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EndeavorOTC®: Outplay ADHD App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Never played a video game beforeI feel like I am at a disadvantage because I am older and have never played a video game. Maybe I am just bad at it lol, but moving a thumb quickly is a skill that I have never developed before now. Also steering this way is counterintuitive . Little weird. Instructions about points pop up and I am u sure if it’s about what I just did or the next one. Is this typical of video games. If this is about better hand eye coordination I will improve I guess but if it’s more about brain I will have to master the quick thumb action before I improve.Version: 2.0.0
✓ Feels bad to playThe difficulty scales with your performance, so if you establish a high baseline, the game quickly starts throwing targets at you with less reaction time than a Major League Baseball pitch. It feels bad when you do so well the game has to pull away and make you fail. Like when your father teaches you to swim by constantly backing away from you thereby breaking trust and fostering abandonment issues. The core gameplay loop starts out engaging enough, however it gets old fast and suffers the same doldrums as all other repetitive exercises for exercise’s sake. P.S. It’s not friendly design to force people to make more junk digital footprints by requiring an account and subscription just to try your “free” game.Version: 2.0.0
✓ Exacerbate your neck pain 25 min a dayGreat concept, terrible execution. The game is played by tilting the phone quickly while concentrating on the graphics. The issue is that it is meant to be played with the phone parallel to the ground and basically bending your neck over on the phone. If the phone is held in front of your face, the steering from tilting become very erratic. The in-game guide even says the phone should be held flat, not like a steering wheel. The game also recommends playing the game for 25 minutes per day. Guess what? Using smartphones in such a way for 25 min per day would absolutely wreck your neck and cause all kinds of neck problems; for those who already have one or more, one session is enough to undo everything you did the whole past week to alleviate the issues. This is the dumbest shortsightedness I've seen recently in any health app. Stay away until they fix the issue..Version: 1.1.0
✓ Not a free app.Be warned that it is not free and they aren’t upfront about the fact that it isn’t free. You are lured in by what looks like a free app that just says it has in-app purchases. You are required to make an account upon opening the app with no further info about the app. Then right after giving the company your email address to create your account, you are hit with a pay wall. Zero free content to try out at all before buying a subscription. Of course, you can start with a free trial subscription that will charge you if you forget to cancel within the trial period. And as ADHDers know, we will probably forget to cancel before the end of the trial period. They have every right to make money from their product, but they should be upfront about the cost before making people give out their personal info. This just lost my trust in the company because it feels underhanded and scummy to not be upfront that there isn’t an ad-supported free tier when people create their account..Version: 2.0.0
✓ Be cautious.I was just charged $130 after only 6 days when they say you get a week free. I was under the impression I had 7 days to cancel, not 5. This is intentionally misleading. The day even said the 24th was when I would be auto renewed however today is the 23rd. I was charged at 4pm so it’s not like it was close to midnight or anything. I will be reaching out to Apple as this is unacceptable. I’m updating my review as I have received a full refund. As someone with adhd I did notice a change after using the app after only 1 week. I must admit however I could be biased as it is the only video game I have played within the last 3 years. I will give them credit as this game did get increasingly difficult the more I played which I felt played I significant part the increase I felt in my attention and awareness. My only complaint is the $130 price tag which is billed annually. If it was half the price I would have kept it. Unfortunately $130 a year billed after a week is still too steep for me. The only alternative is $21 a month which ends up being close to double to $130 annual price. I do feel this subscription model preys on neurodivergent people as there is no reminders of the upcoming renewal. I even put it in my calendar to cancel a day before yet still was charged. If this app were free with ads I would use it every day to help my symptoms. I just can’t justify the current price tag..Version: 2.0.0
