AmpMe – Speaker & Music Sync Reviews

by Guece

I was excited to use AmpMe when I saw an advertisement on IG. So I went to AmpMe Store to download it and try it out, I had to do a double take when I saw the subscription of $9.99 ... per week. That’s pretty much $40 a month, that’s $480 a year. Unless AmpMe is making me money, I don’t see a reason to get AmpMe and commit to a subscription of almost $500 a year, on top of my $1000 cell phone bill, on top of my other bills. If it was a one time charge, it might be different. If this was free, I would definitely download it. I would use it regularly and tell my friends to download AmpMe . I’ll be looking forward to an app that offers this service for a better cost and possibly free.

by Shadycarp

Sort reviews by Most Recent and check out the interesting pattern that the glowing reviews all have: a barely comprehensible sentence or two about how great AmpMe is (in poor English), something to the effect of “I love you guys!” or “You guys are awesome!” and then 1-3 emojis. Really disgusting that this company is not only charging out the wazoo for their app, but they’re also deceptively stuffing their reviews with fake 5-star ratings. I’m furious about this; I actually READ REVIEWS and use them to judge whether I should buy AmpMe or not. What this company has done subverts the entire purpose of reviews and is utterly disgusting. They, and AmpMe, should be removed from AmpMe Store. I’ll be making a complaint to Apple ASAP.

by Presty7898

Probably the worst music app I have ever downloaded. Literally the only reason I got AmpMe was so that I could play music on my Bluetooth speaker and my sound bar to get surround sound. The user interface is confusing, they force you to convert chrome to their layout to be able to use it on pc, auto sync doesn’t work if you have a speaker connected to your phone and they won’t even list it as a device after using sync, which means that you will have to restart AmpMe to listen on your speaker, which undoes all the work you went through to figure out how to sync your devices. I tried to sync them using my computer, but it’s not automatic, instead the delay goes up and down in increments of ten which makes it basically impossible to get it perfect in a space as small as mine. During the point where I tried to sync my devices using my pc, AmpMe crashed my internet. All of this, and they want 9.99 a week? You don’t even allow me to just stream whatever I already have playing on my phone! Instead, I have to select which app I want to play out of the ones they have selected, none of which I have music saved on...

by Jangle123

Not only does it take 10 minutes to sign up and verify your account, but you also have to sign into every music streaming service you want to use...and so does everyone else. After 15-20 minutes of the 4 of us linking accounts, finding passwords and attempting to sync up some music we got an error every single time we tried to play music. After a while it even just muted the music coming out of my phone (host) and just stopped playing all together. The interface is not terribly easy to navigate and understand what’s going on.
A 1) open invite 2) join party 3)sync phones 4) have host pick a song and enjoy
Kind of thing would have been nice, at least for new users. After several “successfully synced” messages we still never got it to work and eventually gave up. What we thought was a good substitute to our BT speaker dying on the beach turned into a frustrating waste of 20 minutes. GREAT idea, disappointed in result. Especially after seeing all the ads portraying its simplicity and fast setup.

P.S. We were all using new iPhone 10s so its not like the equipment is to blame.

by Angered Ladg

I had the worst experience ever. I spent so long trying to sign into my music account and the AmpMe had me answer 17 about if I was a robot. After clearing AmpMe to try again it made me pay so I deleted AmpMe and got it again only for it not to let me play any of the songs I wanted. It did not have all of the music apps so to make it work I had to make a bunch of fake ones
And the they did not let me play music. I am so frustrated and angered. Me and my friends were just trying to hang out. Don’t get AmpMe unless you plan to pay bc that’s the only way you can actually use it. Never again will I use AmpMe and I have already deleted it. I am disgusted at how much time AmpMe took up😡😡

by Natel4545

First of all most portable speakers offer a better quality sound than three of your friends pairing your phone together. If your portable speaker dies, is it worth paying $10 a week per person to pay for a subscription? The answer is hell no! Who wants to paid $40 a month for a stupid app you’ll hardly ever get to enjoy, because at the end of the day how many of your friends are going to subscribe to something they may never use again for $10 a week? When you download AmpMe you get a free week but are automatically charged $10. The marketing/advertising is terrible, the functionality and accessibility are terrible, the deceiving cost is terrible, but the idea itself is something plenty of us have thought of before. “Oh wouldn’t it be cool to pair our phone and play louder music?” It sure would, for a one time payment of say $1!

