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Lumosity

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Lumosity has a rating of 2.1 stars from 241 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Lumosity most frequently mention customer service, credit card, and auto renewal problems. Lumosity ranks 1053rd among Games sites.

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Top Positive Review

“I looked over the reviews on this site about Lumosity...”

ryan b.
8/26/14

I looked over the reviews on this site about Lumosity and got to say. Please let me sale you a car. If you took 4 sec to read the billing statements before purchasing the product, you would have clearly seen what the billing cycles are, and the options if you choose not to enroll in the monthly or yearly subscriptions. Has for me, I like this product, I've tried other free apps and for the most part. They tent to be the same mathematical questions, no shapes... etc. I'm only four weeks into the service and seen improvements with my way of thinking. Now, I and hope no one expects these games to make you a genius, but should help improve daily thinking requires.

Top Critical Review

“Cancellation of games without notice”

Emily S.
1/14/21

Lumosity has over 100 million members, a lot of them, like me, signed up for the long term. That's why they can afford to cancel popular games with no explanation. I played Word Bubbles (classic) and Word Bubbles Rising almost daily, but never saw a banner indicating they were to be chopped, and they were not on the original list in the company's news flash. I believe Lumosity has done this because some of these games cannot be run without Adobe Flash, which pulled their service, and they would rather disappoint the customers than come to an agreement with Adobe. I'm very disappointed in the company, which, with this move, has proven itself to be just another business. They should at least have launched a survey to see who would be interested in having any proposed cancelled games saved. I now realise that Lumosity can simply close up shop, and lifetime members would have no recourse at all. I feel so upset it'll be a while before I return to the site. Caveat emptor!

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1 review
1 helpful vote
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December 15th, 2020

Well marketed bull$#*!. You are stuck with your genetic lottery. Playing "brain" games is stupidity. Spend your time doing crafts, reading a book, socializing or exercising with/out equipment. Doesn't that sound better than lounging on your bed and playing worthless "brain" games? A person can "act" smart, but can never be smart if it was never meant to be. Thanks to google, everyone can act smart and just like google, luminosity is making you think you are smarter by using their service. Do you really want to spend part of your life in this delusional bull$#*!? Do yourself a favor and just uninstall.

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1 review
6 helpful votes
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December 2nd, 2019

These people are crooks. The site is useless for my child so she had stopped using it for a year. Yet, suddenly there was a charge put on my credit card. When I emailed them to ask for help, a punk who was one of their so-called Customer Rep emailed back refusing to help. I then said I was going to open a dispute with my credit card company (which I successfully did get a full reimbursement from Citi Card). This punk emailed back and said, quote, "... we only issue refund to members who are DEAD". What do you think of a company whose Customer Rep says that to their customer when they ask for a refund with a LEGITIMATE reason, ie. Haven't logged in nor used the site for a year.

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2 reviews
9 helpful votes
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July 2nd, 2014

Lumosity.com - Very good. The tests are challenging and fun. Every now and then the site apps load slowly, but overall everything works perfectly. I have it on my PCs, smartphone, iPad. No issues or troubles. It's fun challenging myself. I have increased in ability. My scores have gone up. I feel more confident and I see what my strengths and weaknesses are across the board. It's easy, simple and fun!

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1 review
3 helpful votes
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February 16th, 2014

I want to use this service for one month as some game are not programmed for an IPAD. Most could not be used... I made sure no credit card information was in my profile... I quit using the service before the 30 was up... I was charged again... They said my card was on auto renew which it was not... So BUYER BEWARE

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1 review
27 helpful votes
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May 6th, 2015

This company is the pits. I have a brain tumor with increasing vision problems. I tried to close out my account. When I went through the process of ending one's subscription I had no luck following their instructions, so I sent them a note telling them I wanted to drop my account. No response, and it just happened again. My second year in a row. Trying to leave this scam of a company just feels like I'm going nowhere fast. I will persist and be a real pain in the derriere till I get some response from this company

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1 review
2 helpful votes
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January 18th, 2014

The training games often do not work lately. When you finish a game, it often doesn't give you a result or let you carry on to the next training game. Some games quit right in the middle without giving a result. Others seem to end ok, but the "continue" button doesn't work. I've complained about this numerous times, with no satisfaction. I'm ready to demand my money back.

