Hulah — Dating app 17+

Hulah could be the best big thing in dating apps. With lots of traffic from TikTok, it could really take off if the app is improved a bit. For instance, for most users it seems impossible to view a current conversation when you start typing a response. Additionally, it took me forever to figure out that you can swipe up to see additional profile information and it took me even longer to figure out that you can click on someone’s name to view their profile and pictures in their original, uncropped form. On that note, the default cropping of the images is pretty annoying; they ought to appear—no matter the viewing mode one is in when the pictures are viewed—exactly as they appear when you adjust your pictures in profile editing mode. Other than those issues, seems like a great app.

First I would like to say that this concept is very cool and an absolute must in todays dating climate. It is VERY new and I’m sure once it gains traction it will flourish well. With that being said, I’m never one to leave bad reviews. But here are my qualms. I’ve had the app for maybe 6 weeks give or take and I haven’t received a single like. Which I genuinely feel like that seems it has to be a glitch. Unless not…then oof 🥲 but I realized it had to be because I set my location for the radius of 25 miles, to 50 miles, and to 100 miles and it says there aren’t any guys in these locations.
Secondly, I paid for a single month of premium to try it out-I’ve never subscribed to any dating app ever and so I thought this would be different. However apple charged me for another month when I didn’t want it. Because in my eyes now, I have paid $20 to use an app where no guys live near me to like/match with.

Again, great concept but it has its downfalls. I also didn’t appreciate that apple took another payment for me when I selected one time purchase.

What an amazing idea and I like the simple setup with free space for your bio. It’s great that you have to write a message to like someone and matches expire unless you keep the convo going, simple solutions to a big issue on dating apps. The hype people idea is awesome! However, literally nothing on this app works. The people that liked my profile weren’t showing up unless I liked them back on the feed. I tried to use the video function with someone and it didn’t work whatsoever. Pictures come in sideways, all the people on my feed are out of my preference zone, I somehow endorsed an old colleague without knowing it (awkward and yikes!). I want to root for this which is why I waited to see if the new update made big changes, but they were minor. Being a new dating app I don’t expect a ton of people on it, but since the app doesn’t have basic functionality, it’s hard to see how anyone would stay on it either. There’s no point to this app at the moment. I wish you luck!