by Fghujgffg

AmpMe will go viral if you guys remove subscriptions and do one time purchases in the range of $2.99-$4.99. AmpMe is designed for groups of people to use and expecting groups of people to all subscribe is outlandish and prevents the viral spread of AmpMe. No one at a party is gona download this and subscribe. It’s an immediate turn off. People wouldn’t think twice about a one time purchase though. I’ve been in countless situations since this apps launch where many people would have bought it as a one time purchase but I currently don’t know ANYONE who uses AmpMe and I have a feeling it has something to do with subscriptions. AmpMe relies on multiple people subscribing and I find that counterintuitive because the more people you have willing to spend that money the more likely they are to just all pitch in on a speaker... why have 5+ people all subscribe when you can start to buy speakers in that price range???Also if you guys want more money to develop AmpMe why would you do subscriptions that would turn away millions of dollars worth of one time purchases? I’m not sure how much you guys make from your subscriptions but I do know it’s preventing an exponential increase of popularity amongst your app and I really find it hard to imagine your subscriptions are making up for the money that you would make off one time purchases

by Mega Motion

Speakers exist for a reason and would be cheaper than your horrific in app purchases. Not to mention far more effective. Also PLEASE fire whoever is in your marketing team for some of the cringeworthy and horrific ads i have ever seen. Your undoubtable attempt to appeal to younger generation is horrific with attempts at making memes out of an already horrible advertisement. Be ashamed for a terrible product and an even worse way of marketing it. For those who haven’t seen these advertisements allow me to give you a generic breakdown. The video starts off with a girl close up and offbeat cringe twerking into a small speaker on a table that then falls into a pool. (OH NO) The video then pans to a group off girls all in bikinis giving off a skin sells product kind of vibe so strong it’s undeniable. Its a true cringeworthy spectacle you truly need to see to believe for a product I tried and deemed pointless.

by Cashaudionet

This could be a good app, but the morons who are in charge of their ad campaign must also handle their pricing. I have a side business that specializes in fake reviews, so I know fake reviews when I see them. The cost to value for AmpMe is way the heck off. Under no circumstances should anybody be expected to pay 20+ dollars for something like this. It is asinine. I’m probably going to get an auto response of something of the sort “hi, we’re sorry you did not like our app please contact our support we would love to hear your feedback, yada yada” like I said, this could be a good app but it’s young clueless developers are looking more to make money and then produce in a quality product.

by 93614TJP

Paid for premium and I’m unable to connect. This is a scam. Read the reviews. For extra credit, how many fake 5⭐️ reviews can you spot?

Update: I left a review that it doesn’t work. Developer replies with an email address to contact them. I sent them the issue. They replied and asked if I received an error (there isn’t an error). After I replied, I haven’t heard back from them. It’s now been a month. They don’t care I guess. Waste of money.

Update 2: look at the reviews. Sort them by date. Look at the names of the five star reviewers. They are clearly bot purchased 5 star reviews. Look for yourself. See a five star, look at the name. Notice anything? Looks like a real first name and junk for the last name? Notice they all come in batches at the same time? How does Apple allow this???

