Dating.com: Global Chat & Date

I had high hopes for Dating.com, but it turned out to be a huge disappointment. The app is outrageously expensive—credits disappear quickly, especially when you receive voice or video messages. These messages cost significantly more, and it feels like the people you match with are working for the app, trying to get you to spend more money. The pricing structure is ridiculous. I spent $80 in no time, and the interactions felt forced and scripted. It seems like the app is more focused on squeezing money out of users than fostering genuine connections. Save your time and money—there are better, more affordable platforms out there where people are actually interested in meaningful relationships. This app feels like a scam designed to drain your wallet.

The site is full of “professional” workers. In addition, the subscription offered is pure FRAUD. They promise a certain number of credits for a monthly fee and simply don’t deliver them to your account. When you contact so-called support, they simply drop your chat. Apple promotes this fraud as it has a hefty take on it by refusing to refund subscription fee. Two fraudulent companies scratching each other’s back. Shame on you, rotten fruit!

You have to pay to chat with someone?! It’s disappointing. It’s free to chat with people online. I guess they have to make money.

In addition to fake accounts they won’t delete your profile. Tried for 2 months now to remove and they still won’t. So I adjusted everything with fake info to just abandon it. Steer clear of this app as most people are fake and give the generic responses.

They have featured members on the app that pretend to video chat with you and just talk your ear off so it eats up all of your credits and ask you to buy more. They probably pay these people to lie to you because the guys profile said he was in Los Angeles when he told me he was in Miami so he messed up. It is a complete scam and there is no good selection of people in my area at all totally got ripped off for $20 and I would never again download and use this app.

This site needs to be fixed I paid $20 I didn’t get my money back and I didn’t get any reply for the whole month

Needs a subscription for every chat in order to carry on. So Annoying & pushy.

Don’t waste your time like the other review said, all it does is make you pay for everything you do or send to each person on the app and website. Definitely a waste of money and time. Definitely has a system that might have coworkers that are on the app making you spend money and totally disregarding every message that take you out of the app. It also will not show the other person if you give them your contact information. They probably have a system where it’s supposed to be seen as a security for everyone on the app but is bull. Also if they don’t have coworkers on the app they are definitely having good looking people paid to be on the app and avoid being sent out of app or website. Terrible and very bad app/website don’t be fooled, there are better apps and websites out there.

Dating.com has been a big disappointment. It’s not just the money—it’s about how the app feels designed to waste your time and play with your emotions. They charge for every message, which adds up quickly, but the worst part is dealing with profiles that seem fake or scripted. It’s suspicious that so many people on the app claim intense feelings but avoid switching to a free messaging app. It felt like the app was using fake profiles to keep users paying. This app isn’t just overpriced; it plays with your feelings and gives little assurance that the people you’re talking to are real. Don’t waste your time and money here. This app is overpriced, with poor transparency, and doesn’t give confidence that you’re meeting real people.

I gave this a shot for two years ever since the first add came out. Every single “popular Member” I’ve contacted refused to meet me in person or contact me outside of the app - even if the person lived in my city. Over 20 popular members I’ve interacted with over the past 2 years and all refused to even get on the phone, contact me on my social media, or meet for coffee. They tie up my inbox with a literal FLOOD of multiple messages, chat requests and e-mails and constantly trying to video chat with me - all of which incurs hefty fees/ “tokens” if I respond. I could not even sign in for one minute without a popular member trying to video chat with me. These popular members, indicated by the yellow star on their profile, have beautiful pics - they are handsome men with many pics in their profile - a lot looks like professional photo shoots - each popular member a little too good to be true - and their messages are well thought out to get your emotional response. They always say they want to get to know you better before they meet you, but they keep contacting you numerous times per day, telling you they miss you, stirring up all kinds of feelings, complimenting you, and praising you up and down, but still refuse to contact you outside of the app. I got to a point where I no longer responded to “Popular Members” but I was still barraged with video chats - again - all from the “popular members.” It is never explained by dating.com how to “become” a popular member. It’s all mysterious and unsaid. The few members (NOT the popular members) that I was able to contact outside the app were ALL traumatized because they had interacted with “Popular Members” and had the same problem as me. Even though I was a real person ready, telling them I found their profile on the dating.com to meet them in person, they didn’t believe me because the Popular members had been messing with their head too, destroying their trust. Two years and I never met a single person - and yes, the popular members I interacted with had their “verified badge” as well - supposedly proving their identity. The entire dating app is a well-designed scam and it’s highly unethical to do this to people - to play with their heartstrings this way. I suspect they use professional models and/or escorts and pay them to play this role of chatting and interacting without ever meeting. That way, they make lots of money off of the chats, videos and emails. Whoever works for this company should really be ashamed of themselves and when you read this review, I’m suggesting for anyone who works for company to actually quit your job - this business is actually doing emotional damage out there - and you are contributing to it - so quit your job and go work for a different company that actually has a sense of ethics and knows the difference between right and wrong. Really - shame on you. I know what you’re doing and it’s disgusting. I actually see a class action lawsuit coming your way because of all the dissatisfied people fed up with this fraud. For anyone else reading this review, I suggest other dating apps that charge a flat monthly fee instead of charging for texts, messages and videos.