✓ Refund thingI just saw this other review and it was so validating. I thought it was my fault but I totally thought I still had time before the trial ended but it charged me $179! I reached out and they told me to contact apple, which of course didn’t work. I ended up deciding to just commit to the treatment and try and get something out of it. I don’t know if I’m getting anything out of it. The last level is the easiest. And then you’re just supposed to keep playing? On the fence about this. Would be lovely also if it were more affordable..Version: 2.2.1
✓ It is a hard sell.There may in fact be good clinical data for this torture test of focus, but the gameplay controls make it extremely unlikely that most people will stick with this over the long haul. Most of the results seem to be from 25 minutes of...this, over a long stretch of time in deference to neuro plasticity. The controls, however, muck up any works. It is both too sensitive and not sensitive enough. Perhaps let us adjust the calibration a bit? I am baffled this made it past any testing phases, it is simply terribly executed. With that said, I "feel" a benefit after racking myself on this app. But, I will not pay for it or pursue it further until adjustments are made. I am not on an island here - most complaints are about the horrendous steering of the ship, or the placements of the power zones making some movement impossible. This app should be avoided until they update it to allow for sensitivity adjustments and test further the placement and feasibility of the tracks. You should skip it until they do..Version: 1.1.0
✓ Completely predatory on neurodivergent peopleOnly gave this 3 stars to make sure people would see this review. As I feel like developers cheat the system this way and by default your ratings are seen best to worst. This app is an absolute scam. If the games here actually helped someone with adhd then why is the company so greedy? 130 after a free 5 days. No notifications which is terrible for people with ADHD. They know this if they studied this hard to “help” neurodivergence. Except this is how they scam you. You pay double if you do a month to month. How is this helping anyone except lining their own pockets. They’re not interested in helping you which is evident by their predatory mechanics on subscription plus the price points. They’re interested in scamming you..Version: 2.2.0
✓ Why make the app free if you have to pay to use it?!Listen, I understand that you guys have to make money to keep your company afloat. But please tell me, why make the app free if you have to pay for it?! That drives away people. You’d make more money having your app cost money in the AppStore since people already know that it costs money. They see a free app on the AppStore and think, “Hm, an app to help with my ADHD? Let me get it!” Then they open the app and make an account. Their thinking “Alright, let’s see what this app can do for me.” Then they get this big, fat, ugly paywall. They have to BUY the app that they downloaded for free. What’s the point of that?! You’re driving your business away! They wasted their time downloading and app just for it to cost money..Version: 1.1.0
✓ Can you read between the lines?It’s not straightforward, but start by sorting reviews by most recent so there’s no doctoring of reviews of any kind. Then note the ratings, user names, how they say things. See the trend. For positive reviews, the usernames are super random, (computer created), super Lala generic five star yay, etc. Then read the negative reviews. And you’ll be like dang, these guys are bad news bears. Calling it a medical treatment when it’s not. Using their self created promotional reviews that are not legit. Bummer that people get so money hungry that they’ll do this kinda thing. Somebody didn’t get swaddled as a baby. Who knows..Version: 1.1.0
✓ Redundant to the point of boredom.I’m only on day two of this game and there is a ton of room for improvement. Perhaps it’s my auditory/sensory issues at play here as well, but I find the same music to be irritating to the point that I don’t want to play it anymore. You’re stuck on one level for days on end and it’s boring. There is no explanation for what is going on in the “farm”, I have no idea what that’s remotely about. I find the movements to be so fast that even when I am focused, the game says I’m not. I’ve also been experiencing nausea due to the movements in the game. It’s cute at first, but roll around to the second day and I’m done. Pricing is definitely out of reach for me, and I’m certain for others as well, especially when they limit your time to 25 minutes per day. I’m giving it one more day but I’m certain I’ll cancel the trial. Gave it two starts for the Pixar like graphics and feel, other than that, you can find other games free that can probably give you the same effects as this one..Version: 1.1.0
✓ Money grabYou can not play a single thing without paying money. It takes your email address and then gives a wall that you can only move past by paying. You can only get a 7 day trial by signing up for a FULL YEAR at $130. It is tacky to advertise something to help people with a life impacting diagnosis when really you just want their money and info data to sell. This is shady. Apps like DuoLingo give a full version for free to see if the program works for you because they are confident in their content. Once you see how it fits in your life, you can choose to level up to a pro account or stay in the free zone where you have to watch ads… either way the game makers are paid… this just shows you the priorities of the teams behind the product..Version: 2.0.0
