Universe Splitter
reviews and complaints

By making my decisions contingent on an event with true quantum randomness, I can get past difficult decisions with more peace of mind. I know that divergent versions of me are experiencing each possibility.

Pro tip: if you're not split 50/50, do more than one universe split--I adore my girlfriend, and I wouldn't have had the courage to get with her without two universe splits in a row (for a 1 in 4 chance).

I fired up the app for my first look, and couldn’t figure out how to just put it away without splitting a universe, because I wasn’t quite mentally ready for that yet. I touched something, the universe-splitting process started, and I finally shuddered at what I’d done.
I imagine you’ll get a similar review in both branches of the universe. I won’t tell you my result, to avoid propagating the mayhem any further. :)

It's a perfect quantum physics app...

Except, it only really has ONE feature. I kinda wish that there could be something about Schrödinger's cat in there... Like a feature about it. Or how quantum physics has proved your thoughts can effect reality. Or anything else about quantum physics. Now this is one of my favorite apps but I am starting to use it less and less often. Please do something that will make it more exiting. Highly recommended though. They really do respond to requests also which I like ;)

I struggle with procrastination and executive dysfunction, and often wonder how my life would have turned out if I was able to complete my tasks & stay on top of things. I will put in the task I was going to use to goof off (ie. listen to an episode of Sean Carrols podcast) and the task I am supposed to be doing (ie. finish documenting my code). Somewhere in the multiverse there is a branch of me that was 100% productive, but even in this branch I find that I am getting a lot more done now than I was before

This app puts the power to split the universe in your hands in order to make the most mundane decisions in your life! Just let that sink in for a minute. For only $1.99 you can harness this god-like power. The developer could have been greedy and asked for millions for this, but he generously only asked for a couple of dollars. I can’t believe people have the nerve to complain. I’d personally like to thank him for this amazing gift. A coin flip does not split the universe people! Only this app will do that. Only. This. App.

despite any debate as to whether this app is legit or not, i personally love it and it's been my "coin flip" of choice for years. i think it's also important to consider the notion that your thoughts about something effect what it is and what isn't.. so regardless of the function of this app, it certainly provides a nice interface to create a quantum split (according to theory, doesn't that already happen every time an individual makes a decision). my only issue now is that it hasn't worked on iOS 7, would really appreciate an update so i can continue using it

I have a simple request to allow the user, preferably me. To turn certain effects on or off. I personally like the sound effects, but the shaking and flash screen I would turn off. I would like to say I really like the look of the app overall. Now I really don’t know, nor do I care how the split universe me feels about it. Because I bought the app ! Split Universe Me, hence fourth to be known as SUM. When SUM starts sending me boat loads of cash through the trans dimensional ATM network SUM will then have a say here in my dimension. Not much, but some.

You see what I did there ?

Interesting app. Interesting idea. But, I’m another guy that’s getting all only one branch. The first entry is always coming up as the “my universe” and the second is always the “other you” universe. To the Dev. Are you sure this isn’t just a fault in the app? Or am I just the one guy being “mislead (by the universe)”? Assuming this is just me and I’m simply doomed by the universe (lol) this app could be interesting for discovery authors and rpg’ers. Not certain I would suggest it for anything else. Well, Idk, maybe physicists. Regardless, it’s interesting and thought provoking. Five stars.

I bought this out of pure curiosity after watching a podcast of a scientist talking about the app. After i opened the app, i gave it a simple instruction of what i was planning on doing. (I chose breathing vs holding my breath). I hit the split universe and continued my normal breathing. The results told me that i was in the universe where i held my breath.(which obviously i didn't). Its a neat app with a cool idea but it is just an app that gives random results much like a magic 8 ball. Theres no real quantum mechanics which should be obvious as we haven't even achieved quantum computing yet.

I love this app! I use it all the time. I often find myself having decision fatigue and being able to use the Universe Splitter has been a great way to outsource the process of picking what task I need to do next. I really enjoy the fact that you can track your splits back through time. Sometimes I’ll look back through and chuckle at the fact that my decision to get potato salad one day may be the reason I’m where I am now.

I gave 4 stars instead of 5 because I did lose all my past split data when updating to iOS 15. Having a backup stored to iCloud would be great, that way I can track my splits indefinitely.

