{"data":{"items":[{"id":"d43a1ebe-20c0-4e6c-afaa-77bbbfb3187d","excerpt":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — Deceptive - Only allows one VERY minimal lesson before prompting you to pay $9.99 per month to progress. I hit their pay wall in under 3 minutes. Also received an achievement award for ”completing” more than 5 lessons in a day. I'm sorry, but I literally just touched the ONLY button on ","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getmimo&hl=en","role":"pain","weight":1.1093869,"occurredAt":"2018-11-03T23:11:03.000Z","sourceKey":"googleplay_global","sourceName":"Google Play (US storefront)","credibility":0.7,"venue":"Google Play US/Course platforms","intent":"feature_request","painScore":0.7,"sentiment":-1,"confidence":0.65258056,"matchedPatterns":["wish","paying_monthly","product:Mimo"],"statement":"I wish I had read the reviews, instead of relying on the 4.5 star rating.","title":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming","body":"Deceptive - Only allows one VERY minimal lesson before prompting you to pay $9.99 per month to progress. I hit their pay wall in under 3 minutes. Also received an achievement award for ”completing” more than 5 lessons in a day. I'm sorry, but I literally just touched the ONLY button on the screen in order to continue through the introduction. So how are those \"lessons”, much less 5 of them? I wish I had read the reviews, instead of relying on the 4.5 star rating. Uninstalled.","authorHash":"e86eee9bdbfc6ed05c503d1de5aabfcb","rating":2,"offTopic":false},{"id":"0db26124-5652-4b1a-9f6a-0b6e2b724383","excerpt":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — The phone app is spotty. If I'm in the middle of a lesson and minimize the app it will more times than not, reset my lesson. There's also this spazzing out that occurs when I'm just trying to delete code or to navigate to another line which constantly happens and is extremely frustratin","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getmimo&hl=en","role":"pain","weight":1.0741956,"occurredAt":"2026-03-30T22:07:28.000Z","sourceKey":"googleplay_global","sourceName":"Google Play (US storefront)","credibility":0.7,"venue":"Google Play US/Course platforms","intent":"problem_report","painScore":0.88,"sentiment":-1,"confidence":0.5713807,"matchedPatterns":["frustrating","product:Mimo"],"statement":"There's also this spazzing out that occurs when I'm just trying to delete code or to navigate to another line which constantly happens and is extremely frustrating.","title":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming","body":"The phone app is spotty. If I'm in the middle of a lesson and minimize the app it will more times than not, reset my lesson. There's also this spazzing out that occurs when I'm just trying to delete code or to navigate to another line which constantly happens and is extremely frustrating. The biggest con though is that pro is not valid for your desktop. You gotta pay even more money for that. edit down to 1 star now because it's giving adds while im in pro.","authorHash":"eacff9a62175714f8605786f6a8ee595","rating":1,"offTopic":false},{"id":"fe1a1a55-6597-4ca7-89af-9eb03a408ec3","excerpt":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — FALSE ADVERTISING AS FREE APP!!! — THIS APP IS NOT FREE ANYMORE!! I used to use this app everyday but now it is mandatory to pay for premium if you want to code for more than 5 minutes. They got rid of the heart system which let you go until you ran out of hearts and now each mini lesso","url":"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1133960732?see-all=reviews","role":"request","weight":0.52646667,"occurredAt":"2026-09-03T19:40:00.000Z","sourceKey":"appstore_global","sourceName":"App Store (English storefronts)","credibility":0.72,"venue":"App Store US/Course platforms","intent":"recommendation_request","painScore":0.06,"sentiment":0.5,"confidence":0.49666667,"matchedPatterns":["recommend","solution:app"],"statement":"I already uninstalled and recommend you do not use this app unless your are willing to pay for premium.","title":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — FALSE ADVERTISING AS FREE APP!!!","body":"THIS APP IS NOT FREE ANYMORE!! I used to use this app everyday but now it is mandatory to pay for premium if you want to code for more than 5 minutes. They got rid of the heart system which let you go until you ran out of hearts and now each mini lesson is locked with a “key” that you have to pay money to keep attempting lessons. I already uninstalled and recommend you do not use