DOWN: The Casual Dating App

Name: DOWN: The Casual Dating App
Rating: 4.3 (114412 reviews)
Author: Down App, Inc.

Seeking a Meetup or Wild Date?

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases

114K Ratings
Ages

18+
In-App Controls
Category

Lifestyle
Developer

Down App, Inc.
Language

EN
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Size

157.4
MB

iPhone

Your search is over: this is where curiosity and honesty meet to create magical dates! 17+ million open-minded singles exploring and keeping it real. No matter what kind of relationship you're seeking, you're in control—express openly whether you're looking for something SERIOUS or CASUAL. DOWN is the most honest dating app for open-minded singles to connect, express themselves freely, and find what they truly want. Discover your dating life in a safe space. Your privacy and safety are our top priorities. We employ robust measures, including photo verification, to proactively identify and mitigate inauthentic accounts and scammers—creating a safe environment for you to match and chat with nearby singles. To enhance safety and provide a more authentic experience, all users must now be photo-verified. We’re committed to combating inauthentic accounts to improve your experience, and we verify all users from the start. DOWN is the perfect app for singles seeking casual relationships, long-term commitments, or anything in between. Find attractive singles near you. Flirt, meet, date, and have fun every day! Join our community of over 17 million users, be straightforward and date the honest way: If you're seeking casual fun, say "GET DOWN." If you're looking for something more serious, say "GET DATE." It's that simple—you choose! How DOWN Works: Sign up once with a Mobile Number, Apple ID, or Facebook to verify your identity (don't worry—we NEVER post to your Facebook wall!). Like singles nearby: We will only inform them if they’re interested in you too! When we confirm you’re both interested in chatting or ready to date, we’ll notify you so you can meet! The app is free to download and use. We also offer an optional subscription package called DOWN Private Membership. Subscribe to access DOWN's premium features and enjoy all the advantages—giving you the best chances of success. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account upon purchase. If you choose the subscription option, it will automatically renew unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period, which will outline the renewal cost. Subscriptions can be managed by the user, and auto-renewal can be turned off through the user's Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. All personal data is handled in accordance with DOWN's privacy policy. More details can be found here: https://www.downapp.com/privacy. Terms and Conditions can be found here: https://www.downapp.com/terms.

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Ratings & Reviews

4.3

out of 5

114K Ratings

Preliminary Review
09/16/2025

J. E.S.
I happened to see an article in Men’s Health Magazine titled, “The 17 Best Sex Apps for Finding a Casual Hookup”, and Down Dating was one of the 17. It was easy to set up my profile, in fact you have limited space to describe yourself and/or what you are looking for. Instead, the app relies on picking what you’d be “down” to trying - things like cuddling, kissing, fwb, group play, etc. You also can choose what type of relationship you are looking for - casual or more serious. I’ve only been on the site a very short time, but I have not seen any clearly fake profiles, nor received any message from bots or catfishers like I have on some other sites (like when your profile is essentially empty) and a “women” is reaching out to you). I have sent a few likes and messages, but have not heard back anything yet, but if anything, at this point that makes me feel like this is a legitimate site (and it was in the Men’s Health article which also lends it some degree of credibility). I hope to be able to report back soon my further experience with the site confirming this preliminary review.

Developer Response
Hi! We really appreciate your detailed feedback with the app and thanks for the review! 😄 We are happy to know that you find our app to be a legitimate site and yes, we are really working hard to keep fakes away from our app.Thanks again and looking forward for the responses from the women you sent your messages to. 🙏 If you ever need any help, feel free to reach out to us at ops@downapp.com. 😊
Preliminary Review
09/16/2025

J. E.S.

I happened to see an article in Men’s Health Magazine titled, “The 17 Best Sex Apps for Finding a Casual Hookup”, and Down Dating was one of the 17. It was easy to set up my profile, in fact you have limited space to describe yourself and/or what you are looking for. Instead, the app relies on picking what you’d be “down” to trying - things like cuddling, kissing, fwb, group play, etc. You also can choose what type of relationship you are looking for - casual or more serious. I’ve only been on the site a very short time, but I have not seen any clearly fake profiles, nor received any message from bots or catfishers like I have on some other sites (like when your profile is essentially empty) and a “women” is reaching out to you). I have sent a few likes and messages, but have not heard back anything yet, but if anything, at this point that makes me feel like this is a legitimate site (and it was in the Men’s Health article which also lends it some degree of credibility). I hope to be able to report back soon my further experience with the site confirming this preliminary review.
Developer Response 09/18/2025
Hi! We really appreciate your detailed feedback with the app and thanks for the review! 😄 We are happy to know that you find our app to be a legitimate site and yes, we are really working hard to keep fakes away from our app.Thanks again and looking forward for the responses from the women you sent your messages to. 🙏 If you ever need any help, feel free to reach out to us at ops@downapp.com. 😊
Not that good of an app, way better ones out there
07/09/2024