✓ FrustratingI agree with others who didn’t give high marks for the controls. If I had a handheld gaming device, Control liked in Nintendo switch or Xbox. I know I could do much better. The tilting back-and-forth starts to get tiring on the arms and the speed that the creatures jump to tap the right one starts to frustrate you as you miss them or feel close to getting the alien and then it gets far away from missing targets where you can’t catch up anymore I don’t think the effort to reward ratios are built well. And like some of the other reviews said, I felt like my adhd (if I would even call it that as I’ve never been clinically, diagnosed ) got worse out of frustrations at times. Many say This is way over priced and I def agree. If you set the price point lower, maybe more people could participate who otherwise find the subscription too much. But I guess they look at it from a clinical piin of view that if this really works it could save money over traditional therapy. I only played a few days, so I cannot give an objective response as to whether I received any noticeable benefit and I’m not going to pay over $100 post trial tp find out..Version: 2.0.0
✓ Game is difficult because of controls, not the actual game.ADHD TIP: We all know the adhd tax where you forget about subscriptions, and it is incredibly shady that this company is marketing to folks specifically with adhd then only offering a free trial on their $100+ annual plan, so if you forget you’re out a lot. However, you can cancel the subscription as soon as you sign up from your App Store profile, and you’ll still get the free trial. Do it right when you download and you won’t forget! The actual review: Look, I get being challenged, and if the controls worked correctly this game would be the right level of challenge. But the tilt-to-steer just doesn’t work right, and constantly moving a very small screen can make seeing the little creatures difficult AND finding the right spot to tap the buttons difficult. Honestly I enjoyed some of the game, but more than anything the poor function just makes me really mad when I play because even missing one or two targets will remove the lock from the creature when it takes getting many, many more than that to catch up in the first place. Missing the same level over and over and over and over because it’s so hard to steer has made some of my adhd symptoms WORSE. I’m not really willing to stick it out AND fork up a lot of money for the possibility it will maybe improve other symptoms..Version: 2.0.0
✓ Can’t even try without paying first?With all the reviewers who spent $25 or whatever for this app all saying that there are serious flaws with execution, such as controls, I’m not going to pay just to see this faulty app. Someone also said you are limited to 25 min a day. People with ADHD will surely forget to cancel the trial and get charged, so it seems like your pricing model is quite dishonest. Most apps will allow you to see what you’re getting before paying. I’m sure there are tons of free games that you can play that are based on similar mechanics, and they don’t sell you an “ADHD cure”..Version: 2.0.0
✓ Needs A Lot Of WorkI’ve been playing this game for about 3 weeks now and it’s frustrating and repetitive but the most disappointing thing is that Ive already done all the levels. I did the free trial which leads to a YEAR subscription after one week. And since I have ADHD, big surprise, I forgot to cancel. So I paid over $100 for a game that I’ve already finished. My “focus score” literally has not changed. I can see how this game does involve attention in that if my mind wanders even a little, I get way worse at it, but overall I’m not sure it helped at all. Maybe with more time but honestly I’m bored. And its a frustrating game so without any real progress or new elements, I’ve lost interest. Don’t waste your money. I only gave it two stars because I can see how it relates to ADHD. Maybe with some work and more variety it could be a good tool..Version: 2.0.0
✓ Trying to monetize us forgetting to cancel subscriptionsThis is not okay. It’s a video game. You practice skills just like any video game skills. What is happening here is that this company wants to exploit your adhd by charging you to play a video game. I downloaded it and did the free trial. Then I realized, oh yeah, because I have adhd I am less likely to remember to cancel my free trial and then then this company gets $130 from me. And I will play it for a week and forget about it. This is not how this should be done. If you want to make an app for an adhd person have a cheap monthly subscription that does not auto renew. That would be an adhd friendly app. This is just mean…..Version: 1.1.0