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1 review
12 helpful votes
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October 12th, 2017

When I signed up for 1 year, they automatically signed me up for auto-renew. Auto-renew should be an opt-in only process. There is no notification that they are going to charge you, or that your subscription is renewing. An email with a one-week notice of a renewal fee would be more ethical of them.

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November 6th, 2021

Can't imagine why everyone wouldn't love Lumosity. I'm 83 and try to play every day. I see a drop in my score if I miss a day or two. It's fun and challenging. You can compare your score with others in your age group. If you are having trouble with your memory or just want to stay sharp, try it. I'm going to have my granddaughters try it tomorrow to see what they think.

Tip for consumers:
It's fabulous, entertaining and worth every penny.

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1 review
13 helpful votes
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September 3rd, 2015

Dont waste your money. This is a short series of simple brain teasers. At first its kinda fun and challenging. But it gets old after about 2-3 weeks. And by the second month, totally boring! But by then, its too late to cancel your subscription. It doesnt improve anything except their bank account. You simple become a better game player. Read the reviews at other websites. To repeat, Dont waste your money.

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1 review
5 helpful votes
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October 28th, 2013

Don't waste your money. Support is horrible, the games don't work well consistently, and there's no proof that spending the money and playing these help anyway

Email notifications haven't worked correctly for many months and support has been horrible! Now, they won't help because they say the email address I was using wasn't the same as the one on file even though I was just replying to an earlier email thread where the helpdesk and I were corresponding.

Also, the games have been messing up (especially the 'rules' game)..

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1 review
9 helpful votes
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March 9th, 2014

Its a scam
I enjoyed first two month and I stopped playing it
I paid by credit card
But they just charged me for another month without any notice or explanation!
Yeahh i was paying auto renewal... and i didn't know bout it
I can accept it coz its my fault to not read it
But They charge me extra two times exactly 2 days later after I made the payment!
They charged me on 2014.02.03 and 2014.03.03 when I made two payments on 2014.01.31 and 2014.03.01!
I heard tat they are abusing users card information and i am not alone!
So just keep away from this crap

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1 review
2 helpful votes
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December 10th, 2012

I have recently subscribed to Lumosity.com full access. I paid yearly subscription. Now I was requesting to get a full refund of the sum I paid, just for personal reasons. It is stated on the website that refundation is possible for full year subscriptions, if this is done within the first month of subscription.
However, few days have already past since my request, and still I havent heard from Lumosity team.
I am getting really mad about them, as this seems to be terrible customer service, especially considering this is a paid service.
Hence I would definitely NOT RECOMMEND this website.

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1 review
3 helpful votes
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July 10th, 2013

Having lots of fun with the kids doing the games. Most of the issues you read are customer service related. These games are much better that the alternative. You get what you pay for, if you expected to become a genius by paying $100 than you are too stupid to own a computer. If you bought this for what it is, a fun way to build some cognitive speed, you will be satisfied.

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1 review
20 helpful votes
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May 28th, 2015

I paid for a family membership but only one person was able to play even thou I played family membership. They charged my American Express twice in one month. Can not reach human at this so called company.
I called American Express and had the charges removed and talked with soemone at the fraud dept and they have blocked them from charging my account.

They claimed if you joined you would have access to other games which was also a lie!

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1 review
7 helpful votes
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January 12th, 2020

This business is so dishonest! They renewed my membership for a year without any notice, then refused to cancel and refund my money. I checked the site today to make sure they weren't trying to charge me in the new year to find that they are now charging extra for the games that were included in the basic membership when I joined! Don't ever sign up with these scam artists!

