Feeld: Date & Meet New People 17+

The community/focus I’m looking for, but SO SO SO buggy

Update - April 2022: Since my original rating, it seems as though developers have fixed the bugs that were causing the app to crash frequently. As that was my main issue with the app, I’m giving them another star. Now, my only real complaint is the lack of ability to “go back” to a skipped profile. I’m not paying for premium, so I’m not sure if that’s a feature with paid plans. Other major dating apps that charge for this feature will at least display the button for all users, so you know it’s an option if you want it.

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I first used Feeld about 3 years ago, and was really turned off by how buggy the app is. Constant crashes, frequent need to log back in using a link sent to my email, etc. These bugs annoyed me enough that I deleted my account. About a month ago I decided to join again, as it’s really difficult to use the typical dating apps to connect with others looking for the same things as I am. I thought, surely they had to have fixed these issues after all this time. Nope! Still a huge pain, and not much better than before. Yet here I am, a masochist enduring these frustrations for the hopes of meeting someone(s) special. Sigh. Please, Feeld, get better.

Developer Response ,

Hi there, thank you for your honest feedback. Our developers are working around the clock to fix the bugs that our members experience. In the meantime, we'll be able to help you with the issues you're having. Please, send us an email to support@feeld.co and we'll be happy to assist you. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

Great app, needs curation

First, it’s better than most apps, particularly if you’re LGBTQ+, queer, neurodivergent, kinky, and/or poly. There’s more space here for different loving, and if you fall under that umbrella, it’s really refreshing.

Their paid tier (“majestic”) gives you one free ping (a way to connect with other members) per day, and having that daily ping refresh and be available to use has, for me, been really spotty. They say they’re working on it, but it’s been a while and it’s still an issue. Hopefully they’ll get that fixed one of these days.

The real problem is just how many not-real-people “professionals” there are on the app. Insanely hot well-endowed Instagram-models with no text in their profiles (why is an empty bio even allowed?), broken-English word soup about being open minded, or just straight-up snapchat addresses where they quote you their rates for sex. There are some great people on the app too, but they’re just getting drowned out by the “professionals”, and I wish the company would do a better job just doing a basic account review to make sure the accounts in the app are for people honestly looking to meet people, not hire them.

Developer Response ,

Hi there, thank you for your honest feedback. Our developers are working around the clock to fix the bugs that our members experience. In the meantime, we'll be able to help you with the issues you're having. Please send us an email to support@feeld.co and we'll be happy to assist you. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

Community blocking = presumption of guilt

All it takes is one person to report you- for any reason or no reason at all- and Feeld immediately blocks you. A legitimate app would have a human review any complaint/report before denying access to its service…not so with Feeld. The human review comes AFTER you have been automatically blocked - regardless of how petty or nonsensical the supposed “violation” may be - and that’s IF you are lucky. In order to have your account unblocked you have to be able to get someone in their customer service to read your request, and that often takes weeks or months. I know because their customer service chat shows you whether your message has been read. And paying for their Majestic membership does not help. I’m a current Majestic member and have been blocked for nearly three weeks without anyone reading my request to unblock my account.

This is my second time making a Feeld account- the first one I had to abandon because I was blocked for months with no help. Guess what: I finally did get a response four months later, after I had started a new, paid Majestic account. My repeated pleas to Feeld to put human review before any block occurs have fallen on completely deaf ears. Spending money on this app is asking to be defrauded. Spending time on this app is asking for infinite frustration.