DaChief76
Overpriced & nobody ever responded to any attempts made to begin communicating. If you make a mistake & accidentally swipe up or down, you add somebody mistakenly to those that you like even though you may not like them at all. But bc there is so much clutter on the screen, whenever attempting to simply move the picture up or down to gain a better perspective & better view of a given picture & profile, you end up “liking,” or wanting to either date ir hookup w a given person even though you don’t want to at all. Just trying to see a profile picture & it ends thinking you want to get w that person. It’s a terrible design & there is no way of deleting a mistake “date,” or “hookup.” So then you end up stuck w profiles & people who you don’t want to date, or hookup w, but end up stuck w a list of possible mistakes that you can’t undo. Your just stuck w a bunch of people who you don’t want to talk to or date, but I guess they end up thinking you do just bc you wanted a better look at their profile picture so the app punishes you by making you keep your mistakes, no way or correcting them. Also, no of looking back at any “flirts,” you may have sent & what you said to any person. In case you wanted to go back & see what you said to who, it’s not possible. Not a fan of the app, will not be renewing.

Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback on our swiping feature. While our team hasn’t encountered the issues you described during our tests, we are committed to making the app more user-friendly for you. We’ve already forwarded your feedback to the product team for further review. Regarding pricing, we can share that we’re already testing out different discounted offers. For the Flirts feature, we’re planning to test improved UI options to enhance ease of use. Improving our app’s UI to ensure clarity and user-friendliness is one of our top priorities. We thank you for sharing your thoughts! We would like to personally assist you to make sure we’re helping you find success on our app - please feel free to reach out to us: ops@downapp.com. Hope you can give us another try, as we are improving the app with every update. : )
Not that good of an app, way better ones out there
07/09/2024

DaChief76

Overpriced & nobody ever responded to any attempts made to begin communicating. If you make a mistake & accidentally swipe up or down, you add somebody mistakenly to those that you like even though you may not like them at all. But bc there is so much clutter on the screen, whenever attempting to simply move the picture up or down to gain a better perspective & better view of a given picture & profile, you end up “liking,” or wanting to either date ir hookup w a given person even though you don’t want to at all. Just trying to see a profile picture & it ends thinking you want to get w that person. It’s a terrible design & there is no way of deleting a mistake “date,” or “hookup.” So then you end up stuck w profiles & people who you don’t want to date, or hookup w, but end up stuck w a list of possible mistakes that you can’t undo. Your just stuck w a bunch of people who you don’t want to talk to or date, but I guess they end up thinking you do just bc you wanted a better look at their profile picture so the app punishes you by making you keep your mistakes, no way or correcting them. Also, no of looking back at any “flirts,” you may have sent & what you said to any person. In case you wanted to go back & see what you said to who, it’s not possible. Not a fan of the app, will not be renewing.
Developer Response 07/13/2024
Thank you for your feedback on our swiping feature. While our team hasn’t encountered the issues you described during our tests, we are committed to making the app more user-friendly for you. We’ve already forwarded your feedback to the product team for further review. Regarding pricing, we can share that we’re already testing out different discounted offers. For the Flirts feature, we’re planning to test improved UI options to enhance ease of use. Improving our app’s UI to ensure clarity and user-friendliness is one of our top priorities. We thank you for sharing your thoughts! We would like to personally assist you to make sure we’re helping you find success on our app - please feel free to reach out to us: ops@downapp.com. Hope you can give us another try, as we are improving the app with every update. : )
Ridiculous app
03/02/2025

Wild bill321
This app is ridiculous. You can see all types of people on here, you can even like people and have them like you back. Most accounts on here are fakes, with well known social media influencers stock photos from social media being used to attempt to lure people in. You cannot at all interact with anyone on this site unless you pay the $32 a month subscription fee. Oh, and when you sign up, you’re automatically entered into a re-occurring subscription that charges $32 a month that is charged to your debit card. This site is a literal scam, because what happens is that as soon as you sign up for their subscription JUST TO BE ABLE TO MESSAGE!!! The people that liked you previously all the sudden become ghosts. All the accounts on here are not real and are actual bots that mimic interactions in order lure you in to paying. Then as soon as you pay, the bots become silent because this company has already gotten what they want from you and that is your money. There is absolutely no and I really mean ZERO customer service to contact either. Like, they don’t even have that option. So as soon you opt to give them your debit card or payment details, you’re now locked into a subscription that you cannot cancel or get out of. I’m not even certain how they get away with literally scamming people and get to remain on the App Store. This definitely needs to be looked in to. DON’T SAT YOU WEREN’T WARNED!

