Socrates Reviews

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Customers appreciate Socrates for its ability to provide instant answers from private files, its user-friendly interface, and its support for multiple platforms. While there are some challenges with understanding prompts and occasional delays in updates, these are minor issues. Considering the positive feedback against the occasional concerns, Socrates is meeting expectations and is a reliable option for those seeking instant file-based answers. Additionally, with an overall rating of 4.4 and a 60-day money-back guarantee, it's definitely worth trying out.

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swsandPLUS

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Deals bought: 188Member since: Feb 2025
1 stars
1 stars
Jan 14, 2026

Is this software still alive?

No support and no email reply.
Plan is not resetting every month.

The software is still alive? Otherwise, it should be refunded.

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info9937k

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Deals bought: 19Member since: Feb 2024
1 stars
1 stars
Dec 8, 2025

Unusable due to severe AI hallucinations and non-existent support

I strongly advise against using the Socrates app for serious scientific research. My experience has been incredibly frustrating for two main reasons:

AI Hallucinations: The core function of the app is broken. The AI frequently generates "rubbish" output—making up facts, citations, or data that simply do not exist. It presents these hallucinations as truth, which makes the tool not just useless, but actively misleading. One better searches the sources oneself.

No Support: When you run "deep dive", it gets stuck, and you are on your own. I have attempted to contact support regarding these errors and received absolutely no response. It feels like the developers have abandoned the project entirely. (Appsumo tells me they'd be back around the holidays.)

Until the accuracy is fixed and a support team is actually hired, this app is a one-star product at best.

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mgp7605

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Deals bought: 124Member since: May 2020
5 stars
5 stars
Sep 20, 2025

Fantastic product

I'm a lawyer and I'm using it for local chat since the first hour and I can say it's really a good product. No problem to interact with my documents, even if the ask them in a different language thant their text. I really hope it's not going down. Jon, stay on it!

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eikonikos

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Deals bought: 220Member since: Feb 2016
2 stars
2 stars
Sep 19, 2025

Good app, apparently dead project

This tool has great potential, but it seems the project has stalled. Updates are delayed, and Jon does not respond to messages, even those sent by AppSumo customer service.

Save your money. I would argue that most AI tools are likely to fade away due to prohibitive ongoing costs. Instead, opt for those that support models like BYOK.

The project and idea hold great promise, but it seems Jon is allowing it to die.

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leonid62

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Deals bought: 172Member since: Mar 2022
4 stars
4 stars
Aug 19, 2025

It works but with some adjustments. With standard model It gives AI reasoning in every cell starting an ending with some code :( XXXXX

I got a T5 because i find the idea really great. And I realy like how it works.
However with the standard model. it gives AI reasoning in every cell starting an ending with some code :(
<think> XXXXX endless AI reasoning XXXX <think>

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