by PrincessMadSwag

I got AmpMe and it wouldn’t let me actually connect to anything unless I accepted the “free” 3 day trial. After 3 days it charges $10 per WEEK. That’s $40 per month. Even after I accepted the free trial we couldn’t sync up our phones. I couldn’t find anywhere on AmpMe to cancel the subscription, but there was a place to delete your account. I clicked “delete account” and it said that ALL my information would be deleted. I never even entered my credit card information plus I assumed if my account was deleted along with all my information they couldn’t charge me, however I was still charged $10 only 3 days later. I think this is a very dishonest way to try to cheat people out of their money

by Not Cins

AmpMe does not make it clear that it is an automatic subscription service. As soon as you download AmpMe which has no price range stated, you automatically confirm a weekly subscription of $9.99. It is free for a week but they automatically charge you without permission after. There was no option to pick a subscription, it was picked for you. They don’t ask if you would like to continue paying to use AmpMe after the free trial ends, they bill you without your consent. There is an obvious dishonesty towards the customer. They try to have you forgot about AmpMe so they can charge you a ridiculous price. $10 a week, that’s $40 a month! Thank god I caught it before too much damage was done. I’m taking this to Apple support to see what can be done.

by Nuggy💖

yeah, at this point, you’re just better off putting your phone into a hollow area and hoping it will amp your sound for you. (you know, how those DIY channels show you.)
AmpMe, doesn’t have very much instruction at all, and as some other people say it, they don’t know how to use AmpMe very well and it’s all just weird.
reading these reviews and checking AmpMe , i mean, you guys are doing well with 5 star reviews, but what about making the people with 1 star reviews satisfied as well? you claim the subscription helps your app, i mean there are other ways.
you do have to realize that there are some people out there who wants to have a party, use AmpMe, but can’t because they gotta tale $20 out of their parents pockets for an app they are probably not gonna touch for a while.

you kinda just download these things and forget about them in the long run.

my point is- just - put your phone somewhere in a hollow area, it will amp your sound for you. or if you got the lastest iphone or speaker, both of them will amp your sound wonderfully.

by Game Rocker85753

Okay I'm not one to write a review, but I have kinda been sitting on this for a while.

I've been using this app pretty much since it was put on the appstore. I went wild and showed all my friends every chance I got. It was the answer to the problem all my friends and I were having. And I really enjoy how much progress the developers have made over time to fine tune the auto sync and other features. What has made me use AmpMe less and less is the fact that it requires a subscription to use it. Not sure if it is a bug on my end or not, but I can't even attempt to host a party without the full page being filled with why I should buy the subscription. If I edit that then I can't host a party unless I deleted and reinstalled AmpMe . Then it would only let me host on the first instance I opened it before doing the premium thing again. Aside from the outrageous subscription, this is an awesome app and unless something can be done to help remedy that, I will be finding an alternative or making my own.

by MEGANkDAqUEEN😍

So this is a really great app to get pumped up with some friends over in a room or something but first of all. It REALLY drains your battery and you can’t turn off your phone or it won’t work. They also need better instructions because at first it’s really hard to find the live thing and you have to pay sometimes. Otherwise it’s really fun and it can connect to other apps to play music!

by Sydster568

AmpMe is so great!! It helps me and my friends make our music loud let just off of our iphones. One problem with this is that it really drains your battery. It also doesn’t help that you can’t use AmpMe while having your phone turned off. Also- AmpMe also needs better design and directions because it’s kind of difficult to use. Other then all of this I find it a HUUUUGE help! Thanks a lot!

Thanks for the response. What’s difficult is that we can’t use AmpMe with our phones off. It also glitches sometimes. Like the music will stop and start a lot. There’s a lot of pop ups that are kinda annoying as well. Once you get used to AmpMe it gets a little easier to use.

by Chanc3steeler

I download AmpMe with this idea in my head that you could sync multiple phones together to play the same music and low and behold here it is ! And it really does work ..my ONLY one complaint that’s stopping me from using AmpMe more often is that you can’t stream your Apple Music library and that’s a huge blow to me ..especially being that I’m part of the Apple ecosystem and being that AmpMe is on AmpMe Store ...I really hope with a new update that can be addressed ..besides that ..it delivers on everything it sought out to be

by Nnittoli

AmpMe is fantastic. It's a huge step in the right direction and syncing speakers is great but they mislead you a bit. You CAN'T stream music from one device to multiple Bluetooth enabled speakers. Technically, you can control the music to multiple Bluetooth speakers from one device but each Bluetooth speaker needs its own host app or device to enable multiple speaker playback.