Developer Response
We're sorry to hear about your experience. Our goal is to create a safe and enjoyable space for real connections, and we take reports of fake profiles very seriously. We have strict verification measures in place and encourage users to report any suspicious accounts so we can take appropriate action. Messaging is free once you've matched with someone, while our premium options provide additional features to enhance your experience. Subscriptions are completely optional, and all charges are clearly outlined before purchase. Additionally, subscriptions can be managed or canceled anytime through the App Store. We’d love to personally check your account and assist with any concerns you may have. Our support team is here to help—please feel free to reach out at ops@downapp.com. We appreciate your review and hope to improve your experience moving forward!
Ridiculous app
03/02/2025

Wild bill321

This app is ridiculous. You can see all types of people on here, you can even like people and have them like you back. Most accounts on here are fakes, with well known social media influencers stock photos from social media being used to attempt to lure people in. You cannot at all interact with anyone on this site unless you pay the $32 a month subscription fee. Oh, and when you sign up, you’re automatically entered into a re-occurring subscription that charges $32 a month that is charged to your debit card. This site is a literal scam, because what happens is that as soon as you sign up for their subscription JUST TO BE ABLE TO MESSAGE!!! The people that liked you previously all the sudden become ghosts. All the accounts on here are not real and are actual bots that mimic interactions in order lure you in to paying. Then as soon as you pay, the bots become silent because this company has already gotten what they want from you and that is your money. There is absolutely no and I really mean ZERO customer service to contact either. Like, they don’t even have that option. So as soon you opt to give them your debit card or payment details, you’re now locked into a subscription that you cannot cancel or get out of. I’m not even certain how they get away with literally scamming people and get to remain on the App Store. This definitely needs to be looked in to. DON’T SAT YOU WEREN’T WARNED!
Developer Response 03/03/2025
We're sorry to hear about your experience. Our goal is to create a safe and enjoyable space for real connections, and we take reports of fake profiles very seriously. We have strict verification measures in place and encourage users to report any suspicious accounts so we can take appropriate action. Messaging is free once you've matched with someone, while our premium options provide additional features to enhance your experience. Subscriptions are completely optional, and all charges are clearly outlined before purchase. Additionally, subscriptions can be managed or canceled anytime through the App Store. We’d love to personally check your account and assist with any concerns you may have. Our support team is here to help—please feel free to reach out at ops@downapp.com. We appreciate your review and hope to improve your experience moving forward!
Needs massive improvement
11/04/2025

financial fraud
Paid for the subscription more than once and I have problems with the messaging I’ll be messaging someone and then the message stopped which that happens sometimes people stop responding, but then I will get a notification saying that I just received a message when I go to check it. The message that I received will be a month old sometimes or more and it will be before messages that I had sent out so it’s not that the person quit responding is that the app quits allowing me to see their messages when I contacted support support that it was a glitch, but it’s been happening the whole time I’ve had the app which is a year now and so basically I paid for nothing and then when I contacted the support again they said oh it was a security thing so that we can ensure people safety I don’t understand why that would be for safety if one of us didn’t flag the messages or something like that. Why would they be holding our messages or reading our messages? And I could understand if it was really truly for security delay delaying a message for a minute or two or a day at the most but a month a month and a half that’s ridiculous. And contacted support multiple times they just quit responding.

Developer Response
We’re sorry to hear about your experience — that’s definitely not the kind of frustration we want for our users. Message delays are not intentional, and they should not take that long to appear. lease reach out to us at ops@downapp.com so we can look into this further and get this fixed as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience. 🙏
Needs massive improvement
11/04/2025

financial fraud

Paid for the subscription more than once and I have problems with the messaging I’ll be messaging someone and then the message stopped which that happens sometimes people stop responding, but then I will get a notification saying that I just received a message when I go to check it. The message that I received will be a month old sometimes or more and it will be before messages that I had sent out so it’s not that the person quit responding is that the app quits allowing me to see their messages when I contacted support support that it was a glitch, but it’s been happening the whole time I’ve had the app which is a year now and so basically I paid for nothing and then when I contacted the support again they said oh it was a security thing so that we can ensure people safety I don’t understand why that would be for safety if one of us didn’t flag the messages or something like that. Why would they be holding our messages or reading our messages? And I could understand if it was really truly for security delay delaying a message for a minute or two or a day at the most but a month a month and a half that’s ridiculous. And contacted support multiple times they just quit responding.
Developer Response 10/27/2025
We’re sorry to hear about your experience — that’s definitely not the kind of frustration we want for our users. Message delays are not intentional, and they should not take that long to appear. lease reach out to us at ops@downapp.com so we can look into this further and get this fixed as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience. 🙏

In this version, we've improved app performance and stability to make your experience smoother and more reliable. LOVE our app? Please take a moment to leave a 5-star review. DOWN listens to your feedback! Email us at [ops@downapp.com](mailto:ops@downapp.com) Your feedback keeps DOWN a better place for open-minded users to date. xoxo, the DOWN Team

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