this app unless your are willing to pay for premium.","authorHash":"edd65aff51a9d37d6527aac02f24ed80","rating":1,"offTopic":false},{"id":"df18723a-4f8c-4df2-adc8-4cc65093ddbf","excerpt":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — This free app is a sample to see if you might be interested in the actual premium paid app. Open it and select your course, get asked if you want a 7-day trial of the premium version, then if you select \"no\" end up at the very beginning of a starter course (instead of what was selected)","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getmimo&hl=en","role":"pain","weight":1.0235956,"occurredAt":"2019-03-06T15:54:29.000Z","sourceKey":"googleplay_global","sourceName":"Google Play (US storefront)","credibility":0.7,"venue":"Google Play US/Course platforms","intent":"problem_report","painScore":0.91,"sentiment":-1,"confidence":0.5359139,"matchedPatterns":["terrible","product:Mimo"],"statement":"All-in-all this app is useless as a free app if you have any experience at all.","title":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming","body":"This free app is a sample to see if you might be interested in the actual premium paid app. Open it and select your course, get asked if you want a 7-day trial of the premium version, then if you select \"no\" end up at the very beginning of a starter course (instead of what was selected) that is five clicks away from completing the \"bite-sized lesson\" with nothing else to do until a new lesson opens up the next day. All-in-all this app is useless as a free app if you have any experience at all.","authorHash":"e86eee9bdbfc6ed05c503d1de5aabfcb","rating":2,"offTopic":false},{"id":"5495ce9c-cb0b-4f0e-aaf7-6255016b9a33","excerpt":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — Unfortunately, the app ended up just wasting my time. As countless other reviews will tell you, there is no way to see how good the content actually is before paying. You learn nothing with the 'free' content and immediately have to pay afterward. They really need more lessons or a week","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getmimo&hl=en","role":"pain","weight":0.86611646,"occurredAt":"2018-10-14T16:10:28.000Z","sourceKey":"googleplay_global","sourceName":"Google Play (US storefront)","credibility":0.7,"venue":"Google Play US/Course platforms","intent":"problem_report","painScore":0.45,"sentiment":0.5,"confidence":0.5973217,"matchedPatterns":["waste_of_time","product:Mimo"],"statement":"Unfortunately, the app ended up just wasting my time.","title":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming","body":"Unfortunately, the app ended up just wasting my time. As countless other reviews will tell you, there is no way to see how good the content actually is before paying. You learn nothing with the 'free' content and immediately have to pay afterward. They really need more lessons or a week or something of free access to let people determine if they like it or find it useful.","authorHash":"e86eee9bdbfc6ed05c503d1de5aabfcb","rating":1,"offTopic":false},{"id":"c15bea49-ab22-4fb0-a24e-98fe43bdf9c7","excerpt":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — A quick tutorial to get you started. Then it hits you with a subscription needed to actually take any lessons. You don't get a feel for the program before they want to charge you. Don't waste your time. EDIT: Installed again. Made it to the first \"code challenge\", won't let me do anythi","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getmimo&hl=en","role":"pain","weight":0.73215216,"occurredAt":"2024-04-17T03:33:14.000Z","sourceKey":"googleplay_global","sourceName":"Google Play (US storefront)","credibility":0.7,"venue":"Google Play US/Course platforms","intent":"other","painScore":0.4,"sentiment":-1,"confidence":0.52296585,"matchedPatterns":["product:Mimo"],"statement":"Don't waste your time.","title":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming","body":"A quick tutorial to get you started. Then it hits you with a subscription needed to actually take any lessons. You don't get a feel for the program before they want to charge you. Don't waste your time. EDIT: Installed again. Made it to the first \"code challenge\", won't let me do anything. Just says tap the code to start, unable to get it to do anything other than try to continue without a solution. You lose a heart (you get x amount unless you pay for the subscription), and fail the challenge.","authorHash":"ca1d34a9e76f7a15e4f070a9063a4a71","rating":1,"offTopic":false},{"id":"cdc640ad-926b-43f8-b974-99a6c72d6e5a","excerpt":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — Do