Solulu vs Mind Movies: a mind movie you build, or one made with you in it
The Mind Movies Platinum Creation Kit suits people who want to build their own mind movie. You make it slide by slide from a big library, on any device. For most people Solulu is the better pick. It makes mind movies with you in the scenes, not library pictures of other people. There is no editing, and it keeps making new movies as your goals grow.
Two ways to get a mind movie
A mind movie is a short video of the life you want, watched every day until that life shows up. You can build one yourself, or have one made for you.
We make Solulu, so keep that in mind as you read.
A mind movie mixes pictures of your goals with affirmations and music. Affirmations are short positive lines, like “I am loved.” A mind movie usually lasts two to five minutes. You watch it in the morning and before you sleep.
It does the picturing for you, which is why so many people love them. Mind Movies is a company founded by Natalie Ledwell. It has sold kits for making them for years. Its sales pages quote the author Joe Dispenza praising it.
There are two ways to get one.
- Build it. You choose every picture, type every line and pick the music. That is what the Mind Movies kit is for. Our free guide to making a mind movie teaches this too.
- Have it made. Someone, or something, makes it from what you tell it. That is what Solulu does, with you in the scenes.
What each does, in three lines
The Mind Movies kit is a tool to build your own movie. Solulu makes your mind movies for you.
Mind Movies Platinum Creation Kit (by Mind Movies LLC)
- You build a 3-minute movie yourself, slide by slide. Its help center suggests 25 slides, and one movie for each area of your life.
- You choose from a library of 4,562 images, 464 music clips and 600 affirmations. You can make as many movies as you like.
- It runs in your web browser, and you can install it on Windows, Mac, iPhone or Android. The Mind Movies Creation Kit app only plays the movies you make. It also has nine free ready-made ones.
Solulu (by us)
- You describe the life you want and add your photos. You can also add photos of your SP, places, outfits, pets and things you want. Your SP is your specific person, the one you want to be with.
- It makes personal mind movies with you in the scenes. Each one opens with a calm kaleidoscope, then shows scenes of you living that life, with affirmations and music.
- You get new mind movies every week as your goals grow. You watch them in the morning and at night.
Side by side
Mind Movies gives you a tool to build with. Solulu builds the movies for you.
| Mind Movies Platinum Creation Kit | Solulu | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | A builder and a library. As many movies as you make yourself | Up to three new personal mind movies each week, made for you |
| Who is in the scenes | Pictures from its library, which are other people | You, from your photos, and if you like, your SP, places, pets and things |
| Editing | You build every slide | None |
| Video or audio | Video. A slideshow of images, video clips, words and music | Video, with affirmations and music |
| Devices | Any modern browser on Windows, Mac, iPhone or Android | iPhone |
The same company also sells Mind Movies Matrix. These are ready-made movies with special background sounds and subliminal audio, which hides affirmations under the music. It also runs a monthly subliminal program. Our page on what a mind movie costs compares every way to get one.
One wish, made both ways
Here is one mind movie for an SP, made each way.
Say this is the scene you want to live in.
It is Sunday morning in our kitchen. They are making pancakes in my old college T-shirt. They turn around to feed me the first bite.
With a kit you build yourself, you write your lines first. Then you search the library for each slide, such as a couple in a kitchen, pancakes and a sunny window. You pick the music, set the timing for 25 slides and save the movie. However nice the pictures are, the couple in them are strangers.
With Solulu, you describe that morning and add photos of you and your person. The scene in your mind movie shows you, in a kitchen, with them. The affirmations and music are already in place.
The same goes for every goal. Here is a money scene.
I hand my dad the keys to the car I bought him. He laughs and hugs me in the driveway.
You have no photo of that moment, because it has not happened yet. So in a kit, it becomes a library photo of a stranger holding car keys. In Solulu, it is your face. For more ideas, see our guide to a mind movie for love and our mind movie examples.
Where Mind Movies is better
Mind Movies has real strengths. For some people, it is the better choice.
