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Beijing Moonshot Technology Co., Ltd · Productivity · Free · v3.1.4

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Review-rating drop
1.12

2026-Q2 4.25 → last 90 days 3.13, text reviews

Peak quarter
4.25

2026-Q2, text reviews

Last 90 days
3.13

text reviews

Store rating
4.74

all 5292 ratings, incl. star-only

Store gap
1.62

store minus reviews

Est. MRR
$116k

#97 top-grossing, Productivity

store 4.74 · reviews 4.25 → 3.13 · gap 1.61 store 4.74 reviews 3.13

Store ratings include star-only taps from in-app prompts, which skew high. The peak and recent figures come only from people who wrote a review, which skews low. Compare each against itself: the drop is the signal, and a big gap between the two usually means heavy rating prompting is masking unhappy users.

Average rating by quarter from 472 text reviews

2★3★4★5★ 1★ 2024-Q1: 2.00★ from 9 reviews 2.00 2024-Q1 2024-Q2: 3.00★ from 10 reviews 2024-Q3: 2.50★ from 6 reviews (small sample) 2024-Q4: 3.84★ from 19 reviews 2025-Q1: 4.09★ from 35 reviews 2025-Q2: 3.40★ from 5 reviews (small sample) 2025-Q3: 4.10★ from 21 reviews 2025-Q4: 3.71★ from 86 reviews 2026-Q1: 3.54★ from 108 reviews 2026-Q2: 4.25★ from 65 reviews 4.25 2026-Q2 2026-Q3: 3.08★ from 100 reviews 2026-Q4: 3.63★ from 8 reviews 3.63 2026-Q4
Faint bars have fewer than 8 reviews. Text reviews skew negative versus star-only ratings; read the direction, not the level.
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QuarterAvg stars Reviews
2024-Q12.00 9
2024-Q23.00 10
2024-Q32.50 6
2024-Q43.84 19
2025-Q14.09 35
2025-Q23.40 5
2025-Q34.10 21
2025-Q43.71 86
2026-Q13.54 108
2026-Q24.25 65
2026-Q33.08 100
2026-Q43.63 8

Recent 1–2 star reviews

Really behind

★★ · v3.1.3 · Oct 12, 2026

Honestly, I’m really disappointed in the app is missing a lot of features. It takes too long. It does a lot of errors and if you had to pick one to end everything it’s Claude straight up

Fake app, do not download!

★ · v3.1.3 · Oct 11, 2026

Puts you in a loop of session timeouts and "sms limits", I believe this app is a virus or a bitcoin miner. DO NOT DOWNLOAD!

A hot mess

★ · v3.1.3 · Oct 11, 2026

Every single time I go to type something it says “Too many people are chatting with Kimi; a subscription will grant you priority access. Upgrade” And i’m sick of it. You guys need to fix that. Horrible app.

Very Disappointing Experience as a New User

★ · v3.1.3 · Sep 29, 2026

I had heard so much about this app and was really excited to finally try it but honestly my first experience as a new user was very disappointing Signing in with Apple works fine but when I try to sign in with my Saudi phone number it simply doesn’t work and gives me the error “Connect.ConnectError” I’m from Saudi Arabia and I had heard so much about your app so I was genuinely excited to become a user and that’s why it was really frustrating to be unable to register with my Saudi number I really hope you can fix this issue and make phone number sign in easier and more reliable and I also think it would be much better if the login methods were completely separate with phone number sign in on its own Apple sign in on its own and Google sign in on its own because I think this would make the registration process much easier for new users I was honestly very excited to try the app and I’m still excited to see what you will do and how the app will continue to improve I really hope you can fix this issue soon because I genuinely want to use your app and become a regular user I gave the app one star because of this issue not because I think the entire app is bad because honestly I would have gladly given it a much higher rating but as a new user the first thing I need is to be able to log in and actually use the app I really hope you take this issue seriously because I’m genuinely looking forward to seeing what you do to improve the sign in experience for users in Saudi Arabia and for anyone else experiencing the same problem ❤️🥲💔

Beware

★ · v3.1.3 · Sep 23, 2026

Should probably be hesitant to purchase a subscription and give your info to the enemy. They haven’t been around long enough to prove trustworthy.

Wow…

★ · v3.1.2 · Sep 22, 2026

I’d likely give GPT and Claude a 3 star. I’d likely give DeepSeek a 4. Free, but with less technical abilities. This one gets a 5 from me. Merging both concepts into a really powerful and light weight tool. Is what I would have said if it didn’t lock me out and ask me to pay. Worse than both as far as I’m concerned. Why can’t we agree on what the word “free” means? As far as I can tell, there aren’t even tokens.

Cant even do anything

★ · v3.1.2 · Sep 20, 2026

Can’t even have one chat with kimi because “too many people is chatting with kimi upgrade instead” why is my account connected to others when i havent even used it yet. You can’t even use the chat unless you pay a subscription for it first. Not worth the time or money if i dont know how good the app is or not. Really not fair i cant even use it because other people are using it while im on my account. Cant even go to the help center because its in another language and cant change the language to get the help. It is so frustrating

Don't bother

★ · v3.1.2 · Sep 20, 2026

Setting up an account requires linking to your phone. When you try to enter the verification code, it says the "session expired" no matter how quickly you enter the code. If you try again, it says you've "exceeded the SMS send limit" despite only trying once... Don't bother. There are so many better AI providers these days.