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1 review
21 helpful votes
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July 12th, 2017

BUYER BEWARE! I signed up for Lumosity a month ago. It's quite pricey when compared to other "games" so I wanted to try it out before I committed to a yearly (or longer) membership. I opted for the monthly payment and my account was debited immediately for the monthly membership amount. However, I was never allowed to access any of the games, other than the freebies, due to not being a "premium" member. I sent an email to customer service regarding the issue but they did not respond. But today they attempted to debit my bank account for another payment on a premium membership I don't have. RIP-OFF!

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2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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December 20th, 2021

You always get the same 3 games every day and never any new ones. It seems a bit boring after a while. Well, I joined Lumosity Premium and it is quite good. I improved my skills and it affected my work performance.

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1 review
66 helpful votes
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January 2nd, 2015

I'm doing this review because of Lumosity's unethical subscription renewal methods.
I subscribed in July for one month, and turned the Auto renewal off. Despite that, i got charged for a new month in August. I contact them, they apologize for the mistake and give me a refund.
I did another subscription in December and made SURE that the auto renewal is off. What happened at the beginning of January? I get charged for a new month anyway and now I have to contact costumor service again.
I think this is a deliberate act from Lumosity's side to trick people into new months subscriptions without their consent, under the impression that it was a mistake.
They misused my credit card info without my consent.
I'm not going to deal with them anymore.

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1 review
13 helpful votes
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January 8th, 2018

I have not used or have signed up for Luminosity for over three years but they were able to track down my credit card information through PayPal so they could charge me for a membership that I don't want, nor have authorized. To bad they are so desperate for money they have to use these sneaky tactics.

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1 review
28 helpful votes
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October 9th, 2014

I bought a year subscription, it was okay. I now have a career and don't have the time for it. I had totally forgotten about it. No courtesy email regarding my subscription being renewed, just all the sudden the money gone from my account. I called the bank in a panic. To lumosity's credit, I got the refund in five minutes, but... really really deceptive!

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1 review
4 helpful votes
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July 23rd, 2020

Cannot get help with a problem accessing games! Have tried many times to get an answer to a question with no solution. With a company of this size one should have to ability to contact an actual person! Extremely unsatisfactory! Games are ok but not that great?
Will cancel my subscription shortly!

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7 reviews
40 helpful votes
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April 24th, 2010

I agree with the previous review, that the site is awesome and fun, but still a bit overpriced. However if that money is really going to scientists and doctors analyzing games and improving the site, then i can deal, because the games really are fun, and while recent research has found no correlation between brain games and increased IQs, I feel like my math skills and reflexes have improved from their games.

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1 review
9 helpful votes
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February 1st, 2014

I've been using Lumosity.com for several months and like it very much. I feel my brain is sharper because of this training.

As far as customer service goes, I haven't tried to contact them because I haven't any problems. I go on the site everyday, play, get my "brain score" and go on with my life.

If you want to join and are not sure you are going to like it, pay with a credit card. If you don't like it, tell your credit card company that you no longer want to pay Lumosity. It doesn't matter if you can't get a hold of Lumosity customer service. Just have your credit card company stop paying them. Your credit card company will always back you in these kinds of situations!

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1 review
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March 28th, 2018

So, after three years of having fun playing games on this site, I realized I didn't need the family package anymore because I was the only one using it. So, after my time was up, I went to renew on a smaller scale. Unfortunately, at first, I was not given the opportunity to renew anything but my family package. I went all over the site to try to find a back door to do this. Not until I went off line and returned to play a game before my last day was over did they finally offer me other options. Not a nice way to play, Lumosity, nor to treat a returning customer. Now I won't be one.

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1 review
18 helpful votes
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November 9th, 2015

I subscribed for several years and enjoyed the product a lot. However, one thing I didn't learn was that the subscription was set to auto-renew by default. When I discovered that my credit card had been debited but I hadn't planned to continue the service, I filled out their online cancellation form within 30 days of the renewal. The site said it would take a few days or weeks for the credit to show up on my credit card bill. When eventually it didn't, I contacted the company but they said that I was now outside of the 60-day refund window. Moral: if you like the games, by all means, sign up. Just make sure that you've cancelled the auto-renew feature.

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