- Full control. You choose every picture, every word and every second. If you love making things, that is part of the fun.
- Unlimited movies. You can build as many as you want, for every area of your life.
- Any device. It runs in a browser on Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android. Solulu is iPhone only.
- A long history and a big library. It has thousands of images, and hundreds of music clips and affirmations. Its customer stories go back to 2010. Joe Dispenza’s praise matters to many of his readers.
Where Solulu is better: four reasons
For most people, Solulu is the better way to get a mind movie, for four reasons.
1. You see yourself living it
A kit gives you empty slides and a library of pictures to put in them. The people in a library are not you. This is the hard part of any homemade mind movie. You do not have photos of a future you have not lived yet.
So the movie fills up with strangers in strangers’ homes. That is what makes it feel like someone else’s life. Solulu makes scenes from your own photos, so you see your own face already there.
There is good research behind seeing yourself. In a well-known study, people pictured themselves voting, seen from the outside like a photo. Those people were more likely to really vote. Seeing yourself do something helps you believe you are someone who does it.
2. It does not depend on your imagination, or your editing
When the scene shows a stranger, you have to imagine yourself in their place. That is the hardest part of visualizing. It is the very part a mind movie is meant to do for you.
With Solulu, you look at yourself in the scene. You also skip the building. You do not search a library, time the slides or type lines. You describe the life and add your photos.
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 stays the same until you build a new one. After a few weeks, the same slides can stop moving you. Solulu keeps making new mind movies as your goals grow. The practice stays fresh, and you never have to start over.
It also fits the Solulu method. You pick one specific scene and see yourself inside it, every morning and night.
| You in the scenes | No editing | New movies as you grow | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solulu | Yes, from your photos | Yes, describe your life and add photos | Yes, every week |
| Mind Movies Platinum | Library pictures of other people | No, you build every slide | Only if you build a new one |
What Mind Movies users say
Most complaints about Mind Movies are about the app, not the idea.
The Creation Kit app has 2.9 stars from 28 ratings on the App Store. It has 4.1 stars from 95 reviews on Google Play.
- What they love. Long-time members like watching their own movies on their phone. The sales page also shows customer stories from many years.
- The name confuses people. Many people download the “Creation Kit” app to make a movie. Then they find a password screen with no way to sign up. You make movies on the website, and the app only plays them.
- Access problems. Another common complaint, in the members apps, is about passwords. Passwords are not accepted, and reset emails never arrive.
We do not quote reviews of Solulu on this page, because we make it. Read those on the App Store, where we cannot choose which ones you see.
The verdict, by reader
For most readers, the pick is Solulu. People who love building things and want full control should look at Mind Movies.
| If you… | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Want to see yourself living the life you want | Solulu | Your own face in every scene, from your photos |
| Are manifesting your SP | Solulu | A kit shows a couple. Solulu shows the two of you |
| Find it hard to picture things | Solulu | You do not have to imagine yourself into a stranger’s picture |
| Do not want to edit anything | Solulu | Describe the life, add photos, watch |
| Love building things yourself | Mind Movies | Every slide, word and song is your choice |
| Use Windows or Android | Mind Movies | Solulu is iPhone only |
How to start
You can make your first mind movie today, for free, or have them made for you.
- By hand, for free. Our guide to making a mind movie on your phone takes you through it. You use free apps and the photos you already have.
- With a kit. The Mind Movies Platinum Creation Kit gives you a builder and a big library.
- With Solulu. Solulu is the iPhone app we make for exactly this. You describe the life you want and add your photos. It makes mind movies with you in the scenes. You get up to three new mind movies each week.
Of these, Solulu is the best way to get a mind movie that feels like yours. There are four reasons. You are in every scene, not strangers. You do not have to imagine anything or edit anything. It keeps making new movies, so it never goes stale. And it fits into a few minutes every morning and night.
For more options, see the best Mind Movies alternatives. If picturing things is hard for you, see the best app for people who can’t visualize.