Boulder: Date a Climber 17+

At first when I joined the app I matched with real climbers - then about two months into the app I began noticing a lot of people who list a city they live in and then upon inquiring, they don’t actually live there. Which made me realize that they are just there to get you to talk to them so that whoever the owners of the app are get the “time spent on app” statistic up. Definitely fake people getting paid or scammers on here. If not, the app would probably die from lack of users 😂.

Good concept though. Too bad you need to pump the user base with fake profiles/ users who aren’t real.

Hi again,

I wanted to follow up and update my response to your review with what's changed on Boulder.

As you may be aware, selfie verification is now required on Boulder, and verified profiles now have a "Verified" badge on them, so that you can be confident you're talking to a real climber.

In addition, there have been backend changes made to ensure that reported users cannot delete their accounts and attempt to create duplicate accounts.

The number of reported fake users has decreased significantly since these updates were released. I ask that you please reconsider your rating of Boulder, given that this issue is being addressed and there has already been significant improvement.

Thank you for being a part of Boulder, and for your patience while we deal with the challenges of a growing platform!

It’s a really cute app design and you can tell it’s been thoroughly thought out. The prompts are good (although I do think it’s odd that there’s a “how hard can you Boulder?” question but not a “how hard can you sport/TR/whatever” question lol). the format is fine, the app works smoothly. My only complaints are twofold:
1. that when you get new messages they don’t move to the top of my queue, so you have to scroll through all of your matches to respond to ongoing conversations. I feel like that could be an easy fix.
2. I have my age filter on 18-24. That’s fine, I only see people 18-24 in my stack. HOWEVER, I keep getting likes from people who are as old as 40. There’s nothing wrong with being 40 but there is something wrong with being 40 looking for a 20 year old. I don’t want to be visible to middle aged men.

Thank you for the feedback! We've gone ahead and fixed the messaging sorting. The age feedback is also valid, we'll look into how we can make this work better for everyone on Boulder!

If you’re reading this, the app is very smooth and works well. I didn’t see any fake profiles, as all the profiles I saw had pictures of nearby crags and climbing gyms. The only downside is there aren’t yet enough users! I think I swiped through 10 or so profiles before running out of people to swipe through :(.

Thanks for the feedback spudude! Working on it! Marketing is a constant effort, but Boulder has grown a lot in the past year!