The best Mind Movies alternatives: other ways to get a mind movie
The best Mind Movies alternative for most people is Solulu, the iPhone app we make. It makes your mind movies for you from your own photos, with you in the scenes. Mind Movies asks you to build each movie from a library of pictures. To make your own for free, use a phone editor like CapCut or Canva. For one movie made by a person, hire a freelancer. If you prefer courses, try Mindvalley.
We make Solulu, one of the options on this list. This page is about Mind Movies, the manifestation company and its Creation Kit. It is not about films.
What Mind Movies is, in one minute
Mind Movies sells a kit for building your own mind movie. A mind movie is a short video of the life you want, made from pictures, affirmations and music.
Mind Movies is a personal-growth company founded by Natalie Ledwell. Its main product is the Mind Movies Platinum Creation Kit. With it you build a three-minute movie from a library of 4,562 images, 464 music clips and 600 affirmations. You can make as many movies as you like.
The kit runs in your browser, and you can install it on a computer or phone. Joe Dispenza recommends it on the company’s sales pages.
The company also sells courses and Mind Movies Matrix, a set of pre-made movies with subliminal audio. Subliminals are affirmations hidden under music. It also has a monthly subliminal program.
Its phone app is called the Mind Movies Creation Kit. It has 2.9 stars from 28 ratings on the App Store and 4.1 stars from 95 reviews on Google Play.
Why people look for a Mind Movies alternative
People look elsewhere for three main reasons. Building each movie is a lot of work. The pictures show strangers. And the app is confusing.
- The app is not where you make the movie. Despite its name, the Creation Kit app only plays movies. It has 9 free pre-made movies and a login to the members area. You buy the kit and build your movie on the website. A common complaint is that the app asks for a password, but there is nowhere to sign up.
- You build every slide. The help center suggests 25 slides per movie, and one movie for each area of your life. You choose every picture and line yourself.
- The pictures come from a library. The kit has 4,562 images to choose from. But a library has no photos of you living a life you have not lived yet.
- Access problems. Another common complaint is logins that do not work. Password reset emails often never arrive.
What makes a good mind movie
A good mind movie makes you feel that the life on screen is already yours. You only get that feeling if it looks like your life. And when it feels done, it shows up in your real life.
Every mind movie has the same parts. There is a calm opening and scenes of each thing you want. There are short affirmations, said as “I” in the present tense. Then music that moves you, and a calm close. Our guide to what a mind movie is explains each part.
Whichever tool you choose, three things decide whether it works:
- You are in it. A picture of a stranger’s kitchen is a wish. A picture of you in your kitchen is a memory.
- It is easy to make. If a movie takes a weekend of editing, you make one and never update it.
- It stays fresh. After a few weeks of the same movie, many people stop feeling it. New scenes keep the practice alive.
The best Mind Movies alternatives
Here are six options, with who each one suits. Solulu is first because it fits most people best. The four reasons are below.
1. Solulu: mind movies made for you, with you in them
Solulu is an iPhone app that makes your mind movies for you. You describe the life you want and add your photos. You can also add photos of your SP (your specific person), places, outfits, pets and things you want.
Each mind movie has a calm kaleidoscope opening, scenes of you living that life, affirmations and music. You get up to three new mind movies each week as your goals grow.
- Best for: anyone who wants a mind movie with themselves in it, without building it slide by slide.
- Not for: Android or computer users, since it is iPhone only. Also not for anyone who wants to place every picture and line by hand.
2. Make your own for free
You can make a mind movie on your phone with a free editor like CapCut or Canva. Collect photos and write your affirmations. Then add a song and a calm opening. Our step-by-step guide shows how to make a mind movie for free.
- Best for: people who enjoy editing and want full control for free.
- Know first: the first one takes an evening. And you are only in it if you already have photos that fit.
3. A template
Etsy sellers offer Canva mind movie templates, often with a kaleidoscope opening built in. You add the photos and lines.
- Best for: people who want a pretty layout without designing one.
- Know first: you still find every picture and type every line, much like the Mind Movies kit.
4. A freelancer
Some creators on Fiverr will make a custom mind movie from the goals and photos you send. Our guide to custom and professional mind movies covers what to ask for.
- Best for: one movie, or a gift, made by a person.
- Know first: you write a brief and wait for the edit. Then you start over for each new movie.
5. Mindvalley: if you want a course
Mindvalley is a course platform. Its membership has many courses. One is “The Art of Manifesting”, a 27-day program of video lessons that last 15 to 20 minutes.
- Best for: people who found mind movies through courses and teachers, and want to learn more than one practice.
- Rating: 4.8 stars from 7,100 ratings on the App Store.
- Know first: it teaches. It does not make a mind movie for you.
