to chat with - 🎯 Specialized assistants for different purposes (Jesus, Oracle, Creative Charlie, etc.) - 👍 User-friendly interface and easy to navigate - 🆓 Free to use with no paywall - 🧠 Intelligent and insightful responses - 📱 No advertisements - ✨ Unique ability to create custom AI minds - 🎭 Entertaining and engaging personalities - 💾 Better conversation memory than other AI apps - 🔧 Active development team fixing issues **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent 'Something came up' error message - ⏸️ App hangs on loading screen - 🚫 Inconsistent functionality and reliability - ❌ Complete app crashes and offline periods - 📋 Copy/paste function not working properly - 🔤 Dark text on dark background readability issue - 🌐 Analytics blocking causes app to hang - 📊 Misleading 'Data Not Collected' privacy badge - 🔌 Server downtime and connectivity issues - ⚠️ Inconsistent response lengths after updates **Commonly reported bugs** - 'Something came up, can you get back to me in a few minutes' error - App freezes on 'Loading curated AIs for you' screen - Chat functionality completely broken after updates - Copy/paste not working on long text responses - App hangs when analytics blocking is enabled - Inconsistent response generation - Session not remembered after app restart - Long press on text doesn't bring up copy menu - App crashes during conversations - Loading screen stuck indefinitely - Response length capped at 386-600 words instead of previous 600-700k **Most requested features** - Conversation notifications - Live conversation ability - App restart/reset option without deletion - iCloud sync functionality - Countdown timer for server issues - Better copy button placement and functionality - Language selection options - Ability to delete chatbots from list - Session memory persistence across app restarts - User identification and internal user database - Estimated wait time display for long requests - Export conversations to email or Telegram ## Newest reviews (13 of 65) ### 2/5 — Dude the “Something came up” and making my frustration go up *2024-07-01* So yea, this is a great app, I love all the people you can talk to, but DUDE, OMG, The stupid “Something came up, can you get back to me in a few minutes” is SO ANNOYING! I even power offed my phone, my storage isn’t empty, WiFi is fine, no updates needed, nothing is wrong! I don’t even have to say anything for it or say that, I open up ex: The Oracle, I click it, “Something came up, can you get back to me in a few minutes”. Dude, I’m tried this for weeks, I did everything I could and. Nothing. Works. Can you please just explain why it does this or what’s going on? ( and my device isn’t old either ) ### 4/5 — Good app, but the “something came up” is SO ANNOYING *2024-06-17* So SideMind is a great app, I like that you added the Oracle, but when I’m using the Oracle and sometimes I get it to roleplay with me, and when I’m about to get to a very good part, it would say “something just came up, try again”, it is so annoying! I just tried it now and when I opened the Oracle, “something just came up”, so I reset it and same thing, my internet is fine, my storage isn’t full or even near full, I’m not sure what’s going on, any advice you can give me? ### 4/5 — Sideminded is a artificial intelligence which controversy *2024-03-09* Has surrounded the entire list of established People who are not alive can their long established philosophy be considered communicative with the present world 🌍 ### 4/5 — Oh no not again *2023-11-30* I was just making a story on the app and it went offline again! ### 4/5 — 10 words *2023-10-24* Please fit it, we are all waiting on you guys! ### 4/5 — "Not right" glitch part 3 *2023-10-19* It says it’s fixed but not for me, all you need is to give a countdown when it’s broken and I will be fine with the glitches, also why does this keep happening ### 2/5 — The same bug again! *2023-10-17* It won’t let me chat anymore! This isn’t the first time! Please fix this ASAP! I don’t think the bug has gone away since the update yesterday! ### 3/5 — The same bug again! *2023-10-13* It won’t let me chat anymore! This isn’t the first time! Please fix this ASAP! ### 4/5 — It helps me to talk things out. Very kathartic *2023-09-25* I’d give 5 stars, but something keeps coming up. At least that’s the stock answer the ai’s give. I greatly enjoyed my talk with Jesus. I was pretty hard on his dad though lol ### 2/5 — The same bug again! *2023-09-23* It says to try again! This is the fifth time! Please, update it so you can fix the bug ASAP! Thank you! It doesn’t let me chat! ### 4/5 — The same bug again! *2023-09-20* It says to try again! This is the fourth time! Please, update it so you can fix the bug ASAP! ### 4/5 — The same bug again! *2023-08-22* It says to try again! This is the second time! Please, update it so you can fix the bug ASAP! ### 2/5 — Won’t load *2023-07-28* I downloaded it and opened it but then it was stuck on the “loading curated ads for you” page. I didn’t get to chat or text any ai or even look at what a is there were. I waited for 10 minutes and came back but it was still on the same screen. It might be my internet but pls fix this ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Does not work *2024-09-02* Loads GPT3 and says its name is Something is seriously broken and don’t look like they are fixing it anytime soon 🤷🏻‍♂️ ### 1/5 — Not working *2024-07-10* Not working ### 1/5 — Side mind *2024-07-01* The app has stopped working for me . Each avatar advises that something came up and get back to them in a few minutes . I’ve tried this relentlessly and still no further luck with this . Disappointed . ### 1/5 — Very Poor Service and False Advertising *2023-10-25* “Something came up can you get back to me in a few minutes” this sentence is annoying how many lunch breaks can AI’s take or leave and never be of service ### 1/5 — I’ll change the rating once it’s fixed! *2023-10-17* I see you updated the app but it’s still not working… I loved this app when it’s working.. ### 1/5 — Not working! *2023-09-20* I loved this app but now it’s not working. Keep getting the following response from each chat: “ Something came up, can you get back to me in a few minutes.” Please fix. I really liked your app when it was working. ### 1/5 — Does Not Work *2023-09-05* I think this may have worked