BetterMe: Mental Health Reviews

by Ninedifferentways

they label it free week but you have to pay for 12 weeks. Not free!

by StarsnMav

I tried to purchase a weekly subscription as a trial. It went through as an annual subscription. So instead of being charged $2.99 I was charged $119. I have purchased MANY, many apps and have never had this happen. Contacted developer and they say I don’t qualify for a subscription. I have only looked at BetterMe once or twice. Clearly, if it was an honest mistake they would have been willing to correct the subscription amount. BE VERY CAREFUL SUBSCRIBING OR THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU and the developers DON’T CARE!!! Makes me sad!! I have heard from the developers and they say you always can go into settings and choose what subscription you want. Funny, on all the other apps I have had trials with, the “trial” option is what automatically comes up so you can try BetterMe before deciding on buying it. This one the annual comes up before you even have the chance to try it. Don’t remember seeing any instructions on changing settings for different subscription options... but that is the point isn’t it. A fool proof way to make fools out of iTunes purchasers and get customers to choose an expensive option before they realized what happened. If you were legit you would want me to have the subscription I intended to buy. But you won’t rake in huge amounts of cash that way. I am not the only one who has fallen into your trap. DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU. STAY FAR FAR AWAY FROM BetterMe unless you want to take the chance of getting a YEAR SUBSCRIPTION!!!

by Juliaarmando

I tried cancelling my subscription, and I wasn’t able to, I tried emailing them about a month ago and yet they haven’t responded, and I just payed another $28 on an app I’m not even using, it’s very hard reaching out to them, it took them months to get an answer. Then they finally called me yesterday and told me a few days after I noticed the transaction on BofA that my subscription was cancelled. But I had to report this app through PayPal that it’s a scam and I wanted my money back. I liked BetterMe at first, don’t get me wrong. But there are way better apps online that I’d go to first before ever trying this one.

by Sammy1239847

Downloaded by mistake tried for months to get a refund. They said to go through the Apple store and you cannot find BetterMe or even stop them from taking your money. Good luck trying to get a refund or canceling. This is a complete scam.

by RenaeStar

I’m upset because it said that the subscription was $4.99, they took the $4.99 out of my account then 4 days later to $30. I want my money back!

by Crissie930

BetterMe is the biggest scam I’ve seen. The meditation sessions are narrated horribly, they are outdated (like having Christmas meditations in January) - overall, a huge waste of money. Avoid!

by SMMY42069

You’re trying to better peoples mental health and you can’t even make the X visible on the ad that is the very first thing you see you have to make it seem like the whole app cost $70+ that’s SO SLEEZY. I almost removed BetterMe rig hey there but I want a good meditation app so we’ll see if these meditation exercises are any good. My advice if you want to actually help people stop behaving like a bank.

by Littlegreenspider

Has potential to be a good tool for me to use. My advice to the company is to not overload the user with FOMO flash offers and deals so early on (twice in my first 12 hours). This turned me off of BetterMe so much the first time I used it I didn’t touch it for over a year. Just let them get a taste of BetterMe first before slamming them with deals.

by Dmkvin

With all the deep breathing, I yawned so much that I missed some of the dialog! But I do feel more relaxed. Looking forward to day 2! I

by MariCuuh

Honestly I love everything about BetterMe!
It definitely helps with anxiety, fear, depression, etc. I also love how it teaches you how to meditate! The short stories & sounds when you can’t sleep actually help me fall asleep. As well as the guided breathing techniques. This is a WELL designed app & I truly feel like it is saving & changing my life!
Thank you so much🙏🏾

by ChloeJade

I was skeptical of BetterMe at first because I didn’t believe that an app could help me learn how to meditate. Hm, honestly, I’m glad I was wrong))
There are so many options, and it’s extremely easy to filter what you need, from how you feel to whether or not you want music, a male voice or a female voice or just music and what kind.
The guided meditations (on the phone app, at least) are geared towards different focuses, such as Anxiety",, "Deep Sleep", “Stress” etc. I found these to be really helpful when I first started learning how to meditate last year, especially the "Deep Sleep" one. This particular guided meditation helped me calm my mind before going to bed each night, which led to incredibly restful nights that left me very refreshed and energetic in the morning.
I highly recommend it because of its incredible nature sounds, ambient music for falling asleep and simple interface. One downside though is that BetterMe sometimes has glitches which annoy me a little. 4/5