This app is the work of Steve Jobs’ vision personified in the form of helping humanity.
To understand physics in school is one thing.
To be able to appreciate it in the form of an app well designed , beautifully explained and with much gratitude towards the developer to keep in the appstore, well this here is the pleasure of both supporting and enjoying my life not as an Apple fan but as a human who is just as grateful to this developer as I am to Steve. Dear Developer, Thank you for integrating his vision and providing me a way to be more human by empowering myself through physics to make better decisions.

In the app I made two choices:

1. I will win the mega millions jackpot tonight.

2. I will not win the mega millions jackpot tonight.

I split the universe and number 1 came up as my universe. I ran to rite aid and bought ten dollars worth of mega millions lottery tickets for Friday night’s draw.

I woke up this morning and was shocked to discover that I did not win the lottery. Perhaps I did something wrong?

I’m planning on doing it again on tues by making number one and two winners of the lottery. That way, both of me wins no matter what.

I’ve got a hundred dollars saved up for this and I can’t wait to WIN!

It’s a good app but you have to be careful of a very serious bug. I had my cat in a box and I was using the app to ask whether I should feed it or not, and I lost my Internet connection in the middle of the process. And all of a sudden, there were two of my cat in the box. Now that’s an extra cat to feed, twice as many vet bills, etc. This whole thing is a nightmare. Minus one star. Thank god this didn’t happen when I had my wife in the box.

Otherwise, though, it’s a pretty good app.

EDIT: Update, a few days later- no worries on the cats. I fed one cat pasta, and the other antipasto, and the situation worked itself out.

Ok so I purchased the app after hearing about it on Joe Rogan. Unless I’m missing something, all it seems to do is have you enter 2 options of what you might do at that moment, then you hit the splitter button and it will say “ you’re currently in the universe that’s doing … and in another universe you’re doing ( option B). It doesn’t say anything about possible outcome of each decision. Anyone can just write down “ should I walk to the store? Or should I drive”? Then it randomly says “ you’re in the universe that walks to the store “. Okay, so what then if I drive? I literally asked it should I watch porn or go to work? It said I’m in the universe to watch porn!… well at least I know what I’ll be doing today!

I like the easily guided user- experience of the app. The design as well!
Would be even more informative if the user can edit and log their own decision after the proposed suggestion from the app. To log, what was proposed and see if the user did do what the Many Worlds theory suggests, or they are living in a different universe. -- a quick tap to change the decision of your "path" after the action has taken place ex. Change From 'take a chance' to 'play it safe' as you did stay on the sofa and didn't clean the apartment.
I believe the manual part of that journey might help various people keep track of their thoughts and their suppressed needs/wants in life. Would help in understanding our own habits and manifestations, common paths and profiles, something like a metaperception of yourself.

Thanks! Looks great!

Have you ever debated the pros and cons of something so much that you drove yourself insane with choices, did nothing for much longer than acceptable, then finally forced yourself into a random impulsive choice which you usually regret? Because that’s me. I mostly use this app to make decisions I don’t want to expend the mental energy on (e.g., should I be proactive and study or should I nap? Won’t napping make me feel refreshed and allow me to have more fruitful studying sessions? Will it set a precedence for laziness? Does forcing myself to study allow me to practice self discipline? Or is it just another example of me making myself miserable for no good reason just to prove to myself that I can force myself to do stuff I don’t want to do?) because I’m a person that’s introspective beyond all reason. This app makes the choice for me, and I love thinking about alternate universe me doing the other choice. I don’t know, it’s just so fun. Plus I love looking at the historic data, and I gotta say, a startling number of them involve food choices and sleeping.

Great concept and execution. I was glad to see reviews about connectivity issues - which only shows that the app is really doing what it says it is - connecting to a specialized device that is using the principles of quantum mechanics and the “double slit experiment” to produce a random result - or more accurately - to collapse a super position of all possible results.

The reviews that state “just use a locally generated random result” are entirely missing the point of the app! It is silly? YES. Is it real? The mind boggling answer is - according to the principles of quantum mechanics and a large number of leading scientists: YES.

I have a few suggestions for the developer:

1) Add more content about the principal behind the “many worlds” theorem such as a description of the double slit experiment and links to relevant videos. I found out about the app from the Sean Carroll’s lecture on the Many World’s theorem - everyone that uses this app should watch that video.

2) Make the above content front and center so that people who think this is just an overpriced coin flip app realize there’s MUCH more to it. Maybe a big “how does this work” link below the split button.

3) Add data about the aggregate amount of universes created across all users.