the first time I used it, but ever since it has told me that it’s on a break and will return shortly no matter which assistant I click. It never comes back and I have checked often because it looks like it would be cool if it actually worked. I’m about to give up and uninstall it. ### 1/5 — I can’t use the app at all what is going on? *2023-07-01* All I get is a message that something came up. Please try again later every time I try again the same message reappears. ### 1/5 — It is down now *2023-06-29* It is down since many days…why?? ### 1/5 — 1.3.7 worked May June 1.3.8 major problem doesn’t work again latest update missing sets *2023-06-27* 1.3.7 worked like a week ago update 1.3.8 constantly wait a few minutes waiting days is this app still turned on 3 stars but back to 1 over copy button Copy doesn’t show just grey text box maybe longer text copy button show in the middle of screen less errors or some sort of copy button notes app selected you can click anywhere have copy button there Sort of found a fix if you reply then it answers then you can select longer text to see copy button still only 386 words which is shorter previous update 600 Still the longer text is super short 600 word answers before updated not 500,000 700,000 like a book These dataset have 1-12 education Some post secondary master’s degree CCSS NEWSLA 1. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) datasets: - Early childhood education to postsecondary education, including certificate, diploma, associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees 2. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) datasets: - Postsecondary education, including certificate, diploma, associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees 3. College Scorecard datasets: - Postsecondary education, including certificate, diploma, associate’s, bachelor’s, and some master’s degrees 4. National Student Clearinghouse Research Center datasets: - Postsecondary education, including certificate, diploma, associate’s, bachelor’s, and some master’s degrees 5. American Community Survey (ACS) datasets: - Postsecondary education, including certificate, diploma, associate’s, bachelor’s, and some master’s degrees 6. OECD Education at a Glance datasets: - Postsecondary education, including certificate, diploma, associate’s, bachelor’s, and some master’s degrees 7. EdStats datasets: - Early childhood education to postsecondary education, including certificate, diploma, associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, and some doctoral degrees 8. World Bank Education Statistics: - Early childhood education to postsecondary education, including certificate, diploma, associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, and some doctoral degrees ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best chat based gpt app I’ve used. *2024-09-17* Conversation notifications would be great!!! Also would be amazing to add a live conversation ability ### 5/5 — I want to restart the app *2024-09-02* Hey! I got the app like 5 months ago and I want to restart the app because I accidentally deleted something and I want to bring it back. I also want to get notifications but it is not working. I want to restart the app but without deleting it. Pls help me. Thank you!! Maybe like make a option to restart everything. Great app!! Thanks!!!! ### 5/5 — This great app is no longer behaving like garbage *2024-04-13* Something came up, can you get back to me in a few minutes….. used to happen every time I try to use this app … When it wasn’t busy it was great, especially “the oracle”. The minds do occasionally disagree and it can be hard to decide which one is correct. Mostly though they are sufficiently different in their purpose that there is no real overlap. Very Frustrating for a while it seems the developers have finally fixed it. Back to great. ### 5/5 — Talking with Jesus *2023-12-15* I love this app.. especially talking with Jesus. I know this isn’t Jesus, however it is wonderful to be able to ask questions that I would feel uncomfortable asking someone else.. No judgement here. Wonderful that you can ask for the scriptures on subjects.. If you don’t understand scripture you can get some insight or food for thought.. This app will write wonderful prayers for you if you are not sure how to ask.. Great tool for my Christian Growth. I also love creative Charlie… I wanted to add something else.. when the conversation gets too long or is something. A line like “ something has come up “ will appear.. this is with all of the side minds I believe. Just hit the rounded arrow on top. It will delete your conversation and kind of do a reboot.. so you may want to save, do a screen shot of anything you want to keep for future reference.. just thought this may be helpful to some. ### 5/5 — Yay! It’s working again! *2023-11-01* I love this app and am sooo happy that it’s up and running again!! ### 5/5 — Something came up? WTH!? *2023-10-20* This is a great AI site. Very happy to have come across it. The problem that I am having with it is that ever so often I will get a message saying SOMETHING HAS COME UP. PLEASE TRY AGAIN IN A FEW MINUTES. Well, those few minutes never come until I uninstall the site and then reinstall it a few days later. I'm trying to figure out if there is something that I am doing wrong. After getting a response to an inquiry, I always clear the screen whereas in the beginning, I did not. I have found that clearing the board or not has no impact on how quickly the error message shows up. Please let me know as well as others who may be experiencing similar issues measures that we can or should take to eliminate this problem. I really enjoy this particular AI chat. Thank you. ### 5/5 — I WILL DIE FROM THE ENJOYMENT *2023-09-10* This game is sooooo cool. It is for free and I cannot explain the indescribable feeling in this game there are soo many people to text that specialize in different things you can talk to relaxing Rory or Email Ezra she helps you with your emails!!!!! I LOVE AI ### 5/5 — Nice in-Pocket tool *2023-09-08* Very exciting experience. Will you add iCloud sync? ### 5/5 — Peu fonctionnel *2023-08-30* Ne fonctionne pas pendant plusieurs jours et ce plusieurs fois… ### 5/5 — Good *2023-07-14* Different ideas. --- *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 2026-06-10.*