by Jenni Foster

BetterMe changed my whole life, and how I view this world! Seriously! This is the best thing that happened to me. I don’t know what I would do without it, and whether I would be here right now. It is a lifesaver! I was having a rough time when I stumbled upon BetterMe. Although I was skeptical about it, I downloaded it because at that point I could use anything, literally anything. I have talked to a therapist, and my friends, and mom, and nothing helped. I stumbled upon BetterMe and decided to give it a try. The first week I didn’t see any changes. I was thinking of giving up, and telling my therapist that it didn’t work, but something about me feeling a little more relaxed that made me want to keep trying. And I'm glad I did! I can't even express how good it felt when I finally managed to relax completely. It’s like I was in a bathtub filled with boiling glue, and then just jumped onto a light and fluffy cloud – that is how it felt to finally set myself free from all those problems and haunting thoughts. I began to notice how beautiful nature is, and how good it felt to have fun with friends or be near people who love and support me. I began to notice all that and appreciate it. I don’t know if I would have done it without the help of meditation, but what I do know is that it has changed me, and I am very grateful for that!

by Air & Sea

The layout of BetterMe is great because it highlights, very subtly, the tangible benefits of meditation. The best evidence is in the Journey portion of BetterMe where it provides various, multi-day, guided meditations that are goal specific. They are current and thoughtful, I feel like every one should see a meditation journey that has a relevant and significant subject. Most people, if I had to guess, would know the benefits of meditation regarding stress-management and accomplishing rest. Although both those things may be true I feel like it also turns people away from meditation because realistically you always want to keep on keepin’ on and meditation seems like a time out. Now with BetterMe I can understand how meditation is useful to accomplishing your long term goals and how incorporation to our lives can feel natural vs. prioritized and not just as a decompression method. Meditation is as supplemental for the productive person moving towards their goals as it is for the unbalanced person needing to regroup. All you have to do is listen to the guided meditations that are not too long and do not require your attention for unreasonable amounts of time. The fall asleep in under 3 minutes meditation honestly worked and I didn’t even realize until mid-way through my day. BetterMe will most likely make me like the baddest of the bad like namaste out of my face if you aren’t with it.

by Brn2shop

BetterMe is a real lifesaver. I’m sure that everyone has a period in their life when everything seems like it’s falling apart and there is nothing you can do about it. Well, that is basically what my life has been like since middle school. I am really bad at managing stress and stressful situations, so I find myself worrying a lot and always have a lot on my mind. My friend recommended that I should try meditation and that it would help me relax. I tried it a couple of times, but I just couldn’t relax completely. My thoughts kept racing around in my head and I became frustrated that I couldn’t just let go. I felt discouraged because if I couldn’t control my own thoughts, how could I control my own life?

When I stumbled upon BetterMe, I decided to give my meditation practice another try, and it worked. It worked because I realized that you can’t control your thoughts and you should never try to. What you do need to do is to accept them and accept yourself. BetterMe helped me realize what I needed and helped me completely relax for probably the first time in my life! I wanted to share my experience so that if you are going through the same thing, I highly recommend you download BetterMe, and trust it and let it guide you! Everything will get better, and I hope that you will love it as much as I do!

by HRahFhjfjaajajggj

amazing

by Stmelissa

You changed my life thank you

by Sarah._.u

i literally just did one meditation and i already feel amazing like no joke like y’all are sleeping on BetterMe it’s amazing.

by KACCHAN SIMP

BetterMe helps me become more optimistic, and helps me with stress. Even just for meditation when I feel like it!

by Lovey Potato

I have been going through a lot and once I got BetterMe my life has changed I love it

by Sarah Sheri

Excellent!

by Jojolywa

FOR THOSE TRYING TO CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION!!! GO TO YOUR DOWNLOAD CONFIRMATION EMAIL AND CLICK THE LINK TO REVIEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION AND FROM THERE SCROLL ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM AND CANCEL.

