Mimo: Misleading In-App Purchases for Coding Apps
Users are frustrated with misleading in-app purchase practices and unexpected charges associated with the Mimo app. Many express disappointment over the app's pricing structure and functionality, feeling that it does not deliver on its promises.
12 different people have complained about this since 22 Oct 2017, most recently on 21 Sept 2026.
- “Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — Way Too Expensive.”
- “Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — In app purchases are misleading.”
- “Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — Scammers.”
12 people in 12 posts across 2 sources · demand low, pain moderate, competition low
The pain
shares of 12 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 12 people using Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming
- What goes wrong
- Doesn't work8% of posts
- Too expensive8% of posts
- How bad
- 75% of posts are complaints · pain score moderate (43/100)
- Since
- 22 Oct 2017 → 21 Sept 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 17% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint975%
- Request217%
- About price18%
Sources
12 signals · 2 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original. 2 posts were held back as off-topic; all 12 still count toward the score.
Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — Way Too Expensive I really wanted to like this app. I’ve been using it for the past 5 days and have made my way through the first section. As I got to the second section, the projects are now locked for me?? I signed up for the Pro service which is already really pricy and now I see…
Too expensiveMimo: Learn Coding/Programming — In app purchases are misleading It’s supposedly $7 per month for premium but in reality it’s $80 per year charged yearly. That’s a big difference in what’s stated compared to what’s actually charged, especially for what is essentially two chapters of beginner programming over multiple…
…first lesson I was offered 39.99 for the year with 79.99 marked out. limited to the next 2 days. after some thought I was going to buy it just for the price to change again to 59.99. very shady. I would've bought pro too and left a decent review, but obviously this company has no integrity and just wants to make as…
Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming — Scammers They basically scammed me. Offered me a free trail message saying I had 7 days trial but didn’t mention I had already used a trial in the past so they immediately charged 80 dollars and did not activate the trial. When I contacted apple they said it didn’t activate because I…
…ce that's applied. Lucky I check charges before the final acceptance. Very disappointed as the app looked so promising!
Market and score
Products already there, how the score moved, and what it is made of
Opportunity history
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How the score was measured38 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is Misleading In-App Purchases for Coding Apps a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 12 different people described it independently, in 12 mentions, the earliest from 22 Oct 2017 and the most recent from 21 Sept 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: declining — mentioned less often than before. Momentum is 33/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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