Christian Mingle: Dating App

I would give this less than one star if I could. I had deleted (I thought) or at the very least hidden my profile from being viewed months ago and deleted the app because the platform is so terrible, does not work, spins incessantly before sometimes loading. I never heard back from anyone eligible but older, divorced men or people I would otherwise not be interested in dating. But then, months later I get an email out of the blue that someone has sent me a smile, I look at his profile and he’s too good to be true, but since he’s subscribed, I can message for free so I send a smile back. No response. I look again, and he is not subscribed. So I take the chance and pay for one month ($50), and he messages back. Very nice messages, but I’m realizing it does not sound like a real person would talk. Tons of emojis and that he is so happy we’re messaging but does not ask me questions back and repeats phrases on his profile word for word in an unnatural way. I stop asking questions, and he does not message back. I believe this was a fake profile the site made to lure me in, as I never opened my profile back up, if I hadn’t deleted it like I’m sure I had, I’d had no messages since, and now, like before, I’m only getting them from guys I would not be interested in. I will never use this site again. What a shame they do not put the ridiculous fees into improving their site. It is literally showing me the same people on highlights from years ago when I used it.

I almost never write reviews unless something is very great or very terrible and this is just playing with your emotions and money. I thought it was way to expensive to pay for the premium but it was the only way to get anything done so I bought it and oh boy am I disappointed. At first I got only a few matches at all. I widened my search criteria to as far a I would allow and there are still only a few dozen people. All of the people my age haven’t been active in months and the very few who are active don’t respond. Most of the incoming “requests” are from people who are 40-60 years old. I’m 24. When I talked to support about this their response is to be more open. I don’t know what would they live in but last I checked it is not normal to date someone who is as old as my grandparents or even my parents. The app may be fine if your older but there is no one active below 40 likely due to the outrageous prices. If I see real activity, I change my rating. Until then, this rating is a solid 1/5 stars Edit: I found out that my birthday was changed so that my age was 50 but I did not do this. I changed it back to 24. I am still getting requests from people much older than me though. I was able to spark up at least 1 conversation so far so I’ll give it 2 stars for than but most people my age already passed me by as they saw my age was 50 so they ignored me. I feel like the app has the right idea but has problems.

The best $35 I’ve ever spent is on a month membership. If I hadn’t done that, I wouldn’t have been able to message or respond to messages, and I wouldn’t have been able to talk to my boyfriend of a little over a year now! I will always and forever be grateful to ChristianMingle for connecting us. However, I do think that what you charge for membership is steep. $35 per month is outrageous! I can’t remember what it is for over packages, like 6 months and a year at a time, but I know it’s still high. Whereas other dating apps like Tinder charges something like $20 for a 6-month membership. Much more reasonable. You also should be able to have access to basic features like messaging matches without paying IMO. I also didn’t entirely like HOW I was matched to people in my area. I feel like no one came up in my area that fit into my filters or conditions at all. Of course, I ended up meeting and dating someone from a different state. Overall, though, I give this app 4/5 stars because of the issues I mentioned. Above all, I’m happy that I met my boyfriend!