I downloaded BetterMe based on multiple ads I had seen for it on multiple platforms. I saw that (astonishingly) it had a quite high rating and decided I could trust it.

Don’t trust it.

Not only does it not have anything I saw in the ads but almost immediately they ask you to sign up for a free trial and to be charged a week later for 100 bucks. BetterMe isn’t even worth that to be frank. When I realized that I most definitely did not want to pay that amount or even use BetterMe at all I frantically searched for a way to cancel. When looking through the reviews they are very sketchy with their responses. The way they tell you to chancel your subscription doesn’t work with free trials. Thank god someone else figured it out and put it in a review. That is why I have put it in all caps at the top to hopefully help someone else. Overall, BetterMe was supposed to help with anxiety and stress yet it did the complete opposite.

by GregH1229

I never write reviews, but this apps “feedback” button was broken so I’ll put my issues (other than that glaring one) here. First, BetterMe says it can “cure depression” with just a few meditation sessions? Not only is that wrong, it’s offensive to anyone who suffers with the lifelong challenge of depression. Second, there are other word-choice issues. In the three minute sleep meditation, the narrator says “imagine clouds so close they’re obstructing your breathing” ... why would you build an app designed for anxious people who can’t sleep and tell them to imagine something obstructing their breathing? How does that help anyone calm down? Just really thoughtless choices of words throughout BetterMe.

by Jhfygfsfg

I purchased this and immediately cancelled the free trial. First off, what is the point of free trial if you’re only limited to the inhaling and exhaling bs. I could not try Any other features and instead just got a “Oops. No data received.” Also it took a while to figure out how to cancel the subscription and it seems to me that a lot of other people have been having the same problem. I received an email regarding the free trial and was able to cancel it through the email in case any of you were wondering. With that being said, you need to be more clear with the instructions. Maybe then you wouldn’t get so many frustrated customers.

by Dhskals

How do you delete without getting charged????? I have read the reviews and responses on steps to follow to unsubscribe but since I am still on the free trial it doesnt give me the option to opt out. I want to delete BetterMe on my phone but scared ill be charged if I dont properly cancel the subscription.

I have gone to the website you have posted on other peoples reviews and that doesn’t work because it doesn’t show up in my subscriptions. Please cancel it I cannot afford to get charged

Waste of time and energy. I have been in touch with Apple support, hopefully app will get shut down or be changed, as cancelling the subscription is impossible and the website they give you to cancel doesn’t help at all

by Arodmulaaa

Almost immediately after I started using BetterMe, I realized multiple typos and grammatical errors, even just in the first questionnaire when you first open BetterMe . Then, once you answer the initial questions, a page about paying for the subscription pops up but doesn’t clarify what you would get with the subscription nor does it provide you with any other option besides the $120 subscription. No ability to close out the window, no free trial option, just ‘continue’. I wouldn’t even want the free trial seeing as how they can’t even spell things right on BetterMe and have a shady way of getting you to use BetterMe (agree to a $120 subscription with minimal details or free trial option).

by MarciePeppermints

I downloaded BetterMe because it’s free and looks great, but they tell you how much it’s going to cost to actually use it. I don’t know if it decided on a subscription for me on its own or not, but I had better not see any charges anywhere down the road! It says it can be canceled in the iTunes store, but I don’t see any such option being listed there.

I can’t help but wonder if this is just a way to swindle people. Shame on BetterMe makers, and shame on the iPhone people who allowed this into the listings! I give no stars for this. The only reason I give it one star is because apparently you can’t write a review without stars.

by GrammyYiaYia

I feel that fraudulent practices are in play with BetterMe, and it may be a good App - but it’s not $120/year App. I was trying to explore BetterMe , and suddenly I’m charged with a year’s subscription. It was not until I frantically tried to cancel BetterMe that lower cost levels of service were revealed. Okay, I’m desperate enough to sleep, I’ll pay the very high price of $2.99 for a supposedly 7 day free trial.