✓ Mentally beneficial and comes with a full body workoutI have been playing for weeks now and honestly, I'm noticing a difference with focus. The part that cracks me up is the steering. It's SO bad!! I'm moving the screen so much that I'm literally getting a full upper body workout and then because it's on my phone, a tiny screen, I can barely watch for the creatures I'm supposed to catch. My whole family laughs when I play because it's so ridiculous.😂😂😂 So, do I recommend? Maybe. Not to people who would would get really angry over poor steering and control, though. If you can laugh about that aspect, then you may just enjoy playing..Version: 2.2.1
✓ FrustratingI have a litany of complaints but I’ll stick to my main ones for brevity’s sake. Firstly, the controls are incredibly frustrating. You can’t even see the screen half the time because you have to move it back and forth so quickly. And even when you can see what’s going on, I swear there’s some lag or something, causing you to get a worse score than you should. It’s hard to improve your focus when the controls don’t work. Second, it logs you out all the time. If you’re using iPhone’s “hide my email” feature, good luck. I subscribed for the month, they logged me out, it didn’t save my credentials, and now I can’t get back in. So that was a fun waste of money. Lastly, my focus score jumped by double digits within just a few days. That’s a massive leap, but I didn’t see any improvement in my real life. In fact, I think I’m more addicted to my phone than ever. So take that with a grain of salt, because it’s purely anecdotal. But how can I try to go back and improve my score when I can’t log in? And even if I could, I can barely use the game because of the awful controls. All in all, it sounded promising, but in practice it has a long way to go before it can be considered viable and scalable. I hope whoever their up and coming competition is does their homework and uses this info for their competitive audit, because I’d like to use a product like this. I just want it to work..Version: 2.1.0
✓ No thank youI saw the ad for this on instagram and figured I would give it a whirl. I am a 37 year old woman who has had diagnosed ADHD since the age of 18. I’ve never been on meds, but lately I’ve been struggling more than usual. I signed up for the free 3 day trial and immediately cancelled it so I wouldn’t get charged the bonkers $130. I made it through the entire tutorial on how to play and I just couldn’t hang with it. The movements are entirely too fast and were making me queasy. I play video games often, but I have found that certain video games do this to me. I don’t know that I’ll be returning to this game, sadly. Bummer..Version: 1.1.0
✓ I don’t play tapping games. This is a tapping game.I paid for a month to avoid a year’s subscription since I’m prone to forget to cancel things (which I believe most companies prey on those they claim to help). The intake test was mentally exhausting and when I went to tried the play the first level, it’s the same tilting and tapping actions, which hurts my wrists and aggravates my trigger thumb. When the first level went into overdrive speed, it was most disheartening that I couldn’t keep up and even the noises sounded disappointed 😅 as if I need an app to add to my RSD 🙃 I will not be renewing the subscription..Version: 2.2.0
✓ UIMaybe something is not quite right with how my thumb conducts electricity, or maybe my hands are small, but I find it really easy to miss the “Target” button. I wish there was a way to customize the UI more, for example to put the target button in different places on the screen that would be more comfortable for people’s hands, or be able to make it bigger or smaller. Otherwise, I will keep trying. I don’t think it has made too much difference yet..Version: 1.1.0
✓ You should be furiousThis isn’t a well-researched ADHD treatment, as their adds imply. Just a temple run knockoff- an expensive hoax to take advantage of your hope that something might magically relieve your adhd symptoms. A disgusting tumor on the already pestilential ADHD tax that comes from a society not built to give us a fair chance. These lovely people decided society doesn’t provide enough abuse, and saw our suffering as an opportunity. Their pricing model is a shining example of this- try for free, and when you forget to cancel it in 6 days (because it’s trash), it’s your fault for having ADHD. They keep your money, you keep suffering. Have fun..Version: 1.1.0
✓ Subscription cost and tiers need more optionsThe subscription costs is hurting the ROI on this game. Either you pay $139 up front or $24 a month? For a new treatment? Yes, some people are paying $10, $30 or more a month for ADHD medication. But that is for proven, established treatment. No, this company is missing an opportunity to make more money by getting people in the door with reasonable subscription plans. Just think how many of us forget to cancel our $10 a month Apple Music or AppleTV subscription? Or when we think about canceling we justify the cost because it’s only $10 a month..Version: 1.1.0