Example - 1 Bluetooth speaker needs an iPhone or app to enable playback on 1 speaker. 2 Bluetooth speakers require 2 iPhones or devices running AmpMe to have multiple speakers play music through them.

They don't do a good job explaining that and AmpMe doesn't either. Knowing that information - AmpMe is pretty awesome.

by FC2535

Take this technology to the next level by allowing me to access at least 3 different bluetooth enabled devices. Nobody uses boomboxes anymore and have at least 3 bluetooth devices near them at all times. Like dish network allows you to access as many tvs as are in your home with the same programming. If bluetooth cant do this than use live streaming and make me the director of my choice in music. please... this service aint worth the money if i cant use it like i want to use it. Dont go out of business....

by Vinnythemortician

I can’t tell you how many times I have wished that I could just connect three or 4 phones together and play audio simultaneously! Finally AmpMe exists and it works pretty well. The only small qualm I have and it’s totally understandable but it’s that sometimes the syncing time takes just a little long and I could see it creating awkward silences during a party environment. Hopefully that can be worked on and optimized in future versions. I also wouldn’t mind seeing a feature that was mentioned in another review where guests can press a Please Skip button where the host is notified that so many people would like to skip this song. Otherwise AmpMe is fantastic!

by Lycos320

A simple app, does the job, gets it right, expect for one thing, the price.

I am a marketing major undergrad (attending Texas A&M Commerce) ive learned a lot about business models and price models. One thing I can say for a fact is this,

Ludicrous prices can really hurt a businesses bottom line. It’s price is too high, you may need to hire a marketer to help with setting a correct price to maximize your profits based on expense, supply, demand etc... it’s not hard honestly, believe it or not Walmart makes billions not from setting high prices but from selling low, yes low. Trust me you’ll make more, you'll be able to spend more to improve AmpMe this way, trust me it works. Don’t spam ads, just work on pricing and your consumers with do the marketing for you.

I hope y’all take this as constructive criticism and work on improving your business and price model as a whole.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

TLDR; price is too high, cuts into bottom line. Lower price = more revenue, more paying customers, more app investment.

by Knobody510

Arranged reviews by “most recent” and saw 20 five⭐️ reviews in a row...all from 6hrs ago...sandwiched in between a bunch of negative reviews. Scrolled more & ran into another bunch of five⭐️s. It’s easy to pick out the fakes, bc the developers actually respond to the real five⭐️s thanking the reviewer. It’s sad bc Amp Me was receiving plenty of legit five⭐️ reviews before they decided to adopt the subscription model.

The subscription model used by AmpMe (like many others in recent years) is ludicrous. If I subscribe to a magazine, newspaper, streaming service, etc... I’m receiving brand new content monthly, and even daily in some cases. That is not the case with these photo, music(sharing), note-taking, etc... apps adopting this strategy. I’d gladly pay a 1 time fee for apps like this. It’s ridiculous to expect people to pay monthly. It means one could pay your subscription fee for 2 years and decide to cancel...at which point they’d be out of (at least) $200 and still not be able to use the service moving forward. Even more ridiculous is for users to expect to be in a room full of others who signed up for this subscription. I’d pay up to $10, one time for AmpMe...& I bet many others would too. Then again, maybe all of those fake reviewers subscribed & u guys are raking in the cash!😕

by Linepavivo

I don't listen to the radio in my car, I prefer my own music. After using this for a while I figure it's worth a review. One thing that's definitely very handy aswell is that I don't have to disconnect my phone, my friends can just add music to my private party playlist. Which is great because then i don't have to pull over to type in my password and disconnect from the BT so that they can connect. Potentially a lifesaver... Just saying.