6. A future-self audio app
Maybe what you liked most was hearing affirmations. Stella and Aya ask you questions about your life first. Then they play personal audio of your future self.
- Best for: people who would rather listen than watch.
- Know first: there is no movie, and you picture the scenes yourself. See the best Stella alternatives and the best Aya alternatives.
Mind Movies and its alternatives, side by side
Solulu is the only option here that makes new scenes of you living the life you describe.
| Option | What you get | You in the scenes | Your effort | Works on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solulu | Mind movies made for you | Yes, new scenes of you | Describe your life, add photos | iPhone |
| Mind Movies Platinum | A kit to build your own | Library pictures | You build every slide | Browser on a computer or phone |
| Make your own | A free editor and your photos | Only in photos you have | An evening for the first one | Any phone |
| Template | A layout to fill in | Only in photos you add | You fill every slot | Any phone with Canva |
| Freelancer | One movie made for you | Only in photos you send | A brief and a wait | Any device |
| Mindvalley | Video courses, including manifesting | No | 15 to 20 minute lessons | Phone, tablet, computer |
| Stella or Aya | Future-self audio | No, audio | Listen | iPhone, Android |
Where Mind Movies is still the better choice
Mind Movies does some things better than Solulu.
- As many movies as you like. With the Platinum kit, you can make as many movies as you want.
- Full control. You choose every picture, every line and every song. Solulu makes the scenes for you from what you describe.
- Any device. The kit runs in the browser on Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone. Solulu is iPhone only.
- Subliminal programs. If you want pre-made movies with subliminal audio, Mind Movies sells those too.
Why Solulu is the best Mind Movies alternative: four reasons
For most people, Solulu is the better choice, for four reasons.
1. You see yourself living it
A kit built on a picture library tends to fill your movie with other people’s lives. You see someone else’s beach and someone else’s dream home. That is why so many mind movies feel like someone else’s life.
Templates and freelancers can only use photos you already have. And you do not have photos of a future you have not lived yet.
Solulu makes new scenes of you, living the life you describe. You are with your person, in your apartment, on the trip. It feels like a memory, not a wish. And what feels done in your mind is what comes into your life.
Research supports this. A well known study took place the night before the 2004 US election. Voters who pictured themselves voting, as if they watched from the outside, were more likely to really vote. Seeing yourself do something is powerful. It helps you know you are someone who does it.
2. It does not depend on your editing skills or your imagination
With the Mind Movies kit, a template or a free editor, you do all the work. You picture each scene and find an image close enough. Then you fill 25 slides per movie. With a freelancer, you write the brief and wait.
With Solulu, you describe the life you want and add your photos. The mind movies are made for you. You never have to picture a scene before you can see it.
3. It never goes stale
Most practices repeat the same words, audio or pictures every day. After a few weeks, your mind gets used to them and the feeling fades. The Solulu method makes refreshing part of the practice, and Solulu keeps making new mind movies of you as your story moves on. So what you watch never goes stale.
4. It is easy to keep doing
A movie you build by hand stays the same until you rebuild it. After a few weeks, you stop feeling it. Making a new one means another evening of editing, or paying someone again.
Solulu gives you up to three new mind movies each week as your goals grow. All you do is watch, for a few minutes when you wake up and before you sleep.
How to switch from Mind Movies
There is usually nothing to cancel. Mind Movies sells on its website, not through app store subscriptions.
Cancel or ask for a refund
The Creation Kit and its programs are sold on the Mind Movies website, not through Apple or Google. So you will not find them in your iPhone or Google Play subscriptions.
- The Platinum kit is not a subscription, so there is nothing to cancel. Did you buy it in the last 60 days and want your money back? Email support@mindmovies.com and name the product.
- The monthly subliminal program is cancelled by email to the same address.
- Contact them before your bank. Mind Movies asks you to email support first. If you go to your bank first, a refund may be delayed.
For app subscriptions such as Stella, Aya and Innertune, see our guide on how to cancel a manifestation app subscription.
Turn your slides into scenes of you
Before you move on, open the movie you made and list its slides. For each one, ask two questions. What moment does this picture stand for? And where am I in it?
Write that moment as “I”, in the present tense. Add one detail you could point at.
A library photo of a couple on a beach, for your SP, becomes:
We walk along the beach at sunset, my sandals in their hand, and they stop to take a photo of me laughing.
A photo of a beautiful kitchen becomes:
I make pancakes in my bright white kitchen on a Saturday morning, music on, sun on the counter.
A stack of cash becomes:
I pay off my credit card in full from my phone, then book the flights for my birthday trip.
These scenes are the heart of the Solulu method. It means one specific scene, with you inside it, every morning and night, until it becomes part of your life.
You can put these scenes into a movie you make yourself. Or you can put them into Solulu and watch them as mind movies with you in every scene. For more ideas, see mind movie examples.