✓ Not worth it! Run for the hillsThe game itself isn’t worth the $100+.. rather dump the money into the new call of duty each year. For a much cheaper price. And your focus skills are much stronger in those other games.. Something else that annoyed me. Which was my bad. Was I forgot to cancel the game after the trial. Never going to play the game and it cost over $100. Thumbs down to the owners. Instead of helping people. They’re main target is to rip them off with a cheap game. By targeting people with adhd. Offering them with a free trial (only available with the 1 year subscription) or a $25 month subscription ($300 a year) with no free trial. So of course knowing most people will forget to cancel. The subscribers almost always do the free trial. Shady business and marketing. Don’t waste your money..Version: 2.0.0
✓ You would think an app to help people w ADHD would be more transparentYou have to agree to purchase a years subscription before you even see the game or if it will work. (Although it’s written in very small tiny print - because in big bold letters they make you think you’re paying monthly) If you choose the actual monthly payment plan, you don’t get a free trial at all. Makes it very hard to trust a company that does this. Even after you purchase you don’t have full access to the game- you’re access is restricted to 25 min a day. Not even worth trying it..Version: 1.1.0
✓ Too much for thumb and handI very much like the idea of this, but using this on an ipad, even after only a few days, is causing significant carpal tunnel-type symptoms and pain in my thumb and hand. It requires intensive, repeated thumb use in an awkward way. The motion when it speeds up is also not friendly to people with vestibular issues. I’m not sure I want to pay almost $25/month for a repetitive strain injury. It’s really a shame—I can definitely see the potential of this. But I find it physically painful and difficult to do..Version: 1.1.0
✓ READ THIS IS YOU HAVE ADHDI don’t write reviews but as someone who has adhd i want to warn anyone considering this app- don’t do it. i guess it could be fun (with some improvements) as a game, but for the price they are charging for it? absolutely not. first of all, the gameplay is infuriating. the tilt to move and the little birds and the capturing creatures. i think it actually made my adhd worse. i can see the potential but right now it’s just annoying. BUT that is certainly something that can fixed to be enjoyable, because i love the concept of the game. my real issue with this app lies within the “treatment”. you play a round and they calculate your “focus score” which honestly just SOUNDS fake. then they give you a score and after another 15 games they make you take it again. that isn’t treating my adhd, it’s literally just adaptation. the more you play a game the better you get, this has nothing to do with “treating adhd”. if you want treatment honestly just talk to a psychiatrist you’ll pay about the same and have way better results. if this game was free or even just a few bucks it MIGHT be worth it, but at its current subscription price- no way. if you have adhd do yourself a favor and find something else. or do the free trial and cancel it because we all know the struggle of forgetting about a game two weeks later and still having to pay..Version: 2.0.0
✓ Good idea but boringI like the idea of using a video game to help with adhd, it makes a lot of sense, but the number one thing about adhd is we lose focus and motivation if we are bored. So why does this game make us repeat the same exact 3 levels with no decent variety 30 times in a row? I’m so bored of the game before I even get a chance to move on to the next worlds and I have no idea when or how to get to the next worlds. It feels like they made the most minimal basic game ever, but if this game is supposed to help my attention then couldn’t I just play any other better designed game that’s more entertaining and have the same effects? Or is the point that you are learning how to withstand boredom?.Version: 2.1.0
✓ Worsened my carpal tunnel and is super repetitiveThis was fun for a day and I had a really open mind - I felt I learned the game and this got better at it (as would happen with any game I suppose). I guess since I got better, the game got waaay faster. And you have to play for a loooong time to get your next focus score. So I’d sit for 25 minutes and play this mins numbingly repetitive game, I have to turn the phone a LOT in the constant sharp turns. The controls are not sensitive so the movements you have to do are large. So my wrists are all messed up now. I couldn’t continue even if I wanted to because of my wrists. But even the game - it’s cute and fun at first but when you realize that the creatures and the landscape and the music are always the same, the only difference is that it get frustratingly fast and you basically never get the satisfaction of capturing the creature again, it’s extremely hard to motivate myself to keep playing. I have a distinct feeling that a half hour jog in fresh air or a yoga practice of the same length will help my focus way more than staring at this screen and being bombarded with these repetitive graphics over and over again will ever do. Who knows. Maybe if I stuck with it and the controls were sensitive enough that my wrist wouldn’t get inflamed - maybe it would help? But I’m not going to pay $125 to find out. In fact, I think I’ll go for a run right now. It’s sunny out..Version: 2.0.0
