DateYou Review [Oct 2023]

Who is using the DateYou Dating Site?

The DateYou app is a popular app for singles of all ages looking for long-term relationships, online flirting, or even no-strings-attached hookups.

• Most users are between the ages of 35-55 years old
• There are over 600,000 people registered on the site
• Roughly 350,000 of the site members are located in the United States.
• The site is open to all sexual orientations, and close to 80% of the site’s users identify as male.

DateYou Login & Registration

Creating a Dateyou login is fast and easy. I was able to get through registration and browsing through the site in less than 5 minutes. Other DateYou reviews mentioned this, so I’m glad to see it was the case.

Throughout the Date You sign up, you’ll be asked to create a username and unique password (of course) and share your age, location, and various other details like your body type, education level, marital status, etc. It may sound like a lot, but you’re choosing from preset questions, so it's over in a blink.

Last step of the sign-up process is to add the all-important profile pic! Once the pic has been uploaded, you’ll need to validate your email, and you’re free to browse!

Is There a DateYou App?

For those of you who like to keep the conversation rolling on the go, there’s a free DateYou app available for Android users. But this app does not mirror what you see on the website. After downloading, the app gives access to your chats and nothing else. If you were hoping to have an app that lets you speedily browse through profiles, you’re out of luck.

DateYou App Features

The platform keeps the features straightforward and simple:

• Kisses - this feature lets you send a kiss to those who catch your eye.
• Virtual Gifts - If you want to step up your virtual flirting game a bit, you can ditch the kisses and choose the perfect virtual gift from the virtual gift gallery.
• Chatbox - This is the site’s instant chat feature. Have live exchanges with other members currently online.

Profile Features on DateYou

Date You profiles don’t compete in any way with top dating sites of the moment. The profiles feature all of the information you give at sign-up, except that information isn’t obligatory. This means a good deal of people skip this step altogether, and we’re all left with profiles that give and username age, and location, and that’s about it.

If you happen to fall on a profile that did fill out the info, you will find the above information, plus:

• Height
• Body Type
• Hair Color
• Eye Color
• Profession
• Education Level
• Marital Status
• Number of kids (if any)
• Drinking/Smoking habits
• An Intro (if you're really lucky!)

User Matching on Date You App

Unfortunately, the site doesn’t offer an automatic matching service. So if you’re found on your homepage presenting you with possible matches on your homepage, you’re out of luck here - you’ll have to put in the work yourself.

Even more frustrating is that the search feature does not give many filters to help you narrow in on your ideal match. You’re limited to searching by gender, age, and location. Tinder. Date You allows for searching for users according to their gender, location, and age. There are no more parameters to specify and filter the results.

DateYou Interface, Design & Usability

The website interface is pretty simple. It has a sleek look and uses theme colors of dark gray and hot pink - kind of dated, but it works!

From your homepage, you’ll be presented with various people in your area. At the top of the page, you’ll find a navigation bar that gives quick access to Chats and your inbox, as well as pages that allow you to see who you have liked and who likes you and your favorite profiles you’ve collected along the way.

DateYou Review of Pricing Packages

Date You uses a credit system rather than a monthly membership at a set price. These credits are used to buy virtual gifts, as well as to send messages. A message costs $0.50 to share, so the prices can add up quickly.

There are 5 credit bundles available for purchase:

• 200 coins for $4.99
• 400 coins for $9.99
• 1000 coins for $24.99
• 2,000 coins for $49.99
• 4,000 coins for $99.99

Throughout your first few log-ins on the site, new members are offered a 50 discount on these bundles.

Payment Methods for Dateyou.com

You can purchase these coin bundles directly on the website using major credit cards such as Visa or Mastercard. Once you’ve selected your bundle of choice, your Date You wallet will automatically replenish with the same amount of coins as you had before. This means you will be automatically charged - if you don’t want to buy more coins, be sure to cancel your subscription to credits in advance.

DateYou Review of Privacy & Security

When it comes to the security on this website, there are a lot more questions than answers. It feels very sketchy and doesn't seem to make much sense. The site allows you to have your profile verified, except the only way to do this is to buy credits, hence verifying your identity by way of your financial info - no government identification!

Also, there is no age verification. According to the Terms and Conditions, the company can request ID verification documents if there is a reason to believe that a site user is under the age of 18, but shouldn't this be happening at sign-up? Why are we not even asked to enter our birth year?

In the Date You Privacy Policy it states that every user's shared personal data is their responsibility. I understand that people should be wary of what they share, as a data breach is always possible, but this site doesn’t even share a sentiment of providing real site protection in place.

Is DateYou Legit & Safe to Use?

Is DateYou legit? I wanted to like DateYou, and at first glance, it seemed legit, but my opinion changed the longer I stayed on the site. It became obvious to me that there was a pretty large number of bots and fake accounts.

I don’t think that this site is unsafe for you as a physical being, but I do think it’s unsafe for your wallet. As I mentioned above, it costs $0.50 per message, and having a bunch of conversations initiated by the site’s bots are going to burn a hole in your wallet if you are not very careful about which messages you choose to engage with. The fact that a message comes from a bot is much more obvious to some people than for others, and I hate the idea of someone spending hard-earned cash on a conversation that isn’t going anywhere.

Final Thoughts on DateYou App?

I honestly think that the DateYou app could be so much more. A simple, straightforward dating website and app would be great, but the moment you start filling it up with thousands of bots and fake accounts, you are likely killing any chance your site has to grow into something legit.

The cost of coins doesn’t seem that great, but the amount of coins needed just to break the ice with someone means you’ll be spending a pretty penny for most of the conversations you start - and you’re likely to start many thanks to the ridiculous amount of bots that reach out to you to chat. For many people, it’s not obvious what messages are coming from real people and which ones are not.

Even with the amount of fake accounts I encountered, I do think that it’s possible to find a match on this website. So, if you have some money to burn and are willing to put in some time searching for ideal matches, give DateYou a try.