NOT pay for this — Reading some reviews I see people saying that this is the BEST app for learning code n stuff but this is false, the monthly subs ruin it and is an inferior learning tool to Kahn academy (a free to use website with 10x the content) which all it requires is a sign up","url":"https://apps.apple.com/au/app/id1133960732?see-all=reviews","role":"request","weight":0.39688888,"occurredAt":"2017-01-08T15:16:43.000Z","sourceKey":"appstore_global","sourceName":"App Store (English storefronts)","credibility":0.72,"venue":"App Store AU/Course platforms","intent":"other","painScore":0.044444446,"sentiment":-0.11111111,"confidence":0.38,"matchedPatterns":["product:Mimo"],"statement":"Don't waste ur time here as Kahn Academy is a free to use service with much higher quality:)","title":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — Do NOT pay for this","body":"Reading some reviews I see people saying that this is the BEST app for learning code n stuff but this is false, the monthly subs ruin it and is an inferior learning tool to Kahn academy (a free to use website with 10x the content) which all it requires is a sign up to save progress and your done, it offers interactive lessons and I was creating complex games within 2 weeks in JavaScript! Don't waste ur time here as Kahn Academy is a free to use service with much higher quality:)","authorHash":"d3224272b9fbc47eb19be4c0d42b8d9f","rating":2,"offTopic":false},{"id":"97624877-576d-4d9e-9bd7-74d375a04ea4","excerpt":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — i dont like the locking of lessons behind 2 keys, the app is decent but most of the explanations it gives when you get an answer wrong are literally \"pick the other one\"..? rate limiting to 2 tiny bits of learning feels bad. very restrictive. i get it's free and all but still. I'd rathe","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getmimo&hl=en","role":"pain","weight":0.65688854,"occurredAt":"2026-03-25T00:09:10.000Z","sourceKey":"googleplay_global","sourceName":"Google Play (US storefront)","credibility":0.7,"venue":"Google Play US/Course platforms","intent":"other","painScore":0.4,"sentiment":-1,"confidence":0.4692061,"matchedPatterns":["product:Mimo"],"statement":"rate limiting to 2 tiny bits of learning feels bad.","title":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming","body":"i dont like the locking of lessons behind 2 keys, the app is decent but most of the explanations it gives when you get an answer wrong are literally \"pick the other one\"..? rate limiting to 2 tiny bits of learning feels bad. very restrictive. i get it's free and all but still. I'd rather have banner ads somewhere non intrusive and be able to use the app more.","authorHash":"afe50be880386e1b6a3f9c09fd98783a","rating":2,"offTopic":false},{"id":"9775cb7e-1c43-4643-b953-2a73527880e4","excerpt":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — Latest change from 5 lives to 2 keys per day makes the free app effectively unusable. The two daily chapters often take less than a couple mins to complete. There is no way to skip or test out of sections, no matter your level, so now you're stuck going through incredibly basic and bori","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getmimo&hl=en","role":"pain","weight":0.65627605,"occurredAt":"2026-04-01T11:15:15.000Z","sourceKey":"googleplay_global","sourceName":"Google Play (US storefront)","credibility":0.7,"venue":"Google Play US/Course platforms","intent":"other","painScore":0.4,"sentiment":-1,"confidence":0.4687686,"matchedPatterns":["product:Mimo"],"statement":"Latest change from 5 lives to 2 keys per day makes the free app effectively unusable.","title":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming","body":"Latest change from 5 lives to 2 keys per day makes the free app effectively unusable. The two daily chapters often take less than a couple mins to complete. There is no way to skip or test out of sections, no matter your level, so now you're stuck going through incredibly basic and boring 2-ch. daily max. Re material: very bite-sized and repetitive, which may or may not work for all. That said, covers the basics pretty weIl (Python). If you're a newb, the paid version might be for you.","authorHash":"ce5266788a3dc860906edd83b82d2814","rating":2,"offTopic":false},{"id":"76a0967c-6e38-48ba-9b4f-55bdbdeb5133","excerpt":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — The app taught me lots of code quickly, but review and practice were