✓ Possibly PredatoryGenuinely, if you want to charge $25 a month and have proven results why is there no trial period for this app? You want me to shell over $25 just to try this out? With a 3.9 rating on the App Store? That’s a hard sell for me. This app could be great (though doubtful given the reviews) but I would never know. Asking someone to blindly hand over that much money for 30 days of an app they don’t know will help them seems like a cash grab. For anyone who doesn’t know. Apps often charge these large fees upfront with no trial and promises of fixing your issue. They then add a free trial ONLY on the much more expensive yearly subscription in hopes you forget to cancel. This is very often predatory. They make their $25-$130, you get no benefit, and they move on to the next person willing to shell out the money. Don’t download or pay until they add a trial period on the monthly subscription so you know what you’re getting..Version: 2.0.0
✓ Not Very Forthcoming for a Supposed TreatmentI have heard about this app in multiple places. Each time I do, I feel optimistic that this app is different than other cheap dopamine drain games out there. And it might actually be all that they claim to be. However, I have questions I want answered BEFORE I sign up and send you $25 or more! The biggest one is: I have multiple family members who live in my home diagnosed with ADHD, do we each have to pay this amount? If so then how am I supposed to choose who gets to try this treatment? Because there’s no way we can pay for everyone to get this individually it’s just too expensive with all the other things we need to do to manage this impairing condition. And since you suckered me into giving you my email address I expect to have a whole bunch of junk mail coming my way. Nice!.Version: 2.0.0
✓ I don't really like it.I think the problem I'm having is that my phone makes a bad game controller for such a fast paced game. Going back and forth to catch the zigzag power zones, I have to tilt my phone quite a lot, and that makes the phone move around in my grip over time. It doesn't have handles or grips, so I'm not sure if I can fix that. Maybe I'm too old for action games; I'm 42. I don't really play mobile games, largely because of having difficulty with the controls. I like my PC. But this is only on iOS. I like the concept of this game. It's very hard and that’s frustrating, but I think I may be getting better. Which makes it frustrating again because I'm moving the phone faster as the game gets faster, and my grip on my phone is shifting. Advice for improvements: Maybe if the tilt sensitivity could be adjusted, so I could physically tilt it less and still play? Maybe I need to buy a different phone case, if one exists to make my phone more of a mobile game controller? (I wish I had loops to stick my fingers in, so I could twist it back and forth fast and still hold it.) I'm not really sure how to solve this problem; like I said, mobile games aren't nice for my hands. Another critique: if the gameplay is more of the same, zigzagging faster to catch the triangles, I think that’s going to get boring. I have ADHD afterall; things get boring fast..Version: 1.1.0
✓ Bad Rx. Definitely BU grads (Not Harvard, no way!)Read what experts say. Even in this “new” economy shocked FDA did this. If you understand health insurance…they are NOT going to approve. That’s why it says OTC. OTC’s are not always effective or they’d be real medicine…vitamins, etc So…wait until your insurance approves before buying…never! Read the Washington Post special : [ “Barkley and three other ADHD experts who reviewed Akili’s research said the firm was overpromising by implying that EndeavorRx can provide meaningful help for children struggling in school and at home with the sometimes-debilitating neurodevelopmental disorder whose symptoms include distraction, forgetfulness and impulsivity. “I’m a little shocked and more perplexed about why the FDA would approve this and allow it to be paid for by insurance,” said Mark Rapport, head of the Children’s Learning Clinic at the University of Central Florida, who has published extensive research on other brain-training programs making similar claims. “I abhor seeing desperate parents spend money based on empty promises. … On moral grounds, I think it’s wrong to tell people to get their doctors to prescribe this when it does nothing of real-world importance.” “].Version: 2.0.0
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