It was very clear that my matchmaker went with absolutely no criteria other than age. The crazy thing is, I’m known for being the opposite of picky. That’s my whole thing. But the matches they set me up with felt … insulting. And that was a first for me, ever. Like, come on. This is the exact reason why I never dated within the Jewish community: that practice within the frum community where if a girl reaches the shockingly ancient age of 29 they’ll rush to pair her with an unemployed & mentally ill 58 year old just to see her married because (gasp!) Anything is better than not being married! In the outside world, the topic of my illness is barely even a speaking point in dating, but here it was as if I were sent to a leper colony.

While the app led something to be desired before, it’s much better the way it was then it is now. To usability is terrible. It says if no one tested it before it was released. It’s slow and it logs out which the other never did. The results on the site or something else I’m not reviewing that I’m just talking about the ability of the new app. It’s a mini version of the site and it’s very poor.

I’ve only been on it for a few months without a subscription and get regular matches. Many don’t fit my criteria but I’m only looking for 1 solid connection. I’m going to upgrade to a paying membership to see how it goes. I think having good pictures & a well written profile definitely helps.

The shadchanim do not seem to invest any real time or effort looking for appropriate matches; rather they rely on an algorithm to do the work. Get matched once every few months to non-matches. It seems like many of the males need counseling/coaching and or have serious emotional/mental health issues. Many men have been divorced ten or more years and some divorces have actually made the headlines and/or are now considered case law. The shadchanim report that the quality of males is far lower than the quality of females. Caveat Emptor! Paying Or Non-Paying does notMake a difference…lol