poorly organized. I was given \"practice\" problems for code I'd not yet learned. So, I was not retaining syntax, format, or detail needed to combine concepts. The regular begging for me to upgrade got old very quickly. ","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getmimo&hl=en","role":"pain","weight":0.64429504,"occurredAt":"2026-05-03T12:04:46.000Z","sourceKey":"googleplay_global","sourceName":"Google Play (US storefront)","credibility":0.7,"venue":"Google Play US/Course platforms","intent":"other","painScore":0.4,"sentiment":-1,"confidence":0.46021074,"matchedPatterns":["product:Mimo"],"statement":"Uninstalled and canceled.","title":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming","body":"The app taught me lots of code quickly, but review and practice were poorly organized. I was given \"practice\" problems for code I'd not yet learned. So, I was not retaining syntax, format, or detail needed to combine concepts. The regular begging for me to upgrade got old very quickly. The final push came as I was battling for top spot in my league. The app cut me off from doing any further lessons for the day with no option to earn or purchase further lessons. Uninstalled and canceled.","authorHash":"652a422346d7f544505eadb42f6eb398","rating":2,"offTopic":false},{"id":"a1c4a11f-49d5-4543-a495-2f1624922cda","excerpt":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — I understand the 2 free keys a day. I don't understand why the app keeps freezing, stating I'm offline (I am not) and then both not saving the lesson I completed while also using up one of my keys... as one other comment said, this is getting borderline predatory. It truly gives me no d","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getmimo&hl=en","role":"pain","weight":0.62803984,"occurredAt":"2026-07-16T20:39:03.000Z","sourceKey":"googleplay_global","sourceName":"Google Play (US storefront)","credibility":0.7,"venue":"Google Play US/Course platforms","intent":"other","painScore":0.4,"sentiment":-1,"confidence":0.44859987,"matchedPatterns":["product:Mimo"],"statement":"It truly gives me no desire to go to the paid tier because what if I do and it's still as unreliable?","title":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming","body":"I understand the 2 free keys a day. I don't understand why the app keeps freezing, stating I'm offline (I am not) and then both not saving the lesson I completed while also using up one of my keys... as one other comment said, this is getting borderline predatory. It truly gives me no desire to go to the paid tier because what if I do and it's still as unreliable?","authorHash":"1deee992ed3e20191fbb9514c7cf4cdb","rating":1,"offTopic":false},{"id":"ce4def92-9f25-49f5-a6c3-fe1163358f72","excerpt":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — Yikes. The limit of 2 lessons per day, recently instituted, makes the app terribly inaccessible, bordering on predatorily greedy. I didn't mind watching ads to continue learning more on days when I could commit more time, but now my excitement for learning something new is throttled beh","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getmimo&hl=en","role":"pain","weight":0.5972899,"occurredAt":"2026-04-09T03:57:52.000Z","sourceKey":"googleplay_global","sourceName":"Google Play (US storefront)","credibility":0.7,"venue":"Google Play US/Course platforms","intent":"other","painScore":0.2,"sentiment":-0.5,"confidence":0.4977416,"matchedPatterns":["product:Mimo"],"statement":"I didn't mind watching ads to continue learning more on days when I could commit more time, but now my excitement for learning something new is throttled behind a subscription.","title":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming","body":"Yikes. The limit of 2 lessons per day, recently instituted, makes the app terribly inaccessible, bordering on predatorily greedy. I didn't mind watching ads to continue learning more on days when I could commit more time, but now my excitement for learning something new is throttled behind a subscription. This will drive me away to one of the many other learning resources available. This greedy change reflects very poorly on an otherwise outstanding app. Consider before downloading.","authorHash":"eb23c82399a1601994886f239b577cb1","rating":2,"offTopic":false},{"id":"dc11d20d-cd84-40fc-b215-7346a0cb5e92","excerpt":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — It's a great app to start learning a little bit of code. The problem I have is certain problems arrive when answering coding questions and using their playgrounds