4) Allow users to opt into sharing their choices - and then show a live stream of choices and perhaps a top 10 most common or a word cloud. This might need to be curated or filtered for bad words, etc

Just some ideas. Kudos for the awesome idea to take a quantum crypto device and use it to bring quantum mechanics to the masses.

First of all... as a caveat: There's no way to know if the Universe *actuallysplits, as you can't obviously travel there to check it out. He admits it in the notes and the website.

But, having said that, this isn't just another "random-coin-flip" generator. I have an iPod Touch, and noticed that it wouldn't work when I didn't have Wi-Fi. Thinking this was just an offline random-thingy... I got paranoid and thinking it was sending out personal info... so I started to look into it.

Turns out... it really DOES contact Geneva, Switzerland. They have an honest to goodness Quantum device that generates an "A" or "B" result... and has an exact 50% chance of being either one. Unlike a coin toss, which can have other factors that may actually skew the result one way or the other. Sure, it's just a "random number generator"... but it's the most down-the-middle random-number generator you'll find.

The real joke... is that it's NOT a joke. Which actually makes it funnier, if you ask me. (Kind of an Andy Kaufman kind of thing) The guy actually went the extra 10 miles... and it seems so absurd to us, that we figure it's a joke. But it's not... which then means it is. This is seriously quantum humor to the extreme.

If you have any doubts... you can find the developer's e-mail on his website (mentioned in the app itself), and he's more then willing to provide any proof you need. Pictures of the device, statements from the Geneva people, even show you the code that sends it to Switzerland.

So if you're comparing it to other 50-50 generators... I recommend this one, because it actually does what it says.

App seems like a fun take of flipping a coin but it seems to have a flaw - it always chooses the second option.

It’s totally random and not logical. Can put the same thing twice and get different results. Plus it claims whether you will go to hell or not.

Can’t really judge the app once I press the split universe button I get 2 green lights and one orange light, after about 2min the app just closes. Save your money until that gets fixed

All of a sudden it won’t get past the Geneva stage and I can’t create anymore universes . The only thing that keeps me going is knowing somewhere in a parallel universe the app is working and I’m happy.

Put in the information, press the button to split universe. It gets to the online part and stops. Tried multiple times, does nothing. Restarted the app also many times doesn’t move passed that point. Save your $1.99!

UPDATE: This is app still trash
i just spent 2 dollars on this app that did nothing but tell you either one can happen or the other but it didn't tell me what to do about that possible reality. DO NOT RECOMMEND IT. I WANT MY MONEY BACK.

Got this app a year+ or more ago and returned to it. Also updated iOS today, but it won't go past the Contact Geneva part.
Uninstalled, reinstalled... Nothing. Really enjoyed it while it was working.
Get it back up and running please!

I knew it would only be a coin flip type app, but almost every time I try to use it for fun it freezes. It’s only $1.99 but I still feel like I got severely ripped off lol. Give me my money back Joe Rogan , seriously though, don’t buy this.

Once I noticed the pattern I began manipulating the results (for over a month). The first of two choices is always chosen. If you want randomness then consider your input order. I love the idea and it’s a great conversation topic for friends and family.

you should probably go without spending the 2$ and go get an app like coin flip or something else also I would probably use it a lot more if there was more features to it but otherwise there's no point spending your money and I doubt they actually use the photon spitter every time you use it

This app is an interesting concept, however it does not warrant the $2 pricetag. From a practical perspective, it's a glorified coin flipper. You can get the same result by simply saying "hey Siri, flip a coin." For actual decisions like that, I'd recommend Siri, it's more intuitive and it's free.

I’ve tried using this app about 20 times now and it’s only worked once. It used to only load to Geneva, I tried it today and it worked for the first time, I tried again because I was so excited it was finally working and now nothing is happening at all. Nothing lights up in “split progress at all” I’m so disappointed in this app.

This is junk so for example you type in I lose and then type I win and you get lose but you win it’s not a descion maker the time it works is when you decide to do what it said and also I’m stuck on the stupid quantum emitting page the science radio show heard about this on was wrong so were those science websites I want may 2 dollars back

LOVE this idea. So nerdy; so cool. BUT I find it hard to believe that I would get an affirmative response and a negative response 50% of the time. I ran a few alternatives... more times than I care to admit... and the odds came back exactly 50/50 per option. A lifelong lover of probability; this should not be the case and is statistically flawed.