Coffee Meets Bagel: Dating App 17+

There should be easier ways to get “beans”

I don’t normally leave reviews on apps but this was an exception. I do like the concept of this app as you don’t need to swipe on so many profiles and seeing such low effort profiles. It’s easy to understand, straightforward, a little more interactive compared to the top 3 dating apps. My only complaint is how can one get “beans” without using money or paying for premium. Would make more sense to incentivize people to really take time with their profiles and maybe have a tutorial to fully understand how the app works. If they complete the tutorial or update their profiles, give “beans” for their interaction with the app. Again, I do like this app and think it’s concepts are very simple but if you do see someone you really like and want to send one, you can’t thanks to the difficulty of earning “beans”. Again: great app, good concepts, just has to be a little bit easier to earn “beans” instead of investing money and premium. The little things counts.

Developer Response ,

We're thrilled to hear that you're having a positive experience with the app. If there's anything else we can do to further improve your experience or need assistance with anything, just submit a request via the app or website, and we'll be happy to help you out. Thank you for being a valued member of our community!

Fake profiles/ Scams

I have been matched with a lot off Asian men since they are my type and we both send a like and we start a chat for about a day then they ask you if you have WhatsApp. Then we start a chat for a few days they are nice to you in the beginning. You ask questions they reply but if you want to know more about them they cut you off with some other conversation. Little by little they start talking to you about financial stuff like they want to help you for your retirement and help you make more money. I caught on right away but I played there game to see how far they will go. And they start being hostile and saying you have to do what I say. I always replied I am not comfortable talking about financial stuff and they will tell you that you don’t trust them they even do video calls with you. Every single person I was matched with about 16 men CMB sent me an email that they were reported. For all the women out there be careful who you get matched with most off the men I chatted with were very handsome and the profile photos are fake there background is always somewhere traveling. A good hint to check if it’s really or not the pictures will look more normal like a in there own home or somewhere more natural. It’s a disappointment to pay all this money and most of them are fake I recommend to CMB to be more careful on who is in there platform. Because a lot a woman get scammed by them.

Developer Response ,

We’re truly sorry to hear about your experience and appreciate you sharing these details. Your safety and experience are very important to us. We take reports of fraudulent activity seriously and are working to improve our detection measures. Please continue to report any suspicious profiles through the app or our website so we can address these issues promptly. Thank you for your feedback as we strive to enhance the safety and quality of our platform.

Purely exploitative

I engaged with other profiles every day for a month since I downloaded and paid for the service. I got matched with roughly 10 women in the first two weeks and then it dropped to zero for the next week. When the dry spell continued for another week, I reached out to the customer service which kept repeating that I had to update my profile and add more pictures and they do not deprioritize profiles. When I pressed for numbers they came back and said that 38 women interacted with my profile "since last week" (whatever that means) and they all passed on me. I was like, really? All 38 of them? And also why so few? Are all the flowers and likes reaching them? They had no answer. I noticed that more women get dropped on the suggested tab after buying a few beans here and there. The app is purely exploitative of people who are just looking for meaningful connections. After some back and forth with the incompetent and heartless customer service (are they bots?) I decided to delete my app and asked for a refund, which was granted by Apple with no question asked. There must be a lot of people with similar issues with this app, hence the swift refund by Apple. I see a lot of folks who gave just one star but in reality they probably wanted to give no star. They'd better put their act together soon or the word gets out and will go belly up soon.