吃相也太难看了吧

★ · v3.1.2 · Sep 19, 2026

我之前是真的很喜欢这个应用,之前都是免费无限畅聊,但是最近更新完版本后,就变了,每天要不就是额度已用完或聊天的人太多了,唯一的解决办法就是充值,不充值就不行,越用越烦

不用下载了,没有额度

★ · v3.1.2 · Sep 19, 2026

又不让充值,免费版也没额度。整天就是当前额度已用尽。用尽你下架不行吗骗人下载?

Caca de vaca

★ · v3.1.2 · Sep 13, 2026

La app es una mierda en toda regla no pierdan su tiempo descargándola que como IA no sirve para nada !.

模型虽好,但吃相越来越难看

★★ · v3.1.2 · Sep 13, 2026

模型虽然越来越好,但感觉这种小公司支持不了那么强那么多的算力,开始让充会员疯狂敛财。会员性价比也越来越低,额度共享同一个池子,天天不是聊天的人太多了就是额度已用尽,总结就是逼你充值升会员和买加油包。感觉已经看不上免费用户和聊天用户了,可是高需求用户的额度又不够。用脚投票只能弃用了。陪伴了我一年半挺舍不得的,但没办法。

Where is enter button for newline character?

★ · v3.1.2 · Sep 11, 2026

Why cant I produce new line characters?

Never follow instruction

★ · v3.1.1 · Sep 11, 2026

Never follow instruction. Doesn't understand questions. Poor logic, can not computer basic maths.

Cannot login

★ · v3.1.1 · Sep 9, 2026

I can log in with my google account but cannot do that on my iPhone. Useless.

cannot log in

★ · v3.1.1 · Sep 9, 2026

the 2fa on mobile does not work. i tried to autofill, didn’t fill. then tried again and it’s saying my session is expired. expected nothing less, these kinds of apps are always buggy.

Terrible performance.

★ · v3.1.1 · Sep 8, 2026

This app is so unusable, I’d much rather turn to Snapchat AI 😐. A conversation as long as two replies immediately gives me “credits used up” and I have to buy the membership/upgrade. Never in my life have I ever been so irritated by an app ever. I have been taken down to my last nerve with this app and no adjustments or changes have been made whatsoever. Extremely disappointed. DO NOT USE!

credits

★ · v3.1.1 · Sep 8, 2026

love the app but credits are gonna be the downfall of the whole app 😞

Google

★★ · v3.1.0 · Sep 6, 2026

Не могу авторизоваться через Гугл аккаунт , пишет что либо по эпл айди , либо по номеру телефона , а Гугл авторизации нет

Worthless

★ · v3.0.9 · Sep 1, 2026

This might be a good ai but in the time I had the app it never worked! Always “too busy, upgrade for priority”. So it is basically worthless. Go with Gab Ai instead

Испортили августовским обновлением!

★ · v3.0.9 · Aug 31, 2026

Уберите лимит на сообщения на бесплатном тарифе! Больше 30 сообщений в одном чате расходуют весь лимит, а восстанавливается он ЧЕРЕЗ МЕСЯЦ только! Что за бред?? Все ИИ-ассистенты спокойно отвечают на обычные текстовые сообщения без всяких лимитов!

Weak

★ · v3.0.8 · Aug 27, 2026

I went to use for first time and failed!

Premium Garbage Hiding Behind Fake Independence

★ · v3.0.8 · Aug 24, 2026

This app is a masterclass in hypocrisy dressed up as innovation. It markets itself as some bold, independent Chinese AI company, yet it bends over backwards to enforce American sanctions against Russian users. You can't even pay for the subscription with a Russian card or Apple ID — they block the entire country while pretending to be a neutral alternative to Western tech. Pick a lane: either you're independent or you're a compliance puppet for US foreign policy. You can't be both. Performance is atrocious. Responses crawl out at a glacial pace, and just when you think the conversation is building momentum, the app hits you with a paywall for basic agent features that competitors offer more fluidly. The "free" tier is essentially a demo designed to frustrate you into subscribing — except if you're Russian, in which case they don't even want your money. They just want you gone. The pricing is insulting. $19 a month for what? A slow chatbot that gatekeeps research and coding tools behind a subscription, then geo-blocks entire nations based on Washington's blacklist? Grok and other models manage to operate without this performative cowardice. If Moonshot AI is so terrified of secondary sanctions, maybe they should stop cosplaying as an independent player and admit they're just another walled garden with a geopolitical spine made of jelly. 1 star. Not because it fails as software, but because it fails as a principle. Delete.

Won’t accept its own 2FA

★ · v3.0.8 · Aug 22, 2026

It claims every code it sends me is invalid. Impossible to link account to phone number. Vibecode vibes!.

Kimi scam

★ · v3.0.8 · Aug 21, 2026

Just piece of she*t , or another scam from chineese . It always says “too many people are chatting with Kimi right now. please try again” . I do not what actual reason , but i am guessing they gonna try to sell or urge to sell membership or another kind of trick. The FTC should check this company

The opportunity

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