S'More: Dates, Friends, & Fun 17+

Worth checking out

This is a cool dating app that’s worth checking out. The setup is super easy and options for what you’re looking for are numerous - which is nice because dating isn’t always black & white. The only thing I’d change with this platform is the ability to see member photos. Currently you can’t see the person you’re replying to until you start a chat and they reply - which is weird to me. What if you aren’t attracted to them? Otherwise, I think the app itself if pretty solid!

Developer Response ,

Hi ShelbyP24! Our mission is to start authentic conversations and to encourage people to get to know someone first, without making superficial judgements. This way, we're creating a fully inclusive and safe community - where everyone has an equal chance of finding a long lasting relationship. We do believe physical attraction is still very important, so you'll see their photos during your conversation. We hope you take the time to get to know someone and wish you the best on your S'More journey!

I love the concept, Execution is lackluster

I love the concept of getting to like someone before you see them. As a woman on the internet it’s a refreshing idea to have someone like you as a person. But the execution is really, really lacking. Limited political orientations/religions - something else = apolítical or not religious which is quite reductive for an app to get to know people? Sexuality next to number of siblings?? I’m pretty shameless and even I balked at my profile proudly toting “Two siblings. Bisexual.” And for an app that wants for people to get to know each shouldn’t there be some moderation on one word/nonsense answers for prompts? Verifying identity is a nice touch, but the lack of quality verification may kill this app before it ever has a chance to live :(

The above issues would be negligible but the limited selection of daily matches mixed with the fact that the ten profiles were literally awful, like so awful it actually made me miss Tinder... an app that I deleted in 2019 for being a hot pile of garbage.. I don’t have a single fond memory from my years on Tinder so I hope that really illustrates my feelings for the selection that was presented to me on this platform. I think if there’s no quality, there should at least be a higher quantity and maybe mix it up a little. All of my matches were men despite me being open to everything.
Three stars for the concept though.

Developer Response ,

Hi there! Thanks for downloading S'More and we're glad you like the brand and our mission. We totally hear your feedback, and we're working on many more ways to customize your profile! In the meantime, you can still add voice notes, music tracks, profile prompts, video responses, and galleries - to make your profile represent who you are. If you go to My Profile >> Edit, you'll see there are many more ways to add information to your profile, other than the basic profile icons.

If you have any more feedback on what you'd like to see on the profiles, we'd love to pick your brain! Shoot us a note at support@smoredate.com :)

Worthless if you’re looking for someone in your area

Unlike most dating apps where you can set preferences like age, height, and distance, S’more is so concerned with focusing on setting you up with like minded people that it ignores these other crucial features. Each day you get a small list of people to talk to. You don’t get to see what they look like but if you have common interests you can talk and eventually unlock their photos. The problem is it doesn’t tell you where these people are, so you could start talking to someone and find out they don’t live near your town, city, or even state. What’s the point? Also, you’d think for an app that’s trying to match people based on common interests they’d let you pick very specific interests out of a huge list. But no. There’s only a handful of things to choose from and they’re super vague like “art” or “tv”. If you like a specific show, or type of show like anime, or a certain band or music artist, too bad because all you’ll see is if another user likes “music” or “art.” Way too vague to know if this person likes the same type of things you do. Between that and most of my matches living hours away or even out of state, this app is totally pointless.