feature. You can be typing on one line and it will shoot you down to the bottom. Essentially you can't write code in their a","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getmimo&hl=en","role":"pain","weight":0.56876546,"occurredAt":"2024-05-10T15:01:36.000Z","sourceKey":"googleplay_global","sourceName":"Google Play (US storefront)","credibility":0.7,"venue":"Google Play US/Course platforms","intent":"other","painScore":0.13333334,"sentiment":-0.33333334,"confidence":0.50185186,"matchedPatterns":["product:Mimo"],"statement":"Essentially you can't write code in their app, it's to buggy.","title":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming","body":"It's a great app to start learning a little bit of code. The problem I have is certain problems arrive when answering coding questions and using their playgrounds feature. You can be typing on one line and it will shoot you down to the bottom. Essentially you can't write code in their app, it's to buggy. Also they trick you. \"Buy our pro version to continue\" than it's \"hop onto a computer to continue\" once your on the computer it's \"buy max to continue\" which is far more expensive than the pro.","authorHash":"7996e4fe7733166e229f13baaaeca2f4","rating":2,"offTopic":false},{"id":"4e535816-ba44-4f95-a226-f4f959145c6a","excerpt":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — pretty cute and helpful for beginners. I downloaded this app to learn python from nothing, and it does a nice job of breaking down the concepts into easy to understand pieces, and the repetition here doesn't really bother me. tho I already feel myself using this as a review app compleme","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getmimo&hl=en","role":"pain","weight":0.5342258,"occurredAt":"2026-07-24T22:22:05.000Z","sourceKey":"googleplay_global","sourceName":"Google Play (US storefront)","credibility":0.7,"venue":"Google Play US/Course platforms","intent":"other","painScore":0.2,"sentiment":-0.5,"confidence":0.4451882,"matchedPatterns":["product:Mimo"],"statement":"I like the idea od the projects and additional practice, but they're locked behind a steep paywall.","title":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming","body":"pretty cute and helpful for beginners. I downloaded this app to learn python from nothing, and it does a nice job of breaking down the concepts into easy to understand pieces, and the repetition here doesn't really bother me. tho I already feel myself using this as a review app complementary to another app that offers the same + more, but for free. I like the idea od the projects and additional practice, but they're locked behind a steep paywall. the free daily practice is limited to 2 lessons.","authorHash":"7220dc5efede4eb0ddca0814a98da493","rating":3,"offTopic":false},{"id":"405eb1e1-2a10-4da3-a214-b4e1044ae27e","excerpt":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — As a software developer, I had high hopes for this app as something I could recommend for students who want to learn. Was quickly disappointed when the only accessible course without paying is HTML, which is not a programming language, but a mark up language. Sure if you want to be a fr","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getmimo&hl=en","role":"request","weight":0.5145783,"occurredAt":"2019-07-12T13:33:50.000Z","sourceKey":"googleplay_global","sourceName":"Google Play (US storefront)","credibility":0.7,"venue":"Google Play US/Course platforms","intent":"other","painScore":0,"sentiment":0,"confidence":0.5145783,"matchedPatterns":["product:Mimo"],"statement":"Was quickly disappointed when the only accessible course without paying is HTML, which is not a programming language, but a mark up language.","title":"Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming","body":"As a software developer, I had high hopes for this app as something I could recommend for students who want to learn. Was quickly disappointed when the only accessible course without paying is HTML, which is not a programming language, but a mark up language. Sure if you want to be a front end developer, or web developer you need to learn it. I can't recommend this based on the severely limited learning. There are far better and cheaper options out there. Great concept, poor execution.","authorHash":"e86eee9bdbfc6ed05c503d1de5aabfcb","rating":1,"offTopic":false}],"breakdown":[{"sourceKey":"googleplay_global","sourceName":"Google Play (US storefront)","count":13},{"sourceKey":"appstore_global","sourceName":"App Store (English storefronts)","count":2}],"total":15}}