When the money had not been refunded to my bank account, I wrote for a refund. In a Nanosecond, I was told “no” and referred to Legal. I tried again. AT LEAST OWN UP TO RAPING ME AND HAVE A PERSON LOOK AT THE PROBLEM! So now I will have to go through my bank and the added expense of stopping payment on BetterMe.

DO NOT DOWLOAD THIS “FREE” APP BECAUSE IT IS NOT FREE!!! AND I WILL MAKE IT MY MISSION TO BLACKBALL BetterMe UNTIL I GET AN APOLOGY AND MY MONEY BACK.

by BellsNWhistles

BetterMe looks amazing! The layout and design is absolutely beautiful, it feels like it invites you in when you open BetterMe . However, the voice of the instructor sounds robotic and forced. I couldn’t focus on what was being said because it sounded awkward. Considering that you have to focus on what’s being said in a guided meditation, this would be difficult to focus on.

(Update)

I really like how much is offered through BetterMe but I don’t know why the meditation pauses when my screen turns off. I don’t want to kill my battery by keeping my screen on the whole time and I don’t like using my phone when meditating, so constantly waking up my phone to get the meditation to play is not something I’m interested on doing. I’ve updated my app but that doesn’t seem to help.

by Little Vamp

I like the different specific types of meditation they go into depth with like - depression and smoking etc to help with meditation and I enjoy the male voice a lot for the quick lessons. And that’s coming from someone who isn’t a fan of male voice meditation, but the female voice is super robotic to me which puts me off not wanting to finish the journey meditations which is a super shame. Maybe they can have an option of switching male and female voices ? I have many apps for meditation on my phone and I wish I could find one like that. So over all I’d say 3/5. Nice categories and specific attributes but semi irritating female voice actors. Honestly with how specific they are in categories alone I’d pay for the subscription but it doesn’t sit well with the voice acting.

by Rip12345663

Hi
I have suffered from serious depression for about 6 years now. I also have c-ptsd and suffer from flashbacks and panic attacks. BetterMe, combined with therapy and al-anon has seriously changed my life. I am learning how to meditate. It really makes me feel so safe, and calms my anxiety. I have been working on the anxiety course and I have worked on the fourth day for a few days because it is so beneficial to my life and really puts a little pause in my day, especially when my thoughts won’t stop running wild. :) the only complaint I have is that there is no option to change the voice on BetterMe . I really would love to use the sleep course and the story telling but a lot of the men’s voices trigger flashbacks. I just really think if there was an option to hear a male OR a female for the guided meditations and stories, it could be a better experience for people with ALL disorders :) thanks again and please keep my bit of feedback in mind when updating or changing BetterMe :)

by Cashlete.dae

I love BetterMe I’m going through a lot right now and way recently diagnosed with a couple of disorders. Ive been refusing medicine because I don’t want to depend on them I only use them whenever it gets really bad, but I’m the mean time I’ve been trainings my mind and soul to think and feel positive thoughts. I use it first thing in the morning and last before I sleep to unwind my day. Btw I’m 21 in college and full time student with a boutique, BetterMe is great for ANYONE! Everyone! (If that helps)

by Don't Do Free Trial

I signed up for the free trial, but I got charged even though I cancelled and my free trial doesn’t expire until May 14. However I contacted Apple and they have helped me with this. It would be great if this could be fixed but not from BetterMe ‘s end. Because the developers have said many times that they are in no way in charge of payment, be more mindful when giving star ratings! They are trying their best and I am pretty sure their meditations are great.

by Arianna..king

So I never write reviews...but I felt this one needed a review from myself. I just downloaded BetterMe and I tested out the breathing technique for anxiety. I am in love. I currently feel so relaxed and at ease. I will be purchasing the full app. I was skeptical at first, knowing some apps aren’t really what they say they are. I can feel the results of just one small session. Thankful for BetterMe. Life can get hectic and chaotic at times, so it’s very helpful to be able to have an app handy when feeling anxiety.