4.41★ from 1,115,870 ratings · version 10.3.0 · 54 of the last 126 written reviews are one or two stars
Account banned with no explanation or appeal
13of the 54 read·24%
Users report being banned during signup or after minimal activity with no reason given, and appeals are automatically rejected or ignored.
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“Application process ban’s you for life! — I would just like to say, I have been unfairly treated from this app. The first I attempted to sign up for hinge I was banned from using the app, during the profile setup process. I’ve tried to get appealed and been denied multiple times with no reason. Just the policy brochure and suggested to go elsewhere.👀” — ★☆☆☆☆“Bad service — I was banned from hinge with the justification that an automated system flagged me. I tried to get it resolved because I had not done anything wrong and was given an automated rejection of my appeal. I tried to send an email to resolve the problem and was sent an automated rejection again. I still do not know what I did wrong. I was banned when I redownload the app.” — ★☆☆☆☆“Bans brand new accounts — Before I could even start my account with completely inoffensive photos and completely innocuous bio information the platform immediately banned my account with absolutely no justification or explanation. I hadn’t sent a single message or matched with a single person. Can someone please fix this glitch or explain what’s going on?” — ★☆☆☆☆
Algorithm fails to deliver promised matches
9of the 54 read·17%
Users say the matching algorithm doesn't work: they get few or no matches despite good profiles, or matches that don't fit their stated preferences.
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“The disparity in results — I don’t understand why no matter what I do on this app I can’t get matches. I’ve redone my photos gotten my prompts peer reviewed, try to be thoughtful or send messages but nothing. I find it hard to believe people are really meeting on these apps, it’s incredibly frustrating and upsets me that this is one aspect of my life I can’t control no matter what I do.” — ★☆☆☆☆“Just bad — If you’re trying to find people similar to you it’s just impossible. You can’t find people with similar interests. You can’t filter out people of an entire preference without also filtering out people that don’t answer a question. They should let you choose “options you don’t want to see” rather than “options I only want to see”. Also paying does nothing. I get WAY more likes when I’m not paying. It…” — ★☆☆☆☆“What a waste! — Spent the money to upgrade and their algorithm still won’t let you through. Complete waste of time and money. Don’t do it! It’s a scam! They’re right about one thing…you will want to delete this app because NO one ever responds!” — ★☆☆☆☆
Too many features locked behind paywall
8of the 54 read·15%
Users say almost everything requires payment: seeing likes, sending messages, viewing profiles, and other core features are subscription-only.
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“Designed to be deleted — Yet everything is behind a paywall wanna see your likes, send likes, be seen, I’m surprised you don’t have to pay to start an account” — ★☆☆☆☆“Pay to play is not the design to be delete I had in mind — Hinge started out great, but since more and more of the app has gone subscription only, I’ve noticed less matches and more things behind paywalls. The last straw for me was the new rollout of only being able to change your location once every 30 days. What app doesn’t let you change you location for free when you’re in a new place! Tired of paywall BS. Design…” — ★★☆☆☆“Horrible — A scam. Only when you pay they actually match you with people. And even then they hold back some just for the next day or and so on.” — ★☆☆☆☆
Fake accounts and bots flooding the platform
7of the 54 read·13%
Users report encountering numerous fake profiles, bot accounts, and AI-generated matches instead of real people seeking genuine connections.
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“Presence of Fake Accounts and Bots — This app contains a large number of fake accounts that behave like bots. Despite my active engagement and real profile, I have not received any genuine interactions from real users. The platform creates a false impression of popularity, while real connections do not occur. I urge you to investigate and take action.” — ★☆☆☆☆“Horrible — People are fake on here . I used hinge and had the worst experience. I give this app and this dating app a negative 100. Very discussed with this dating app” — ★☆☆☆☆“Problematic — Most matches are AI or people being gross.” — ★★☆☆☆
App crashes and technical glitches
5of the 54 read·9%
Users report broken features: photo verification failing, messages not appearing, older iPhones unable to view messages or matches.
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“Photo verification — This thing blows majorly. Nothings wrong with my phone but something wrong with your app!! Toodles” — ★★☆☆☆“No front facing camera option — It’s really weird that you can’t use either camera option on your phone to get your verification pic. This seems like a really simple coding update that Hinge could make pretty immediately. They give you no other way so if your selfie camera isn’t working you’re sol. I’ll be giving my business to a different app.” — ★☆☆☆☆“Face verification is a joke — Face verification does not even work” — ★★☆☆☆
No real responses or engagement from matches
5of the 54 read·9%
Users match with people but receive no responses, are ghosted frequently, or find profiles are outdated and inactive.
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“What a waste! — Spent the money to upgrade and their algorithm still won’t let you through. Complete waste of time and money. Don’t do it! It’s a scam! They’re right about one thing…you will want to delete this app because NO one ever responds!” — ★☆☆☆☆“This app sucks — I’m very disappointed about the way you guys control the conversations with the people I matched with, I can’t send or read messages right away” — ★☆☆☆☆“No one serious on here — Not enough matches to sort through and find anyone genuine” — ★☆☆☆☆
Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 54 most recent negative ones. Newest review 2 days ago (07.09.2026), last collected yesterday.
Britain
4.34★ from 194,006 ratings · version 10.3.0 · 20 of the last 56 written reviews are one or two stars
Not enough negative reviews here to group anything honestly. There are 20, and the threshold is twelve.
Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 20 most recent negative ones. Newest review 2 days ago (07.09.2026), last collected today.
Germany
4.22★ from 34,307 ratings · version 10.3.0
We have not read this app's reviews yet. Apple rations that feed to about one page per address every ten minutes and refuses datacentre addresses, so the reading is done by hand — the rating above is live, the complaints are not there yet.
Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 0 most recent negative ones. Newest review never, last collected never.
France
4.36★ from 25,612 ratings · version 10.3.0
We have not read this app's reviews yet. Apple rations that feed to about one page per address every ten minutes and refuses datacentre addresses, so the reading is done by hand — the rating above is live, the complaints are not there yet.
Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 0 most recent negative ones. Newest review never, last collected never.