“There is a paywall for almost everything. My area had far too few profiles based even on the population and I even chose the widest preferences. Nearly every notification of someone that looked or showed interest lived NOWHERE near me. I…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 1,108 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
3.6 ★394,495 ratings
10M+Downloads
17+Age rating
210 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Match – The Dating App for Real Relationships and Real People.
Looking for something real? Welcome to Match – the dating app designed for singles who know what they want. For over 25 years, Match has helped millions of men and women find meaningful relationships through authentic conversations, expert-backed guidance, and a safe, trusted platform.
Whether you're searching for love, exploring local dating, or ready to meet someone new, Match makes it easy to connect with real people near you who are looking for the same thing.
We believe being honest about who you are and what you’re looking for isn’t being picky – it’s being confident. Match is here to help you date like an adult: with intention, clarity, and the tools to make meaningful connections.
Why Match Stands Out
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Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 26.16.00 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 26.16.00, updated 2026-09-11.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 26.15.00 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 26.17.00, updated 2026-09-21.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
Under 65% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 26.15.00, scanned 2026-09-11.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
3–5 requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Context 1
Measured and published because a reader would want to know — deliberately not a charge. The measurement alone does not show a harm.
Cheapest and priciest options are far apart
The disclosed in-app purchases span an unusually wide price range. Published as context: the cheapest and priciest items may be different kinds of product entirely, so the spread alone deducts nothing.
What we saw: In-app purchases run from USD 2.99 to USD 129.99 — a 43x spread across 10 items
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 3
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 7 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 587 reviews scanned)
In the app's own text: A plan is pre-picked as 'recommended'
The purchase screen arrives with one plan already framed as the recommended or most popular choice, so the default is the app's preference rather than the user's. We do not compare the plans' prices, and only the app's own text evidences this, so it is shown, but never counted as a charge.
What we saw: Purchase screen steers the choice: "BEST VALUE"
In the app's own text: Countdown-timer purchase pressure
The app's own purchase copy attaches a deadline to buying — a countdown, 'offer ends in', 'limited time' — or ships a countdown view on a purchase-screen layout.
What we saw: Deadline pressure in the app's own copy: "Exclusive Limited-Time Offer"
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“The app and interface are terrible and frustrating. You have to pay to get basic things that should be free. It keeps making me "like" people by deciding that me trying to scroll the profile is a right swipe. I couldn't change anything in…”
“literally everything is behind a paywall”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 26.16.00.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$2.99
Highest$129.99
1 Month Standard$44.99
1 Month Basic$44.99
6 Month Bundle$129.99
Top Spot 10-Pack$19.99
Boost 1-Pack$5.99
Show 5 more purchases
Match$42.99
Match$74.99
1 Top Spot$2.99
Match$129.99
Match$19.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.